Peter Duniho wrote:

But when the name on the list matches that of an infant, it should be
obvious to even the dumbest government employee that the name on the list
refers to someone OTHER than that infant.

The available evidence would suggest you're underestimating the possible
scale of "dumbest" grin.

[...]

Idiotic behavior like this is
one of the best ways we have to getting the American public to understand
what a fiasco they have allowed to occur, and getting it fixed.

Sadly, I think you're making the same mistake again. Take a look at this
example:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050805/...p_ipsos_poll_3

According to this, 50% of the respondants to the poll view Bush as
dishonest. Further on, "almost two-thirds" view him as strong and likable.

Whichever side of that debate on which one sits, those numbers tell a funny
story. There's a nontrivial population out there that views Bush as
strong, likable, and dishonest.

Perhaps it's just me, but I don't like people that are dishonest to me
laugh.

- Andrew