Barbour: In a McCain administration,’ Palin will ‘not have much of a role in foreign policy.’
By on Oct 1st, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Barbour: In a McCain administration,’ Palin will ‘not have much of a role in foreign policy.’
During an interview with NPR this morning, John McCain said he routinely turns to Sarah Palin for foreign policy advice. “I’ve turned to her advice many times in the past,” McCain said in response to a question about whether Palin would be one of his foreign policy advisers. But McCain’s message was contradicted by one of his surrogates, Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS):
Obviously in a McCain administration she would not have much of a role in foreign policy because of his depth of experience and the people around him. … But in a McCain administration, her role substantively is gonna be primarily – in my opinion – about energy.
Watch video of Barbour’s remarks here.
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OK. I missed the original interview in which McBush said he’d turned to her advice many times in the past . . . the past what, John? Past week? And does he honestly think anyone believes that? Why didn’t the interviewer just start laughing hysterically?
October 1st, 2008 at 4:06 pm“Palin will not have much of a role in foreign policy”
WHAT!!!!
And let all that foreign policy expertise of Sarah’s go to waste?
SNARK!
October 1st, 2008 at 4:07 pmIn the event there ever is a McCain administration Ms Palin would have no role in anything. Her usefulness in trying to calm down the evangelicals and grab maybe a few female votes will no longer be needed. She’ll cease to exist
October 1st, 2008 at 4:07 pmWhy does Barbour always talk like he has Bush’s love nuts in his mouth, along with Bush’s love torpedo
October 1st, 2008 at 4:08 pm“her role substantively is gonna be primarily – in my opinion – about energy”…
October 1st, 2008 at 4:08 pmbecause she is just so full of…
pep!
I think we’re all aware that John McCain doesn’t speak for the McCain campaign, aren’t we?
Nothing to see here, really. Just one more rogue campaign spokesman speaking out of line.
Uh — better make that “Maverick™” campaign spokesman.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:09 pmBut, But ……… What about seeing Russia (and Putin) from her window? And if she doesn’t give ol’ Czechoslovakia Johnny foreign affairs advice, where will he get it? He sure doesn’t have the grasp of it!
And about that energy thingie ……. Gov. Flailin doesn’t even know how much energy her state produces.
Now I am totally assured they would make a great team.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:09 pmUm…what if Palin becomes President? What would be her “role in foreign policy” then?
I keep hearing about how she’s “only” going to be Vice President, but seeing as how the number one item on that job description is to step into the Oval Office if something should happen to the President — shouldn’t she be qualified for that position?
I won’t even get into what an “energy expert” Palin is, since that is just absurd.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:12 pmShe’d also be President of the Senate. They do dabble in foreign affairs from time to time.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:17 pmIf there were to be, God Help Us, a McCain/Palin Administration, the governor would have served her purpose. Be serious! What role would be suitable for her? Energy? Exactly what could she accomplish on this issue? She wants to Drill Here, Drill Now, but the dems should have an adequate Senate advantage so her tie-break vote would be meaningless. What would she do on this issue?
What could she do on any other issue? Nothing!
October 1st, 2008 at 4:19 pmWe don’t have enough of an energy problem already? She isn’t qualified to cut ribbons at groundbeakings. WTF are these people thinking? Just listening to her gives me a headache. How do these people continue to speak of her the wat they do? Is it simply blind party loyalty?
October 1st, 2008 at 4:22 pmSarah has been told by her handlers that, if elected, she will run the cookie baking program.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:22 pmHer role will be primarily in energy? What kind of energy? Making energy drinks for McCain to keep him awake? She doesn’t know anything about energy other than as a hockey mom, so what else could it be? All Alaska’s oil goes to other countries as we don’t have the refining capability for it here. Maybe they’ll say that since she’s been Gov. of Alaska for two years she knows a lot about Japanese energy, and that’s what we need today!
October 1st, 2008 at 4:24 pmWow. All of you brilliant wonks really got McCain on this one didn’t you? Phew! I’d be worried if I were he.
Course, that doesn’t really hold a candle to Ol’ Joe tellin’ them thar coal cumpnies to build thar factries in China, now duz it?
Morons.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:24 pmdoesn’t gov. barbour realize
that alaska is right next
door to russia?
#
thank you.
$
October 1st, 2008 at 4:25 pmI see our latest troll, Scaliger, decided not to attack the topic directly and instead simply ridicule our responses to it.
Given the paucity of good arguments at his disposal, this strikes me as a wise move for one in his position.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:27 pmFrom what I’ve learned recently Alaska is a de facto foerign country compared to the rest of the US, so if McCain needs to know anything about Alaska he can just ask her (’cos he doesn’t have the Google), ergo foreign policy advice!
October 1st, 2008 at 4:28 pmCan’t she at least be tasked with writing lyrics about bombing scary brown people to the tunes of other out-dated hits?
October 1st, 2008 at 4:31 pmThen why does McCain “routinely” turn to her for foreign policy advice?
October 1st, 2008 at 4:32 pmWHAT!?!!?
