We all know Sarah Palin is aware of Russia as she’s able to see it from her front porch and all. But what about the rest of her geographical knowledge? Let’s watch what promises to be the first of many post-election reports on what the McCain people really thought of Palin…
Couldn’t name the countries that make up North America? Didn’t know Africa was a continent made up of countries and not just a country itself? Couldn’t define “exceptionalism” which is– well okay, I didn’t know that one either.
But two things stand out here, aside from the obvious. First, “there was great concern in the McCain campaign” about Palin’s knowledge and credibility as a Vice Presidential candidate? Then why was McCain allowed to choose her in the first place? And second, “Well I wish I could have told you back at the time, but all of it was put off the record until after the election” says Carl Cameron, the reporter covering the campaign. This is newsworthy information, information that could have affected the vote, information the American people were entitled to have before making such a big decision, but Fox News kept it quiet.
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November 6, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Kate!
That’s no surprise they kept it secret. It’s like in court, when someone is being tried for killing someone with a knife and cutting off their fingertips, for instance. Somehow the defense will get a previous conviction where the defendant killed someone with a knife and cut off their fingertips thrown out so the jury hears nothing of it. That information seems kind of important to me, like something the jury might want to know, right? Maybe it’s just me.