Palin calls Afghanistan ‘our neighboring country.’
By on Oct 6th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Palin calls Afghanistan ‘our neighboring country.’
Speaking at a San Francisco fundraiser on Sunday, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) “fumbled” while praising U.S. soldiers in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, referring to Afghanistan as a “neighboring country”:
“They are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there is hope and opportunity in our neighboring country of Afghanistan,” she told several hundred supporters at a fundraising event in San Francisco.
Afghanistan borders neither the United States nor Iraq. Asian geography appears equally difficult for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who has discussed an imaginary Iraq-Pakistan border.
Update Yglesias presents a helpful map for Palin and McCain.
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Hey Alaskans, it is time for you all to recall this LUNATIC.
thanks – lower 48
October 6th, 2008 at 9:32 amCanada… Afghanistan… What’s really the difference?
As long as you can see it from Alaska, its all the same…
October 6th, 2008 at 9:33 amMaybe she got confused because Afghanistan and Alaska are next to each other in her Golden Book of World Geography, being listed alphabetically.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:40 amPhoto Caption:
And when Sarah Palin squints just right, she can see Afghanistan from her office…
October 6th, 2008 at 9:40 amBrilliant, MrSquirrel, simply brilliant.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:41 amSo this moron thinks that having our soldiers build schools in Afghanistan is a good thing? Really, Palin?
Cause you know who’s good at that sorta thing? Construction workers. And Afghanistan’s got a lot of able-bodied construction workers more than willing to do some school-building.
What other non-defense-related jobs does she think our soldiers be doing? Contract farming? Tax preparation? How about teaching, or making asphalt?
It’s not like they need to do actual soldiering or anything – that’s what we have Blackwater for.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:43 amSeriously, what date does early voting begin? I want to get my Obama/Biden vote in the can as soon as possible, so we can try to prevent this nation from being stupid enough to make this woman vice president.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:45 amWasilla Alaska called..They seem to have misplaced their village idiot…
October 6th, 2008 at 9:46 amGL2814 Says:
Seriously, what date does early voting begin? I want to get my Obama/Biden vote in the can as soon as possible, so we can try to prevent this nation from being stupid enough to make this woman vice president.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Absentee Ballot Deadlines
October 6th, 2008 at 9:47 amI think she thinks that Russia borders one of them there countries, too, doggone it!
October 6th, 2008 at 9:48 amIf palin were to replace mccain on Jan 21, 2009, would she immediately recognize the session of Alaska? Would she get rid of all endangered species regulations? Would she immediately declare that Iran should do exactly as she says or be nuked? How far are her supporters willing to go?
October 6th, 2008 at 9:48 amCalling a girl on her dumb-assed mistakes is SEXIST!
October 6th, 2008 at 9:50 am/sarc
Sorry, of course that should have been secession in 11.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:50 amBearCountry Says:
Sorry, of course that should have been secession in 11.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:50 am
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Considering how many days off she’s taken as Alaska governor, it’s fair to say she doesn’t recognize the “session” of Alaska either. The legislative one, anyhow.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:54 amGeography is ELITEST!
October 6th, 2008 at 9:57 amWho cares where they may be, we’ll just bomb, bomb, bomb ‘em when John and Sarah are in office and doin’ their things, doncha know? Oh, and here’s a shout out for Mrs. Tod’s third grade biowarfare class! Hey kids, anthrax tonight!
October 6th, 2008 at 10:04 amI really wish TP would stop using that “winky” picture of Palin. Every time I see it I want to vomit. This woman has set women in politics back 50 years.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:06 amShe’s correct in that it was Bush’s plan to annex Iraq and their, pardon me, our oil as the 51st state.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:09 amOh for the love of pete, someone buy this woman a world map already! And a book.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:09 amI really don’t think Sarah believes Afghanistan is a “neighboring country” — even though she’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer, I’m pretty sure that even she knows Afghanistan is on the other side of the world. But I think she has been practicing with flashcards so much lately that she now just inserts buzzwords randomly without thinking.
Kind of sad — like a Stepford wife whose programming is coming unspooled.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:11 amSorry TP, forgot to bleep out the profanity in the quote…
That photo coupled with her words SHOULD give every American a moment of pause on November 4th…but then again:
“At the age of 25 most people were finished. A whole goddamned nation of a–holes driving automobiles, eating, having babies, doing everything in the worst way possible, like voting for the presidential candidate who reminded them most of themselves.”
