New Sarah Palin Clip: Keeping An Eye On Putin
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.
Watch the clip here:
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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: Yeah, mocked, I guess that's the word, yeah.
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.
Watch the clip here:
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See all 190 CommentsI don''t see it. I think all of the questions she has asked have been reasonable, but especially this one. Sarah Palin herself claimed this as her foreign policy experience. She should be able to more articulately state her position, regardless of the validity of the claim, after all, if elected, she will have to answer a lot of more difficult questions and talk to a lot of people who know a lot more about the world than she does it. This is not a beauty pageant in which the contestant is asked that one last question, "What would you do to change the world." This is the real thing, and I just don''t think Sarah Palin is up to the task.
Thank you
STILL UNSURE WHO TO VOTE FOR. Seriously? Really? Do yourself and the world a favor and DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOUSE ON NOVEMBER 4 OR ANYTIME DURING EARLY VOTING. As a matter of fact, don''t operate any equipment OR APPLIANCES or handle anything sharp without ADULT SUPERVISION EVER!!!
YEAH, SHE''S GOTTEN PRETTY EXPERIENCED AT LYING...being such a quick study and all Churly.
Not sure why McCain wouldn''t let her have at least an hour.
And I''ve read enough comments in reference to the "gotcha" that I have come to the conclusion that such commenters have:
1) Already made up their mind and will vote Republican, regardless of the candidate
2) They would consider any question that didn''t present Sarah Pallin in a positive light to be a ''gotcha'' question.
Excellent interview Katie
* Grow up in Alaska eating moose burgers, a quintessential American story.
* If your name is Barack you''re a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.
* Name your kids Willow, Bristol, Trig and Track, and you''re a maverick.
* Attend 5 different colleges before graduating, flunk out of two of them, you''re well grounded.
* Spend 3 years as a community organizer, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters,
spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor,
spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people,
become chairman of the state Senate''s HHS comte.
spend 3 years in the US Senate representing a state of 13 million people
while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran''s Affairs committees,
you don''t have any real leadership experience.
* If your total resume is: local weather girl,
4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people,
20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people,
then you''re qualified to become US VP.
seems like ANY question to palin is a "gotcha" question. it''s like a "(moose) and the headlight" kinda thing.
* If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising 2 beautiful daughters, all within Protestant churches, you''re not a real Christian.
* If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you''re a Christian. Or has an affair with your husband''s business partner...
* If you teach responsible, age appropriate *** education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.
* If , while governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other option in *** education in your state''s school system while your unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant , you''re very responsible.
* If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave law to work for the betterment of her community, then gave that up to raise a family, your family''s values don''t represent America''s.
* Husband is nicknamed "First Dude", with at least one DUI conviction and no college education, who didn''t register to vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group or racist secessionist, your family is extremely admirable.
* If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising 2 beautiful daughters, all within Protestant churches, you''re not a real Christian.
* If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you''re a Christian. Or has an affair with your husband''s business partner...
* If you teach responsible, age appropriate *** education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.
* If , while governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other option in *** education in your state''s school system while your unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant , you''re very responsible.
* If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave law to work for the betterment of her community, then gave that up to raise a family, your family''s values don''t represent America''s.
* Husband is nicknamed "First Dude", with at least one DUI conviction and no college education, who didn''t register to vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group or racist secessionist, your family is extremely admirable.
Not sure why McCain wouldn''t let her have at least an hour.
And I''ve read enough comments in reference to the "gotcha" that I have come to the conclusion that such commenters have:
1) Already made up their mind and will vote Republican, regardless of the candidate
2) They would consider any question that didn''t present Sarah Pallin in a positive light to be a ''gotcha'' question.
Excellent interview Katie
Wake Up People!!! (Sent Tuesday, September 16, 2008 4:39 PM)
DID HE NAIL IT OR WHAT. IF THAT DOESN''T HELP YOU MAKE A DECISION I DON''T KNOW WHAT WOULD.
Not sure why McCain wouldn''t let her have at least an hour.
