Sarah Palin: “As Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America, where do they go? It’s Alaska.”
In response, there’s this.
And that’s why I love the Internet.
The Tin Man
Sarah Palin: “As Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America, where do they go? It’s Alaska.”
In response, there’s this.
And that’s why I love the Internet.
Sigh. I can see giving her one (and only one) pass for the Russia proximity thing the first time she said it. But you would think that by NOW, she or her people would’ve nixed it and turned it into something else, like oh, maybe a direct answer to the question. Imagine.
What I have been wondering (and have not seen addressed anywhere) is how much interaction the state of Alaska, and, by extension, the governor, actually has with Russia. She’s gotten a lot of mileage on this proximity thing, but I don’t get it. Had Jeb Bush decided to run, would we have been subjected to hearing about all his foreign policy experience based on his state’s proximity to Cuba? There are many states that directly border either Canada or Mexico (including Palin’s, by the way) and we don’t hear about those governers being instrumental in the sometimes tricky dealings with those countries.
If proximity was really so important, I think the governors of all border states would be amongst our most controversial and well-known leaders. Quick! Who’s the governor of Montana?