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Christine O’Donnell Gives Greta Van Susteren Her Foreign Policy Prescription: Strengthen Everything

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Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell followed up her national media silence-breaking interview with CNN by going On the Record with Greta Van Susteren last night. Eschewing the hunt for a big sound-bite, Van Susteren wisely employed a non-confrontational style that let the subject, and subject matter, speak for themselves. This is especially effective with the media gun-shy O’Donnell, who’s more likely to clam up under even mild cross-examination. In part one of the interview, she quizzed O’Donnell on a variety of foreign policy issues, and the result was revealing in ways that other O’Donnell interviews have not been.

In the nearly 10-minute interview, Greta asked O’Donnell how she would handle a variety of foreign policy issues, and every one of the responses involved “strengthening” something, but O’Donnell never gets around to explaining how to achieve the enstrengthening. It’s obviously not through additional spending, and she’s already ruled out magic, which seems to leave us no choice but to extract the extra strength from bottles of Tylenol.

O’Donnell’s detractors will no doubt get a chuckle when O’Donnell admits to not having access to classified information, for a change, and perhaps shudder at the notion that she soon might.

On the positive side for O’Donnell, she not only avoids making any “I can see Russia from my house” gaffes, she even comes off as decently-versed. While her responses are simplistic, O’Donnell includes enough detail to show that she’s at least aware of what’s going on. She’s also a great deal less strident on foreign policy than many conservatives, particularly regarding the Obama administration and Israel. As usual, her likeable persona shines through it all.

The overall effect is probably a net positive for O’Donnell, empty but delicious calories for her audience. This makes her choice to grant the interview on a Friday most unfortunate, dropping it into the dead weekend news cycle.


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  • Fox News: We proudly pander to Teabaggers

    “Van Susteren wisely employed a non-confrontational style that let the subject, and subject matter, speak for themselves.”

    In other words the questions were known well in advance of the interview by Christine O’Donnell’s camp.

  • TeaPartyPatriot

    To the lamestream socialist fake-news media: Please, please, please keep up the vicious, mean-spirited, false, mis-leading and totally biased slime attacks on Christine O’Donnell. Sarah Palin, who got the same hysterical, foaming-at-the-mouth treatment from the lunatic-left, is now indisputably the MOST POWERFUL, MOST INFLUENTIAL, MOST EFFECTIVE woman politician in America today (special thanks to the Trifecta of Scum, aka the official “You Lie!” hussein cheerleading squad, nbc, snl and tina fey). Similarly, O’Donnell will significantly BENEFIT from your unethical, nauseating, gutter actions, since the American people recognize just what you are. I hope O’Donnell invites you all to her swearing-in ceremony as the next Senator from Delaware so you can get a close-up view of your latest “success”.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Another attack on O’Donnell. LOL
    Nobody made a gaffe by saying “I could see Russia from my house.” Palin never said that. So I wonder why a shill writter for the democrats would repeat that nonsense?
    Since nothing O’Donnell said was out of line the left has to TRY to make something out of nothing. Keep trying. LOL.
    You folks just expose yourself for what you are.

  • lonestar77

    Tommmy said:
    “On the positive side for O’Donnell, she not only avoids making any “I can see Russia from my house” gaffes”

    I’ll give you a million bucks if you can name an American politician who said they could see Russia from their house.

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    O’Donnell did a good job but this was a thinly disguised political ad for her by Fox news.

  • lonestar77

    Tommy said:
    “In the nearly 10-minute interview, Greta asked O’Donnell how she would handle a variety of foreign policy issues, and every one of the responses involved “strengthening” something, but O’Donnell never gets around to explaining how to achieve the enstrengthening. It’s obviously not through additional spending, and she’s already ruled out magic, which seems to leave us no choice but to extract the extra strength from bottles of Tylenol.”

    What is her opponent’s views on how to handle foreign policy issues? Do you even know her opponent’s name (without using Google). Do you really know anything about her opponent? If you write about her opponent, do you makes cracks about him being a “bearded Marxist”?

  • Fox News: We proudly pander to Teabaggers

    lonestar77 said:
    I’ll give you a million bucks if you can name an American politician who said they could see Russia from their house.

    Please show us substantively what she said was any different or any less moronic.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    A Christine O’Donnell story . How rare !

