"Alaska is next door to Russia" - It's now a Talking Point

[XOKCowboy]

I thought it would be something that only a dunce like Steve Doocy would say but they're freaking serious. Just how stupid do they think Americans are?

Ooops Don't answer that.

[skooooo]

1. It's a talking point meaning what????

What are we supposed to conclude from this new revelation?

[ingac70]

3. That that fact is all the foreign policy experience she needs. n/t

[XOKCowboy]

4. According to the Repugs it's her foreign policy credentials

and of course according to them that's more than Barack has.

[angstlessk]

5. mrs mcsame made the same claim re her foreign relations experience.

I have no idea why they are touting this unless they think Americans are REALLY, REALLY stupid?

[SmokingJacket]

7. We're supposed to think it means Palin has international experience! nt

[BeatleBoot]

8. Foreign Policy Experience

Incredible.

[Frank Cannon]

22. That Palin has been saving us from the onrushing Communist hordes...

for the last two years.

[tsuki]

2. It is also close to Canada. Everyone forgets Canada. nt

[VenusRising]

6. There was a lot of talk about that at the Obama rally yesterday.

Everyone I heard talking about it used heavy sarcasm and laughed at the joke of it.

I don't think everyone will fall for that talking point.

[XOKCowboy]

12. You would think not but...

just wait. You'll be hearing it from the 28%ers and the GOOP from now till November. Never underestimate the gullibility of the voters.

[VenusRising]

23. There will always be some.

We won the midterms with that 28% gullibility rating. I think we can overcome that TP.

[ClassWarrior]

9. I can't wait to see Rachel Maddow laugh in the face of anyone who brings this up...

...in her presence.

NGU.

[JanMichael]

10. I guess the counterpoint would be "how many times has

she been there?"

I can't tell that she has. I can't tell that this idiot has ever been anywhere except Texas and D.C.

[Mz Pip]

19. Palin hasn't been there

but I'm sure she's talked about it at local PTA meetings. :sarcasm:

Sharing a latitudial line with a foreign country does not give one foreign policy experience.

[beac]

25. She got her first passport in 2007 to go visit the troops in Kuwait.

She also changed planes in Germany and took a detour for mini-break in Ireland.

Why, she's a regular foreign policy wonk! :eyes:

[madmom]

31. BUT did she stay at the Holiday Inn Express?

[justiceischeap]

11. I'm starting to think they want him to lose.

Or they are gauging how stupid the American populace really is so they can use that in the future.

[ClassWarrior]

13. Can we trust her?? That commie bug is contagious...

:rofl:

NGU.

[skooooo]

15. Good point! Alaska gives away free money....

...sounds like a commie plot to me.

[ClassWarrior]

18. She's infected!! She's infected!! Quarantine her!!

Don't let her travel to Louisiana and infect the good, God-fearin' South!!

NGU.

[madaboutharry]

14. This whole Palin selection is beginning to look

like a Peter Sellers' movie.

[vanderBeth]

16. Holy crap this is so ridiculus.

I've left the country. Many times. I think that qualifies me for SOS.

This thing is an entire joke.
:rofl:

[Kadie]

17. Remember the Miss Teen pageant and the map question?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

[SteelPenguin]

33. She's also a Space Policy expert and an expert on NASA

In fact she's more fluent in Space Policy because Alaska is only 50 miles from space, while it's 58 miles from Russia...

Worst.Talkingpoint.Ever.

Seriously, if this is one of their talking points that just lays out how little foreign policy experience she has.

[Epiphany4z]

20. I am not the VP

but I did stay at a holiday in last night!! woot..hahahahahahah ..oweee make it stop my stomach hurts.

[sharesunited]

21. Hence Alaska's wodka problem.

[WindRiverMan]

24. Wait, Wait, Wait, we actually BORDER Canada

and you have to go THROUGH British Columbia to get to Haines and Skagway.


Let's see Obama compete with that




:rofl:

[Toucano]

26. I heard this on Fox the first day they announced her selection.

And I can believe they're going to go with this.

DUer jimshoes said it best: If she lived next to a hospital she'd be able to cure cancer?

[XOKCowboy]

29. Jon Stewart skewered Doocy for that line last Friday night

As did KO on Countdown. At the time I thought the statement would be laughed off as typical Doocy idiocy. Now they're seriously putting that out there as her experience. I'm amazed.

Here is CrooksandLiars video from Friday's TDS/Colbert report. It's hilarious.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/30/stewart-colbert-mock-sarah-palin-vp-choice/

[Toucano]

32. Thanks for the link! n/t

[radfringe]

27. it's also next door to canada

does that mean palin is fluent in french?

[Jack Rabbit]

28. That's not lame. That's paraplegic.

Then why were former Alaska governors never named Secretary of State?

[Paladin]

30. Why Not Kay Bailey Hutchison? Texas Is Close To Mexico.

Let me hasten to express my profound gratitude to John McCain and his handlers for locating the one female politician in the country who makes KBH look smart and accomplished by comparison. Nice work, boys....