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>>Palin's foreign relations skills are that she "can see Russia from her house"
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>So her foreign relations skills are on par with your research ability, since she never said what you quoted. That's Tina Fey. ;)

True, true. What she actually said was "They're our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska." Fey just shortened it.

And then of course, Katie Couric asked how Alaska's closeness to Russia enhanced her foreign policy experience, Palin said, "Well, it certainly does because our next-door neighbors are foreign countries."

Her interview with Couric was truly inspiring. She should have been willing to accept coaching instead of insisting on winging it.

>>and duh unable to tell if Africa is a country or not.
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>I'll give you credit, at least you didn't use quotes this time, since this rumor is attributed to “sources within the McCain campaign.” ;)

Yes, but the aides who brought it up expected it to remain secret until after the election, so I'm inclined to believe it. I'm also inclined after having seen her being interviewed.

Be careful what you wish for; you just might get it.

>and then there's, duh, "countries like Europe". ;)
>http://vocalminority.typepad.com/blog/2010/05/will-obama-get-the-palin-treatment-for-calling-europe-a-country.html
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>>Even if you don't agree with what Obama has done (or is doing) surely you can't actually think we'd be better off with an idiot like Palin responsible for our country do you?
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>Yes. With the exception of certain war policies (once he eventually hemmed and hawed and made a freaking decision), he has done nothing positive. Our foreign policy is a joke, from the apology tour, to ignoring the Iranian citizens uprising, to the Russian policy of give Putin what he wants...I mean "reset". His administration is suing a state for having the gall to pass a law to mimic unenforced federal law, while ignoring obvious election violations purely based on politically calculated, racial grounds. He has been making one incompetently politically motivated decision after another regarding the Gulf oil spill while ignoring the obvious, simple acts that he can do with the stroke of a pen between swings of his golf club. Then there's the the 2000+ page domestic policies he has pushed and are unhelpful at best and economically disastrous at worst. The health care takeover, as many of us knew beforehand and others are slowly learning, is Madoff, Stanford, Medicare and Social Security on steroids combined with a centrally controlled bureaucratic web of rationing and containing a fistful of private insurance destroying mandates. Financial "reform" makes "too-big-to-fail" bailouts and private company seizures standard practice while completely ignoring the $350 billion (to date) Fannie and Freddie gorillas swept under the rug.
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>A thousand times yes! Give me Palin over this inept, egomaniacal, narcissistic, moron!
>Hell, I'd even take Hillary! ;)
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>>Even if you like the idea that she wants to "shake things up in Washington and ruffle some feathers" at least admit if that's what she wants to do then she should become a senator and learn a few things before she tries to handle international relations for our country like the USA.
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>Personally, I like where she is now. I think she's found her niche. In addition, I hope we allow the president to return to his community organizing niche in January 2015.