  • Greg

    She demonstrated a 12th grade level of foreign affairs and lamented her own victimhood… productive for her.

  • murf

    “I can see Russia from my house” gaffes

    Tommy you are a joke. Seriously, turn off you’re computer , go outside and get some fresh air or better yet some exercise.

  • murf

    Your*

  • lonestar77

    “Please show us substantively what she said was any different or any less moronic.”

    non-sequitur. I’m not in the habit of simply making things up out of thin air like Tommy. Tommy takes something Tina Fey says on SNL and attributes it to Sarah Palin. Like most lefties, he prolly thinks Sarah Palin uttered those words since it was repeated by idiot left-wingers in the media.

  • rushiswacked

    @gordonbloyershow: “I could see Russia from my house.” Palin never said that. So I wonder why a shill writter for the democrats would repeat that nonsense?

    The mailman from “Cheers” is right! She never said that. What she DID say was that being governor of Alaska qualified as foreign policy experience. Why do the liberals weakstream media insist on slandering Conservatives with lies and distortions that are less disturbing than the truth?

    I was very relieved to see the ad where Christine O’Donnell denies being a witch. What about the charges of embezzlement from previous campaigns. Are you a criminal, Christine? Not as sexy as witchcraft, but much more important… and much less discussed.

  • TfT

    Good Lord Tommy….and you complain that posters are rude to columnists and then you dish up this drivel. Really Tommy, you need to get your news from someplace other than SNL.

    Another embarrassment for Dan, who is remarkably silent about the numerous gaffes coming from his own hired columnists while he allows them to point out gaffes (even made up ones) of any/all conservative/republican, while ignoring the multiple gaffes of any/all liberals/democrats.

    Tommy must still be auditioning for a job at MSNBC. This article is worthy of a spot with Keith or Chris or even Rachel. Truth matters not to mediaite or to MSNBC.

    MSNBC=mediaite=meltdown

  • lonestar77

    No response from Tommy? He must be googling away trying to find where Sarah Palin said she could see Russia from her house. He really wants that million bucks. Hell, Tommy, make it a billion!

  • Jayson

    TeaPartyPatriot said:
    To the lamestream socialist fake-news media: Please, please, please keep up the vicious, mean-spirited, false, mis-leading and totally biased slime attacks on Christine O’Donnell. Sarah Palin, who got the same hysterical, foaming-at-the-mouth treatment from the lunatic-left, is now indisputably the MOST POWERFUL, MOST INFLUENTIAL, MOST EFFECTIVE woman politician in America today (special thanks to the Trifecta of Scum, aka the official “You Lie!” hussein cheerleading squad, nbc, snl and tina fey). Similarly, O’Donnell will significantly BENEFIT from your unethical, nauseating, gutter actions, since the American people recognize just what you are. I hope O’Donnell invites you all to her swearing-in ceremony as the next Senator from Delaware so you can get a close-up view of your latest “success”.

    TeaPartyPatriot.. Your naivety & ranting is amost laughable if it wasn’t a bit frightening. You sir or madam are losing it. If O’Donnell or that “most powerful, most influential, most effective woman politician” you seem to worship so much ever do get sworn in, god help the country.

    By the by. You really should talk with your doc about prozac..

  • puck30

    Fox News: We proudly pander to Teabaggers said:
    “Van Susteren wisely employed a non-confrontational style that let the subject, and subject matter, speak for themselves.” In other words the questions were known well in advance of the interview by Christine O’Donnell’s camp.

    Really? you can prove it? Mediaite would love to know. Or are just talking out your ass again because as we all see you just love to have something stuck in your mouth.

    And unlike you, I have proof! I just have to point to your picture.

  • Ted-

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Another attack on O’Donnell. LOL
    Nobody made a gaffe by saying “I could see Russia from my house.” Palin never said that. So I wonder why a shill writter for the democrats would repeat that nonsense?
    Since nothing O’Donnell said was out of line the left has to TRY to make something out of nothing. Keep trying. LOL.
    You folks just expose yourself for what you are.

    Basil – You and murf really need to stop inhaling nitrous oxide.

