Palin's civic and geographical cluelessness (video)


	Palin's civic and geographical cluelessness (video)

leike

11-6-2008 1:04 AM

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palin, u.s. politics, politics, election, 2008, africa, civics, geography

leike says:

Reported on Fox, of all things

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11-6-2008 3:39 AM

darkeforce

Well, a lot of the blame for McCain's loss falls on her shoulders, after all. But I guess there just wasn't any smack that O'Reilly could spin against the Democrats at that time. 24 hour news networks are the bane of news relevance and veracity.

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