Sunday, August 26, 2007

At Miss Teen USA Pageant, South Carolina Fumbles


Liz Miller
Posted August 25, 2007
Sure, you could write off Miss South Carolina Teen USA Caitlin Upton's spectacular fumble of the question "Why can't twenty percent of Americans find America on a map?" as just another example of an over-tanned bimbo trying to sound smarter than she is. Or perhaps you could try to see her verbal stumbling as a post-modern attempt to illustrate this country's crumbling education system. With each repetition of the word "America," imagine Caitlin pleading for Congress to reexamine No Child Left Behind and other educational reforms of the past ten years. Imagine her reaching out, for something better.

Editor's Note: Because this is really taking off with views on You Tube, I'm putting this up here for you to see. I'd like to see how these tongue clicking critics would do when faced with any simple question on national TV competing for the dream of their lifetime. We call athletes that do this "chokers" but when it's in a pageant, they were just stupid or untalented to begin with. Hmmm.

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