Worst. Answer. Ever.

Posted: Sunday, August 26, 2007 11:54 PM by Countdown

The N-hole is well aware this is just a youngster...but the answer this young lady gives during the Miss Teen U.S.A. award show is astoundingly bad.

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What the?!?!?!?!?!?! It's because Americans don't have maps?

Wow.

Greg, Danville, CA (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 12:14 AM)

I agreed with her right up to the second word.

blatherskite (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 12:15 AM)

She's probably part of that 1/5th statistic.

Justin, Santa Barbara, California (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 12:29 AM)

It's beyond belief! Her parents must be so proud!

Nanalinda, San Antonio, TX (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 12:32 AM)

She speaks English almost as well as '43', was this what he meant by "no child left behind"? Make sure that you teach abstinence but skip geography. argh

Carol, Long Valley NJ (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 12:36 AM)

Look for her to be a White House spokesperson by end of September.

Niels, looking for English subtitles on Bayou DeGradeabelle, MS (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 12:39 AM)

Ladies and gentlemen... the future of "U.S. Americans"

Jackie, Los Angeles, CA (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 12:44 AM)

She just thought to herself, "What would Brittney Spears like, uh..say?". The full Val...I'm..uh,..Sher!

Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 12:46 AM)

Bush's spawn?

Willie Las Vegas, (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 2:04 AM)

What? I, just, um, that doesn't make any freaking sense!

Wendy Nix, Charlottesville, Virginia. (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 2:40 AM)

Kevin Federline has already proposed!
-q

Quanlin, Boulder, CO (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 3:00 AM)

So she's all about the "future" for "U.S. Americans"? If beauty pageants don't work out, she should consider becoming Bush's speech writer (or press sec. since that job will opening up). Her answer was completely effective--we all stopped listening/understanding following the second syllable--yet she still got applause. Perhaps this tactic should be added to the President's guide to dealing with protesters--all you have to do is confuse them in order to subdue them. :P

Erica, Mission Viejo CA (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 4:00 AM)

She should have just stuck with the stock pageant answers... world peace, puppies, kittens, the hungry, the poor, the children, the poor and hungry children, world peace...

Paul; Madison, AL (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 4:32 AM)

Shining example of the "U.S. Americans" educational system right there. Sheesh!

JAM, Pittsburgh, PA (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 5:07 AM)

O....K....she's why blonde jokes were invented.

Krista Swisher, Indianapolis, IN (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 5:08 AM)

Don't keep me in suspense!! DID SHE WIN??!

Krista Swisher, Indianapolis, IN (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 7:14 AM)

OK, part of mewants to laugh at her, but another part feels sorry for her.

While she sounds like a babbling idiot, in her defense, I was once on a big national game show, and between the lights and music and simply NERVES at having the once in a lifetime chance at financial security, I could not even answer the questions that the host was asking me about myself!! Total brain fart. (and I'm someone who has been interviewed plenty on times on camera). It wwas having the chance at the opportunity/money that totally froze me.

I think maybe that happened to her. Maybe.

DebbieG, nyc (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 7:27 AM)

South Afircasia are exemplry is my personal belief that no one should statment geograpology in that it is hard. Personal appearence is time consuming so how can any one say what even the scientologists are continental drifted and thingys move.
Thank you very much
God Bless America and Diraq!

Gary Schear, Bozeman Montana (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 8:34 AM)

I bet she doesn't even know.. she didn't even answer the question... What does Iraq and Africa got to do with a US map??? Many people in this country don't even know who their Governor is let alone their Representatives in Congress... I had a girl at a store ask me while I was wearing one of my T-Shirts that says God is not spelled GOP, what GOP meant.. YESH..

Brenda Deltona FL (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 8:36 AM)

"Embattled U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has resigned, senior administration officials told CNN today."

Another rat has jumped from the sinking ship.

JAM, Pittsburgh, PA (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 8:37 AM)

Did anyone else notice where she is from? SC, aren't you proud? Isn't that Larry country? It is all making sense to me now!!!!!

P.S. Gonzo is gone zo! Wish he would take his boss with him.

MK, Indianapolis (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 8:39 AM)

OFF TOPIC, BUT FREDO IS GONE!! FREDO IS GONE!! FREDO IS GONE!!! AMEN! HALLELUAH!! PRAISE BE TO [INSERT DEITY OF YOUR CHOICE HERE]!! FREDO IS GONE!!

Krista Swisher, Indianapolis, IN (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 8:51 AM)

MK, Indianopolis unfortunately she is from SC, the home of former governor and Bill Clinton Secretary of Education Richard Riley. You liberals ought to be proud of your education secretary and the teachers unions of this country. By keeping the young dumb they hope to increase the # of liberals !

Larry Charleston, SC (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 9:22 AM)

Larry from Charleston; your answer is just as "bizzaro" as that young lady's, she's been educated under George's "No child left better" education mandate. "When in doubt blame Bill",the famous GOP mantra.

Yale, Red-Neck Paradise (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 9:54 AM)

If my kids got on a nationallly televised stage and showed their arses like that, I would consider myself an abject failure as a parent. Camera nerves or no.......what the heck?

