McCain touts Palin on foreign affairs

[Starbucks Anarchist]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080907/pl_politico/13222

Touting the credentials of his running mate, John McCain and his campaign suggest that Gov. Sarah Palin’s role as commander in chief of the Alaska National Guard qualifies as foreign affairs experience.

It’s been a familiar argument this election cycle, one made by other governors ranging from former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Republican, to Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, a Democrat.

“You're the commander in chief of your National Guard and, in this context, many of us have been to Iraq and Afghanistan. We've been deploying Guard over there. We talk to the families of those who have died over there,” Napolitano told The Associated Press in July. “So I think the current crop of governors has more relevant foreign policy experience perhaps than our predecessors.”

That may be true, but there’s a caveat: governors don’t have any command role in overseas deployments, or in the national security and foreign policy decisions surrounding them. That’s the prerogative of the president.

[Union Thug]

1. Keep talking her up, Johnny boy. Yep, she's brilliant!! She's going

to kick ass in the debates. Yep, she's unrivaled!

Ha!

[dkf]

2. Reality doesn't matter.

All Republicans do is give their minions some fig leaf they can defend themselves with.

[Muttocracy]

3. So Palin knows all about sending our National Guard overseas

when their primary mission is supposed to be protecting and helping at home, right?

I'm REALLY sure Americans want more emphasis on shipping our National Guard on extended overseas tours, yup, yup. :sarcasm: