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)
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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Sarah Palin was Republican candidate John McCain's vice-presidential pick in the 2008 election
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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)
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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
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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)
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