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Palin explains her Russian foreign policy experience!

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(and Canadian foreign policy experience too….cause you know, it’s like, close to Alaska)

Watching this was truly painful.  It’s no wonder the McCain campaign wants to keep her sheltered from tough questioning.


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  1. Here’s the transcript.

    COURIC: You’ve cited Alaska’s proximity to Russia as part of your foreign policy experience. What did you mean by that?

    PALIN: That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and on our other side, the land– boundary that we have with– Canada. It– it’s funny that a comment like that was– kind of made to– cari– I don’t know, you know? Reporters–

    COURIC: Mock?

    PALIN: Yeah, mocked, I guess that’s the word, yeah.

    COURIC: Explain to me why that enhances your foreign policy credentials.

    PALIN: Well, it certainly does because our– our next door neighbors are foreign countries. They’re in the state that I am the executive of. And there in Russia–

    COURIC: Have you ever been involved with any negotiations, for example, with the Russians?

    PALIN: We have trade missions back and forth. We– we do– it’s very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where– where do they go? It’s Alaska. It’s just right over the border. It is– from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to– to our state.

    • Does she not know the word caricature?

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      p>How is she managing “trade missions back and forth” if she didn’t get a passport until last year?

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      p>”Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and on our other side, the land-”  All borders are narrow, infinitesimally so, whether they be on land or so.  Does she know what a border is?

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      p>Finally, it turns out that 16 states share a border with a foreign country — almost 1/3 of the country! (possibly 17, given that the State Dept. considers Bermuda/UK to be a “border country” of the US.  The fact that Palin “governs” a “border state” doesn’t exactly put her in select company.

      • At this point, McCain’s best strategy would be to ask Palin and Fey to swap places and hope that nobody notices.  The new Palin would be funnier, more talented, and probably smarter.

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        NH
        VT
        NY
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        MI
        MN
        ND
        MT
        ID
        WA
        AK

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        p>CA
        AZ
        NM
        TX

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        p>That’s 17 (including two lake border states).  And if AK claims Russia, can’t FL claim Cuba?

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        p> * lake border state

  4. Are you kidding me? Dumber than a bag of hammers. Actually, that’s an insult to hammers.

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    p>This is putting country before politics??

  5. Being near Russia does enhance her foreign policy credentials. She has traveled outside of the country once. On that trip, she visited Americans. Living near a foreign country for most of her life is about the extent of her knowledge of life in other countries. They probably get Russian television shows in Alaska. They almost certainly get Russian radio programs. Compared to everything else she’s done, foreign radio and tv programs are foreign relations experience.

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    p>If she actually knows Russian, Arabic, or Spanish, that would tremendously increase her foreign policy credentials. Imagine her being able to actually speak to foreign leaders in their own language. Actually, having seen her speak without a script, I think having her not understand foreign languages might be better. Perhaps she can pretend that the translators are having trouble when she gets asked questions.

  8. We have been encouraging people to post their prayer for Sarah Palin on our website. Yesterday, I spoke with Todd Palin. He asked that I pass along a message to you.

    As we all know Governor Sarah Palin has been assaulted by the press since John McCain picked her to be his running mate.

    I was told yesterday that she is doing fine. She has strong support around her in both her family and the McCain family.

    Quick, the fainting couch – someone asked Governor Palin a question!  The cads!

    • If you’re so smart, why don’t you try to explain how proximity to another country counts as foreign policy experience. You’ve got to be a genius to do those kind of mental gymnastics. I think Palin did the best she could given the argument she had to work with!

    • I took a course in comparative literature in college consisting of lectures and a small group led by a preceptor. My small group seemed to include no one majoring in Comp. Lit., English, or Romance Languages. In fact, my unmotivated fellow “students” did not appear to have read the texts at all.

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      p>Watching Bush debate Gore in 2000, I got to relive that experience. Thankfully, I only watch excerpts from Governor Palin’s similar “performances”.

      • all the time.  Kids don’t do the reading, and then they try to wing it either orally or in writing.  I’ve saved some written samples over the years, and they are classics .  Both sides of a piece composition paper covered with big loopy writing that restates, mangles, masticates, revisits, repeats, and regurgitates the text of the writing prompt.  Freakin’ hilarious sometimes.  They’re even more funny when you read them aloud.  

    • The slow destruction of Sarah Palin as a formidable and respectable politician is indeed sad, but I can’t feel sorry for her concerning she’s such a key player in it.  

  12. My greatest fear in the month before the election is that McCain will dump Sarah Palin (she decides that her family needs her) and choose Mitt Romney to replace her. On the surface, Mitt Romney might appear to be well suited to deal with the economy. The rest of the country doesn’t know him like we do.  

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