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Originally Posted by classicman
What she was purported to have said was that Russia was visible from her home. That was NOT true. That was a skit from SNL.
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She said Russia could be seen from Alaska. And Alaska is her home. So she could see Russia from her home. Obviously, this is arguing semantics. But the point of what she claimed: she understood national security because Russia could be seen from Alaska.
Well that might play among those who know only using sound bytes. But exposed was a bigger Palin problem. She did not have George Jr's superior campaign skills. She was chosen to be the right wing extremist representative - as George Jr was. But, well, the movie W. does demonstrate that even George Jr did not have those skills when at about the same point in his life. The movie W also demonstrated how Goerge Jr refined those political skills.
Maybe Palin can be trained to be a good frontman as George Jr was. But she obviously was not ready which made her a classic target of ridicule. Worse for her, somebody keeps pushing her out there as if she is a viable and electable politician. That is only creating an image just like Dan Quayle - another whose image gelled in the American psyche.