What is disturbing about Palin's latest lies about her history is that she is consistently lying to inflate her experience. IMO, this shows she is aware of the fact that her actual experience does not prepare her to be VP or president.
She knows it, we know it, McCain surely knows it...hell, even my potted fern knows it. So why is she on the ticket? Palin has repeatedly done what Hillary Clinton did on a couple of occasions: lie about what happened in the pass to prop up her claims of being ready to lead on Day #1. The rightwingers blasted HRC for it (as did I), but the majority of rightwingers are now silent about Palin doing the same thing. That NORAD had to come forward and basically call the GOP's VP candidate a liar--is unprecedented. I can find no refernce to such an intervention ever having had to take place in the past. -------------- On Oct 1, 7:49 am, wncs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I finally had time to watch the Palin/Couric interview and was stunned > at how ill-prepared Palin was for this. It was evident in her > stammering and in her mannerisms that she had no clue how to answer > some of Couric's questions. She proved her inadequacy by bringing > Daddy John with her the next time, like a little kid who has to drag a > parent in to stand up for them. I'm surprised she wasn't twirling her > hair the whole time. > If she can't stand up to Katie Couric, how does anyone expect her to > run this country?! > > On Oct 1, 9:21 am, PoliticalAmazon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > LOL, she makes Bill Clinton with the chance of getting a blow job look > > downright honest. > > > ------------ > > >http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/09/30/2008-09-30_norad_... > > > NORAD: Sarah Palin has no role in guarding U.S. airspace despite > > claims in Katie Couric interview > > BY JAMES GORDON MEEK > > DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU > > > Tuesday, September 30th 2008, 5:21 PM > > > Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks to CBS news anchor Katie Couric in their > > interview last Wednesday. > > > WASHINGTON - When Russian bombers approach American airspace and U.S. > > Air Force fighters are scrambled, Sarah Palin's phone doesn't ring. > > > The Alaska governor has no command authority over the guardians of > > U.S. airspace despite her recent suggestion otherwise. > > > "She doesn't have any role in that process," Air Force Maj. Allen > > Herritage, spokesman for the Alaska North American Aerospace Defense > > Command, told the Daily News. > > > "The authority to launch and respond to a Russian incursion lies with > > the Alaska NORAD Region commander" - Air Force Lt. Gen. Dana Atkins, > > he said. > > > Palin said last week that her foreign policy experience includes > > facing the Russians. > > > "It's very important when you consider even national security issues > > with Russia, as Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of > > the United States of America - where do they go? It's Alaska," Palin > > told CBS' Katie Couric. > > > "It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is > > being kept on this very powerful nation," she said. > > > Moscow's bombers have skirted Alaskan airspace 20 times, thugh they > > have not violated it, during Palin's governorship, officials said. > > > When F-15 and F-22 interceptors scrambled from Elmendorf Air Force > > Base in Anchorage in response, John McCain's running mate was not > > speed-dialed with the news. > > > "The commander does not call the governor," Herritage said. > > > Steven Biegun, a McCain foreign policy adviser, said Palin is informed > > of the fly-bys by her National Guard commander. > > > The Alaska Air Guard, which Palin oversees, performs airspace-watching > > missions only under NORAD command, and does not fly interception > > sorties. > > > Palin did get an annual Air Force briefing in February. > > > "She asked a lot of questions and seemed generally curious," recalled > > Herritage, who was there. "She was very interested in Russian long- > > range aviation." > > (END OF QUOTE)- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
