The challenges facing the fact challenged

President Obama's claim that Americans invented the automobile should not come as a great surprise to any historians who heard his inaugural address.

If only American voters had paid attention to an observation made here:

"Shouldn't a candidate... have at least a passing interest in American history?"

CORRECTION: The previous comment alluded to another candidate. My apologies.

In other Presidential news, Michelle Obama has announced she will get a Portuguese Water Dog. This is the same breed as the pet owned by Senator Ted Kennedy, who went so far as to write a children's book about the pooch. Fingers crossed the Obama's show a little more tact than Senator Kennedy when it comes to choosing a name.