She can pronounce Saakashvili and Ahmadinejad perfectly

[murdoch]

Can you? I can't. That seems to have been the extent of her preparation. And Gibson gave such softball, obvious questions, which made it all the more devastating.

We should have a poll: Who knows more about foreign policy, you or Palin? I would have to vote for me. I could have done better on that interview than her. Even if I had to give conservative type answers, Lincoln-Douglas style. I don't see this as puffing myself up, but a comment on how abysmally she did. McCain looks like Clemenceau next to her. Don't worry though, she said she'll be ready to be president by January. She makes QUAYLE look like Clemenceau.

[cynatnite]

1. Pronouncing it correctly means you're ready...don't you know that? n/t

[Schema Thing]

2. is it really "Acchhmadinajaad"?

[WinkyDink]

4. Whoopi says she remembers it by "Ack! My dinner jacket!"

[flamingdem]

6. She's using the ole "I'm a dinner jack(et)" pronunciation guide for his name

[anigbrowl]

9. More or less, yes.

[catnhatnh]

13. She should just go all Colbert...

...Im-mad-in-the-head.....

[Lakerstan]

3. Still can't pronounce nuclear, though.

[cliffordu]

5. I caught that, too....she sounds like fucking BUSH sometimes......ew....

[Barack_America]

7. I thought you were going to say, "So why can't she pronounce NUCLEAR?"

If I had the two weeks she had to prep, I'd definitely know more than her.

But the funny thing about Foreign Policy seems to be you either get it or you don't. You either appreciate the delicate maneuvering of diplomacy or you compensate with bluster.

When it comes to foreign policy, Palin is simply not a natural. So, she opted to try to sound tough. But even that requires some knowledge. lol.

[evlbstrd]

8. But not nuclear.

Dead giveaway.

Welcome to DU!

[Clio the Leo]

11. yep, not w/out her "new-clear" teleprompter in front of her. NT

[sandnsea]

10. Scary Stupid

and yes she is stupid because if she were just ignorant she'd know she needed to learn a whole bunch more to even recognize she wasn't qualified. The more I know, the more I know how much I don't know. If you don't know that, you're stupid. And when you've got the potential to have the security and well-being of the entire world in your hands, and you don't know that, you're scary stupid. Never say it can't get any worse, that's for sure.

[Lucy Goosey]

12. She's a beauty pageant contestant. Style is more important than substance.

I suppose she's lucky that Charlie didn't ask her why Americans can't find the country on a map.

[boppers]

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