Palin: Alaska’s proximity to Russia ‘certainly does’ give me foreign policy experience.
By on Sep 25th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Palin: Alaska’s proximity to Russia ‘certainly does’ give me foreign policy experience.
During the second half of her interview with Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK), Katie Couric gave Palin a chance to defend her previous claims that Alaska’s proximity to Russia gives her foreign policy experience. Palin lamented the fact that the press had “mocked” the notion, adding, “Our next door neighbors are foreign countries — they’re in the state that I am the executive of.” Watch it:
After the interview concluded, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) canceled an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman to sit for an unscheduled interview with Couric.
Update Yglesias notes, "Moscow is closer to New York than it is to Anchorage. And yet nobody would say that David Paterson has extensive foreign policy experience thanks to his proximity to Russia."
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No MooseMama it SERIOUSLY doesnt. I used to live near Dishneyland didnt make me Mickey Mouse.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:51 pmThe fact that over 40% of Americans want to hand this woman the keys to the man-sized safe is frightening beyond all hope of description.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:52 pmWhat absolute BS. I was stationed in Alaska twice for over three years total – guess that makes me an expert in foreign police (NOT) This woman is going to create a landslide for Obama!
September 25th, 2008 at 3:53 pmHow many times does she get to say this before she’s asked if she’s ever seen Russia? You know she hasn’t. This is like claiming that she’s well read because she’s seen a library.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:54 pmOH EMM GEE…
September 25th, 2008 at 3:54 pmThat’s like someone saying, “I’ve seen an airplane, so now I know how to fly one.”
Would you be a passenger in that plane?
September 25th, 2008 at 3:54 pmI mean WOW….just EFF’N WOW
September 25th, 2008 at 3:55 pmOMG — it’s worse than I thought. Does she honestly not know how incredibly idiotic she sounds?
It’s one thing to be ignorant and know it. It’s another to be ignorant and delusional.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:55 pmI think it’s good that we are only getting bits of the video in dribs and drabs.
If viewed in its entirety, I think everyone’s heads would simply explode – yes, folks, we’ve reached absurdity critical mass.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:55 pmFailin’ Palin — not ready for prime time.
After McNumbNuts loses in November, it will be very interesting to hear all the post mortems from Limpballs, Insanity, Britty Hume, Billy Krystol and Freddy Barnes, et. al.
Once there is no political stake to protect, I wonder how Failin’ Palin will fare. Will they throw her under the bus or will they just blame McNumbNuts for such a stupid choice of running mate?
September 25th, 2008 at 3:56 pmKeep em comin’ bimbo, keep em comin’.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:56 pmShe’s probably also an expert in Irish Issues, the Catholic/Protestant conflicts, and the unification issues since you know, she did a refueling stop in Ireland.
That would make me an expert on Iceland as well. I stopped in Reykjavik for about 2 hours on my way to Amsterdam.
I spent 8 days in Amsterdam, so I’m probably an expert on them too.
I’ve also seen Germany from the air, so I’m an expert on Germany.
I’ve been to NYC once, so obviously I’ve mastered the subway system.
I can see the Prudential Center (Boston) from my house, so obviously I’m an insurance and economics expert.
I’ve seen Billy Joel in concert, so clearly I know how to play piano.
I could go on…I hope she will…it’s comic gold.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:57 pmAnd how close has she come to actually viewing that remote part of Russia from that remote little island in the Aleutians? When? How? Why? Did she actually speak with anyone from Russia?
September 25th, 2008 at 3:58 pmPalienation = Friends of Siberia charter member.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:58 pmSo all we need to do is look at Russian territory in order to get insight into, you know, Putin’s, you know, strategery into our you know?
Well, good news! We can all be foreign policy experts now!
Click Here for Insight Into Putin’s You Know
September 25th, 2008 at 3:59 pmDidn’t Palin go to college for a year in Moscow?
OK, that was Moscow, Idaho, but still …
September 25th, 2008 at 3:59 pmMy cat sleeps in an old oven.
I guess she is really a loaf of bread. Maybe even a baker.
This line of logic is fascinating!
September 25th, 2008 at 3:59 pmLet’s see – I’m the governor of……Washington State. Ergo, I’m half as qualified on foreign affairs as Sarah, the Wisilla Witch!
September 25th, 2008 at 4:00 pmBy her line of thinking, the Inuits have as much foreign policy experience as she does.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:00 pmIf Obama had made such an outrageous claim, he would be laughed right off the national stage. So why does Sarah get a pass?
