This all sounds like malicious and dishonest b.s. I seriously seriously doubt that Governor Palin did not know that “Africa” is the continent and that there are many different countries there (around 54 countries IIRC).
This “anecdote” is either entirely fabricated or else it is a gross distortion of something that may have happened during a briefing, such as a joke “wow, Africa, so many countries there” or “now let’s see, Africa, is that a country or a continent” ..... again as a joke...... or some comment about “South Africa” which is a country, and the person relating this alleged anecdote is the one who’s mixed up and thought she was referring to the continent of “Africa” etc.
I am not prepared to believe that the did not have any clue at all about the continent of Africa — this is the kind of crap that was pulled constantly against Reagan, Quayle etc., most often without any real foundation.
Agreed. I think it’s manufactured to blame her.