OURIC: 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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And it must be an enormous head to be able to rear into our airspace
I agree about the words, Richard. But to me the non-verbal was even more revealing, especially when Katie asked her to explain how living next to Russia enhances her foreign policy creds.
The non-verbal message I read was: "Well . . . duh . . . OK, if you really don't understand it, I'll spell it out for you, once again."
And then the words came: "Well, it certainly does because our . .our next door neighbors are foreign countries. They're in the state that I'm the executive of. And there in Russia --?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-- ?"
Unbelievable!! Surely it's a SNL skit. She complains about the reporters moking that answer. And then she just spits it out again, without nuance, without irony, as though -- well, every fool knows if you live next to Russia you're capable of being the President of the United States and making all those big decisions, and commanding all those troops, and and, well, just EVERYTHING!!!!
Sorry, a sentence fragment got misplaced in the previous post, but I think you can figure it out. The fault of cut and paste gone awry, and you can't go back and edit on these comment pages.
I'm really starting to feel sorry for her. She is clearly over her head and struggling to meet the expectations of everyone around her. Her ambitions have exceeded her grasp. These interviews are painful, but there needs to be more of them. It's obvious that she has been hidden from the media because of her lack of depth, but we all need to know what is being offered by the McCain/Palin candidacy.
I agree she's over her head, but I'm not sure she knows it. She exudes a sort of Miss America perkiness in answering the silly questions they're asked, like: "I'm for World Peace" or "I want to save the environment."
When Katie Couric asked her to explain how living next to Alaska qualified her on foreign affairs, her demeanor seemed almost exasperation at having to explain the obvious, once again: "because our neighbors are foreign countries, don't you get that???"
Sarah Palin on Couric reminded me of that video of Miss South Carolina? Remember she was asked to answer to why Americans can't locate America on a map? And she couldn't locate an answer? Or even the English language?
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