Although I have to admit that not even the trolls are defending her anymore.
Has she given any details about all the times she has interfaced with her “neighbors”? Any negotiations? Any conversations at all? How many times has she met with ANYBODY in Russia? Are there even any Russian envoys or diplomats in Alaska?
September 25th, 2008 at 4:00 pmIf I’m right, and Bombin’ Johnnie’s on his last long bombin’ mission to the gates of hell, that dismal bimbo could be the nominal “leader of the free world.”
the real power would rest with whomsoever she was forced to make her VP…
these people are cruel, and vicious, and evil, but they’re not THAT stupid…
September 25th, 2008 at 4:00 pmHoly shit …………This fu(king bubblehead cannot even finish her own ridiculously simple sentence and come up with the word “mocked” without Katie Couric (of all people) , lending a helping hand…………..
What a mental furball.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:00 pmI tell you if she would become president it would be a disaster. She just is not qualified. I lived 50 miles from Mexico for awhile, so I must have foreign policy experience as well. Oh, yeah, and I’ve been to Canada.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:00 pmPeople don’t forget, this woman knows more about energy than any American.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:00 pm# Tired of being lied to Says:
My cat sleeps in an old oven.
I guess she is really a loaf of bread. Maybe even a baker.
This line of logic is fascinating!
September 25th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
the very best so far…true ‘reductio ad absurdem…”
September 25th, 2008 at 4:02 pmGreenwald officially gives up on her after this interview:
September 25th, 2008 at 4:02 pmhttp://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/09/25/palin/
And she knows that 20 percent (actually 14) of the energy (actually crude oil) produced domestically comes from her state. What she isn’t telling you is that nearly all of that is shipped overseas.
Mooseshooting is hard work.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:03 pmmisshusseinmolly Says:
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If Obama had made such an outrageous claim, he would be laughed right off the national stage. So why does Sarah get a pass?
Yup. Nough said.
Although I have to admit that not even the trolls are defending her anymore.
Gotta disagree with you there. She’s polling mighty strong, and it’s scary. Bill Moyers did a poll on whether or not you think she’s qualified to be VP. When I voted, the tally stood at 51% Yes and 48% No. People are idiots, never forget that.
Has she given any details about all the times she has interfaced with her “neighbors”? Any negotiations? Any conversations at all? How many times has she met with ANYBODY in Russia? Are there even any Russian envoys or diplomats in Alaska?
Times she’s met with anybody IN Russia? Well, we know that’s ZERO since she’s never been anywhere, including the places she says she has (or she’s been there, but never got off the f–king plane). Times she’s at least spoken with someone FROM Russia while she was in ALASKA? We don’t know. My guess? ZERO.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:04 pmWhat a mental furball.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
i think, in feline parlance, anyway, what she most closely resembles is a “hair-ball,”
or was that what you meant, and we have a regional difference, which i can resolve because i live close to mexico and texas…
September 25th, 2008 at 4:04 pmNow more than ever an inability to speak a coherent sentence is a requirement for Republican candidates for national office. She got schooled by Katie Couric?!? Wow. Can’t wait for the next G-8 meeting.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:05 pmtom Says:
Will they throw her under the bus or will they just blame McNumbNuts for such a stupid choice of running mate?
September 25th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
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Nah. Remember – she wasn’t chosen for her brain. She was chosen for her allegiance to the religious lunatic fringe of the Republican party. Those people don’t consider things like “independent thought” or “verbal coherence” or “logical consistency” to be virtues. As long as you hate gays, abortions, and Muslims, you’re qualified to run the country.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:05 pmHow did this woman ever get elected up there? The other guy must have run a pretty bad campaign. She can’t give you a straight answer on anything.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:05 pmIt is painfully obvious that the anti-witch incantations of Moo Moo the Mau Mau were unsuccessful on that witch Couric. She continued to do the unthinkable–she had the audacity to fry Failin’ Palin’s brain by, of all things, ASKING Questions. Old gurus like Henry Kissanythinghecangetcloseto just ogle and pant, McSenile just tries to remember what he chose he for–all he could remember was it had something to do with vice–probably one of his, and the red-necks argue about the relative merits of hair over heir (Lady Rothschild in particular) while packing their moose.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:05 pmmcchimpy did the impossible, he found someone stupider than himself.
