(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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Reality-based commentary on politics.
laurel says
Here’s the transcript.
tblade says
sabutai says
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.
sabutai says
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.
stomv says
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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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joes says
It is sinful – that John McCain picked her in the first place.
medfieldbluebob says
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??
jkw says
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.
laurel says
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cadmium says
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laurel says
Quick, the fainting couch – someone asked Governor Palin a question! The cads!
laurel says
It went like this:
May Sarah have the strength to withdraw from a campaign in which she is not qualified to participate.
mr-lynne says
laurel says
The prayer scheme for tender Sarah is at their blog. I think the link up above went to the blog main page. This link takes you right to the prayer diary. They’re clearly screening the posts. I guess
the GOPgod only likes reading soft fuzzy prayers. The Faith & Freedom Network is a xtian front end on the WA-GOP operating system.mr-lynne says
mr-lynne says
lightiris says
Simply shocking. She is dumber than box of rocks.
laurel says
But creationists don’t believe the earth is > 10,000 years old, so she probably doesn’t believe that the massif containing the most ancient zircon crystals known exists. I guess she’s more the cubic zirconia type.
afertig says
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!
laurel says
kbusch says
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”.
lightiris says
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.
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shillelaghlaw says
I’d almost feel sorry for her.
sabutai says
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.
mikberg says
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.