Politico: Palin's India trip will help build foreign policy cred

[RandySF]

Palin’s visit allows her to build some foreign-policy cred with a visit to a friendly ally — and score some points with Indian-American voters in the States. Obama’s first state dinner was for India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. And strategists, Democrats and Republicans alike, are increasingly trying to build support with Indian-American voters and donors — who come from one of the fastest-growing, and most affluent, groups in the country, more than 2.5 million strong.

“Basically, the growing clout of Indian-Americans in relation to their numbers here is a subject of growing interest in India,” said Chidanand Rajghatta, the longtime Washington correspondent for The Times of India. And that clout is more pronounced, he said, because “most Indians who come here or are in the U.S., first generation or second generation, they are the top of the top, the elites.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/50714.html

[tanyev]

1. If it goes well, maybe.

But with her, that's a pretty big if.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. She thinks there's a big car race there at the end of May.

I'll betcha!

[rhett o rick]

31. She thinks the Indians will have a real war dance just for her. nm

[Ramulux]

3. I dont get it

So going to a foreign country means you have foreign policy experience? Its pathetic that our media goes along with this when they know she is only doing this to give the illusion that she understands anything about foreign cultures.

[Sky Masterson]

4. I'll bet that she is hoping to meet a few Indians.

He hee..

[blm]

18. Is Rocky Colavito still there?

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[Sky Masterson]

25. That may be way too far over her pea-head

:rofl:

[Rick Myers]

28. Go Tribe!!!

LMAO!!!

She can see the Taj Mahal from her hotel!!! It's made of LEGO!!!

[PSPS]

5. Politico.

[ReggieVeggie]

6. her `foreign policy cred' goes straight down once she opens her mouth

[Drale]

7. Its more likely that she is going to cause an international incident

and hurt the US's relations with India.

[kalli007]

17. I lol'ed so loud reading this,,,,

truer words were never spoken!

[Vehl]

20. I second this!

Indian Americans are overwhelmingly democrat (except for a few exceptions....like you know who!). Nobody cares about Palin....its an inconvenient truth that some of her supporters have a hard time accepting.

[Drale]

21. India is a socialist democracy

everything Sarah "You Betcha" Palin claims to be against. Can you imagine the fit she'll through when she finds out?

[Vehl]

24. Haha yeah! Would be fun to watch!

Everytime I tell my friends who live in India that most of the right wingers here want to bring in stuff like
"intelligent design" instead of evolution they have a hard time believing me, because according to them its impossible to be that stupid! lets wait till Palin goes there and utters some pearls of wisdom!

[jwirr]

29. She is much too stupid to notice.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Hey, I spent a whole summer in England some years ago.

Doesn't that mean I should get the Ambassador job? I mean, a whole damn summer, not just a few days! Or maybe I should be President, since Britain is our most important ally, isn't it? Why shouldn't I be President, seeing as how I spent a whole summer in England?

[SoCalDem]

12. Hello, Dame Velveteen Ocelot

:)

[SoCalDem]

9. Not likely

she'll ride an elephant
see the Taj Mahal
ask for curried moose
& step in cow dung

the rest will go in one ear & out the other

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. She will commit some embarrassing faux pas

except she'll be too clueless to be embarrassed.

[al_liberal]

11. She can't speak English

What does she hope to accomplish there? Piss them off? Ask if they can see Russia?

[jillan]

13. The question really should be IS Palin going to go to India and bash our President? And if she does

should that go unnoticed? Or should the media be all over it if she does?

[Snoutport]

14. She thinks she's going to Indiana...

Imagine her surprise when she gets off the plane and realizes she is surrounded by foreigners and there aren't any pictures of Jesus anywhere!

[madinmaryland]

15. Wonder if she will ask where the tepees are and where the Geronimo Memorial is.

:shrug:

[sabrina 1]

16. What a stupid article.

But then it's about a stupid topic. Why is anyone talking about this irrelevant woman?

