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Palin is a Mess: More Ridiculousness from Couric Interview

This interview is so bad it is almost uncomfortable to watch.
September 25, 2008  |  
 
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Editor's note: For more of Palin's interview gaffes click here and here

Earlier, I suggested Sarah Palin's response to Kate Couric's question on the bailout was a low point in Palin's brief career as a candidate for national office. I spoke too soon.

As regular readers know, almost immediately after Palin was added to the Republican ticket, a number of conservatives, including McCain himself, argued Alaska's proximity to Russia necessarily amounts to foreign policy experience. I've been having some fun with this, because, well, it's the dumbest argument I've ever heard.

In the second part of the CBS interview with Palin, which will air tonight on the "CBS Evening News," Couric, to her enormous credit, asks Palin to explain what this talking point means (catch the video and the transcript after the flip):


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