I see that Oliver has already posted on this, but I can't resist. You gotta love those post-defeat leaks from the losing side.
How plausible is it that a grown American doesn't know that Africa is a continent? I'm afraid it's pretty plausible. But she's a governor, you say? That doesn't really indicate anything, alas. She's the kind of person who's gotten where she is by knowing what she needs to know and executing the tasks she needs to execute. I see no reason to assume she knows anything about the world.
The creepy thing is that Randy Scheunemann is going to spend the next three years teaching her about the world, so the picture of the world that she'll have will be roughly similar to that described by Randy Newman in "Political Science" (please do click through to read the lyrics if you don't know them).
Meanwhile, Newsweek's new "Wasilla Hillbillies" revelations (I'm from West Virginia, I can use that word!) are potentially much more damaging.
I have a few non-blog chores today and tomorrow, and I do want to take the kind advice of so many of you (thanks again for your kind words, everyone) to get a little rest. So I'll be posting today and tomorrow but at lower-than-usual frequency.
