# Is it possible I've missed out on this Palin person? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 27, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-ive-missed-out-on-this-palin-person/555283 "2010-09-27T23:05:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 30
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-ive-missed-out-on-this-palin-person/555283/30 "2010-09-30T20:45:33Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > If by “the ‘see Russia from my house’ thing”, you mean “They’re our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.”, then yes, I do think she said that. How’s about that quote in context, chum: > [@](#): > > [Charlie] GIBSON: Let’s start, because we are near Russia, let’s start with Russia and Georgia. > > The administration has said we’ve got to maintain the territorial integrity of Georgia. Do you believe the United States should try to restore Georgian sovereignty over South Ossetia and Abkhazia? > > PALIN: First off, we’re going to continue good relations with Saakashvili there. I was able to speak with him the other day and giving him my commitment, as John McCain’s running mate, that we will be committed to Georgia. And we’ve got to keep an eye on Russia. For Russia to have exerted such pressure in terms of invading a smaller democratic country, unprovoked, is unacceptable and we have to keep… > > GIBSON: You believe unprovoked. > > 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. So, as anyone can see, the way the left has portrayed her comment - which is allegedly that Alaska’s proximity to Russia gives her foreign policy experience - is every bit as misleading and dishonest as anything Rush Limbaugh ever says. While I’ll grant that she was trying to deflect Gibson’s question about what America’s policy regarding Georgia and Russia should be, she was nevertheless being quite reasonable in asserting that close neighbors benefit from good relations, and she in no way claimed that being able to see Russia from Alaska gave her any particular standing on foreign policy. ETA: Has anybody looked at that clip I posted? Or do we all just want to go through life pretending there’s no difference between Palin and Tina Fey’s impersonation of her? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-ive-missed-out-on-this-palin-person/555283)._