posted by on September 25 at 15:15 PM

Sarah Palin has NO FUCKING CLUE what she’s talking about. I’ve heard homeless schizophrenics whose barely verbal raving made more sense AS ANSWERS TO KATIE COURIC’S QUESTIONS than this.

On Alaska’s proximity to Russia as foreign-policy experience:

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.

On the $700 billion bailout:

Couric: If this doesnt pass, do you think theres a risk of another Great Depression? Palin: Unfortunately, that is the road that America may find itself on. Not necessarily this, as its been proposed, has to pass or were going to find ourselves in another Great Depression. But, there has got to be action - bipartisan effort - Congress not pointing fingers at one another but finding the solution to this, taking action, and being serious about the reforms on Wall Street that are needed. Couric: Would you support a moratorium on foreclosures to help average Americans keep their homes? Palin: Thats something that John McCain and I have both been discussing - whether that is part of the solution or not. You know, its going to be a multi-faceted solution that has to be found here.

On middle-class Americans and the economy:

Couric: Why isnt it better, Governor Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families who are struggling with health care, housing, gas and groceries? Allow them to spend more, and put more money into the economy, instead of helping these big financial institutions that played a role in creating this mess? Palin: Thats why I say I, like every American Im speaking with, were ill about this position that we have been put in. Where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy. Um, helping, oh, its got to be about job creation, too. Shoring up our economy, and getting it back on the right track. So health care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions, and tax relief for Americans, and trade  we have got to see trade as opportunity, not as, uh, competitive, um, scary thing, but one in five jobs created in the trade sector today. Weve got to look at that as more opportunity. All of those things under the umbrella of job creation.

On specific ways McCain has pushed for oversight of the banking industry:

Palin: I think that the example that you just cited, with his warnings two years ago about Fannie and Freddie - that, thats paramount. Thats more than a heck of a lot of other senators and representatives did for us. Couric: But hes been in Congress for 26 years. Hes been chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee. And he has almost always sided with less regulation, not more. Palin: Hes also known as the maverick though, taking shots from his own party, and certainly taking shots from the other party. Trying to get people to understand what hes been talking about - the need to reform government. Couric: But can you give me any other concrete examples? Because I know youve said Barack Obama is a lot of talk and no action. Can you give me any other examples in his 26 years of John McCain truly taking a stand on this? Palin: I can give you examples of things that John McCain has done, that has shown his foresight, his pragmatism, and his leadership abilities. And that is what America needs today. Couric: Im just going to ask you one more time - not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation. Palin: Ill try to find you some and Ill bring them to you.

Bonus #1: Watch tonight for Part 2 of the interview, in which Palin warns against planning for withdrawal in Iraq—apparently unaware that the Bush administration has already agreed on a date for withdrawal—and calls for a surge in Afghanistan:





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.

Bonus #2: In an off-the-cuff response to a reporter’s question about Islamic extremists, Palin linked Iraq to 9/11:





Reporter: Do you think that our presence in Iraq and Afghanistan—our continued military presence there—is inflaming Islamic extremists? Palin: I think our presence in Iraq and in Afghanistan will lead to further security of our nation. Again, because the mission is to take the fight over there, do not let them come over here and attempt again what they accomplished here. And that was some destruction. Terrible destruction on that day. But, since September 11th, Americans uniting and rebuilding and committing to never letting that happen again.

The video is too cringe-inducing for me to link, but it’s available basically everywhere on the Internet.