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WELL, NOW WE KNOW MORE ABOUT SARAH PALIN'S FOREIGN POLICY PREFERENCES...
Apparently, she would prefer for Alaska to have a foreign policy. See also Adam, Yglesias, and Tapper.
While most folks are concentrating on the implications of this development for late night comedy, I'd like to sound a more serious note. This is hardly the first time this summer that a political leader in a former Russian territory has staked out a fringe secessionist position; could the new-found prominence of the Alaska Independence Party portend a South Ossetia style invasion and annexation? Conservatives have been touting Alaska's proximity to Russia and Palin's consequent foreign policy experience; does this mean that Governor Palin has already engaged in negotiations with Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev? It would be irresponsible not to speculate....
--Robert Farley
COMMENTS (1)
It seems that Palin shared the sentiments of many hard-scrabble Alaskans that the U.S. sucked and that Alaska was above the fray and should secede. That was until she became Governor and discovered the abundant mother's milk of the American taxpayer. She learend at the feet of the masters, Ted Stevens and Don Young, just how to extract every last drop. The John McCain of 2000 would have despised her.
Posted by: Mike S. | September 2, 2008 5:20 PM