Palin’s Ireland trip was just a refueling stopover.
By on Sep 2nd, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Palin’s Ireland trip was just a refueling stopover.
Last week, Politico’s Ben Smith asked the McCain campaign if Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) — who was first issued a U.S. passport in 2007 — had ever traveled abroad. A spokeswoman for Palin said the Alaska governor had been to Germany and Kuwait in 2007 and had visited one other country, Ireland. It turns out that the Ireland trip was just a refueling stopover on the way to Europe and the Middle East. But she has been to Canada, another campaign spokesman noted. (HT: AmericaBlog)
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Palin: ” I DO TOO have some foreign policy expertise, after all, I’ve been to Ireland. Now, just where IS Ireland?”
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:40 pmit must be a repub thing…not to travel abroad to gain experience. Chimpy is testimony to this
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:40 pmand she stayed at a Holiday Inn Express….
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:42 pmBarack Obama…!
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:43 pmBut she has been to Canada, another campaign spokesman noted.
And she had flown OVER any number of foreign countries and as any Bush staffer or FEMA director can tell you that’s all the information you need to make policy decisions…
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:46 pmShe, like Bush, listen to Jesus whisper in her ear and I am sure Jesus will provide all the guidance she could possibly need so why don’t you all just give up the criticism of the woman and put your faith in God?
Her preacher said that Iraq was a Holy War and we should fight there to die for Jesus. Does that scare the piss out of anyone? If I thought her 15 minutes of fame was going to last past November 3rd, it would me. Just another shiny distraction before President Obama starts to correct this ship in January.
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:48 pmEverything is pointing to someone mistaking Michael Palin’s experience with international affairs and putting them in for Miss Alaska not.
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:48 pmcan’t wait until they show just who picked this peach out of the snow to become the old man’s care giver.
Speaking of trips to foreign countries, what ever happened to Cindy McCain’s trip to Georgia? Haven’t seen anything about it.
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:48 pmPalin lives in a world where “God” wants to build a 40 million dollar pipeline across Alaska. She doens’t need to travel…
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:49 pmIt’s worth looking through the comments on the linked blog article on Politico. Somewhere down the page, I started seeing comments from a troll that sounded remarkably familiar. Among other things, he wanted to make a big deal out of the ‘fact’ that Palin had visited Western Europe before Obama (neatly avoiding all the other parts of the world Obama had not only visited but lived in).
“Obama’s never been to Brussels!” Devastating.
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:52 pmWe have more than enough to bash her for so why nitpick her stopover in Ireland? She has “been” to Ireland– for a few minutes. ;-)
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:52 pmThey only wanted to talk about that the day Michelle Obama was scheduled to speak. Smoke and mirrors, that’s all they got.
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:55 pmOh gosh ya guys, Sarah’s just so darn smart already donchaknow, what the heck would she need to be traveling for?
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:56 pmShe’s also visited Narnia and resides in The Kingdom of God.
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:57 pmAnd I know so much about the cities where I have only been for a flight change. For example, I know all about Utah because I changed planes in Salt Lake one time.
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:57 pmShe, like Bush, listen to Jesus whisper in her ear and I am sure Jesus will provide all the guidance she could possibly need
Speaking of Jesus, here’s a funny clip about Bristol –> http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/e1f7c65ff3
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:58 pmWhile this is a really stupid boast on her part, let’s not get too silly ourselves.
Excerpts from Ed Kilgore, Democratic strategist:
Democrats should focus on her nutty views and questionable associations rather than her lack of experience in characterizing this critical decision by John McCain as reckless and irresponsible.
Struggling with a choice between satisfying a restless Right and reinforcing his “maverick” street cred, McCain found a running-mate who was a “maverick” from the Right.
And the one thing Democrats should not let McCain get away with this week is the contention that Palin has a natural claim on support and affection from moderate swing voters, particularly women who don’t believe in compulsory pregnancy.
Under no circumstances should she be attacked PERSONALLY. She is 100% allowed to be who she is - it’s not her fault that she’s been picked - it’s McCain’s.
She may have abused power in “Troopergate”
She fired a Police Chief and Librarian for not supporting her. The librarian was rehired - the P.C. settled out of court.
