More fun than Wing & Lowe!

We may not have Sarah Palin to kick around for long (although I suspect she'll delurk in the next 10 minutes), so I'd better mock her while I can. I haven't had this much fun with my spork since Wing & Lowe.

She didn't know which countries were in NAFTA. Or that Africa is a continent.

According to Fox News Chief Political Correspondent Carl Cameron, there was great concern within the McCain campaign that Palin lacked "a degree of knowledgeability necessary to be a running mate, a vice president, a heartbeat away from the presidency," in part because she didn't know which countries were in NAFTA, and she "didn't understand that Africa was a continent, rather than a series, a country just in itself."

And this came from Fox News? This brings to mind another Fox show:

Bart: Hmm.  [spins globe] So down there in, say, Argentina, or...[reads logo] Rand McNally, all their water runs backwards?

I wonder if Palin looked at the globe and said "Hee hee hee...look at that country. U-R-Gay."

Newsweek had some interesting behind-the-scenes stuff from the U.S. elections. Like this:

At the GOP convention in St. Paul, Palin was completely unfazed by the boys' club fraternity she had just joined. One night, [advisors] Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter went to her hotel room to brief her. After a minute, Palin sailed into the room wearing nothing but a towel, with another on her wet hair. She told them to chat with her laconic husband, Todd. "I'll be just a minute," she said.

Wow. I wonder if "Nailin' Paylin" is going to have some extra scenes. (Ewwwwww.) I saw some (clean) excerpts online. It has the potential to be a spectacularly bad movie.

And this:

Palin asked to speak along with McCain at his Arizona concession speech Tuesday night, but campaign strategist Steve Schmidt vetoed the request.

Apparently, widdle Sarah was PISSED and Tawwwwwwwd spent Tuesday evening glaring at people. (And John McCain barely acknowledged Todd after giving his concession speech.) She obviously missed the memo that the VP candidate doesn't give a speech.

And don't forget about the clothes!

One senior aide said that [another aide] Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy three suits for the convention and hire a stylist. But instead, the vice presidential nominee began buying for herself and her family—clothes and accessories from top stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. According to two knowledgeable sources, a vast majority of the clothes were bought by a wealthy donor, who was shocked when he got the bill. Palin also used low-level staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards. The McCain campaign found out last week when the aides sought reimbursement. One aide estimated that she spent "tens of thousands" more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000 to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of clothing have apparently been lost. An angry aide characterized the shopping spree as "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast," and said the truth will eventually come out when the Republican Party audits its books.

Hee hee. Wasilla hillbillies. Or Hill Williams, to you. There was a picture of her kid carrying a Louis Vuitton bag. Apparently, Republican Party lawyers are off to Alaska to get the clothes back. Betcha Sarah showed up at her favourite consignment store in Anchorage, Out of the Closet, with a carload of "gently used" designer clothes. I wonder if, when she gets called out on this, she'll cry and say that she couldn't bear to force her kid to give up that Louis Vuitton bag 'cause her kid loved it sooooo much. Sadly, I don't think this would have the emotional resonance that Checkers had.

And then there's the fake Sarkozy interview.

McCain's top strategist, Steve Schmidt, organized a conference call after the prank call went public, demanding to know who would let that sort of thing happen without clearing it with senior advisers, the Los Angeles Times reported.

One of Palin's aides, Steve Biegun admitted to vetting the call without first speaking to McCain's advisers or the U.S. State Department.