Sarah Palin Discusses Russia With Katie Couric

Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin defended her comment that the proximity of Russia to her home state of Alaska gives her foreign policy experience, explaining in a CBS interview aired Thursday that "we have trade missions back and forth."
Palin, the 44-year-old Alaska governor, has never visited Russia and had never traveled outside North America until last year. She also had never met a foreign leader until her trip this week to New York. In the interview, she did not offer any examples of being involved in any negotiations with Russia.
Palin's foreign policy experience came up when she gave her first major interview, on Sept. 11 to ABC News. Asked what insight she had gained from living so close to Russia, she said: "They're our next-door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska."
The comment met with derision from Palin's critics and was turned into a punch line for a "Saturday Night Live" skit featuring actress Tina Fey. Appearing as Palin, she proclaimed, "I can see Russia from my house!"

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[goneairboatin]

russia hasn't been a threat in years, wtf. this is why every country hates us, because we let idiots like her talk

[BootyFister]

@syzygy502 WHO'S OBAMA???

[KungfuCow5]

@prrolg Fine thank you.

[prrolg]

@KungfuCow5 And how's your "Public School Syndrome" feeling today?

[KungfuCow5]

@prrolg It seems you suffer from 'Bachmann Syndrome'.

[prrolg]

@KungfuCow5 Russia has never stopped being a threat. Russian arms are sold all over the world to people we may fight. They are a nuclear power. They are an economic power. Plus it is Russian assholes, outside of our jurisdiction that are bombing our hard drives with worms, malware, trojan horses and koobface. They also control alot of natural gas and oil which makes them powerful. Their intelligence services are still working here as well creating havoc

[KungfuCow5]

@prrolg Well, it hasn't been a threat since 1990.

[AlecBoy006V2]

Sarah Palin never said she could see Russia from her house. But I could see why people got the idea.

[Atheist603]

obama should've sent a thank you note to palin after he won the presidency 

[DCJ72]

Everyone hates the U.S. because we beat the crap out of all countries,but us and Russia are tight!