Salter on Palin and Russia: ‘They have, like, fishing disputes.’
Salter on Palin and Russia: ‘They have, like, fishing disputes.’
After Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was chosen as Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) running mate, the McCain campaign and its conservative supporters began arguing that Alaska’s proximity to Russia meant that Palin had foreign policy experience. But the claim soon became a punchline, being brutally mocked by Saturday Night Live. In mid-September, top McCain adviser Mark Salter defended the argument, saying that “they have, like, fishing disputes“:
I asked Salter if he had a sense of Governor Palin’s grasp of national security issues. He brought up the Russia talking point, amplifying it thusly: “They border Russia. People mock that. But they have, like, fishing disputes.”
This strained talking point has been pushed before. In early September, when “Republican strategist” Tyler Harber pushed it on Fox News, Fox’s Gregg Jarrett replied, “Oh, come on. That’s a far cry from major international experience.”
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– - Soon to be the plot point of the next film installment of James Bond, 007.
October 28th, 2008 at 7:59 pm“…But they have, like, fishing disputes.””
Palin was casting across the boundary, got snagged, and Putin wouldn’t let her row over to get it loose.
October 28th, 2008 at 8:03 pmTo a fishmonger a cutomer finding a live nematode in the captain’s cut market cod is a fishing dispute. Still it hardly qualifies me to be a “heartbeat away”…
October 28th, 2008 at 8:03 pmI can see it now, the Gov. sends Todd out in his floating snow machine to beat off the rearing head of Putin as he tries to convert the Alaska King Crabs to communism.
October 28th, 2008 at 8:12 pmI am guessing someone cast over someone else’s line. I am also guessing it was her. I really hate folks that don’t get fishing etiquette…
October 28th, 2008 at 8:13 pmThe foreign experience argument sounds fishy.
October 28th, 2008 at 8:17 pmI would just love to hear Bible Spice try to define “international waters”.
October 28th, 2008 at 8:23 pmThe first one I heard use the “she can see Russia” line
October 28th, 2008 at 8:28 pmwas Cindy McCan’t. I thought OK Cindy’s just making
stuff up, or her meds are affecting her judgement, but then when they all (Reps) started saying it I thought “holy moose poop” that alone should be the “kiss fo death” for Scarah.
I guess that’s what I get for thinking.
right about now i’m
betting mcsame is wishing
he stuck with his first choice
for vice president, jesse ventura.
*
October 28th, 2008 at 8:45 pmHere’s an example of Sarah’s Foreign Policy experience. Sarah said she would defend Georgia after the conflict between Russia and Georgia. Yes Sarah said she would attack Russia to defend Georgia.
After an investigation it was found that Georgia invaded South Ossetian and killed 1,600 citizens and then Russia stepped in to protect that country. Yes the US Media and White House accused Russia of the crime but now the truth and evidence was released and the UK has asked the United Nation to look into War Crimes against Georgia. So much for Sarah’s comment.
October 28th, 2008 at 8:49 pmGood enough for me! I say we make her Secretary of International Fishing Disputes.
October 28th, 2008 at 9:22 pmshes does NOT look comfortable holding that gun……i’m betting that the whole “mighty moose huntress” thing is just another cheap ploy, just like “im as much of a hillbilly as you are” schtick
October 28th, 2008 at 9:24 pmGov. Palin from the 2008 Alaska State of the State Address (concerning illegal Russian fishing)-
Alaskans are asking ‘Why do they hate us?’
They hate our fishing freedoms: our freedom of trolling, our freedom of netting, our freedom to cast and reel and tangle lines with each other.
October 28th, 2008 at 9:32 pmI’m trying to remember my constitution. If Alaska has a fishing debate with Russia, wouldn’t the negotiations have to happen nation to nation (that is USA and Russia). In short, can a state form an international treaty ?
