I have been inconspicuously absent the past week or so but Sarah Palin was conspicuously absent yesterday evening.
Last night, after the first debate between McCain and Obama, Joseph Biden was on hand to give his opinion on his running mate’s performance. NBC extended the same invitation to Palin to comment; however, it was Rudy Giuliani who was on hand to dismiss Obama and praise McCain.
Thankfully, Palin will not be able to politely decline to participate in October 2nd’s Vice Presidential debate.
In the meantime, I would like to share an interview conducted by Katie Couric on September 24th (that everyone has probably already seen).
Palin said during the interview that Kissinger would not encourage diplomacy with “rogue” states including Iran, but that apparently isn’t true. In fact, in this transcript Kissinger states,
Well, I am in favor of negotiating with Iran. And one utility of negotiation is to put before Iran our vision of a Middle East, of a stable Middle East, and our notion on nuclear proliferation at a high enough level so that they have to study it. And, therefore, I actually have preferred doing it at the secretary of state level so that we — we know we’re dealing with authentic…
Regarding the comments Palin made regarding Israel and Iran, I would simply like to offer what Ahmadinejad actually said about Israel:
The Guardian on the poor translation. And the Information Clearing House’s take. If you think that these sites are grossly biased, please ad your own links.
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September 27, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Sarah Palin stated in the above interview that her education and books took the place of a passport, international job experience and travel in the formation of her world view and her political policy. The Associated Press, tracked down Palin’s educational background, 6 years and 5 colleges to receive her B.S. http://www.adn.com/palin/story/516085.html .