Help me out people. Is plain saying Alaska is part of Russia or Russia is part of Alaska?
September 25th, 2008 at 4:07 pmBack in 2000, one of our candidates was the Governor of Texas. Which borders Mexico. I don’t recall Dubya ever claiming that this geographic juxtaposition made him an expert on foreign policy (of course, I might have missed something). He DID claim some experience on the immigration issue — a claim that actually had some validity, since Texas saw a lot of people coming there across the border from Mexico.
My impression of Bush has always been that he’s a bit of a dim bulb. But he looks downright cerebral next to this Alaskan piece of work.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:08 pmokay… I officially take back every horrible thing I said about Hillary Clinton during the primary season. I even <3 her as my junior senator now.
It used to scare me that Hillary actually had a chance at becoming president of the United States. Those fears seem so laughably insignificant in the face of this twit.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:08 pmI would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that, even if she Believes her BS, she is lying. Again. As always.
I think it’s safe to say that the truth doesn’t exist in Ms. Palin. Her self image is a fantasy to match her ignorant, primitive, conception of reality outside her tortured little mind.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:09 pmtokin librul Says:
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What a mental furball.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
i think, in feline parlance, anyway, what she most closely resembles is a “hair-ball,”
or was that what you meant, and we have a regional difference, which i can resolve because i live close to mexico and texas…
September 25th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Well , that shouldn’t be any trouble at all , seeing as how I’m closer to Canada and we all know that :
“Border relations between Canada and Mexico have never been better.”
September 25th, 2008 at 4:09 pmGame of Life Says:
Help me out people. Is plain saying Alaska is part of Russia or Russia is part of Alaska?
September 25th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
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Sounded like she said Alaska is somewhere on the Russian-Canadian border. Sorta like Iran is on the Iraq-Pakistan border.
I guess this means Alaska is the Iran of the Pacific Northwest.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:10 pmCheck out this quote today from Bill Kristol:
“As for the question of Friday night’s debate, which some in the media seem to think more important than saving the financial system–if the negotiations are still going on in D.C., McCain should offer to send Palin to debate Obama!”
Bring it.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:11 pmI can see the moon and that does not make me an astronaut.
We cannot have this empty skirt as PRESIDENT…that is what she is running for, not VP…McDroopyLeftEye has had a mini-stroke and is very ill, as we will all find out on Nov.5…this is a con game.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:11 pmKeep it up mooselips….I almost feel sorry for ya, kinda like seeing a rattlesnake that’s been run over by a car.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Excellent! I can be Obama’s new running mate, then?? I live in Philly, so maybe I can say that I have experience in dealing with all of Europe …
September 25th, 2008 at 4:14 pmBadmoodman Says:
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Check out this quote today from Bill Kristol:
“As for the question of Friday night’s debate, which some in the media seem to think more important than saving the financial system–if the negotiations are still going on in D.C., McCain should offer to send Palin to debate Obama!”
Bring it.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
For the unintended zaniness and hilarity that will surely ensue ………..
I hope they have the “Benny Hill Show” theme all cued up and ready to go…………..
September 25th, 2008 at 4:15 pmhussein toasterhead Says:
I guess this means Alaska is the Iran of the Pacific Northwest.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
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Come to think of it, this is a pretty good ana|ogy. They’re both oil-rich, mountainous states, filled to the brim with religious zealots, led by corrupt governments headed by loudmouthed idiots, and both have more cash than they know what to do with.
I am SO pitching this to the Alaska tourist board!
September 25th, 2008 at 4:16 pmWell maybe the trolls are asleep but Andrea Mitchell questioned a female Repub Senator who just gushed over palin and commented she would even change her name to palin. I had to go throw up.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:18 pmI am a musician , have visited Graceland and recorded in Nashville ; does that mean I’m Elvis and I didn’t realize it ?
September 25th, 2008 at 4:19 pmSeriously tho, what does Daryl think of palin’s church affiliation ? Purging witchcraft, talking in tongues, this has got to be over the top even for Daryl.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:19 pmIs anyone else reminded of the “Anne Elk” sketch from Monty Python?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOzVkSFnKxI
September 25th, 2008 at 4:20 pmI’m now convinced that Palin truly is stupid.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:20 pmEven Condi is looking better…at least she has had executive experience. What on earth was mccain thinking ?
September 25th, 2008 at 4:21 pmdasm Says:
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I’m now convinced that Palin truly is stupid.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
And it took you this long because ………………..??
