As George Santayana never said, “Those who cannot remember the past Massachusetts Senate campaigns are condemned to repeat them.”

Case in point (via NH Journal):

Warren, Mass Dem Senate candidates flub easy Red Sox question

What is it with Democrats running for Senate in Massachusetts and the Red Sox? First, Martha Coakley was disgusted by the notion of – gasp – shaking the dirty hands of regular voters.

Now it seems that Bay State Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren was too busy inventing the Occupy movement to bother to take in a Sox game or two. When asked at a recent candidate forum, neither Warren nor any of her fellow Democrats could name the years the Sox have won the World Series in this century (there’s only two – 2004 and 2007). After all, she’s a Harvard professor and shouldn’t have to mix with people who may only have Bachelor’s degrees.

In Warren’s defense, none of her fellow Democrats could answer the question either.

Incriminating video:

(Not to get technical about it, but former federal prosecutor James C. King, one of the pre-fab four running against Warren in the Democratic primary, actually did get the answer right.)

Fun fact to know and tell: Neither the Boston Globe nor the Boston Herald noted the Sox-up.