How do you spell 'asinine'? D-A-V-I-D S-H-U-S-T-E-R

David Shuster, the know-it-all liberal who used to host some show on MSNBC, tried to give Twitter user @brento76 a spelling lesson about the word “asinine.”

“It’s ‘assinine,’ with 2s’s… not one,” Shuster smugly (and incorrectly) tweeted.

Naturally, friends and foes alike were quick to point out his error:

https://twitter.com/SallyMScott/status/265280020040253441

https://twitter.com/ProudAtlantan/status/265280179952300032

RT @DavidShuster .@brento76 Brent, it's "assinine," with 2 s's… not one. — That is such an easy mistake to make…

— Ann Nordland (@aenordland) November 5, 2012

https://twitter.com/Jeffers617/status/265282908581924865

https://twitter.com/bwaesche/status/265280962777194496

Hoping to cover his tracks, Shuster deleted the tweet before we were able to capture it. Pretty sneaky!

Fortunately, we have @brentlo76’s screencap above, which is more than adequate. We’ll save it for posterity.

(Editor’s note: In the initial version of this post, we managed to misspell Shuster’s name. How “assinine” of us!)