Blame Game

It should be noted that, while Sarah Palin might not have been self-possessed enough to decline John McCain's invitation to be his "runeen mate," John McCain apparently lacked the huevos to stand up to his advisers and "just say no" to the Palin nod. So the Maverick did ultimately offer a neophyte political ignoramus the #2 spot on the Republican ticket. For that, she's going to pay.

The slagging continues...

There WAS tension between John McCain staff members and Sarah Palin (as other news outlets previously reported), and part of it stemmed from some rather glaring gaps in what the governor of Alaska knew about the rest of the world.

[Carl] Cameron, the Fox beat reporter for the Republican presidential ticket, said he had been told by unnamed sources -- and on the condition he not report the details during the campaign -- that Palin could not name all of the countries that are part of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

He did not mention which one (or ones) she whiffed on, but there are only three: Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

Nor, according to Cameron, was Palin aware that Africa is a continent. (Perhaps she was hamstrung by the fact that no part of that land mass can be viewed from her homestate.)

Here's Cameron dishing a whole lot more dirt on O'Reilly....