  • Azarkhan

    NOW endorses Brown within hours of “whore” audio release
    Ed Morrissey:

    In all seriousness, what does it take for a Democrat to lose an endorsement from the National Organization of Women? Choosing Larry Flynt as a campaign manager? Would that at least have them hold off for at least a couple of days in order to make the endorsement not seem as blatantly partisan and mindless as their endorsement of Jerry Brown just hours after discovering that his campaign strategized over painting opponent Meg Whitman as a “whore”?

    …So let’s get this straight. NOW has endorsed the man whose team wanted to castigate a female opponent as a “whore,” and come out in opposition to the pro-choice woman and successful entrepreneur running on the other ticket. And they jumped into the race in less than a day after that audio surfaced.

    Clearly, NOW is more concerned with Democratic Party status than with the actual progress of women, which Whitman represents, even though Whitman supports NOW’s biggest policy issue. NOW’s leadership doesn’t even have the fig leaf of abortion to cover its transparent toadying to the Democrats….

    http://hotair.com/archives/2010/10/09/now-endorses-brown-within-hours-of-whore-audio-release/

  • CosmosDan

    Fox News: We proudly pander to Teabaggers said:
    “Van Susteren wisely employed a non-confrontational style that let the subject, and subject matter, speak for themselves.”

    In other words the questions were known well in advance of the interview by Christine O’Donnell’s camp.

    Looks that way, as did the CNN interview. She came off fine though. I wouldn’t expect a new candidate to be an expert in anything.

  • http://www.karlspensen.blogspot.com Karl Spensen

    Once again the LAMESTREAM media runs another HIT PIECE to SMEAR a True American Patriot!!!11 And YES I know it was on FOX NEWS (The Most Powerful Name in News), but Greta is just the latest Fox RINO to show her TRUE COLORS – after ShepTURD Smith denounced Harsh Interrogation and O’Reilly started PALLING AROUND with Jon SPEWart!!!!111

    I can’t BELIEVE that poor Christine O’Donnell was ASKED QUESTIONS and then her answers were BROADCAST on television!!!111 This is the kind of GOTCHA JOURNALISM that Sarah Palin was subjected to by the Central Barack Station back in ’08 and it’s the kind of thing that the MOMMA GRIZZLIES have tried to avoid by keeping their appearances strictly to AM Radio and FOX NEWS (The Most Powerful Name in News)!!!111

    HEY LAMESTREAM MEDIA – STOP asking people questions!!!111 You know who did that??!!11 THE NAZIS!!!111

  • Big Eddie

    Big Eddie thinks Marcel Marceau said it best :

  • writer

    That’s Gold, Karl1111!!!! Gold!!!!11111

    (Bania’s on break)

  • The Real Royal King

    TeaPartyPatriot said:
    To the lamestream socialist fake-news media: Please, please, please keep up the vicious, mean-spirited, false, mis-leading and totally biased slime attacks on Christine O’Donnell. Sarah Palin, who got the same hysterical, foaming-at-the-mouth treatment from the lunatic-left, is now indisputably the MOST POWERFUL, MOST INFLUENTIAL, MOST EFFECTIVE woman politician in America today (special thanks to the Trifecta of Scum, aka the official “You Lie!” hussein cheerleading squad, nbc, snl and tina fey). Similarly, O’Donnell will significantly BENEFIT from your unethical, nauseating, gutter actions, since the American people recognize just what you are. I hope O’Donnell invites you all to her swearing-in ceremony as the next Senator from Delaware so you can get a close-up view of your latest “success”.

    You ought to have added, “and who is now enviours of the approval ratings of President Obama, W and even Big Dick Cheney.”

  • Greg

    It’s good to shut up sometimes.
    Marcel Marceau

  • The Real Royal King

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Another attack on O’Donnell. LOLNobody made a gaffe by saying “I could see Russia from my house.” Palin never said that. So I wonder why a shill writter for the democrats would repeat that nonsense?Since nothing O’Donnell said was out of line the left has to TRY to make something out of nothing. Keep trying. LOL.You folks just expose yourself for what you are.

    I particularly admire the specifics she set forth on a varuety of policy matters.

  • writer

    enviours?

