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Originally posted by Pistoche
, and no one in their right mind wanted the lady who could see Russia from her backyard as the President of the most powerful nation on the planet?
Originally posted by muse7
Sarah Palin?
The Sarah Palin that doesn't understand why there's a South and North Korea? The one that had to be tutored on basic Geography while she was on the campaign trail?
Originally posted by snarky412
reply to post by Stormdancer777
Even the so-called 'feminist 'groups wouldn't help stand up for her, as a Woman, not a politician.
Not to take sides politically but as a woman to woman trying to make it in a Man's world.
In fact, many help cut her down with cruel criticism.
I give her credit however for trying to defy the typical polished politician syndrome and breaking away form the norm.
Which is one of the things the media had a frenzy over.
Oh,it is true,blonde hair never lets the owner to tell the truth.
Palin, I Was Forbidden From Telling The Truth ,
Originally posted by Phoenix
Originally posted by Pistoche
, and no one in their right mind wanted the lady who could see Russia from her backyard as the President of the most powerful nation on the planet?
I understand lately that geography is not much taught any more, Alaska is roughly 30 miles or so from nearest Russian territory so the saying 'See Russia from my backyard" is a logical statement used in conversation. =
At the Summit of the Americas in Colombia Monday, President Barack Obama called for dialogue between Britain and Argentina over "the Maldives or the Falklands, whatever your preferred term." The Maldives are islands off the east coast of Africa. The islands in the South Atlantic over which Britain and Argentina fought a war in 1982 are called the Malvinas by the Argentines and the Falklands by the British. "Barack Obama made an uncharacteristic error, more akin to those of his predecessor George W. Bush, by referring to the Falkland Islands as the Maldives," said the London Telegraph. This was wrong on both counts. The error was by no means uncharacteristic of Mr. Obama:
• Last November, the president condemned the assault by Iranian thugs on the "English" embassy. Since 1707, when England, Scotland and Wales formed the United Kingdom, it's been the British embassy.
• Mexicans were among those here "long before America was even an idea," Mr. Obama said in September 2010. Mexico declared its independence in 1810; the United States in 1776.
• The president told a NATO summit in Strasbourg, France, in April 2009 that he didn't speak "Austrian." Austrians speak German.
• He'd call "the president of Canada" to try to amend the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mr. Obama said at an AFL-CIO forum in Chicago in 2007. Canada has a prime minister.
George W. Bush was famous for his fractured syntax. But neither he nor any other modern president has displayed such ignorance of history and geography.
A Danish newsman noted that Mr. Obama uses the same canned phrases in his news conferences with foreign leaders. Denmark, Norway, Holland, Ireland and the Philippines all "punch above their weight." Holland, Australia, Poland, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Japan and South Korea all are "one of our closest and strongest allies."