I've been to several foreign countries. I guess I've got 'foreign policy' creds too.

So, now I'm ready for the WH :eyes:

Where do they get these people to write this stuff?

I am convinced that she has hired PR people to write these ridiculous articles to keep her in the news so that she can keep making money.

I know it's a hopeless dream, but if I never saw that woman's name or face again, it would be heaven.

I rarely comment on threads with her name in them because all it does it contribute to keeping her around.

I will now leave the thread and go back to ignoring anything that relates to this stupid and embarrassing woman.

Someone needs to warn India, they have enough problems already. Better yet, maybe they can keep her there.

[wtmusic]

19. "I hear they have good Indian food there."

C'mon Sarah, I know you have an even better one for us.

[EV_Ares]

22. LOL, so you fly over to India & spend a little time and this gives you or you build

up your foreign policy credentials. Hilarious, how many people do this, so that means there are a hell of a lot of people in this country with foreign policy credentials.

She just needs to face facts, she doesn't even have Alaskan policy experience because she is not disciplined enough to learn the facts & she is a quitter when the going gets tough. She just wants to be adored by her fans and no criticism of her.

[LiberalAndProud]

23. She's going to deliver the keynote?

Oh boy, oh boy. Those Indians are in for a treat, aren't they? Who affords the credentials and why? I'd really like to know.

[malaise]

26. Palin is heading for India in the middle of the

cricket world cup in the sub-continent.
No one will know she is there - the only interest in India right now is winning the world cup.

[Vehl]

27. You hit the nail on the head!

Nothing even comes close to the interest and fervor generated by the cricket world cup. I bet that if there was a game on while she is giving her speech (most probably will be, as there is a cricket match(game) everyday) 99% of those in the room would be following the game on their phones.



To use a cricket terminology....she would be "clean bowled"
:rofl:

[malaise]

32. The timing is hilarious

Clean bowled with the middle stump flying :rofl:

[Contrary1]

43. A more fitting comment would be "She should be cleaning bowls at the cricket matches...

of the toilet variety."

What a total idiot she is.

[City Lights]

30. And I'm certain that Politiblo will do all it can to help inflate her creds.

:puke:

[butterfly77]

33. Why would this help her when..

she says that the only people who are REAL AMERICANS are caucasian.

After all of the nonsense that Palin and the republiCONS have thrown out there about AA,Hispanics,Muslims,Gays,etc..

I am surprised that anyone would vote for them what does it take,if they don't get it by now they get what they deserve...

[blm]

46. the corporate media will SAY it helps her no matter what.....

.

[Arkana]

34. She's going to ask for a hamburger. Watch.

[Canuckistanian]

35. But she can't see India from her house

How will she make sense of it?

[lpbk2713]

36. "I can see Geronimo and Sitting Bull from my porch."

I honesly wouldn't put it past her. :eyes:

[DaisyDeedles]

40. LOL!

That was frakking HILARIOUS!

[underpants]

44. HELLOOOOO INDIANA!!!

[louis-t]

37. She will learn nothing, she will accomplish nothing

she might sell a few books. She is a waste of oxygen.

[Canuckistanian]

38. Ding ding ding

Tell him what he's won, Johnny.....

[Shagbark Hickory]

39. This can't possibly bode well for us.

Reminds me of the scene from the movie the birdcage when the Coleman's met the Housekeeper.
It would suprise me if it leaves a positive impression in India.

[MindPilot]

41. Wonder if she'll visit a call center

She could sit in on a real tech support call.

[RandySF]

45. Will she hang up on me?

Like the Dell customer "support" person did after she couldn't figure out my problem?

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

42. Just like Haiti, it's purely a photo-op

There'll be more wardrobe and make-up people, cameras and PR types than people who could teach Palin what she's seeing.

An actual mamma grizzly could learn more from this trip than Sarah Palin.