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Dan Quayle misspelled a word we ourselves have been known to flub. George H. W. Bush didn't recognize a super-market scanner. Howard Dean screamed like Private Wilhelm. Gary Hart challenged the media to prove he was unfaithful then went to visit his girlfriend.

Yes, there have been some goofs made on the trail to the White House. But according to our scorecard, current Republican V.P. candidate Sarah Palin has said not one, but several of the stupidest things ever uttered by a major-party candidate for national office.

Here's our partial list. Feel free to send in any we've missed.

1. She claims to be pro-life and disagrees with Roe v. Wade, but thinks that the Constitution guarantees the right to privacy.

2. She could not name a Supreme Court decision she disagreed with other than Roe v. Wade.

3. She said she reads several newspapers but could not name one -- not one.

4. She claims to have foreign policy experience because Alaska is near Russia.

That list alone gives her the all-time title. We're sure there's more.

For the record, our favorite is #1. It's one thing to be an ignorant, small-town thug -- hell, there's those in every small town in the world -- but it takes someone really special to passionately hold a belief she wants to force on all Americans -- and be blindingly ignorant of the core issue at the heart of the matter.

Someone very special.

An avowed pro-lifer saying that the Constitution guarantees the right to privacy is like a drunk in a bar saying his favorite Red Sox player is Alex Rodriguez.

Oh yes, she's a special candidate, this Sarah Palin. And melanoma-survivor John McCain proposes to put her a heartbeat away from the presidency.