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  Palin Didn't Know Continents Vs. Countries: McCain Leak
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Last EditedHomegrown Democrat  Nov 06, 2008 01:11am
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News DateThursday, November 6, 2008 02:40:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionFailure may be an orphan, but McCain campaign veterans seem to be doing their best to pin blame for defeat on their MAVERICK VP choice Sarah Palin. Fox News Channel political correspondent Carl Cameron today disclosed the first of what he predicts will be an "avalanche" of unflattering stories about the Republican vice presidential nominee: Off-the-record tips from McCain aides that Palin did not know Africa was a continent or the constituent countries in the NAFTA treaty. He later told Bill O'Reilly Palin also didn't know the constituent nations of North America, either. More damning, from a campaign perspective?

Far worse for the campaign was that Palin did not allow aides to prep her for her disastrous interview with Katie Couric, thus exposing her ignorance — or "lack... of knowledgeability" as Cameron diplomatically puts it — to the general public. This intractability was supposedly followed by Palin temper tantrums when things, inevitably, went poorly.
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