major gaffe? come on. This is like a 0.2 on a 10 point scale.
Well, the story's not really about the "gaffe."
So your point is pretty worthless.
Is Palin saying she can see Russia from her backyard a bigger gaffe than this? A colloquial statement vs a factual error?
Palin got ripped as a “dummy” when we all know who the real dummy is.