Sarah Palin "didn't know Africa wasn't a country"

Throughout the election campaign, aides to John McCain, boiling with fury and incomprehension at Sarah Palin's staggering lack of qualifications for the role of running-mate were moaning to journalists, but insisting that their remarks be kept off the record until the vote so as not to harm their candidate. We can assume, therefore, that there are going to be plenty more anecdotes coming like the one recounted above. Here, Fox News's Carl Cameron explains how he was told that Palin didn't understand that Africa was a continent rather than "a country in itself." Truly, Barack Obama's victory and all it signifies isn't going to be the only reason why this election goes down in history. [via Huffington Post]