conspiracy theory du jour
Thursday 25 September 2008 | 3 cookies in the jar
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-boundary 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.
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Palin: We don’t have to second-guess what their [Israel’s] efforts would be if they believe…that it is in their country and their allies, including us, all of our best interests to fight against a regime, especially Iran, who would seek to wipe them off the face of the earth. It is obvious to me who the good guys are in this one and who the bad guys are. The bad guys are the ones who say Israel is a stinking corpse and should be wiped off the face of the earth. That’s not a good guy who is saying that. Now, one who would seek to protect the good guys in this, the leaders of Israel and her friends, her allies, including the United States, in my world, those are the good guys.
Okay, George Saunders; alright, Tina Fey; enough, you two. You’ve had your fun—now it’s time to call it off, since you’ve officially pwned the McCain campaign. So much for your little game. You win! Funny, funny. Sighs of relief, nervous laughter, and congratulatory handshakes all round. Happy now? So can we get back to the real election, before the debates? Joke’s over, right?
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Whenever I see Sarah Palin’s picture, I hear a voice inside my head “Governor, I served with Jacqueline Kennedy, I knew Jacqueline Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy was a friend of mine. Governor, you are no Jacqueline Kennedy.”
Dude, she’s not even a J. Danforth Quayle.
Oh, I don’t know: a pretty face, a lack of experience, a complete inability to form a coherent thought even after they’ve been given weeks to prepare….The worst part is that JDQ didn’t prevent GB from becoming president in the first run….And while totally pro-feminist, I am only comforted that having a woman on the ticket didn’t seem to help Mondale in the slightest.