CNN: Sarah Palin Has Never Seen Russia From Alaska

CNN: Sarah Palin Has Never Seen Russia From Alaska

Just when you thought the whole "I can see Russia from Alaska" thing couldn't get any funnier...CNN's Gary Tuchman delivers the goods: it turns out that Sarah Palin has never seen Russia from Alaska.

Tuchman went up to the part of Alaska from which you can actually see Russia, a remote island called Little Diomede located just 2.4 miles from its Russian twin, Big Diomede.

It turns out Gary Tuchman's trip to Little Diomede sets him apart from Sarah Palin -- because she's never actually been there, nor has she set eyes on its neighbor in Russia.

Tuchman says that only 150 people live on Little Diomede, and that the town of Diomede has no streets and no cars. The poverty rate is over 40%, there is no television, and the only practical way to reach it is by helicopter. Anchorage (near Palin's hometown) is 550 miles away.

No Alaskan governor has ever visited Little Diomede, though indicted U.S. Senator Ted Stevens has made the trip. The town's residents barely knew who Palin was, and one of them didn't know she was the VP nominee.

It's going to be fun watching McCain-land spin this one, and it's going to be even more fun watching Tina Fey parody it.

Markwes wrote:Oh yeah, that will be fun watching McCain spin this one. If only she had actually said that. The quote that I read, and correct me if I'm wrong, is:
""They're our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.".

Tina Fey already parodied it, and was the one who actually said "I can see Russia from my house!". Good investigative journaling there.

Cincy Fan 44 wrote:Yeah, but the person at the Clinton News Network that wrote that story is probably a 20 year old intern that actually thinks Tina Fey is Sarah Palin.

Oliver's Army wrote:The Catch-22 here is the Tina Fey is smarter and hotter than Palin

Markwes wrote:Oh yeah, that will be fun watching McCain spin this one. If only she had actually said that. The quote that I read, and correct me if I'm wrong, is:
""They're our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.".

Tina Fey already parodied it, and was the one who actually said "I can see Russia from my house!". Good investigative journaling there.

pez wrote:she said:
"they're [Russia] our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska ... from an island in Alaska."

She made this comment to imply that she has some level of insight into foreign relations with Russia... I can see Mars, but I dont believe you will hear me equating that to any special insight into Martian society....

LTRT wrote:

Oliver's Army wrote:The Catch-22 here is the Tina Fey is smarter and hotter than Palin

Doesn't that depend if you like younger women or older women?

Oliver's Army wrote:

LTRT wrote:

Oliver's Army wrote:The Catch-22 here is the Tina Fey is smarter and hotter than Palin

Doesn't that depend if you like younger women or older women?

No. Only if you like hot, smart women who are *intentionally* funny.

LTRT wrote:Maybe I was being too personal then, as my wife meets all said requirements (older, hot, smart & funny)

Cincy Fan 44 wrote:

LTRT wrote:Maybe I was being too personal then, as my wife meets all said requirements (older, hot, smart & funny)

I'm not sure, but I'm willing to guess that Mrs. LTRT reads this on occasion?

pez wrote:she said:
"they're [Russia] our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska ... from an island in Alaska."

She made this comment to imply that she has some level of insight into foreign relations with Russia... I can see Mars, but I dont believe you will hear me equating that to any special insight into Martian society....

PALIN: We—we—do—it’s very important when you consider national security issues as Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the U S… It’s from Alaska that we make sure that an eye is being kept on… Russia.