I’ve been on some serious benders , but never one that lengthy ……………..
September 25th, 2008 at 4:22 pmCNN just showed the moment she met the new leader of Pakistan. He told her repeatedly “she is even more gorgeous in person” and then asked for a hug.
It was VERY STRANGE
September 25th, 2008 at 4:22 pm“Oh, Katie,” sez she, “Katie, it’s like this, ya know? Palin and Putin sound sooooo much alike, ya know, it’s like they almost rhyme, ya know? Putin and Palin, it’s like we’re almost cousins! Oh, wouldn’t that be a hoot?!?…Katie…Katie?”
Sad, but that’s just about the kind of she’s spewing, it wouldn’t even surprise me.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:23 pmYou know what really got me about this part of the interview? She honestly couldn’t believe that she was being mocked for her whole “I have foreign policy experience because you can see Russia for Alaska” meme. Now that is truly scarey.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:23 pmmiatch Says:
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CNN just showed the moment she met the new leader of Pakistan. He told her repeatedly “she is even more gorgeous in person” and then asked for a hug.
It was VERY STRANGE
September 25th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Guess Karzai only took 1 Viagra tab , as opposed to those like McDepends and Fat Fu(k Limpballs , who down 10 of them with a glass of scotch…………
September 25th, 2008 at 4:23 pmYes, I find that very creepy too. It almost looks like someone punched him in the eye, and reminds me of times President Bush has appeared looking like someone just punched him.
Could it be possible?
September 25th, 2008 at 4:24 pmThe sheer absurdity , both of this woman in general and of McDepends’ decision to tab her as his VP running mate , is both mind-boggling and monumentally insane………
September 25th, 2008 at 4:26 pmEVEN Ms. Chimpy says this twit isn’t qualified…LOL…
They even think she’s a twit in ALASKA !!
It’s scary that we’ve sunk to these depths…
September 25th, 2008 at 4:27 pmmiatch Says:
Yes, I find that very creepy too. It almost looks like someone punched him in the eye, and reminds me of times President Bush has appeared looking like someone just punched him.
Could it be possible?
September 25th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
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Oh yeah. My money’s on Fiorina.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:28 pmI live in NY. And you literally bump into people from every country in the world here. I walk by the UN all the time. I don’t think that means I have foreign policy experience. But I do think you could argue that New Yorkers are at least a bit more capable than most of dealing with a variety of cultures.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:28 pmNext she’ll be telling us that being nominated for the VP position gives her presidential experience.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:28 pmEven the trolls stay away from some of these comments from the Wasilla Wack-job. That says something about their collective intelligence (or maybe their semi-stoopidity).
But I would like to hear mr. p or backup or them_libs or our old friend jim wilke defend her.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:29 pmsatirev Says:
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McMetal: Just saw something over at Politico which makes the case that it’s not just audacious but “treasonous” as well for McCain to select someone so drastically unqualified to be next in command and put the future of the american people into the hands of this amateurish neophyte.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
It reveals a contempt and a callous disregard of the US , the office of the president , office of the vice president , and , most importantly , the American people ………..
BTW
I live 6-8 miles from NYC ………..
September 25th, 2008 at 4:29 pmPalin – The Obama supporters thank you! WTF woman? You need to stop playing – for real! Stop pretending that you are smart. You are far from intelligent. You can’t even stand on your own against the media. You are scaring the hell out of America. Please return to Alaska and be a hockey mom – exactly what you should be….
September 25th, 2008 at 4:30 pmAsk Murka’s First Certified Favorite CILF, Sarah Palin, Anything YOO Want…
September 25th, 2008 at 4:30 pmI see an ad on the side bar that says that McIIIrd bailed out on the debate. Is that true>?? I haven’t heard or ready any article that says that, just that he (wink, nod) suspended his campaign>?
Help me out here…?
September 25th, 2008 at 4:32 pmMCMetal Says:
It reveals a contempt and a callous disregard of the US , the office of the president , office of the vice president , and , most importantly , the American people ………..
September 25th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
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In other words, a Republican.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:32 pmEmpty skirt & a big Bible.
Empty mind but nice lipstick.
Empty promises with a loaded gun.
Empty tank but full of air.
Sarah, where’s Carly?
September 25th, 2008 at 4:33 pmPalin is showing she can remember the party lines, but to actually having to use her “intellect” to answer questions…wow what a stinker!
