By Lewis Diuguid, Kansas City Star Editorial page columnist

Log this in the too good not to share category. This article by Peter Hawkins dated Nov. 7 is from The Sydney Morning Herald in Australia:

The Republican party's post-election downward spiral continues with aides of John McCain saying that Sarah Palin did not know Africa was a continent.

Fox News anchor Carl Cameron claims McCain's aides told him Palin did not understand Africa was a continent, not a country, and that she also didn't know what countries were in the North American Free Trade Agreement [NAFTA].

Cameron says the source told him that Palin had no idea the US, Canada and Mexico were in NAFTA.

"I wish I could have told you more at the time but all of it was put off the record until after the election," Cameron said.

"There was great concern in the McCain campaign that Sarah Palin lacks the degree of knowledgeability necessary to be a running mate, a vice-president, and a heartbeat away from the presidency.

"We're told by folks that she didn't know what countries were in NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, that being Canada, the US, and Mexico.

"We're told she didn't understand that Africa was a continent rather than a country just in itself - a whole host of questions that caused serious problems about her knowledgeability.

"She got very angry at staff, thought that she was mishandled, was particularly angry about the way the Katie Couric interview went.

"She didn't accept preparation for that interview and the aides say that that was part of the problem. And there were times that she was hard to control emotionally - there's talk of temper tantrums at bad news clippings."

The Daily Mail reports that McCain's aides also said that she spent "thousands more" than the reported $US150,000 on clothes during the campaign, much to the shock of the donor that footed the bill.
Amazing.