It is true. While the "lying or stupid" question will long be with us for many players, I think with Fred Hiatt the needle falls pretty neatly on the "stupid" line. Sure there's a bit of mendacious blame shifting and CYA as for the Hiatts of the world it'll always be mostly about them, but really he's just a profoundly stupid person who has tremendous, if declining, influence over our stupid political discourse.