And I''ve read enough comments in reference to the "gotcha" that I have come to the conclusion that such commenters have:
1) Already made up their mind and will vote Republican, regardless of the candidate
2) They would consider any question that didn''t present Sarah Pallin in a positive light to be a ''gotcha'' question.
Excellent interview Katie
The great circle route over the North Pole region would take Putin''s plane across Finland, Norway, The Greenland Sea, Greenland, The Eastern Canadian Provinces of Labrador and Quebec, and then down the east coast of the US.
Sorry Sarah, you wouldn''t be able to see his plane from your backyard.
Idiot.
About Palin - I think what bothers me most about Gov. Palin is that she hasn''t actually pondered, or thought about, many of these complex issues before on her own. She has not read about them, struggled with them, or researched opposing ideas on her own to come up with her own conclusions. In other words, she has no insight. Anyone can memorize talking points; it''s not the same as having an original thought. I have not been convinced that she is a good critical thinker. After Couric''s interview, now I am certain she does not even have a rudimentary knowledge base about her own party of nominee.
Obama, McCain, and Biden all differ from her in this respect; I think she is a good public servant but is perhaps coming out onto the national stage a bit prematurely.
She is out of her element.
An airplane flying the great circle route from Moscow to either NYC or DC never gets within 2,000 miles of Alaska.
What a twit!!! This is the best person the GOP can put up for Veep?? Maybe they can hold another convention and recall both of their choices.
How did our once great country get into this mess? Could it be our streak of anti-intellectualism?
Would you have a beer and a mooseburger with this imbecile?
BTW, Palin is right in insisting that Alaska is right next to Russia. She just wouldn''t (or isn''t able to?) say, however, that that part of Russia which is closest to Alaska is called Siberia and Moscow, the capital of Russia, is very very very far away from Alaska.
She seems incapable of really answering question directly, with any depth. Instead Palin began with sound bites and returned to sound bites instead of answering the questions posed to her. It''s obvious why the McCain Camp has been trying to keep journalist''s away from Palin. It would be laughable if it wasn''t so sickening.
I find it ironic...the next VP doesn''t know exactly where Russia is but that''s ok because the rest of the US people couldn''t find Alaska without thinking it''s Canada.
At times, I wish Putin (according to "moose burger" BUT Putin is not even head state anymore)would rear his head and take over that corrupt Alaska. Enough already! Let those inbreds Alaskans be Russians again!
What chance would Oboma have if he had pregnant teenage daughter dating a thug wanna be rapper with tatoos!!
I don''t think she''s quite Helen Reddy-" Am Woman-hear me roar" feminist but she appears to be someone who is more "See Me, Feel Me.Touch Me"...I need to be heard.
EGO? You betcha! Delusions of grandeur? Out of her league!
It''s probably making Hanoi look like Club Med!
Watch for the next big Palin household news on November 5th (if she loses)...marriage has been called off and America will know her legitamacy, once and for all.
...especially if that boyfriend had said "I don''t want no F**ing kids" on his myspace page. LET''S NOT EVEN GO THERE. Obama wouldn''t have made it past the SC primaries -- if that!
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Posted by BailoutFarce at 03:56 PM : Sep 25, 2008
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All this is pointing to an embarassment. Geezus, Cheney is thanking his lucky stars....there is someone worse out there.
SHE BRAGGED ABOUT IT TO THE SALMON FISHERS when she was running for governor. (she''s just like the high school drop-outs)
As much as I love SNL, I don''t know that I would count them as having reliable insight into her family...Having said that, Alaska does have one of the highest per capita rates of incest, rape, and stds in the country. So much for "abstinence only" teaching!
i just talked to two more visitos from other countries saying US IS ON THE WAY DOWN!
Last ChAnce to save America KIDDOS-
WILL single issue voters be pigheaded and *** the rest of us?
CAN YOU IMAGINE HER TAKING OVER AND MCCAIN who had to cancel debates cause HE cant chew bubble gum and walk at the same time! 2 problems in one week.. oh, what will they do ?
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