CNN’s Campbell Brown: Some Of The Rumors About Palin Are Patently False
She doesn’t get too specific, but at least someone out there is calling the rumormongers out on this nonsense:
And then there’s this:
Stapleton says that during a briefing session someone asked Palin to explain the McCain-Palin stance on an issue and as she was responding “in the middle she said ‘country of Africa’ and somebody instantly wrote it down. And said, ‘Oh my God she thinks it’s a country.’”
But Stapleton insists, “she knows it’s a continent. It was just a human mistake, just like Obama saying 57 states. I don’t think anyone ever doubted that Obama knows there are 50 states.”
If that account is true, it sounds like some in the McCain camp weren’t enamored with Palin from the get-go. Which, given how unknown Palin was nationally at the time of her selection, can only mean that some snooty staffer was basing his/her opinion of her based on superficial things. Like maybe where she’s from. Or how she talks.
Exactly the sort of thing you’d expect from an elitist, cocktail party Republican.