October 6th, 2008 at 10:15 am—Charles Bukowski
“… in our neighboring country of Afghanistan,”
well, relative to the whole globe, it could be…
October 6th, 2008 at 10:15 amoh, and conceding that we “own” iraq through occupation…
Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
This woman has set women in politics back 50 years.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:06 am
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I’d disagree with this. One moron doesn’t negate the gains women have made in politics over the past century, any more than one gay marriage doesn’t annul every heterosexual marriage in the country.
There are plenty of competent, intelligent, and highly-astute women in American politics whose work should not be undermined by Palin’s idiocy, any more than the work of old white males should be undermined by the Bush cabal’s idiocy.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:15 am“They are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there is hope and opportunity in our neighboring country of Afghanistan,” she told several hundred supporters at a fundraising event in San Francisco.
And the clueless crowd of GOP base heads cheered!
October 6th, 2008 at 10:16 ammisshusseinmolly Says:
I really don’t think Sarah believes Afghanistan is a “neighboring country” — even though she’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer, I’m pretty sure that even she knows Afghanistan is on the other side of the world.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:11 am
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Agreed. I’m confident that she is fully aware that Afghanistan is, you know, in, like, Africa or something.
I think the term she was trying to find was “affiliate,” not “neighboring.” Afghanistan is an owned-and-operated affiliate state of the Well-Connected Corporations of America.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:18 amHey she shook hands and winked at a guy from that area, so
October 6th, 2008 at 10:19 amshe probably knows more about the region than anyone in the US.
Check out this picture of Scarah’s little girl (I think it’s
“Flippen Palin”) giving the finger to a little boy in front
of Scarah at a rally.
http://img.allvoices.com/thumbs/event/940/700/20051964.jpg
sorry, bilbo – i think that picture is perfect.
a perfect representation of the flake that she is.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:19 amsatirev: Palin has to be the most stupid woman on the face of the earth.
nope, the women who vote for her are more stupid.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:20 amAfter watching this speech, I put some lipstick on my Pitbull, drove down to Home Depot and got me the manual ‘How to Field Dress a Maverick’, don’tcha know.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:23 am5th Estate Says:
satirev: Palin has to be the most stupid woman on the face of the earth.
nope, the women who vote for her are more stupid.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:20 am
I agree, 5th Estate. I hear women praising her as being so empowering for women, and I want to slap the shit out of them. It takes more than possession of a vagina to advance womens’ issues.
It’s rumored that Phyllis Schlafly has a vagina, for f uck’s sake…
October 6th, 2008 at 10:25 amSarah, do not give praise. Do not answer questions. You’re still too green. Just talk about getting mavericky.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:27 amOn January 20, 2001, while on my way downtown for the anti-inaugural march on the Supreme Court, I mailed a world map to Chimpy McFlightsuit. With the map I included instructions on how to use it because there were all sorts of countries in the world and he might have to know where some of them are. It appears that if the dumbing down of ‘Merika results in McSame and McMoose heading to the White House in January I’ll have to waste more money on another map. Maybe this time I’ll get one printed in a larger font size.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:35 amThis woman (Palin) has set women in politics back 50 years.
– - Try to imagine a coquettish Margaret Thatcher winking at her TV audience and giving a “shout out.” Kay Bailey Hutchison? Not on your life. Condi? Puh-leeze. Not even Hillary Clinton would stoop to such a cocktail waitress level.
Palin is easily the biggest political fraud in 100 years.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:35 amIt’s rumored….
Priceless….
Seriously losing my sh-t over here just because of those two words….
October 6th, 2008 at 10:36 amDumber than a bag of rocks, but here’s my question:
How did they find “several hundred supporters at a fundraising event in San Francisco“?
My gut tells me that Palin would be against busing (is it busing or bussing?) so where did these “supporters” come from? And how did they keep from laughing at the moron?
PEACE
October 6th, 2008 at 10:38 am“Just ‘wink’ again! JUST…. ‘WINK’…. AGAIN! I dare you! I double dare you Motherf__ka! Just ‘wink’ one more goddamn time!!”
Where’s Samuel L. Jackson when you need ‘em…
October 6th, 2008 at 10:40 amspencers mom Says:
Dumber than a bag of rocks, but here’s my question:
How did they find “several hundred supporters at a fundraising event in San Francisco“?
Maybe all the spectators were so stoned they thought it was Street Comedy?
October 6th, 2008 at 10:41 amROFL
She’s qualified enough for a secretary in a small office, how did she get elected as governor?
October 6th, 2008 at 10:50 amWhat a ditz. There…I’ve said it…!
