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Mon 11 Nov 2008Palin denounces remarks by McCain aides as cruel and mean-spirited
ALASKA GOVERNOR Sarah Palin has denounced aides to John McCain who criticised her knowledge of foreign affairs and her expensive wardrobe, calling them "jerks" who were too cowardly to speak publicly.
The former Republican vice- presidential nominee told repor-ters in Anchorage that a recent Fox News report - citing unnamed campaign sources as saying she did not know Africa was a continent and could not name countries involved in the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) - was false, and that her comments were taken out of context.
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