The Right Wing Bashing of Sarah Palin Has Just Begun

Fox News' Carl Cameron went on the air with Shepard Smith to reveal all of those less-than-endearing "off the record" stuff about Sarah Palin that he said he got from members of John McCain's campaign staff. Among the juicy stuff:

1. She didn't know what countries were part of the NAFTA agreement.

2. She thought that Africa was a country, not a continent consisting of many different countries.

3. She was frequently expressed her anger to the staff, especially about her disasterous interview with Katie Couric. Yet she didn't accept any preparations for that interview.

Okay, Sarah Palin wasn't the brightest political candidate who has ever ran for higher office. While you could fault Sarah Palin for her lack of knowledge of foreign policy or even foreign countries, John McCain must have the lion's share in this debacle since he was the one who selected her at the expense of other more-experienced Republicans. John McCain was the one who selected this person who wasn't well known outside of Alaska based on only one previous short interview mainly because he wanted to court the base of Christian conservatives who were never comfortable with him. Had he focused his efforts on independents and conservative Democrats by picking a more moderate Republican, he probably would've done better in the elections than he did. Had he upheld his "maverick" reputation by making an unconventional choice of Senator Joe Lieberman as his running mate, he definitely would've given Obama a run for his money.

Look, it's pretty stupid to place the blame on Sarah Palin when it was John McCain who selected her as his running mate.