-She didn’t teach her daughter about birth control (and if President, she would not want your daughter taught either).
-She’s anti-choice even in the cases of rape and incest.
-She was a member of an Alaskan seperatist party. The leader of which said: “The fires of Hell are glaciers compared to my hate for the American Government.”
-She asked her libriarian, “How do you ban books.”
What all the above proves is how totally unfit for office John McCain is for selecting someone so obviously flawed. We do not need a President who does not think things through.
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:59 pmWell, I would say that this stopover in Ireland makes Failin’ Palin an energy expert.
After all, they were re-”fuel”ing the plane!
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:00 pmSomehow, ANY Politician (other then those from AK, OK, KS and WVa) that didn’t get a passport til their 43 birthday would be a scary thought. But then, why would a Repug need to go anywhere but the good ol’ US of A? This is, after all, the center of the universe!
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:02 pmOne more thing to make sensible people go Whaaaaa? There’s a video of her on Youtube. In it she states, quite clearly and unequivecally that she’s all for IEDs and American troops dying because we aren’t Obeying the Word of God! Why do Republicans hate reality? I don’t even want to Know what freak or lunatic idea they’ll come up with next. Yet another case of truth being a million times stranger than fiction.
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:04 pmImpeach Pelosi, Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!
Well, she was just too buisy getting earmarks for her city when she was mayor and just didn’t have time to travel….see Washington Post article
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp-dyn/ content/ article/ 2008/ 09/ 01/ AR2008090103148.html
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:04 pmyeah, but nobody has visited more trailer parks than sexy Sarah.
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:04 pmWell heck, look at how much Larry Craig learned about Minneapolis just by using the mens room.
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:05 pmMiss Wasilla doesn’t need foreign policy experience, she’s obviously got one hot but. McCain can’t stop looking at it:
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:06 pmhttp://tpzoo.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 09/ 01/ john-mccain-took-a-close-look-at-palin-after-all/ #comments
Damn. This crazy wingnut really scares me; has she already told everyone that she wants to bring back the Inquisition…?
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:08 pmNow how many of you have seen a wolverine? Not only has Sarah seen one, she ate it!
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:08 pmTrailer trash for president!
I keep saying this but am still confused as to why our favorite AK Apologist troll, JimAK/Wilke, has been so absent since this announcement? Has anybody seen him here or on other blogs?
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:11 pmWell at least she ate the wolverine. She kills wolves and polar bears just for sport.
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:12 pmOne day a lot of trolls got “scrubbed” maybe by IP address this time.
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:13 pmHey, I flew over Iran last year on my way to India. I guess I’m qualified to be Secretary of State, huh?
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:15 pmRight on, Marie. The onslaught of revelations about the shear lack of qualifications for the VP makes it obvious that McCain is unfit for the office of President.
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:19 pmThe Rethugs say she has more experience than Obama because she has “executive experience”. Of course McCain doesn’t have any executive experience at all but that doesn’t slow them down.
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:24 pmBetter yet, who cares about foreign policy. Alaska is it…See Sara addressing the Alaska Independence party.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwvPNXYrIyI
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:27 pmSo, my 16 year old daughter is more qualified than Palin - she’s been to Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia, in case McCain is reading this) AND Canada!
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:44 pmOf course, Americans don’t need a passport to come to canada, as far as i’m aware, although that may have changed since the regime changes in Canada and the US came into play.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:01 pmWell her husband sure as hell didn’t enter Canada what with the DUI and all
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:28 pmCan anyone say: “Resume Inflation?” Because that is Exactly what the Republican party would have us believe about this Palin woman. Mayor/Governor/Foreign Policy experience by living next to Russia???? (WTF?) and a stopover in Ireland gives her FP experience? Did she use the bathroom in the airport?
Sheesh. But the sheeple will buy it, won’t they?
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:21 pmChrist! At least 2 out of every 3 trips to & from Europe, I’ve stopped over in Shannon. I guess that means I could be Taoiseach.
I’m not understanding how it is I cannot speak Irish (Gaelic) though. Wassup with that!?
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:30 pm