Sarah Palin is a governor, which means she has as much foreign policy experience as Kathleen Sebelius, Tim Kaine, Tim Pawlenty, and Mike Huckabee. In other words: not much. As the New York Times‘s Alessandra Stanley gleefully observes with meticulous detail (shockingly in a way never given to any of Joe Biden’s many gaffes) Palin was tongue-tied when Katie Couric why Alaska’s proximity to Russia gave her foreign policy experience. This credential of sorts was first burnished by Cindy McCain in an August 31 interview and then mentioned again by John McCain in a September 3 interview with ABC’s Charles Gibson:
GIBSON: Can you honestly say you feel confident having someone who hasn’t traveled outside the United States until last year, dealing with an insurgent Russia, with an Iran with nuclear ambitions, with an unstable Pakistan, not to mention the war on terror? MCCAIN: Sure. And one of the key elements of America’s national security requirements are energy. She understands the energy issues better than anybody I know in Washington, D.C., and she understands. Alaska is right next to Russia. She understands that. Look, Sen. Obama’s never visited south of our border. I mean, please.
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