WSJ: Palin to Meet Foreign Leaders at U.N.

[ErinBerin84]

I feel very sorry for the as yet unnamed foreign leaders...I'm sure that Palin scares the crap out of them as well. I guess that the McCain camp thinks that Palin's answer on the VP meetings with foreign leaders question was not adequate, haha.


http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/16/palin-to-meet-foreign-leaders-at-un/?mod=blog

Palin to Meet Foreign Leaders at U.N.


Monica Langley reports on the presidential race.

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will meet with foreign leaders next week at the United Nations, a move to boost her foreign-policy credentials, a Republican strategist said.

Republican candidate John McCain plans to introduce the Alaska governor to heads of state at the opening of the U.N. General Assembly, although specific names weren’t yet firmed up. “The meetings will give her some exposure and experience with foreign leaders,” the strategist said. “It’s a great idea.”

McCain and Palin are expected to visit the U.N. on Tuesday, when President George W. Bush will address the international body.

Since her nomination, Palin has energized the Republican base, drawn huge crowds and propelled fund-raising. However, Democrats have attacked her as weak on foreign policy experience. Even on last week’s “Saturday Night Live,” actress Tina Fey spoofed Palin’s assertion that she is familiar with issues involving Russia, noting that Alaska is nearby. “I can see Russia from my house!” Fey-as-Palin said.

But McCain advisers hope her U.N. visit will show how quickly Palin can make key connections and become well-versed in foreign-policy issues.

[grantcart]

1. a great opportunity to pick up some AMWAY distributors and expand her network

[KansDem]

11. LOL!!!

I had to laugh. 36 years ago during my first semester in college a dorm mate asked me if I wanted to attend an AMWAY presentation. I didn't know what AMWAY was and he was very excited but vague about it. He told me very little and said the presentation would tell me more. He even offered to give me a ride. I thought, "Why not?" and accepted. The presentation was in a private home across town--it was a long, long afternoon...

Life-time lesson learned:
Never, ever, accept a ride to an AMWAY presentation. Never! Always have your car with you. Always!

Having said that, I wouldn't go near an AMWAY presentation today!

[AlCzervik]

2. the last line---really? omg lol.

[Bigleaf]

17. That is classic. What a fucking joke! Are we in the twilight zone?

:crazy:

[grannie4peace]

3. palin is pathetic

[oviedodem]

4. Yet when Obama did something simliar he was deemed a "celebrity" FU McCain!

[1corona4u]

12. Yeah, should we throw the logan act at her too..

:eyes:

[ErinBerin84]

15. yes...as well as "arrogant" and "presumptuous"

[tblue]

5. Still doesn't qualify as 'foreign policy experience,' Sarah. Keep trying.

[berni_mccoy]

6. Lipstick on a pig. That's all it will accomplish.

[MaineDem]

7. I met a surgeon the other day...want me to do a heart transplant?

This is as ludicrous as the Holiday Inn Express ads.

[applegrove]

8. “I can see Russia from my house!” LOL!

:rofl:

[myrna minx]

35. Perhaps Putin will have her over for some Stoli and a staring contest.

I bet she blinks. :rofl:

[vanderBeth]

9. They should laugh in her face.

[Lautremont]

20. Is that Toonces they're driving with in that picture?

[vanderBeth]

27. yes

[SDJay]

10. That could turn out to be

a bombshell on McCrap as well. These foreign dignitaries don't owe any loyalty to these fools, so if Churchy Spice says something idiotic to one or many of them, which is only inevitable, I'd bet these folks would make sure to relay it to the press, the rest of the delegation and their own leaders. Sure, it's a sham, like everything else Churchy Spice has done, but this is one where the campaign doesn't control every variable, and as we've seen, that tends to backfire on them. Let's hope one of them mentions religion to her. That should be all we need for a full-on meltdown.

[AspenRose]

30. ROFL

"Churchy Spice!" :spray: :rofl:

[myrna minx]

36. "Churchy Spice" LOL! n/t

[Kalyke]

40. Churchy Spice!!!

Tell me what you pray, what you really, really pray!

:rofl:

[CatBO]

13. Is it wrong to hope that they try to get her to tank?

I can just see it now...

The representative from Iraq whispers, "Naaaah Sunni and Shia are just alike. They LOVE it when you say you can't tell them apart!"

Others?

[Maestro]

14. I wonder if she will say that she went on a

Foreign Policy trip visiting with several foreign representatives. Of course the trip will be just to New York and the U.N., but with the way she stretches reality you never know.

[livetohike]

16. Good luck with that. Will she bring her tag-a-long First Dude

with her? I'm sure everyone will be impressed :eyes:.

[and-justice-for-all]

18. Why?

She can not answer basic questions, but she is going to the UN to do what and why exactly?

[EstimatedProphet]

19. I can't wait for her to meet Putin

Maybe she'll talk about how she's got him outnumbered with the Alaska military, and she knows all russia's secrets because she's spying on them from her roof.

[SeaLyons]

37. Yea, she can tell him she's been keeping an eye on

him out of back door. :rofl:

[anonymous171]

21. The Gimmick is going to the UN? lol

[grantcart]

22. I think McCain should send Palin to Europe so that they can show the American people

how popular she is there.

[leftynyc]

23. Oy Vey - she's coming to New York??!!!

Like things aren't messed up enough when the General Assembly is here.

[shaniqua6392]

24. A one day seminar on foreign policy is supposed to impress us?

Well if that is all it takes, I want to become the VP nominee!! I am 45 years old, married, two children, bachelors degree and I am presently unemployed. Where do I sign up?? LOL!!

[Virginia Dare]

25. Specific names weren't firmed up yet...

they're still going through the rolodex, no takers yet. Gee, what a surprise that nobody wants to be Princess Barracuda's political tool.

[progressivebydesign]

26. I met James Brown at LAX once, that doesn't make me a backup singer. n/t

[JuniperLea]

28. How embarrassing...

This is going to make us all look like fools... because the American people appear to be actually considering her... ugh.

[Alter Ego]

29. I wonder if McCain knows his base hates the UN with the fiery passion

of a thousand suns?

[NYC_SKP]

31. ***FREAK SHOW*** Come one, come all!!!

Step right up!

See the bullshit blastin', chopper huntin', bridge to nowhere, Sarah Palin and the 2008 International Republican Freak Show!!!

Who wouldn't be curious?

[Ichingcarpenter]

32. My elementary class went to the White House in 5th grade

and also toured Congress when I lived in Virginia. We meet some Congressman,
Senators and even Lady Bird.

Damn, I'm ready and didn't even know it.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

33. As what, the waitress from a Manhattan Denny's? n/t

[slinkerwink]

34. Ok, so NO actual travelling to foreign countries

I guess this helps keep Palin believing in the theory of the flatness of the earth.

[subterranean]

38. Sounds like it'll be a "meet & greet" kind of thing...

I doubt there will be much discussion of foreign policy issues going on.

[jillan]

39. Hmmm - wonder if Biden will be stopping in as well.

After all - he knows many of these world leaders already.