Sherri, Charleston WV (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 10:13 AM)

Noooooo, she didn't win. She was the 4th runner up, the bottom of the top picks. I personally was very disappointed. Who cares if she's dumb, she's a knockout.

Pedro, Fort Lauderdale, FL (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 10:27 AM)

Larry,
Is there anything that is wrong in this country not the fault of Bill Clinton and "liberals"? You've had a Republican adminstration for the last 6 1/2 years and until this Nov. passed, a Republican Congress for the last decade. Did they do nothing to correct all the wrongs?

Frederick Sweeney, Brooklyn (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 10:35 AM)

"By keeping the young dumb they can increase the # of liberals" OMG, that's the most hilarious thing I've heard all year!
Her comment and the one I've quoted prove that the brain alone can produce words that make no sense.
The most frightening thing is, that people believe these talking heads (like Bush) instead of thinking for themselves and asking--"Does this make sense?"

DrB (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 10:48 AM)

Thanks Pedro (10:27 am post)! I was on pins and needles. What a shame for her, though. I'm sure she has a great future ahead of her as a...hhhmmm...well...gee...hell, I'll steal Erica's great thought...A MEMBER OF THE GW ADMINISTRATION! They could teach each other vocabulary and how to muck up the English language.

Krista Swisher, Indianapolis, IN (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 10:59 AM)

With or without a map, this woman (or girl) doesn't have a clue. But, folks, why would anyone be upset by this? She just reflects what our current society seems to value, as best evidenced by Pedro's comment above (even if he was kidding) -- Who cares if she's dumb because she's a knockout? (And the first corollary to that, of course -- even if she's not dumb, no one will give her a chance unless she's a knockout, and the more cleavage the better). Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, move over and look out. You've got a new rival for the last two stories on Countdown. She's got it all over you.

Bonnie (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 11:21 AM)

Sorry (ouch), Larry I miss read your post. I thought you were further insulting Indianapolis. After seeing the spelling "Indianopolis", I know we don't have great thinkers in public office from here but you all take the cake. Dan Quale (sp?) is about all we had to offer! Even he claimed Arizona as home most of the time.

MK, Indianapolis (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 11:36 AM)

That was definitely a liberal’s answer to a liberal question!

scott henderson nv (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 11:43 AM)

C'mon people, be nice. She's just a kid, she was nervous. Remember back twenty years.... how worldly and articulate were you at that age?

Carol (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 12:19 PM)

"The N-hole is well aware this is just a youngster..."

You guys sould have stopped right there. Shes just a YOUNGSTER. There was no need to post this, hopefully this will not be on Countdown tonight.

Jules, Palatine (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 12:21 PM)

Lauren Caitlin Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2007, is only 17, which means that her geography wasn't learned under the current adminstration. I doubt if she even remembers Clinton. I doubt if she could name any one is this administration. It means her speaking skills were learned from '43'. According to her bio, her "faith is very important to her". Face it Larry -- she's one of your conservative bimbettes.

Carol, Long Valley NJ (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 12:25 PM)

"I mean..you know...like, I was hoping for, word, the question on Particle Physics...cuz, like, that's where I'm at...totally! But...Maps? I'm sher! Isn't that what the GPS on my cell phone is for, I mean...?...uh...duh!"

Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 12:42 PM)

Bob Hope said it best: "Wear that hat!"

citib0y, Torrington, CT (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 1:00 PM)

This chick drives a car too, I bet... yikes!

Chuck Adkins (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 1:43 PM)

Well I think we've just found our next Press Secretary.

Does anyone else get the feeling she learned geography through that series of Tubes that Ted Stevens so articulately described to us?

J Z Jackson, Tampa, Florida (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 2:18 PM)

Too bad she didn't win. Now she won't have the honor of being felt up by Miss USA.

"Smiles, everyone! Smiles!"

Richard in Kansas (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 2:26 PM)

She'd be great on Jay Leno's Jaywalking...

Laura in Los Angeles (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 2:37 PM)

There's a picture of this twit next to the word Bimbo in the dictionary.

She was clearly raised to be beautiful air head. She'll probably end up anchoring a news show on a national network.

Sue, trying to dodge the storms in West Allis, Wisconsin (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 2:57 PM)

I think the echo that I heard was inside her head!

BigDog (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 3:06 PM)

She is trying, without much success, to channel Gertrude Stein.

Captain Bill, San Francisco, CA (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 3:07 PM)

Was that Jenna or Barbara?

Just Saying, Here, Now (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 3:39 PM)

Sure she's only a kid of 17. That means next year she can vote.
Be very afraid.

Karen Winters, Los Angeles, CA (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 3:49 PM)

Steve - I think you nailed the education in South Carolina. Ahh, which also explains Larry, she's from good old "SC". I enjoy my daughter Reema's characterization of Larry, the one who uses his "mouth as a personal task force"!! An ignorant, bigoted and stupid one at that!!

PEACE!!

Pam Bignardi, San Pedro, California (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 4:11 PM)

update please

Thank you (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 4:14 PM)

Oh come on, folks; she was nervous.

Mike Stern (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 4:48 PM)

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