Is this the bold, fearless and quick study that her supporters are claiming??
They must be idiots too!
Those photo ops with foreign leaders are kinda funny to be sure.
Also, exchanging pleasantries do not qualify as foreign affairs experience, unless coctail chatter qualifies as foreign affairs experience (Karzai’s exchange was just hilarious).
September 25th, 2008 at 4:33 pmThe new PAKI Premiere is Benazir Bhutto’s widower, innit?
Seems he’s got an eye for the fair sex, and she’s got just the kind of MILF look he appears to have savored.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:36 pmPresidents and Vice Presidents are supposed to be highly intelligent , well-spoken , prudent people , not made-up “mavericks” and fictional “war heroes” or a pin-up material/house marms ; if I wanted a terrific mom to be VP , I’d simply write-in my own mom’s name …………….
September 25th, 2008 at 4:37 pmI read a post earlier that made me laugh “I can see the moon from my house, does that meke me a lunar scientist?” Ithought that was pretty funny.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:40 pmsatirev Says: @ 74
It could be a combo of things – an even share of age-related senile dementia combined and accelerated by mets from his invasive melanoma to the brain stem. Just guessing here, of course.
Can you hear the Bells, Palsy?
September 25th, 2008 at 4:44 pmWOW! That was painful.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:47 pmMcMetal says:
Presidents and Vice Presidents are supposed to be highly intelligent , well-spoken , prudent people , not made-up “mavericks” and fictional “war heroes”
McMetal,
Unfortunately, Dubya lowered the bar below sea level, so now all you have to do is be 35 or older, born in the US (or Panama) and be able to fog a mirror.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:47 pmThe health of mccain and Obama is a serious issue and I think all candidates should have a physical and it should be made public. I would like to know how mccain can spend $5584.00 on makeup ? And why isn’t anyone bemoaning that cost, Edwards had a $400.00 haircut and crap hit the fan.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:50 pmA trip to Brighton Beach in NYC is closer to a Russia experience than living in Alaska.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:52 pmWith regard to her foreign policy credentials, Governor Palin mused “It is from Alaska, that we send those out to make sure an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there, they are right next to our state.”
Um, okay. As a onetime member of our once proud defense forces, just what [or whom] are “those…” “that we send out?”
Are they the typically two scrambled Alaska Air National Guard fighters sent up to meet potential enemies looming on the horizon? Oh, not so much: only air refueling, combat search and rescue, tactical airlift, strategic airlift, air control and rescue coordination units exist in the Alaska Air National Guard.
No combat fighter wings. Damned inconvenient truths!
Uh, oh: what does she toss up there to keep “an eye… on this very powerful nation?” What, she being the self-appointed commander in chief of the Alaska Air National Guard, and all…
Maybe she tosses snowballs at the large, looming head of Putin. Maybe spit balls – who the hell knows? How can ANYONE trust ANYTHING this pitiful excuse for a Governor and Vice Presidential candidate says?
September 25th, 2008 at 4:53 pmKATIE COURIC :
” Sarah, I read that you’ve said that can see Russia from your house”.
SARAH PALIN:
“Of course, not only I can see Russia from my house, but two months ago I was able to see Vladimir Putin changing his clothes in his bedroom, I would rather not elaborate on this one, but I did close the curtain,and I never mentioned that to McCain when I was vetted”.
KATIE COURIC:
September 25th, 2008 at 4:53 pm“WOW.. now that’s good foreign policy experience” !!
upside99 Says:
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McMetal says:
Presidents and Vice Presidents are supposed to be highly intelligent , well-spoken , prudent people , not made-up “mavericks” and fictional “war heroes”
McMetal,
Unfortunately, Dubya lowered the bar below sea level, so now all you have to do is be 35 or older, born in the US (or Panama) and be able to fog a mirror.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Chimpy should be working in a bar ………..Washing the glasses.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:54 pmCitiDC Says:
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A trip to Brighton Beach in NYC is closer to a Russia experience than living in Alaska.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Even moreso , seeing as how the UN is in NYC , too……….
September 25th, 2008 at 4:56 pmOk there is always an upside to a situation, if God forbid, mccain and palin do get the White House bush has already lost any and all credibility America had Internationally. So, kind of like there is no status to lose anymore.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:58 pmNow as to the downside, well everyone had better learn to barter instead of using money, start a garden for food, and adjust to being a 3rd World country. Oh, wouldn’t hurt to learn to speak Chinese.
