Sarah Palin Did Not Know Africa Was a Continent

I really hope Sarah Palin sticks around, because she’s been an endless fountain of material for me to write about that past few months, and I really don’t want it to stop. She’s like blogging heroin. How I got my fix today is that new details have emerged on just how truly little Sarah Palin knew about world affairs and about her diva (read: crazy) behavior during the campaign.

- Couldn’t understand Africa was a continent, not a country.
- Didn’t understand what “American Exceptionalism” was.
- Couldn’t name the countries in North America as part of NAFTA (hint: there’s three).
- She was a “shopaholic,” buying clothes above and beyond her $150K wardrobe.
- She threw tantrums when she saw negative press and sometimes made her staff cry.

Wow. Even Bill O’Reilly doesn’t really know what to say. And really, what can you? Is this stuff exaggerated? Possibly, but even if it’s a little bit true, it’s insane. O’Reilly’s like, yeah well you can be taught and tutored about this stuff, but if you don’t know that Africa is a continent, you have no business even being in the same room as someone even thinking about become president.