October 28th, 2008 at 9:50 pmI don’t care about “russian fishing rights” I care about “”MY” fishing rights and failing paling does not care about my rights or anybody else’s “RIGHTS” unless it profits them! Commercial fishing has it’s place but recreational fishing is being shut out of any negotiations because we can’t fight back….No money go figure!!!! More fish are wasted by commercial fisherman than ANY recreational fisherman can hope to catch and eat, much less release because of size restrictions!!!! I can continue but this forum isn’t conducive to fisherpeople, but the facts are that commercial fisheries harm more fish than recreational fishers can hope to catch much less keep and eat!
October 28th, 2008 at 9:57 pm“No, they like, totally have fishing disputes all the time dude!”
October 28th, 2008 at 9:58 pmAnd news breaks that the choices were between “robot” or “ignoramus”
As if we didn’t know that. The interviews were real and we saw them and were scared!
October 28th, 2008 at 10:02 pmUmmm Mark — grumpy old, drunken men have fishing disputes. Heads of state do not.
Hard to believe but they’ve actually come up with a more idiotic rationale for Palin’s lack of foreign policy experience than the “she lives next door to Russia” one. Clowns.
Just saying . . .
October 28th, 2008 at 10:38 pmAren’t we done with these two yet? I am very tired of the charade.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:54 pmOK, let’s ignore the absurdity of the governor of Alaska negotiating international fishing treaties and just ask Ms. Palin when the last time was that she settled a fishing dispute with Russia, and give us the details.
October 28th, 2008 at 11:19 pmWhat, like ‘I drink your salmon’???
October 28th, 2008 at 11:43 pmAt least Slater didn’t say they have, like, arguments over, like, icebergs. http://straighttalkonmccain.blogspot.com/
October 28th, 2008 at 11:50 pmThat’s some thin gruel you’re calling a meal, Mr. Salter.
October 29th, 2008 at 12:44 am# 11
Thus far only two states have recognised South Ossetia’s independence; the first member of the United Nations to recognize South Ossetia was the Russian Federation on 26 August 2008, followed by Nicaragua on 3 September.
South Ossetia became independent in 1991, President Kokoty and PM Bulalsev rule that country.
Now when charges are brought against Georgia for the terror attack you’ll read all about it in the US news, right now only the Foreign Media is reporting the story. Why? Because the US lied once again and of course Sarah was clueless and just thinks about attack Russia.
October 29th, 2008 at 12:44 amtarazan Says:
The foreign experience argument sounds fishy.
Hehe
October 29th, 2008 at 12:57 amYeah, that Palin can sure spin one halibut tail. You becha.
Badmoodman Says:
Salter on Palin and Russia: ‘They have, like, fishing disputes.’»
- – Soon to be the plot point of the next film installment of James Bond, 007.
More like a highly possible plot thread for Austin Powers 4. Sarah can play the role of Hottest Political MILF with the Coldest Loins. That’s considered a real name in the Austin Powers lexicon.
October 29th, 2008 at 12:58 amThe, like, fishing issue, like, just isn’t, like, like the same thing, like, as international, you know, like, real experience, like.
October 29th, 2008 at 1:28 amThe ignorance of the conservative camp is simply breathtaking.
Alaska borders Russia? Really?
And this moron is surprised that “people mock that”…
October 29th, 2008 at 1:49 amDid anyone else think of Rose on “Golden Girls” reminiscing about The Great Herring War?!!!
October 29th, 2008 at 5:30 amSo…. if Sarah was instrumental in negotiating volatile fishing disputes with Russia, and that is the centerpiece of her foreign policy experience, then I suppose that there is a wealth of official documentation of Sarah’s negotiations and diplomacy on these disputes. Can we see a link or listing of these disputes and the concurrent negotiations that Sarah handled so masterfully? Where’s the proof of these disputes and Sarah’s involvement (personally) to resolve these disputes?
October 29th, 2008 at 8:39 amSarah Barracuda , caught in a net of her own making .
October 29th, 2008 at 11:04 am