Sarah Palin - Que Sera, Sera (Whatever will be, will be)

Just when you think it can't get any worse for Sarah Palin; more media tidbits surface to expose her hidden roots. Her interview with Katie Couric continues to "highlight" the "experience" this political wonder has to offer to voters.

Be sure to check out YouTube for the full interview and see other "insights" of Sarah Palin.

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COURIC: You’ve cited Alaska’s proximity to Russia as part of your foreign policy experience. What did you mean by that?

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– it’s funny that a comment like that was– kind of made to– cari– I don’t know, you know? Reporters–

COURIC: Mock?

PALIN: Yeah, mocked, I guess that’s the word, yeah.

COURIC: Explain to me why that enhances your foreign policy credentials.

PALIN: Well, it certainly does because our– our next door neighbors are foreign countries. They’re in the state that I am the executive of. And there in Russia–

COURIC: Have you ever been involved with any negotiations, for example, with the Russians?

PALIN: We have trade missions back and forth. We– 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– 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 there. They are right next to– to our state.

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Info below taken from:

http://jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/sarah_palins_terrifying_ignora.php

It highlights more media attention to the interview.

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Jerry Goldberg
29 Sep 2008 10:43 am

Her nonsensical answer about Russia has deservedly been highlighted, but let me focus on another question, this one concerning the export of democracy. Couric asked, "What happens if the goal of democracy doesn't produce the desired outcome? In Gaza, the U.S. pushed hard for elections and Hamas won."

Palin's answer, in full, was this: "Yeah, well especially in that region, though, we have to protect those who do seek democracy and support those who seek protections for the people who live there. What we're seeing in the last couple of days here in New York is a President of Iran, Ahmadinejad, who would come on our soil and express such disdain for one of our closest allies and friends, Israel ... and we're hearing the evil that he speaks and if hearing him doesn't allow Americans to commit more solidly to protecting the friends and allies that we need, especially there in the Mideast, then nothing will."

The issue here is not that Palin didn't know the answer. There are many possible answers to this question, some of which are right and some of which are wrong. The issue here is that she didn't know the question. Because she was apparently ignorant of the subject, she endorsed Hamas' victory, and, in essence, called for the U.S. to "protect" Islamists who seek to use democratic elections to lever themselves into power. And, of course, Ahmadinejad came to power in a more-or-less democratic election. Palin's answer was truly remarkable. A person who could be President of the United States has shown herself to be completely ignorant of one of the most vexing and important foreign policy questions of the day.

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Insightful political quotes from American voters after the recent Katie Couric interview with Sarah Palin.

"I think things are getting clearer. This going to be closer than it should be because of broken political morals. In the end, though, it will be a solid win for Obama. I think people should think hard about this, and make it a big win for Obama, to give him a mandate to implement a whole new set of morals in politics and to reinforce the United in the United States." Paul Stewart 9:28:2008

"Senator McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin has caused me to lose all the respect I had for him in the past. Obviously it was a tactic to energize the party base and appeal to women but I think he miscalculated the degree of female intelligence. While we certainly can admire all Sarah Palin has done in the past, we also realize that she is very much out of her depth in her position as a candidate for the VP of this great country and it causes me, along with countless others of my sex, great anxiety that she could be one heart beat away from the presidency of the US. I say shame on McCain. You would jeopardize the welfare of this country to try to get yourself elected." Lola Winter 9:28:2008

"In the past eight years we have observed how the likes of Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rove and the like have virtually led America into an Abyss of Dismal Disasters by pushing the second rate intellect of George Bush into schemes he was completely incompetent to cope with …. and now the same possible scenario rears it’s ugly medusa like head again." Barrie O 9:28:2008

"The Democrats need to be careful not to awaken the Republicans to their candidate too soon.... less John McCain will still have time to go to Hooters and find a replacement". David 9:29:2008