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[Joe Guy]

Palin draws fire with North Korea gaffe

The Associated Press
Thursday, November 25, 2010; 6:44 AM

WASHINGTON -- Sarah Palin is drawing criticism from around the world after declaring that the United States has to stand with "our North Korean allies."

Palin's gaffe, made Wednesday during an interview on Glenn Beck's syndicated radio show, was quickly corrected by her host. But it drew immediate fire from liberal bloggers, who cited it as an example of the 2008 vice presidential candidate's lack of foreign policy expertise.

Newspapers in Asia and Europe are repeating the criticism. The Times of India says Palin "did it again," while London's Daily Mail says she "may want to brush up on her geography."

The conservative U.S. website The Weekly Standard came to Palin's defense, pointing out that "she correctly identified North Korea as our enemy literally eight seconds before the mix-up."

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[tyro]

Give her some credit.

When she stands on that bridge, she can see North Korea.

[Scooter]

I have to say, that making a huge deal out of this is unfair. This was pretty clearly a slip of the tongue; I don't think even Sarah Palin is stupid enough not to know that South Korea is our ally on that peninsula.

[Joe Guy]

I have to say, that making a huge deal out of this is unfair. This was pretty clearly a slip of the tongue; I don't think even Sarah Palin is stupid enough not to know that South Korea is our ally on that peninsula.

I don't know, Scooter. I think she might be stupid enough.

You can listen to her here.

[Gob]

I have to say, that making a huge deal out of this is unfair. This was pretty clearly a slip of the tongue; I don't think even Sarah Palin is stupid enough not to know that South Korea is our ally on that peninsula.

I have a bridge you may like to buy...

[Lord Jim]

I've have a fair bit of criticism for Palin, but I agree with Scooter on this one...

If any other politician had made this mistake, it would have been assumed to be nothing more than a slip of the tongue, and not even worthy of mention....

There's plenty to criticize Palin about but this is a cheap shot...

[Gob]

It's not a criticism Jim, it's a celebration of the grand tradition of US leaders (Bush, Regan, Carter, etc) who couldn't find their own arses with both hands tied behind their backs.

[Joe Guy]

The thing about Sarah Palin is that she seems so natural when saying stupid things that I tend to believe that she means it.

[Gob]

"I'd like to thank President Figueiredo and all the people of Bolivia".

[rubato]

I agree with scooter that this was a minor slip, she just mis-spoke. And I don't think we should make too much of it.


On the other hand the fact that her previous public expressions of native ignorance were sufficient for the greater mistake of not knowing the difference to have been plausible, is all her own doing.


I, for one, regard her as a gift from god to bless both the bone-stupid right wing with the leader they have missed since RR escaped prosecution and died, a leader no more intelligent than the least of them, and to give heart and hope to competent smart liberals as well.



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rubato

[dgs49]

You guys must have forgotten. North Korea was among the seven additional secret states visited by Barry during his campaign.

[Econoline]

I have to say, that making a huge deal out of this is unfair. This was pretty clearly a slip of the tongue; I don't think even Sarah Palin is stupid enough not to know that South Korea is our ally on that peninsula.

Agreed. (Though I note that conservatives like dgs are still bringing up a similar obvious slip of the tongue that Obama made under the influence of campaign exhaustion more than two years ago.)