  • The Real Royal King

    TfT said:
    Good Lord Tommy….and you complain that posters are rude to columnists and then you dish up this drivel. Really Tommy, you need to get your news from someplace other than SNL. Another embarrassment for Dan, who is remarkably silent about the numerous gaffes coming from his own hired columnists while he allows them to point out gaffes (even made up ones) of any/all conservative/republican, while ignoring the multiple gaffes of any/all liberals/democrats. Tommy must still be auditioning for a job at MSNBC. This article is worthy of a spot with Keith or Chris or even Rachel. Truth matters not to mediaite or to MSNBC. MSNBC=mediaite=meltdown

    Just Michelle-in-Utah, right?

  • roxsteady

    Sorry but, “Most Powerful and Influential” is a term used to describe Nancy Pelosi. You know, the current Speaker of the House? O’Donnell is every bit as dumb and empty headed as Palin. The only difference is that she says stupid things more clearly than Palin who’s hillbilly gibberish is only appealing to like minded morons.

  • The Real Royal King

    writer said:
    enviours?

    Thank you. I’ve been reading “Madame Bovary” today and I am in a French mindset. I meant “envious”. Thanks again.

  • writer

    Hey, you’d do it for anyone else.

  • Tommy Christopher

    lonestar77 said:
    Tommy takes something Tina Fey says on SNL and attributes it to Sarah Palin.

    Show me where I attributed that quote to Sarah Palin. Quote, please. Fey’s comical reinterpretation of Palin’s “foreign policy credentials” is recognizable cultural shorthand for the gaffe. As several commenters have pointed out, Palin’s actual quote was, in many ways, much worse.

  • Fox News: We proudly pander to Teabaggers

    puck30 said:
    Or are just talking out your ass again because as we all see you just love to have something stuck in your mouth.

    I always know it is a slow day at Thinkprogress.org because you are spending it here instead of trolling thinkprogress’s comment section.

  • writer

    The water between Alaska and Russia is called the Bering Strait. In the strait there are two islands, Big Diomede and Little Diomede. Little Diomede belongs to the US and Big Diomede belongs to Russia. They are about 2 miles apart, so you can see one from the other.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lars-Svensen/100001028197161 Lars Svensen

    Christine O’Donnell has what it takes to charm other Senators, and work her will. She is regal, radiant, ravishing. She is a dish of Delaware delight. Vot for Christine!

  • Fox News: We proudly pander to Teabaggers

    Here is an excerpt from a new article by the AP :

    But that’s the extent of her resume, and that’s where the questions begin.

    She hasn’t provided such basic information as how she makes a living and pays her rent. In Senate financial disclosures filed in July, she reported earning just $5,800 in 2009 and 2010, and said she had no bank accounts, retirement accounts or other savings.

    She hasn’t explained why she spent years of energy and resources running for Senate while leaving behind a trail of debt, including a home foreclosure proceeding, lawsuits over unpaid college expenses, a federal tax lien and staffer complaints of unpaid wages.
    Advertisement | ad info

    She also hasn’t explained how it was legal for her to use campaign donations to help pay the rent on her town house. She has said she did so because her house was doubling as a campaign headquarters, but federal regulations clearly state that candidates can’t use campaign money for their mortgage or rent “even if part of the residence is being used by the campaign.”

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39591361/ns/politics-decision_2010/

  • lonestar77

    Tommy:
    It wasn’t a gaffe and how was it worse? Please explain. I challenge you because I know you can’t. You prolly don’t even know where the quote came from. If you care, you can find it here: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=5782924&page=2

    Anyway, there is nothing that she said that could remotely be described as a gaffe. She didn’t say she has foreign policy experience because she can see Russia from her house.

    How can you be so incredibly dishonest and ignorant when it comes to what she actually said. I hope you read her exchange with Gibson although facts prolly don’t matter to you.

  • Arkansas Steve

    Everyone remembers what lawyers always say:
    …Good lawyers argue the FACTS (In this case, Christine’s words)
    …If the facts are not on your side, argue the LAW (In this case, Greta’s questions)
    …If the law is not on your side, ATTACK YOUR OPPONENT! (That would be Christine)

    All this hot air about the INTERVIEW, and only one “minor” point made opposing Christine’s ANSWERS!!!
    The MOST GUILTY are: Fox News Panderer, Greg, & Jayson.

    lonestar77, at least you might be worth arguing.

