Dana Perino, the top White House spokeswoman, very recently didn’t know what the Cuban Missile Crisis was, according to her own admission, which is now gaining national attention.

Appearing on an episode of the NPR quiz show Wait, Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me, which aired over the weekend, Perino recalled a recent White House briefing when a reporter referred to the Cuban Missile Crisis, and she didn’t know what it was.

“I was panicked a bit because I really don’t know about…the Cuban Missile Crisis,” said the 35-year-old Perino. “It had to do with Cuba and missiles, I’m pretty sure.”

“I came home, and I asked my husband,” she recalled. “I said, ‘Wasn’t that like the Bay of Pigs thing?’ His response: “Oh, Dana.”

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President Bush just gushed that he “loves” retiring White House Press Secretary Tony Snow.

“I’m naturally inclined to like the President,” responded Snow. “He is generous. He is extremely kind.”

And Bush lavished this bit of praise - ? - on Snow’s pretty blond replacement Dana Perino: “She’s capable.”

Um! Not the best way to deflect the Gay Old Party jokes, if you ask us.

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We’re all for working hard, but Tony Snow doesn’t look ready to take on the stressful tasks involved with White House press secretary-ing – for this White House, especially. Dana Perino, however, looks mah-velous! C’mon, let the lady take over for a while, Tony.

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