Couric i-view: Palin defends foreign-policy creds: "When Putin Rears His Head" it's over Alaska

[sabra]

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/09/25/couricandco/entry4478088.shtml

Last night, we showed you what Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin had to say about the economy (in case you missed it, she said we're at some risk of repeating the Great Depression). Tonight, we'll show you what Katie asked her about foreign policy - and where Palin said she stands. First, a little taste of what's to come.
(CBS)

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

Sarah Palin: That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and, on our other side, the land-boundry that we have with Canada. It's funny that a comment like that was kinda made to … I don't know, you know … reporters.

Couric: Mocked?

Palin: Mocked, yeah I guess that's the word, mocked.

Couric: Well, explain to me why that enhances your foreign-policy credentials.

Palin: Well, it certainly does, because our, our next-door neighbors are foreign countries, there in the state that I am the executive of. And there…

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

Palin: We have trade missions back and forth, 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 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 next to, they are right next to our state.

[Muttocracy]

1. I wonder if Putin has ever been to far northeast Siberia. nt

[mamalone]

2. These are actually painful....

She is sooo wretched and she doesn't even know it.:eyes:

[The Magistrate]

3. One Hardly Knows Whether To Laugh Or Cry, Sir

[sabra]

24. as Tina Fey said earlier: hopefully after Nov. 5 she'll be a distant memory

[Inuca]

34. Agree, it's painful

and even more painful is the fact that so many out there can't see how stunningly ridiculous she is.

[Solomon]

38. I think crying is the more appropriate, sir.

:thumbsup:

[Bucky]

4. So, being a burglary victim makes you qualified to be a cop?

I injured my knee at work last month. Does that make me a osteo-whatchamacallit?

[Dollface]

5. Duplicate again. Sorry

[qanda]

6. I don't even know what to rate this

I wouldn't want to put anyone through what I just read, but people have to learn just how ridiculous this woman really is.

[mtnester]

47. I believe we need a legitimate

WTF or maybe just the jaw drop emoticon...animated, in the drop down. Then, animated in the column on the main GD-P page

[Dollface]

7. Putin rears his head? Really?

[Bucky]

9. No wonder Bush could see into his soul! They both had their heads up their asses!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

12. What happens if Putin sees a shadow? nt

[Dollface]

17. 6 more months of Cold War?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

36. Ah, thanks I was getting my myths mixed up there for a minute. nt

[volstork]

46. Can she see it from her house?

:rofl:

[Dollface]

8. Duplicate.

[BklynChick]

10. this is satire, I hope. yes?

[Bucky]

14. Hope is a good campaign theme, but it's not an inexhaustible resource.

[MadrasT]

18. DUzy.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Tarc]

11. My god, what a stupid, brain-dead little tart

When Putin "rears his head", it is over the Caucasus and Eastern Europe. Not over miles and miles of barren Siberia to reach the equally barren Alaskan frontier. Caribou Barbie is a joke, and not a terribly funny one.

[firedupdem]

13. They keep saying horribly stupid things about these other

countries! What an idiot! Those two in office would get us all killed.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

15. He does that to hide his laughter.

[lolamio]

16. Ugh. Dumber than a box of rocks, and she might end up a heartbeat from the Presidency. Scary stuff.

[AspenRose]

29. But she's HAWT

Hottest governor, coldest state, remember? :eyes:

:sarcasm:

[Supersedeas]

19. some high quality shillalistic Rovian rhetoric

[54anickel]

20. Did the Bush people that wrote her speech abandon her, or are they not so stupid

they are not anticipating the questions and prepping her for nothing but softballs? It almost looks as though they've hung her and McCain both out to dry. I thought they'd at least be grooming her for 2012 or 2016. Now it looks like they're just cutting their losses. :shrug:

[AspenRose]

21. I CAN SEE RUSSIA FROM MY HOUSE!

:rofl:

[anigbrowl]

22. I'm actually hoping Putin will make some remark about being able to see Alaska from his Dacha.

[Bicoastal]

23. Sarah, dear, your mighty state is staring directly at Russia's elbow.

Don't kid yourself. When Putin attacks America (!), he probably won't start with the state that's largely devoid of population and a thousand miles away from everywhere else.

[CakeGrrl]

25. She can't even come up with the word "mocked"

when that's exactly what she did to community organizers at the RNC.

What a dim, ignorant tool.

[zulchzulu]

26. And I thought Dan Quayle was dumb as a bag of rat shit...

Palin is literally one of the dumbest politicians I have EVER heard...

[livetohike]

27. I cannot stand Palin and her idiotic comments

My God, she sounds like a teenager - and an uneducated one at that.

[KansDem]

28. So Russia has invaded US air space?

As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America...

Why hasn't this been on the news?

[slinkerwink]

30. Putin's head comes into Alaskan airspace?

[Hepburn]

31. OMFG....

...she IS dumber than Junior and I did not think that was possible!

:wow:

[unblock]

32. yeah, well, biden puts RUSSIAN dressing on his salad! so there!

she's explaining why she SHOULD know about foreign policy, not that she DOES know about it.

the governors of the four states bordering mexico are more knowledgeable about foreign policy than she is.

[Chrisnreno]

33. Reading this transcript is really embarrassing.

I thought at first glance that maybe it was satire. Nope, I was wrong...she really is that stupid. God help us...

[Yavin4]

35. Fuck You Tom Hanks

Ever since you made that horrid movie, "Forrest Gump", people like Sarah Palin actually think that they can run the U.S. govt.

[CakeGrrl]

40. And worse yet, *voters* believe it too. n/t

[ljm2002]

42. Okay, we're on the same wavelength here...

...I've been telling friends for years now that I blame that movie for softening up Americans to accept incompetence "Because anyone with a good heart can make it, why yessuh, thay cahun!"

Sorry. I'm with you 100% -- I really to blame that movie, even if it may not have been intentional I think it had that effect. Not the only cause, of course -- just a really good popular feel-good brain-rinsing for the masses that opened the pores and let the later brain-washing have maximum effect.

[denem]

37. When Putin Rears His Head, I'll pull my skirt down a bit.

God Save America!

[rndmprsn]

39. could someone please tell her putin is no longer president of russia...

and then ask her to correctly pronounce the current presidents name...

[TheCoxwain]

41. I would be hiding under the couch with EMBARASSMENT if she were democratic Candidate

Republicans really have no shame

[MamaDem]

43. It's like a great big gift! Thanks Barbie!! nt

[Disturbed]

45. Gov. Palin needs to be Impeached, now!!!

At the very least, Alaskans need to mount a Recall Petition & & toss her out. She is corrupt & inept. The vetting process of her becoming Gov. must have been almost non existent.

[bushisanidiot]

44. Dumbest VP pick since Quayle.

she is seriously stupid.. er.. stoooopid.

[TeamJordan23]

48. She makes Bush look like a Rhodes Scholar. nm