Being Dumb Means Never Having to Admit You're Wrong

We've been learning a lot these last two weeks just how ignorant of history the Republican Party really is. From declaring the Civil Rights Act unconstitutional and that private businesses should be exempt, to sternly demanding the U.S. never declared war on Germany in WWII. Either example should classify as being routinely stupid. But not for the Republican Fantasy World. It only means you should double down and insist we never talk about it again. It's how they want the world to work.

Former GOP Congressman and current tea bagger challenger to John McCain in Arizona, JD Hayworth embodies this Republican attraction to stupid in nearly every way.  Last week he infamously stated we never declared war on Nazi Germany.  To his credit he did state that people should check on it to find out if he was right.  Of course he was wrong as wrong could ever be.  But his subsequent statement after he realized he was mentally retarded doesn't say a word about him being wrong.

"In a give and take session with members of an audience, Congressman Hayworth was asked about the current conflicts the U.S. is engaged in. He said that the United States did not declare war on Germany during World War II, and agreed with the gentleman asking the question that additional research might be needed. Hayworth instructed his researcher to look into it and we found that on Dec. 11, 1941, Germany declared war on the United States and President Roosevelt wrote 'I therefore request the Congress to RECOGNIZE a state of war between the United States and Germany and between the United States and Italy.'"

Congress agreed in resolving "That the state of war between the United States and the Government of Germany which has been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared."

He conveniently leaves out that words, I was wrong.  Why can't he apologize for being wrong and admit the questioner was right?  And for the McCain campaign to point out how stupid he is, Hayworth tries to claim former POW McCain is using veterans as a "political tool."  You can't fix stupid.