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Palin's Africa Story was a Hoax
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www.jossip.com — 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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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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