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I don't think she's a moron; there's lots of people who don't even know what NAFTA is. She's just in a line of work that demands intellectual curiosity, but she doesn't have it. She seems content to know just enough to muddle through life. That coupled with her more basic skills works well for her (at least in Alaska and the Republican base).

I do not think it is unreasonable to expect nominees for national office to articulate the rudimentary concepts of NAFTA much less to identify the countries within North America. I'll bet a significant number of the Wisilla third grade class to whom she gave a 'shout out' to during the VP debate can at least tell us where Canada and Mexico are.

And don't get me started on her asking if South Africa is a country or a part of the 'African country' Good Lord.

As far as I am concerned she is an anatomically differentiated GWB. 8-|

To be fair, she wasn't exactly an unknown commodity last August. An article in The New Yorker on how she came to be chosen VP candidate is double posted in the MILF thread. It probably never occurred to vetters that it was necessary to ask a VP candidate if she knew what Africa was. ... or what the duties of US VP are, or what the Supreme Court does, or the differences between state and municipal government functions, or God knows what else.

Only in America could you have the extraordinary candidacy of Barack Obama juxtaposed with the comic lunacy of Sarah Palin.

For better or worse, it's what makes America a great country. Or even the comparisons between Palin and HRC which so infuriate many feminists who believe Pain was chosen because the GOP thinks any skirt will do. Say what you will about Hillary but she is more than qualified for the job. Does anyone really think Palin is??