Sarah Palin thought Africa is a country

Now that the US election is over and the knives are out among Republicans, comes the news plastered all over the Internets, but which I have to repeat here for obvious reasons, is that John McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin read the title of my blog and took it literally. Okay, that’s not true. The real story is she actually believes that Africa is a Country. You can’t make this stuff up.


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>UPDATE: She also thought South Africa was a region in Africa.

UPDATE: Katie Bachko at the Columbia Journalism Review provides some context for these revelations.

UPDATE: Turns out we’ve all been played. It did sound too good to be true.

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