Does Alaska’s proximity to Russia equate to foreign policy experience for Palin?
By | Monday, September 1st, 2008 | Politics

H/T to PoliBlog for posting this Cindy McCain clip from ABC’s “This Week”:

McCain responded to a George Stephanopolous question about presumptive Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s foreign policy experience by saying that Palin had it because her state was the closest to Russia.

Er…does that mean Gov. Jennifer Granholm (MI) is an expert on relations with Canada? How about Gov. Bill Richardson (NM) with Mexico? Gov. Charlie Crist (FL) with Cuba?

While I am sure these governors may concern themselves with some international issues, I would presume it’s not that significant, nor are they that authoritative.

I find this talking point to be one which is proceeding down a very slippery slope.


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JR Hoeft

Conservative to the core; liberal with his opinion! J.R. has been involved in politics for over a decade and has worked on several campaigns in Hampton Roads. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Chesapeake and the Central Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia. He is also the director of “Blogs United” in Virginia. E-mail J.R.. Follow J.R. on Twitter.

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3 Responses to "Does Alaska’s proximity to Russia equate to foreign policy experience for Palin?"
  1. Jeremy Hinton September 1, 2008 08:22 am

    JR, my thoughts exactly. Just like i wouldn’t say Obama has good experience in dealing with global financial markets due to his brief stint as a writer for Business International Corporation. In the need to puff up credentials, both sides seem to be doing some overreaching resume inflating.

  2. Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Cindy McCain Repeats The Most Absurd Comment Ever September 1, 2008 09:29 am

    [...] Hinton at Bearing Drift agrees and argues that Palin’s defenders are making a mistake by relying on a fundamentally absurd argument: Er…does that mean Gov. Jennifer Granholm (MI) is an expert on relations with Canada? How about [...]

  3. MB September 1, 2008 12:50 pm

    Oh, there’s some hope yet. Glad to see it.

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