  • lonestar77

    Tommy:
    You mention a gaffe about her “foreign policy credentials”. Again, you’re completely wrong. She wasn’t talking about her “foreign policy credentials” when the Russia comment was made. If you have an ounce of honesty in you, you’ll admit you were wrong and that you really had no idea what you were talking about. This is a perfect example of how the left-wing media just makes things up out of thin air. To save future embarrassment, you should prolly check things out yourself before digging deeper holes.

    P.S. Pwned.

  • Fox News: We proudly pander to Teabaggers

    lonestar77 said:
    Please explain

    Knock on Lonestarr77′s head and you find an empty skull

    In the interview yesterday, when CBS News anchor Katie Couric asked how Alaska’s closeness to Russia enhanced her foreign policy experience, Palin said, “Well, it certainly does because our next-door neighbors are foreign countries.” Alaska shares a border with Canada.

  • writer

    Since there are parts of Alaska where you actually can see Russia, I’m not really seeing what was so bad about the comment.

  • http://www.karlspensen.blogspot.com Karl Spensen

    As much as I’d love to credit the brilliant Ms. Sarah Palin with the quote about Russia, the LAMESTREAM media of COURSE got it wrong!!!111 It was actually said by the Greatest Living Journalist (and the man I used to intern for) STEVE DOOCY!!!!!111

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwWGS73v4_k

    END THE GOTCHA JOURNALISM
    TELL LAMESTREAM REPORTERS TO STOP ASKING QUESTIONS
    AND THEN BROADCASTING PEOPLE’S ANSWERS!!!!!111

  • VRWC Destruction Machine

    People seemed so pissed that Christine O’Donnell did not provide the lamestream media a sound bite they could exploit for the next couple of days in her interview with Greta Greta Van Susteren.

  • Tommy Christopher

    lonestar77 said:
    How can you be so incredibly dishonest and ignorant when it comes to what she actually said. I hope you read her exchange with Gibson although facts prolly don’t matter to you.

    I’m happy to discuss this with you, on 2 conditions.

    #1. Go back and read what I actually wrote at the time.

    http://www.politicsdaily.com/bloggers/tommy-christopher/

    #2. Learn some manners.

  • http://www.getthegurus.com Gadget Guru

    Tommy Christopher said:
    I’m happy to discuss this with you, on 2 conditions.

    #1. Go back and read what I actually wrote at the time.

    http://www.politicsdaily.com/bloggers/tommy-christopher/

    #2. Learn some manners.

    Tommy, the correct link to what you actually said is on this page: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/christine-odonnell-gives-greta-van-susteren-her-foreign-policy-prescription-strengthen-everything/ and I quote “On the positive side for O’Donnell, she not only avoids making any “I can see Russia from my house” gaffes” which could not be a gaffe if you were referring to Tina Fey’s comedy bit. I found the comment from lonestar77 to be perfectly tasteful with good manners.
    Apparently you still haven’t read the interview transcript from the source (ABC) link that lonestar77 posted: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=5782924&page=2

  • lonestar77

    Tommy:
    Can you at least give me the link to the article? I scrolled through a couple pages but didn’t find it. Manners? Sorry, wasn’t trying to be rude but come on, you give as good as you take.

  • TfT

    Tommy blew it – he knows he blew it, he just doesn’t care that he blew it.

    Rude? Really Tommy, how much ruder does it get than you and your dishonest article. You want to up the ante in the discourse on this board; then you need to up your own discourse.

    Admit you made a mistake, issue an apology and a correction….even LOD does that, and he works for MSNBC. So apologizing doesn’t exclude you from consideration as a “contributor” or potential future host, or whatever position your are angling for on MSNBC.

    Once again, I call on Dan to intervene and inject some integrity onto this board … why is it that false attacks on conservatives are allowed to go on and on and on and on, and you completely ignore the gaffes (the real ones) from the democrats.

    Either enforce the mission statement on all commentators, or change the mission of the board.

  • The Real Royal King

    VRWC Destruction Machine said:
    People seemed so pissed that Christine O’Donnell did not provide the lamestream media a sound bite they could exploit for the next couple of days in her interview with Greta Greta Van Susteren.

    First: I don’t see anyone who is pissed, except lonestar77 on a somehwat unrelated matter. Second: The point is that Randi the Witch was given an opportunity to be on O’Van Susteren, a show notorious for soft ball questioning and gushing support of any ethically, mentally and emotionally challenged Republican woman and still couldn’t do a thing to advance her cause.