Who else would tell McCain that Bono is the king of Ireland?
October 1st, 2008 at 4:33 pmThat’s not exactly true. I understand they can get all the same magazines up there that we read down here.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:34 pm@ WaltB #13, who said:
All Alaska’s oil goes to other countries as we don’t have the refining capability for it here.
Poor little liberal doesn’t have a very good grasp of the facts, does he?
90% of Alaskan North Slope oil is refined on the west coast of the United States. None of it is exported.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:35 pmScary Factoid of the Day:
1/3 of American Vice Presidents have become President for some reason or another.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:37 pmScaliger Says:
Morons. … the blood type of GOP candidates.
Heeeeeres the next troll soon to be out of business.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:41 pmScaliger Says:
Wow. All of you brilliant wonks really got McCain on this one didn’t you? Phew! I’d be worried if I were he.
You mean it doesn’t bother you that McCain just flat out lies? McCain says “I’ve turned to her advice (re: foreign policy) many times in the past,”. In the past what, month? And what kind of questions is he asking her?
It seems McCain has nothing to worry about since he just says whatever the hell he wants.
The point is that people like yourself can’t see that McCain has got you baffled. That worries people like me that don’t see lying as a great asset for a leader.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:44 pmWell, depending on who is speaking for the McStain campaign today, McStain or Barbour, ignoring Palin’s foreign policy expertise would be done at our peril!
I swear, this whole campaign strategy as of now just seems to be “throw as much shlit against the wall and hope something sticks”!
PEACE
October 1st, 2008 at 4:45 pmScaliger Says:
All Alaska’s oil goes to other countries as we don’t have the refining capability for it here.
Poor little liberal doesn’t have a very good grasp of the facts, does he?
Poor!?!?!?! This coming from a GOP minion, whose party will be officially bankrupt in 5 weeks.
Poor GOOPER.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:46 pmsatirev,
I just read the npr transcript, too, and can’t believe that he’s still trying to justify his negative campaigning with Obama not doing the Town Halls like he asked…
If only Obama had rearranged his Campaign around McCain’s needs, McCain wouldn’t have to lie?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95240063
Wow…
October 1st, 2008 at 4:47 pmFlippy and Chippy are both, to any objective observer, fundamentally: dishonest, ignorant, dogmatic, vindictive,reckless, partisan, primitive, delusional, aggressive and incurious. All of these traits are well documented, their public record reads like a bad fantasy novel, and any one of those is disqualifying in my estimation.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:54 pmThe energy boys have had their way the last eight years with the pimping Bushies occupying the CorporaWhorehouse. Palin can play the madam as big oil goes for more corporafornication. Now the Exxon/Mobil Lincoln bedroom…
October 1st, 2008 at 4:54 pmScaliger and his ilk are unfortunately, at this time, the influence of America. In order to improve our quality of life as a nation we will have to do away with washed up neverhavebeens as the voice of America.
We wouldn’t want our kids hanging around Scaliger. Why would we want him hanging around our country?
October 1st, 2008 at 4:55 pmPoor troll. Doesn’t even realize that, if the oil companies were given every lease they want, drilling wouldn’t start for years and the taxpayer would end up making the upfront investment in infrastructure.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:59 pmSatirev, I’m with you on the Keating thing. It’s time to get that info out, first because it’s so very timely and second, because early voting has already begun. But Team Obama is playing a careful chess game, so they may have a different take on the “right time”.
I need to go look for that LATimes article… didn’t know there was new info on troopergate. It was just a matter of time before someone decided to sing, and I think it might open a floodgate of songs!
PEACE
October 1st, 2008 at 5:05 pmSo that when he sails off to Valhalla she won’t know squat.
October 1st, 2008 at 5:09 pmWell, if Palin will serve little purpose why wouldn’t run by himself with not VP? This would at least save taxpayers the salary paid to a VP who will do nothing except abuse the position and charge American a per deim for every day that she has nothing to do.
October 1st, 2008 at 7:06 pmScaliger Says:
Morons.
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HA a dumber than dirt hivemind cretin is calling US morons. Hey toad when my IQ drops to only DOUBLE yours I will immediatly commit supuku out of pure embarassment. Your stupidity is your defining characteristic
October 1st, 2008 at 7:48 pmI hope Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS): us attentive to the fact that John McCain is a spry 72 yrs old and John has realling yet to release his full medical records.
So Barbour shouldn’t sleep to soundly because Palin who he dismisses having much input in forieng affairs. Palin’s lacking judgement and vally girl understanding in foreign affairs has a very high possibility of assuming the Presidency from McCain’s health and age worse case scenario.
Barbour excuses a vote for Palin/McCain by telling us Palin will be put in the corner on the foreign affairs issue? Really?
Barbour places his GOP party for president first, ahead of America.
October 1st, 2008 at 10:01 pmBarbour the Republican lobbyist governor and all his minions and hirelings are in total lockstep with the Republican Party and to hell with Mississippi and her people as well as all America, as long as the Republican Party remains in power.
October 1st, 2008 at 10:44 pm