MCMetal Says:
Even moreso , seeing as how the UN is in NYC , too……….
September 25th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
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And isn’t there a huge Russian community in Queens?
September 25th, 2008 at 4:58 pmDid I read somewhere that she is heading to Disneyworld and Epcot so she can visit a larger part of the world? If it wasn’t for the campaign how many states has she visited? Oh wait she went to 5 colleges/community colleges in 6 years, so she went somewhere!
September 25th, 2008 at 5:01 pmFrom Sam Harris in the current Newsweek:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/160080/page/1
The problem, as far as our political process is concerned, is that half the electorate revels in Palin’s lack of intellectual qualifications. When it comes to politics, there is a mad love of mediocrity in this country
What is so unnerving about the candidacy of Sarah Palin is the degree to which she represents—and her supporters celebrate—the joyful marriage of confidence and ignorance. Watching her deny to Gibson that she had ever harbored the slightest doubt about her readiness to take command of the world’s only superpower, one got the feeling that Palin would gladly assume any responsibility on earth:
“Governor Palin, are you ready at this moment to perform surgery on this child’s brain?”
“Of course, Charlie. I have several boys of my own, and I’m an avid hunter.”
“But governor, this is neurosurgery, and you have no training as a surgeon of any kind.”
“That’s just the point, Charlie. The American people want change in how we make medical decisions in this country. And when faced with a challenge, you cannot blink.”
September 25th, 2008 at 5:03 pmhussein toasterhead Says:
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MCMetal Says:
Even moreso , seeing as how the UN is in NYC , too……….
September 25th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
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And isn’t there a huge Russian community in Queens?
September 25th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
I believe Brooklyn has a more populous Russian community than Queens does……….From what I have witnessed , anyway ; I don’t have the actual statistics , though…….
September 25th, 2008 at 5:03 pmBy the way this woman who sounds like she’s running for student council, can’t answer simple direct questions (if they don’t fit her limited talking points) so there’s no need for challenging ones.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:06 pmBadger Says:
I don’t think Sanders has a very good handle on it. This is the first sentence of his article. Obviously he is not worried about the economy as most Americans are today so I don’t think he speaks for most of us….maybe a few right wing fanatics, that’s about all.
If he was that impressed by her perfomance then he is easily impressed, just sayin.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:10 pmIt seems that humility is not one of the teachings at palin’s church. Those that think they know everything are the most dangerous people of all.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:11 pmI have DNA so I’m a DNA expert. I’m available for court dates.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:12 pmLocal Reichradio hosts are blathering about how “librul activist” Catie Couric “attacked” Ms. Palin with “gotcha questions”. The two callers I’ve heard both disagreed.
Ms. Palin’s stupid is showing so that even some pretty primitive people are seeing it. They don’t seem too keen on Flippy McSpin dodging the debate either. They are finding it harder to sell the Worst Ticket EVER.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:12 pmFred,
It was commentary by Sam Harris, not Bernie Sanders.
For those who aren’t familiar with Mr. Harris, he is an Outspoken and (IMHO) Articulate spokesman for Athiests who FEAR what Gov. Palin Represents.
I agree the Article starts out Strangely, but If you read further, I think you’ll find that Mr. Harris is no fan of Gov. Palin.
As to the effectiveness of her Convention Speech…McCain Surged Even or Ahead of Obama in the Polls.
In my opinion, Gov. Palin had one Purpose… to make this election about the Culture Wars.
An Economy in CRISIS has, for better or worse, refocused the Voters attention back to More Crucial Matters.
And Gov. Palin has proved to be a Better Performer than a Thinker.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:24 pmI just wrote it down wrong…….sorry.
I still don’t think he has a handle on her effect on the populace. Maybe the religious fanatics but that’s about it.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:30 pmThis woman scares the hell out of me. She is basically continuing the same line. I live near Russia, so I have foreign policy experience.
I worked at Taco Bell when I was younger and worked with Iranians, so I foreign policy experience working. I’m getting ready to get on a plane and go work with the president of Iran.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:30 pmHere is a great question for Palin.
Sarah, how many people of Russian origin have you met and who are they.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:37 pmSatirev: the crazy witch hunter’s name is Muthee.
He’s batshit crazy.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:37 pmAside from her absolute lack of honesty, I’m always wary of those who show a inability to recognize the world as it is. I have yet to find a single instance in her public record where she has shown an ability to make good, reasoned, decisions about anything.