  • Patrick Henry

    Jayson said:
    2 Thumb down 9

    TeaPartyPatriot said:
    To the lamestream socialist fake-news media: Please, please, please keep up the vicious, mean-spirited, false, mis-leading and totally biased slime attacks on Christine O’Donnell. Sarah Palin, who got the same hysterical, foaming-at-the-mouth treatment from the lunatic-left, is now indisputably the MOST POWERFUL, MOST INFLUENTIAL, MOST EFFECTIVE woman politician in America today (special thanks to the Trifecta of Scum, aka the official “You Lie!” hussein cheerleading squad, nbc, snl and tina fey). Similarly, O’Donnell will significantly BENEFIT from your unethical, nauseating, gutter actions, since the American people recognize just what you are. I hope O’Donnell invites you all to her swearing-in ceremony as the next Senator from Delaware so you can get a close-up view of your latest “success”.

    TeaPartyPatriot.. Your naivety & ranting is amost laughable if it wasn’t a bit frightening. You sir or madam are losing it. If O’Donnell or that “most powerful, most influential, most effective woman politician” you seem to worship so much ever do get sworn in, god help the country.

    By the by. You really should talk with your doc about prozac..

    Jayson, your boorishness and arrogance is sickening. You will soon see you are on the wrong side.

    By the by. You really should talk with your doctor about Zyprexa.

  • CosmosDan

    Fox News: We proudly pander to Teabaggers said:
    Here is an excerpt from a new article by the AP :

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39591361/ns/politics-decision_2010/

    That;s stuff that should be focused on rather than 20 year old comments. My guess is that her own campaign will talk more about those comments than anyone else, as part of the media’s unfair attack, to draw attention away from very serious questions.
    It just came out that Joe Miller in Alaska has mountains of debt as he runs as a fiscal conservative.
    Those are Sarah’s endorsements. If you’re going to find someone to challenge the status quo, shouldn’t you find candidates that are an improvement rather than a step back?

  • VRWC Destruction Machine

    The Real Royal King said:
    First: I don’t see anyone who is pissed, except lonestar77 on a somehwat unrelated matter. Second: The point is that Randi the Witch was given an opportunity to be on O’Van Susteren, a show notorious for soft ball questioning and gushing support of any ethically, mentally and emotionally challenged Republican woman and still couldn’t do a thing to advance her cause.

    Christine O’Donnell appeared cool, calm and collected during her interview. Van Susteren doesn’t play the “gotcha” game like other hosts.

    You are a bigot extraordinaire when it comes to Fox News and its hosts. You’re pissed.

  • sarainitaly

    Tommy Christopher said:
    Palin’s actual quote was, in many ways, much worse.

    Show me where I attributed that quote to Sarah Palin

    How was her quote worse? What was wrong with it?

    PALIN: I do believe unprovoked and we have got to keep our eyes on Russia, under the leadership there. I think it was unfortunate. That manifestation that we saw with that invasion of Georgia shows us some steps backwards that Russia has recently taken away from the race toward a more democratic nation with democratic ideals.That’s why we have to keep an eye on Russia.

    And, Charlie, you’re in Alaska. We have that very narrow maritime border between the United States, and the 49th state, Alaska, and Russia. They are our next door neighbors.We need to have a good relationship with them. They’re very, very important to us and they are our next door neighbor.

    GIBSON: What insight into Russian actions, particularly in the last couple of weeks, does the proximity of the state give you?

    PALIN: They’re our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.

    GIBSON: What insight does that give you into what they’re doing in Georgia?

    PALIN: Well, I’m giving you that perspective of how small our world is and how important it is that we work with our allies to keep good relation with all of these countries, especially Russia. We will not repeat a Cold War. We must have good relationship with our allies, pressuring, also, helping us to remind Russia that it’s in their benefit, also, a mutually beneficial relationship for us all to be getting along.

    Two U.S. Air Force F-15s escorted two Russian Bear long-range bombers out of an air exclusion zone off the coast of Alaska, U.S. military officials said Wednesday.
    http://articles.cnn.com/2008-03-26/us/us.russian.planes_1_alaska-coast-bombers-elmendorf-air-force-base?_s=PM:US

    Russia’s resurgent military is again making sporadic, unannounced bomber runs toward Alaska’s airspace, leading the Air Force to scramble jets to intercept and identify them, according to the commander of the Pacific Air Forces, Gen. Howie Chandler. Since July, there have been 16 such incidents, according to the Air Force.

