At the presidential debate last week, Senator McCain went on about all the many countries he’s visited in his 200+ years as a senator. He made a point at almost every chance he got to mention “when I went to ___” or “when I visited with the leaders of ___”. He even pointed out that Senator Obama had never even been to Afghanistan, implying that his foreign policy experience lacked because he wasn’t a world traveler.
Switch to the now infamous Katie Couric/Sarah Palin interview… Katie asked Governor Palin why she didn’t have a passport until 2007. Gov. Palin said she wasn’t one of those people who graduated and was given a passport to roam the world (a jab at the wealthy I guess?), and that she worked all her life. But this didn’t make her any less aware in terms of foreign policy. She knew a lot about foreign policy from her education and from books and reading.
Once again, it seems like McCain and Palin are saying opposite things. Either you can learn a lot about foreign policy without traveling to those countries, or you can’t. They have been so unaligned.
I am looking forward to tonight’s VP debate. I am a little scared, but extremely anxious. I have read many articles that say Palin is a good debater. I have also heard that it will be difficult for Biden because if he is sarcastic or demeaning, it will look even worse because Palin is a woman. I guess we’ll see what happens.
Currently Obama leads in the polls anywhere from 5 to 12 pts….
