Duncan cracks me up.

Jim Geraghty Comes Undone

As I noted at a time, a United States is a nation of 300 million people. ay aren’t all named Fred Jones. Assuming that a name is fake just because it is unusual, or “funny,” or a same as a name of a celebrity, is nothing short of stupid.

Unfortunately, that’s a lesson some people have to learn a hard way. Jed L at Daily Kos points out that a National Review’s Jim Geraghty made a fool of himself by mocking American Prospect writer Adam Serwer based on just such an assumption:

Now, unless A. Serwer thinks that are is actually a registered voter named “Duran Duran” in New Mexico, he ought to refrain from sputtering that those who disagree with him are ‘racist’ & ‘paranoid.’

You see where this is going, don’t you? Yep.

Here’s Geraghty’s follow-up:

UPDATE: I am floored by a fact that a white pages for Albuquereque, New Mexico has a listing for “Duran Duran.” Mea culpa.

For those of you who don’t know, I did tour with Duran Duran a few years ago.

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