History- just one damned thing after another.

MSNBC's been having a field day over radio talk show host Kevin James' not knowing his hsitory on Hardball yesterday, but somebody sure dropped the ball feeding Countdown guest host Rachel Maddow the line that today in 1868 "President Andrew Jackson" was acquitted in his impeachment trial.

We're posting the James debacle with Chris Matthews just because it's weirdly compelling to watch a man get asked a simple question 24 times before admitted he doesn't know the answer.