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Related: About this forumSarah Palin touted as US ambassador to Canada? You betcha!
Source: The Guardian
Sarah Palin touted as US ambassador to Canada? You betcha!
Canadians have expressed dismay on social media after the
White House press secretary refused to rule out the ex-Alaska
governor as our woman in Ottawa
Ashifa Kassam in Toronto
Wednesday 8 February 2017 22.43 GMT
Much of her life has played out like a Canadian stereotype: from her favourite food of moose stew to extolling the virtues of hockey moms and her love of snowmobiling.
But after a White House spokesman refused to rule out the possibility that Sarah Palin could be the next US ambassador to Ottawa, few in Canada seemed to be embracing the prospect of the former Alaska governor taking up the role.
Sarah Palin as ambassador? New Democrat MP Charlie Angus asked on Twitter. Well that would show how little Steve Bannon and his pal @realDonaldTrump think of Canada.
Others dismissed the idea as simply fake news or alternative facts, while some wondered if this was an early April Fools joke from the White House.
Appointing Sarah Palin as the US ambassador to Canada is, like, ultimate trolling, noted one. If he makes Sarah Palin the US Ambassador to Canada. I say we keep our oil and hockey players. BTW does she speak Canadian? Asked another.
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Canadians have expressed dismay on social media after the
White House press secretary refused to rule out the ex-Alaska
governor as our woman in Ottawa
Ashifa Kassam in Toronto
Wednesday 8 February 2017 22.43 GMT
Much of her life has played out like a Canadian stereotype: from her favourite food of moose stew to extolling the virtues of hockey moms and her love of snowmobiling.
But after a White House spokesman refused to rule out the possibility that Sarah Palin could be the next US ambassador to Ottawa, few in Canada seemed to be embracing the prospect of the former Alaska governor taking up the role.
Sarah Palin as ambassador? New Democrat MP Charlie Angus asked on Twitter. Well that would show how little Steve Bannon and his pal @realDonaldTrump think of Canada.
Others dismissed the idea as simply fake news or alternative facts, while some wondered if this was an early April Fools joke from the White House.
Appointing Sarah Palin as the US ambassador to Canada is, like, ultimate trolling, noted one. If he makes Sarah Palin the US Ambassador to Canada. I say we keep our oil and hockey players. BTW does she speak Canadian? Asked another.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/08/sarah-palin-touted-as-us-ambassador-to-canada
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Sarah Palin touted as US ambassador to Canada? You betcha! (Original Post)
Eugene
Feb 2017
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guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)1. She does not speak English very well.
Yes, she would be an insult if she were to be proposed.
VMA131Marine
(4,123 posts)2. She can see Canada from her house.....
Somebody had to say it....
dchill
(38,320 posts)3. You beat me to it.
However, I'm pretty sure she doesn't speak Canadian.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)4. Heard said, "keep her you bethcha eh"!
underpants
(182,273 posts)5. Ambassador Sparklemoose
FuzzyRabbit
(1,958 posts)6. This might cause Canada to declare war
and rightly so.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)7. What the F**k did Canada ever do to us?
If this happens, Canada will build a wall to keep her out and America will have to pay for it.