Palin didn't know that Africa is a continent

[butchersapron]

Not saying this is true!

PROFESSOR: Sarah Palin Probably Staged A Gigantic Hoax About Being Trig's Mother

An interesting footnote has emerged to a theory that raged around the Internet during Sarah Palin's candidacy for Vice President:


The theory is that Sarah Palin is actually the grandmother of her purported son Trig, not the mother, and that she staged a gigantic hoax during the campaign to cover up this fact.

Professor Bradford Scharlott of Northern Kentucky University has looked into this story in detail and written a long academic article about it. He concludes two things:

First, that the "conspiracy theory" is likely true--Sarah Palin staged a huge hoax, and, second,
The American media is pathetic for not pursuing the story more aggressively

 

[Streathamite]

What many people here say about Americans in general, Americans will say about Alaskans. It really does seem to be a very odd, insular place.

Terrifying that someone whose main experience is of running somewhere with a population roughly the size of Bristol should get so close to the White House

Let's face it, Arkansas (clinton) is pretty much a backwater too

 

[weltweit]

My initial response to this OP ... but he is well travelled, I am sure he would know Africa is a continent. Then I realised Sarah not Micheal! Duh ..

 

[Fuchs66]

All real comments to me when I was there.

The consensus of opinion about me is that I'm Australian!

It's a Yorkshire accent you prats!

 

[Miss Caphat]

True.

Back in 1994 I did an exchange at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire - an Ivy League uni, no less, full of the millionaire elite future corporate and political leaders - where I regularly got asked things along the lines of "New Zealand - that's in Europe, right?"

That's where my dad went to school.

yeah, I have to agree we are really bad with geography for the most part. I honestly remember only being taught about Canada, a little bit about Europe, and about Spain and South America (but only by my Spanish teacher )