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Palin's Africa Story was a Hoax
jossip.com - 11/11/2008
Palin's Africa Story was a Hoax
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So the same guy who sold us on the old " Joe the Plumber making out with Kristin Wiig scam " apparently got Fox News and the rest of the country believing his story about Sarah Palin not knowing that Africa was a continent and not a country. S'crazy, right? Because ...

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Mollygood:  Palin's Africa Story was Probably a Hoax

Beyond the Pale-in
holymoly.com - 11/6/2008
Beyond the Pale-in
— holymoly.com — Sarah Palin doesn't know Africa is a continent It's not been a great week for Sarah Palin. Not only did she managed to help lose one of the most important elections in US history, but she ended up being outed as a complete fool with about as much ... Beyond the Pale-in

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TALENT SHOPS COURTING PALIN
nypost.com - 11/9/2008
TALENT SHOPS COURTING PALIN
— nypost.com — SARAH Palin won't be vice president, but she won the hearts of talent scouts and literary agents who are scrambling to sign her to multimillion-dollar contracts. CAA, ICM, William Morris, Paradigm and other agencies "smell books, talk shows and... TALENT SHOPS COURTING PALIN

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politico.com - 11/12/2008
Barone: Media wanted Palin abortion
— politico.com — Michael Barone said journalists trashed Palin because "she did not abort her Down syndrome baby." Barone: Media wanted Palin abortion

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Palin's Africa Story was Probably a Hoax
Mollygood — ... Palin not knowing that Africa was a continent and not a country. S'crazy, right? Because wouldn't Fox News have people to fact-check this? And yes, Martin Eisenstadt (pictured left next to Joe) says he's a McCain strategist and shares/stole the name of a conservative analyst but didn't the flack over at News Corp bother to Google him or anything? This dude is a total phony. But it gets weirder. CONTINUED » ...

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