Posted on 11/06/2008 3:34:47 PM PST by an amused spectator
This post is about the Carl Cameron/Sarah Palin "Africa" controversy.
This is what we are being asking to believe by Carl Cameron:
BOTH of Palin's schoolteacher parents AND all her grade school teachers AND all her high school teachers AND all her college professors were unable to communicate to Sarah the simple fact that Africa is a continent, and that a number of countries compose the continent of Africa.
Furthermore, the "Africa is a continent" factoid and related "Name the African country" factoids come up in numerous parlor games, of which the game Trivial Pursuit is a culturally ubiquitous example. I could go on ad nauseum providing examples of this sort of common cultural experience thing relating to Africa and its countries.
Recapping, Palin stumbled to a governorship and, at 44 years of age, a vice-presidential nomination without learning a nearly universal basic educational factoid.
What we need to be thinking about is what kind of evil, lying scum would be pushing such tripe.
As for Carl Cameron, apparently it didn't cross his tiny little journalist mind to put a few moments thought into what sort of intellectual gyrations Palin would have had to go through to avoid assimilating such common knowledge.
In HIS case, he's merely incompetent.
If he continues to push the story as presented, then he becomes evil.
When a political party puts forth a candidate that is lacking support from its base, the party will lose. Kicking conservatives to the curb, in McCain's case, did not help. They deserve it indeed.
Carl Cameron and Major Garrett drink Obama's BATHWATER.....FOX IS UNWATCHABLE!!
He must be....all gays support Obama.
I think what we’re seeing is a two dogs fighting for the scraps of what’s left of the Republican party, and the blue-bloods fired the first shot.
If Palin is that much of an idiot, these staffers would be trying to hide their own incompentence in vetting her. Instead they air this nonsense in order to eliminate any chance of her being a factor in 2012.
Yep. I'm tired of the vile and knowingly evil liberals, and intend to go off on them if I hear any of them pushing this.
We are now South Africa AFTER Apartheid......Blacks will rule this country from now on.
The country-club Republicans versus Sam’s Club Conservatives.....WHO will win??
Carl Camerlooney is an embarressment to the World! To even present a story that someone doesn’’t know Africa is comprised of many Countries is beyond STUPID!! At best, someone had taken him as a bloody IDIOT! and he reported the Lunacy as if it were TRUE! HANNITY OWES IT TO SARAH TO OPENLY RIDICULE CAMERON AND DEMAND AN APOLOGY!
Cameron was NOTHING LESS than a GAY OBAMA MOLE PLANTED IN THE McCAIN CAMPAIGN TO CAUSE TROUBLE AND CREATE RACIST RUMORS, AT LEAST THATS THE WAY IT APPEARS!
Cameron openly ridiculed the Campaign when it was suspended for the Hurricane and for the Economic Crisis as well! Maybe FOX will finally FIRE His Sorry BASS!
Do black and brown bears crap in the woods!!!!!
Cameron is Gayer than a Three Dollar Bill! He seriously looks like he is wasting away fom AIDS, not to be Evil, but it really looks like it! Seriously,Cameron got insanely jealous watching all of the guys hitting on Sarah and he couldn’t stand the torture of being ignored. I think his boyfriend jilted him yesterday, at least, thats the way he was acting. O Reilly flipped the OFF Switch on him, O Reilly was noticeably embarressd by Cameron’s demeanor and actions. Hopefully, he will give Camerlooney the coveted “PINHEAD AWARD” tonight for his sheer Idiocy!:-)
bttt
They can dictate all they want. I ain’t listining. SCREW EM!
Carl Cameron ought to be ashamed. Rumors.....nasty rumors that I’m sure are not true.
I do NOT believe the Africa accusations. They are beyond belief for anyone of just about any ability who’s spent time in front of a TV. As you’ve pointed out, it comes up far too often in geography, history, art, literature, world events, etc.
It is not possible to get a high school diploma and a college degree and not know that. You are 100% correct.
Carl is repeating it to gain viewership for Fox.
They will have to roll the videotape and demonstrate it before I’d ever believe such nonsense.
Have we heard any more from Larry Sinclair? I pray that he is okay! I, for one, totally believe him now! 1000%!! Larry warned America and told US to Beware and about his “PAST EXPERIENCES” with THE SELF PROLAIMED MESSIAH !! Would that America had listened careully! but the DEMORATS look at that as prized behavior, however perverted the rest of Us believe IT to be!
'Nuff said.
Well at least I now know that we have 57 States, because the president-elect told me so..... we do have 57 States, don’t we?? /sarc
You want to know what’s really dumb? People actually believe that she didn’t know Africa is a continent not a country. A number of them are FReepers. Be afraid, aas. We live in a nation of potato-headed zombies.
Both the inside-the-beltway RINOs and the dems are terrified of Gov. Palin. She cleaned Biden’s clock in the so-called debate. The nasty little pubbies who are attacking her are just trying to find cover to keep their jobs.
I mean, here is the GOP debating this trivial non-event after getting its collective a** kicked by a Marxist. I’m disgusted.
The pubbies who brought us Bush I and Bush II—not to mention the pretender Bob Dole—are criticizing Palin? It’s beyond the pale.
If Carl Cameron’s super, double-secret, “courageous” informants were smart, they would not have made their claims so incredibly absurd.
As it stands now, they have exposed themselves as the sniveling, desperate shells that they are.
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