If you thought the Texas governor’s “oops” moment at last month’s GOP debate in Michigan was the worst case you’ll see in a presidential race this year, there’s a new contender: Enrique Pena Nieto‘s lapse last weekend at a press conference at the Guadalajara International Book Fair.
When asked what three books had influenced him the most in his personal and political life, a question that even audience members described as “facil” (easy), Pena Nieto stumbled and bumbled his way through an answer that was filled with mistakes and at times virtually incoherent.
Pena Nieto said he read “parts of” the Bible as a child and then cited a number of novels, at one point asking for help in recalling the names of the authors, help he sorely needed since he incorrectly identified some of them.
“When I read books the titles don’t really sink in,” he acknowledged.
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