    Read more: http://www.adn.com/2008/03/28/358368/russia-steps-up-bomber-runs-near.html#ixzz11xQktIrW

    Alaska is the first line of defense in our missile interceptor defense system. The 49th Missile Defense Battalion of the Alaska National Guard is the unit that protects the entire nation from ballistic missile attacks. It’s on permanent active duty, unlike other Guard units.

    As governor of Alaska, Palin is briefed on highly classified military issues, homeland security, and counterterrorism. Her exposure to classified material may rival even Biden’s.

    She’s also the commander in chief of the Alaska State Defense Force (ASDF), a federally recognized militia incorporated into Homeland Security’s counterterrorism plans.

    http://www.blackfive.net/main/2008/08/commanding-the.html

    Sounds like Palin was exactly right.

    And sorry, but your comments, “On the positive side for O’Donnell, she not only avoids making any “I can see Russia from my house” gaffes, she even comes off as decently-versed.” is attributing the “gaffe” to Palin.

    TfT said:
    You want to up the ante in the discourse on this board; then you need to up your own discourse.

    I have to agree…. when people read something so biased, snarky, and even false, it sets the tone for the thread. I don’t agree with some of the hostile names thrown about, but the tone is set once the article is read.

  • J Baustian

    I saw about half of the interview, and it was refreshingly free of the “gotcha” style of questioning that interrogators use when they want to trash the candidate. Charlie Gibson, Katie Couric — I remember when GW Bush appeared on Letterman before the 2000 election, and the first question and most followup questions were about the death penalty in Texas. None of that “how’s the family” or “what’s your favorite color” that Democrats get asked.

  • right-is-wrong

    sarainitaly said:
    How was her quote worse? What was wrong with it?

    Sounds like Palin was exactly right.

    Well, I’m giving you that perspective of how small our world is and how important it is that we work with our allies to keep good relation with all of these countries, especially Russia. We will not repeat a Cold War. We must have good relationship with our allies, pressuring, also, helping us to remind Russia that it’s in their benefit, also, a mutually beneficial relationship for us all to be getting along”:

    Have you ever been involved in any negotiations, for example, with the Russians?

    Palin: We have trade missions back and forth, 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 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 our state.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dona-Barone/1060506711 Dona Barone

    Christine, another nitwit that will propel SNL’s ratings……move over $arah.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dona-Barone/1060506711 Dona Barone

    They are about 2 miles apart, so you can see one from the other.
    ____________
    But that is not a foreign affairs credential…it’s geography.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Blair-Maury/1027829552 Blair Maury

    You know there are people in America who think that Obama is not doing a good job and who also think that O’Donnell and Palin aren’t fit for office. It always amazes me reading the comments here that you seemed to be forced to be in column or the other.

  • timcajun

    TeaPartyPatriot says:

    To the lamestream socialist fake-news media: Please, please, please keep up the vicious, mean-spirited, false, mis-leading and totally biased slime attacks on Christine O’Donnell. Sarah Palin, who got the same hysterical, foaming-at-the-mouth treatment from the lunatic-left, is now indisputably the MOST POWERFUL, MOST INFLUENTIAL, MOST EFFECTIVE woman politician in America today (special thanks to the Trifecta of Scum, aka the official “You Lie!” hussein cheerleading squad, nbc, snl and tina fey). Similarly, O’Donnell will significantly BENEFIT from your unethical, nauseating, gutter actions, since the American people recognize just what you are. I hope O’Donnell invites you all to her swearing-in ceremony as the next Senator from Delaware so you can get a close-up view of your latest “success”.

    Earth, earth this is earth, not Mars!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Isidro-Garcia/1622148780 Isidro Garcia

    Jayson, nothing short of a rubber room will do for TPP and his ilk. Now we need to find one big enough.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Isidro-Garcia/1622148780 Isidro Garcia

    O’Donnell and Robinson are old news. We need to know more about Lott, the Nazi SS wanna be.

  • renren7

    nomatter fashionshopping or happyshopping .
    maybe come into http://www.fashionshoppong.us is the better choose .

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