Original sentence: " When James did not answer the question with any specificity during Matthews' continued questioning, Matthews accused James of being a "blank slate" who didn't know anything about history, adding "When you are going to make a direct historic reference, get it straight
Edited sentence: "  At one point James said  "The things that Neville Chamberlain supported energized, legitimized, and made it easier for Hitler to advance in the ways that he advanced."  During the three minutes that followed, Matthews went on to repeat variations of the question a total of 24 times, and later specifically referenced the Munich Agreement."  He repeated on numerous occasions that "Neville Chamberlain was an appeaser." Matthews continued to press him on specifics, but James could not answer.Frustrated by James's non-specific answers, Matthews accused James of being a "blank slate" who didn't know anything about history, adding "When you are going to make a direct historic reference, get it straight.James did not answer the question with any specificity during Matthews' continued questioning.John McCain later connected the policies Bush spoke about with Obama and included a reference to Chamberlain.Rather, he continued to sputter through repeated utterances of the word "appeasement" and "appeaser" and vague, unspecific assertions that "It comes back to the same thing