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corner.nationalreview.com - 11/6/2008
McCainiacs vs. Palin
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The trashing of her is unseemly, and some of the particulars--the bathrobe bit for example--don't seem all that important. But if it is true that Gov. Palin did not know that South Africa was a country on the continent of Africa, it is the type of information that voters should know before her ...
blogs.tnr.com - 11/6/2008
Sympathy for the McCainiacs
— blogs.tnr.com — For weary McCain staffers, the campaign is not over. Now comes the after-campaign, the period following a... high profile loss when each failure is hashed and rehashed in the press and everyone with a score to settle goes on background with reporters to ... (more) Sympathy for the McCainiacs

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corner.nationalreview.com - 11/7/2008
McCainiacs vs. Palin, Ctd.
— corner.nationalreview.com — In response to a few emails: 1) No, I don't necessarily believe the Africa story. Hence the... "if it's true" in my post below. 2) I think Carl Cameron is a good reporter. 3) I agree that the people trashing Palin should step forward on the record. 4) ... (more) McCainiacs vs. Palin, Ctd.

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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan:  Palin, Africa, Denial

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DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News — ... NAFTA, as it would have had an impact on her husband's commercial fishing business, Mary Katharine Ham writes at The Weekly Standard, while National Review's David Frum says there are many possible innocent explanations for not knowing that "South Africa" and "Southern Africa" are different things. FROM THE BLOGS: [image] Palin on the Leaker - Allahpundit, Hot Air [image] Nicole's Knifework - David Frum, National Review [image] McCainiacs Vs. Palin - Ramesh Ponnuru, The Corner [image] Reid Plays It Smart ...

Palin, Africa, Denial
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Ramesh is the lone voice of reason over at the Corner: ...if it is true that Gov. Palin did not know that South Africa was a country on the continent of Africa, it is the type of information that voters should know before her career progresses. And I don't think, by the way, that most people on the Left fear her. He expands upon this point here. He also has a smart post on the future of the right. I know it's close to incredible that Palin was quite the know-nothing that she is, but you have to deal with the truth before you ...

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