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October 6th, 2008 at 11:15 amAs Lincoln said, you Can fool some of the people all of the time. That’s especially true when they Want to be fooled again. Fortunately it looks like quite a few people have Finally realized this freak show for what it is, McWorse and Pain.
October 6th, 2008 at 11:23 amImpeach Pelosi, Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!
Where in the hell did the rethugs find a rethuglican in San Francisco?
October 6th, 2008 at 11:30 amSpeaking at a San Francisco fundraiser on Sunday, Gov. Sarah Palin…
Does this mean Sarah embraces (GASP!) “San Francisco Values™”?
Does Bill O’Reilly know about this???
October 6th, 2008 at 11:34 amNow you know why McCain picked her. They share a common level of knowledge about the geography of critical regions.
“We have a lot of work to do and I’m afraid it’s a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border.”- John McCain on ABC’s Good Morning America
October 6th, 2008 at 11:37 amMaybe Sarah Palin such as, doesn’t have maps of Iraq such as…
October 6th, 2008 at 11:51 amPicture caption:
“If I hadn’t had my mouth open I would have gotten a face full of shit.”
October 6th, 2008 at 12:03 pmIn actuality Palin was on the Peninsula (south of SF) which has a “redder” bent, by that I mean you may find a “couple hundred” GOP supporters.
October 6th, 2008 at 12:15 pmThe attendance number may well be inflated – no photos were allowed inside the room.
There was a “welcoming committee” across the street from the hotel. The SF Chronicle states “Opponents outside the event outnumber her supporters”.
Remember. This is the selection McSame made for VP. Nuff said.
October 6th, 2008 at 12:21 pmUnbelievable! The type of trash that runs for office these days! We’ve come a long way.
October 6th, 2008 at 12:27 pmLet’s talk about FACTS! 1) She is stupid, 2) she LOVES witch doctors, 3) she is a LIAR. Here is proof..
http://shannynmoore.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/palins-darfur-lie-alaskans-know-better/#comments
October 6th, 2008 at 12:38 pmSay it ain’t so Joe not Sarah our Miss Congenality VP. She read it on a Starbuck’s cup. It’s funny to watch the male Politicial Anaylsis fall all over Sarah as if she were going to give them a play. I guess most thought that famous wink Sarah gave was for them. At lease we know how Sarah moved up to be Govenor of Alaska and it sure wasn’t standing up right.
October 6th, 2008 at 12:52 pmAsian geography appears equally difficult for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who has discussed an imaginary Iraq-Pakistan border.
Iraq and Pakistan have a border. It’s called Iran. And clearly, as McSame says, we need to get that “border” under control.
Simple answers to simple questions.
Cheers,
October 6th, 2008 at 1:00 pmJebus. What an idiot.
October 6th, 2008 at 1:12 pmCaption Contest: “Popeye the Sailor in Drag”
October 6th, 2008 at 2:04 pmThat’s it.
I’m turning in my Vagimerican card.
October 6th, 2008 at 2:09 pmAs a nation, if we’re stupid enough (yet again) to place the republican candidates into the white house, then sit back, relax, and prepare to circle the drain with the rest of the country. This nation is clinging on by its fingernails, and if McCain/Palin gets elected, expect a nail trim!
October 6th, 2008 at 2:18 pmMaybe she can see Afghantstan from Alaska too!!!!
October 6th, 2008 at 3:21 pm“The prediction that actions of winking and blinking would be lateralized right was partially confirmed in that the subjects preferred winking with their right eye, but the other measures showed little asymmetry for these actions. Similarly, in blinking bilaterally, subjects kept their right eye closed longer. The finding that the right eye is preferred for winking replicates the findings of two other studies (Kohara, Note 2; Alford & Alford, 1982), but the other three measures of winking and blinking in Table 5 showed little asymmetry.”
October 6th, 2008 at 4:12 pmWhen a nod is as good as a wink, you can understand that since Afghanistan borders Russia, and she knows all about Russia because, well, it is visible from Alaska once or twice a year, then Afghanistan is a neighbor. You know, like down the street there are other neighbors, some you know well, some you don’t know that well.
October 6th, 2008 at 5:19 pmAnyone notice that almost all of her answers sound like answers to questions in a beauty pageant? Wink Wink!
October 6th, 2008 at 5:52 pmI guess most thought that famous wink Sarah gave was for them.
Editor of the National Review Rich Lowry apparently did:
October 7th, 2008 at 12:16 am