Obama said his uncle helped to liberate prisoners at Auschwitz. The GOP pounced and the Obama spin machine said it was no biggie. Both sides are wrong and both miss the point. They have to. Obama apparently mixed up Buchenwald and Auschwitz. What difference does it make? It makes no difference for the points he was trying to make: something about his American roots and post-traumatic stress syndrome. But he inadvertently made a different point: he’s not familiar with the rudimentary facts of World War II. Such as: the war started in Poland; Poland had the largest Jewish population in … Continue reading Why the Obama and McCain gaffes matter