Even while she blathers about shaking up Washington, I’ve seen no indication that means a new spirit of bipartisan cooperation and shared responsibility. She’s just wishing for a return and expansion of the Radical Reich’s “permanent majority”. Another open season on all who don’t fit the mold.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:40 pmToast,
Name any nationality you like and I garaun-freaking-tee we have a community for it larger than Wasila, Alaska
September 25th, 2008 at 5:55 pmThis woman is just plain kooky and spooky. And dumber than a heaping, steaming pile.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:55 pmThe Emperor Has No Clothes!
The Emperor Has No Clothes!
The Emperor Has No Clothes!
The Emperor Has No Clothes!
Wake UP AMERICA! Come on , you can do it!
September 25th, 2008 at 6:09 pmIn the Constitution it specifically states that States are not to enter into treaties or other types of relationships with foreign nations. She is prohibited by the Constitution from having foreign policy or diplomatic experience with foreign nations.
Palin is using the wrong word. She is more ‘aware’ of Russia and Alaska because of their respective locations, however that doesn’t not in any way translate into foreign policy experience because as the executive of the state of Alaska, she’s not allowed to.
September 25th, 2008 at 6:54 pmI can see the moon from my house, so obviously I’m the greatest astronomer who’s ever lived.
**eyes rolling**
September 25th, 2008 at 7:23 pmPalin just received a message from Santa asking her to be his official liaison in worker talks with the elves ………
September 25th, 2008 at 7:26 pmThe rest of the interview is also a disaster. She’s stumped on the question about Rick Davis’s lobbying for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and getting paid until August. She is truly a gift for Barack Obama.
September 25th, 2008 at 7:28 pmRussia and Canada “are in the state that I am executive of”.
Doesn’t she have a brain that tells her that makes no sense whatsoever?!? In that very brief interview she started and stopped so many sentences in the middle that it was worse than Dubya. She is f’ing clueless!
Oh, and Sarah, I live near the ocean so I know as much as anyone with a Phd. in oceanography.
September 25th, 2008 at 7:32 pmI can’t believe McCain’s camp lets her continue to make this claim.
September 25th, 2008 at 7:58 pmmoral of the story: sarah palin doesn’t even know what foreign policy experience is.
hmmm…maybe she doesn’t even know what foreign policy is.
eeek! i don’t think she even knows what “foreign” is!
September 25th, 2008 at 8:48 pmJust heard a clip of Palin speaking about her foreign policy and Russia. It just hit me who she reminds me of and why it’s soooooo GD grating. She has a younger version of Katherine Hepburn’s elderly voice (and no disrespect to Katherine). I hear that shaky timbre and I want to scream!
Loved Hepburn, hate Palin.
September 25th, 2008 at 9:18 pm.
D I S T A N C E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGTo9cuYPjo
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September 25th, 2008 at 9:33 pm.
I can find Russia on a map too…
… Does that qualify?
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September 25th, 2008 at 9:34 pm.
Question:
What’s the difference between a lipsticked pit bull and Sarah palin…
… A pig!
Now, how are Sarah palin and pit bulls similar…?
… No, it’s not the lipstick, it’s the fur.
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September 25th, 2008 at 9:37 pmPalin once blessed to be free from ‘witchcraft‘
By GARANCE BURKE (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
September 25, 2008 7:17 PM EDT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A video on her hometown church Web site shows Sarah Palin being blessed three years ago by a Kenyan pastor who prayed for her protection from “witchcraft” as she prepared to seek higher office.
The video, which made the rounds Wednesday on the Internet, shows Palin standing before Bishop Thomas Muthee in the pulpit of the Wasilla Assembly of God church, holding her hands open as he asked Jesus Christ to keep her safe from “every form of witchcraft.”
September 25th, 2008 at 9:47 pmTP,
September 25th, 2008 at 9:51 pmI tried to give above AP article to you as a “tip” but your “verify” doesn’t show me any words to type in.
#125 Zooey,
That makes you John Glenn…
And my farts still make me Energy Czar….
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September 25th, 2008 at 11:02 pmI’m blown away by this woman’s intellectual depth.
September 26th, 2008 at 3:11 amI’ve been to 70 countries, lived oversees for 10 years – I the G-Damned MFing Secreatary of State !!!
September 26th, 2008 at 5:16 am