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• The day after Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, FOX News reported that the McCain campaign had been greatly concerned with Sarah Palin's lack of "knowledgeability [sic] necessary to be a running mate, a vice president, a heartbeat away from the presidency," and specifically that she "didn't understand that Africa was a continent, rather than a series, a country just in itself."Think Progress: Palin: 'Small, Bitter Type Of Person' Is 'Falsely' Claiming...Africa... (November 6, 2008)

• Fast Facts

  1. Sarah Palin was Republican candidate John McCain's vice-presidential pick in the 2008 election
  2. FOX News' Carl Cameron reported that campaign aides feared Palin was not knowledgeable enough to be the vice presidentThe Raw Story: Fox: Palin Didn't Know Africa Is a Continent (November 6, 2008)
  3. Specifically, aides alleged she did not know Africa was a continentThink Progress: Palin: 'Small, Bitter Type Of Person' Is 'Falsely' Claiming...Africa... (November 6, 2008)
  4. FOX also reported that Palin could not name the countries of NAFTAThink Progress: Palin: 'Small, Bitter Type Of Person' Is 'Falsely' Claiming...Africa... (November 6, 2008)
  5. In the days prior to election day, Palin was duped into believing she was talking to French President Nicolas Sarkozy in a prank call by a Canadian radio station
  6. Palin drew criticism for claiming her foreign policy expertise included the fact that Russia is the "next door neighbor" to AlaskaCBS: Exclusive: Palin On Foreign Policy (September 25, 2008)
  7. Said Afghanistan was a "neighboring country" to the United States during a fund raising event in early October 2008Tales from the Trail (Reuters): In Slip Up, Palin Calls Afghanistan... (October 6, 2008)

• Palin's Response to Africa Comment

  "That’s kind of a small, evidently bitter type of person who would anonymously charge something foolish like that, that I perhaps didn’t know an answer to a question. So until I know who is talking about it, I won’t have a comment on false allegations."Think Progress: Palin: 'Small, Bitter Type Of Person' Is 'Falsely' Claiming...Africa... (November 6, 2008)

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