McCain has embraced the Russia-is-next-to-Alaska theory

[DogPoundPup]

TPM ... http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/213057.php
It would appear that John McCain has embraced the Russia-is-next-to-Alaska theory of why Sarah Palin isn't as lacking in foreign policy experience as she seems.

From a new interview from ABC ...

Alaska is right next to Russia. She understands that. Look, Sen. Obama's never visited south of our border. I mean, please.

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Gov. Palin knows the surge has succeeded. She's the commander of the Alaskan National Guard. He said that Iran was a tiny problem. He's never visited south of our border. He has no experience on these issues.

She has been in charge and she has had national security as one of her primary responsibilities. Sen. Obama has never had a position of responsibility to do with many of those responsibilities. I'm proud of her vision. I'm proud of her strength.

It's sad that it's come to this.

Needless to say, Gov. Palin has no commander authority over the Alaska National Guard whatsoever in any cases tied even remotely to national security.

Transcript: Gibson Interviews John McCain
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5715542

[Marsala]

1. Alaska is right next to Russia. She understands that.

Well I should certainly hope so!

[niceypoo]

2. I heard on air america (Maddow) that Jiggles didn't even know what the surge was...

...but she had heard about it on the news...

She is a moron

[endthewar]

3. Technically speaking, she does get military briefings about Russia as governor of Alaska.

This was mentioned on MSNBC by Chris Matthews. However, the McCain campaign is too dumb to push a legitimate talking point such as this and is stuck in stupid just talking about how Alaska is next to Russia. I should point out that it's not clear how often those briefings take place or what details they include. Overall, just utter incompetence by the McCain campaign.

[truebrit71]

4. By those standards I should be Secretary General of the UN...

...born in England, right next to Wales, Scotland, N. Ireland, Eire, France, Belgium and Holland...then of course i've actually BEEN to another country and had a passport longer than I've had a drivers license...so yeah, I have SHITLOADS of foreign policy experience too...