Oh wait, it was another Soccer Mom...

She totally didn't mean that being close to Russia was her only foreign policy experience -- as she clearly explained, Putin flew over her house. And she had to have the executive experience to make sure people, like, kept an eye on that. How often has Putin flown over your houses? Huh? How qualified are you guys to keep an eye on Putin?

How can people vote for a ticket with her on it? She's an utter disaster.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not the first person to say this, but she sounds exactly like a high school student trying to bullshit the teacher into thinking she did the assigned reading, when it's totally obvious that she didn't.

It's the Stupidity, Stupid.

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.

She makes me long for Quayle.

She makes me CrAzY with rage.

Seriously, look at the three questions she asks in that exchange. Brilliant.

It might be a sad commentary on the state of our media that I am so impressed by this.

Katie Couric: Why is it much more challenging there? Can you explain that?

Sarah Palin: The logistics that we are already suggesting here, not having enough troops in the area right now. The… things like the terrain even in Afghanistan and that border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, where, you know, we believe that-- Bin Laden is-- is hiding out right now and… and is still such a leader of this terrorist movement. There… there are many more challenges there. So, again, I believe that… a surge in Afghanistan also will lead us to victory there as it has proven to have done in Iraq. And as I say, Katie, that we cannot afford to retreat, to withdraw in Iraq. That's not gonna get us any better off in Afghanistan either. And as our leaders are telling us in our military, we do need to ramp it up in Afghanistan, counting on our friends and allies to assist with us there because these terrorists who hate America, they hate what we stand for with the… the freedoms, the democracy, the… the women's rights, the tolerance, they hate what it is that we represent and our allies, too, and our friends, what they represent. If we were… were to allow a stronghold to be captured by these terrorists then the world is in even greater peril than it is today. We cannot afford to lose in Afghanistan.

"Miss South Carolina: I personally believe that, U.S. Americans are unable to do so, because some… people out there in our nation that don’t have maps, and I believe that our education, like such, as in South Africa and Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should… our education over here in the U.S., should help the U.S., er, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future..."

I know, me too.

I cannot fucking believe that they (ie. her and the people holding her stupid, stupid puppetstrings) aren't downplaying the whole Russia comment. Seeing as how it was so profoundly ridiculous.

"No, Katie, listen, I do has relavunt experience, fer reals! This one time, I was on this like airplane or whatever, and we totally few over at least ten or more countries in a couplea few hours! Fierce, right? I PWND those bitches. Palin McCain 2008! Your security will be our totally awesome responsibility, and we are PSYCHED!"

Right?

Do we hear Gregoire touting her foreign policy experience?

"I am the EXECUTIVE of a state that touches Canadia all day every day, plus, Seattle and Japan swap so much fish that they are practically lesbian lovers! Therefore, I should totally have a set of nukes at my disposal."

Not so much.

Guess Katie is just giving Palin the 'deference' McCain demands.

I remember - yet again - why I don't watch CBS news...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHumVQ1NK-M

Can anyone confirm this?

But. . . WHO CARES?

Shit, Bush has actual foreign policy experience -- he has looked into Putin's soul! -- and is still an international disaster.

Experience isn't even the point. I mean, Palin is a joke in that regard, but it doesn't matter. She and McCain are a nightmare because their ideas are wrong, not because they're incapable of carrying them out.

And while I've watched these painful blunders with glee, like the rest of you, the polls are kinda saying it might be too late. The alternative, which is that America could have seen some hard questions and ridiculous answers months or weeks ago and it would have made no difference...that's honestly too much for me to take. I know there must be blogs out there linking to this video and slamming Katie for being such a bitch and so unfair to our wonderful strong Sarah. The fact that she opened her mouth and words came out after being asked a question is enough for the 50% of this country that voted for Bush.

All that said, I think we're going to win. Anyone who can possibly be undecided must make the association between McCain (Repub! current mess!) and financial ruin. People who make $250k a year are not undecided.

Fuck I hate that woman.

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