Why doesn't they just put him on a boat in the middle of the Bering straight at let her look at him from her porch?

*don't

Maybe they can trade makeup tips.

You know, when I look into the spoon as I'm shooting up, I can see Afghanistan...

valloned: You know, when I look into the spoon as I'm shooting up, I can see Afghanistan...

That's funny. When you look into the spoon as you're shooting up, I see that new Mercedes I've been looking at...

valloned: You know, when I look into the spoon as I'm shooting up, I can see Afghanistan...


What you did there.....I see it.


+2 Internets to you sir/ma'am

You say drug and gun filled like it is supposed to be a bad thing...

Ron Paul

Meeting with one foreign leader after you've already been called out as having no credentials won't cut it

How does Karzai feel about being used as a cheap political prop?

Sarah, all the meetings in the world won't convince us that you're ready for primetime.

GavinTheAlmighty: Meeting with one foreign leader after you've already been called out as having no credentials won't cut it

"But as for foreign policy, you know, I think that I am prepared..."

FTA:
"But as for foreign policy, you know, I think that I am prepared, and I know that on January 20th, if we are so blessed as to be sworn into office as your president and vice president, certainly we'll be ready," she told a questioner. "I'll be ready."

I would really like to see how she delivered that line. Is she trying to convince other people of her readiness? Or is she trying to convince herself?

BlippityBleep: I would really like to see how she delivered that line. Is she trying to convince other people of her readiness? Or is she trying to convince herself?

A little from column A, A little from column B...

The best part was how right after that, she basically said, "Quiz me," and McCain immediately jumped on a mic and changed the subject.

I hope she presents him with a bible as a welcoming gift.

They should secretly replace Karzai with Mr. T and see if she notices...

They're a good fit.
In Palin's world, girls cannot control their own bodies either.

I'm going to set the over/under on Karzai references during the VP debate at eleventy million.

In what respect, Hamid?

/don't blink

Tsunami Ditka: How does Karzai feel about being used as a cheap political prop?



Word on the street is that he'll be ready with a gift of his own.

She probably couldn't even pick Karzai out of a lineup.

bulldg4life: Why doesn't they just put him on a boat in the middle of the Bering straight at let her look at him from her porch?



Wots bear in strat?

GavinTheAlmighty: She probably couldn't even pick Karzai out of a lineup.

Had you even heard of him before the article?

Tsunami Ditka: How does Karzai feel about being used as a cheap political prop?

he's been doing it for 6 years, so he's getting a kick...

GavinTheAlmighty: She probably couldn't even pick Karzai out of a lineup.

I don't care as long as I don't hear about her butchering his name. Lest I throw stones from a glass house I'll ask: is it officially Karz-eye or Karz-ay and is it Hah-meed or Hah-mid? BBC World seems to prefer Hah-mid Karz-eye, but that's far from definitive.

/Sunni? Shia? What's the diff...
//Has Bush butchered Medvedev's name on national TV yet?

Excellent. He can add "SockPuppet" to his resume, and she can say she's one step closer to meeting a black person.

erik-k: that's far from definitive.
It's Karz-eye. I took a class from his old English teacher, who actually brought him to the university to receive an honorary degree, and he pronounced it that way. I think it's Hah-meed, but the first name I am not as sure of.

kleppe - if you think Americans are as ignorant and uninformed as you and Palin, you'd be wrong.

kleppe: GavinTheAlmighty: She probably couldn't even pick Karzai out of a lineup.

Had you even heard of him before the article?

What a neat question. If he says no, then you sure showed him. If he says yes, then he's lying because he just looked Karzai up on the internet. There's no answer that can't be spun to make you correct.

quahog_clam: They should secretly replace Karzai with Mr. T and see if she notices...

I lol'd!

If Sarah Palin says she's prepared to be VP, that should be good enough for anyone who's not a whiny liberal pantywaist.

Calvin Coolidge: If Sarah Palin says she's prepared to be VP, that should be good enough for anyone who's not a whiny liberal pantywaist.

I'm prepared to be Vice President. Vote for me!

The meeting is part of a larger effort by the McCain campaign to bolster Palin's foreign policy credentials in the face of criticism from Democrats questioning her preparedness for the Vice Presidency.

Do they really think the American people are that dense? Sitting down and talking to Karzai doesn't give her foreign policy credentials, any more than my having a conversation with Ken Burns makes me a documentary filmmaker.

The Mavrick: If he says no, then you sure showed him. If he says yes, then he's lying because he just looked Karzai up on the internet. There's no answer that can't be spun to make you correct.

I would be surprised that anyone bothering to post in a Fark politics forum at this ungodly hour on a weekend would NOT know who Karzai was. Its not like he's a obscure or historical political figure, since they U.S. is still fighting an entire war to keep and put him there.

Abstruse: Calvin Coolidge: If Sarah Palin says she's prepared to be VP, that should be good enough for anyone who's not a whiny liberal pantywaist.

I'm prepared to be Vice President. Vote for me!

Dude, you're talking to 30th President of the United States. Show some farking respect.

From wiki.org:

"From 1979 to 1983, Karzai took a postgraduate course in political science at Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. He then returned to work as a fund-raiser by supporting anti-Soviet Mujahideen in Afghanistan during the Soviet intervention for the rest of the 1980s. After the fall of Najibullah's Soviet-backed government in 1992, he served as Deputy Foreign Minister in the government of Burhanuddin Rabbani."

So... what exactly are they going to talk about? "In 1983 I was prepairing for a career in public service going to a university in India, what were you doing Governor Palin?"

"Getting ready for my Beauty Pagent, enjoying Mooseburgers, you know, the usual."

"Right, you're an idiot, aren't you?"

"OH yeah you betcha der."

Larry Mahnken: Abstruse: Calvin Coolidge: If Sarah Palin says she's prepared to be VP, that should be good enough for anyone who's not a whiny liberal pantywaist.

I'm prepared to be Vice President. Vote for me!

Dude, you're talking to 30th President of the United States. Show some farking respect.

AAAAAH!!! THE ZOMBIES ARE HERE!!! THE ZOMBIES ARE HERE!!!!1

/BBL, going to take over the Wal-mart with a shotgun and two swords.

If we had an informed and educated electorate, then rushing her into a photo-op meeting with Karzai would immediately invalidate all the McCain campaign's claims that she's more than ready to tackle international affairs.

Since we don't, she'll be anointed by Fox News as the second coming of Margaret Thatcher.

Calvin Coolidge: If Sarah Palin says she's prepared to be VP, that should be good enough for anyone who's not a whiny liberal pantywaist.

I see what you did there.

Heh, I myself am prepared to be President. I have chosen the O'RLY owl* as a running mate.

*O'RLY owl barely edged out the fark squirrel during the vetting process

/BlippityBleep 08' on your write-in!!!
//free intrawebs for all!!

Somacandra:
I would be surprised that anyone bothering to post in a Fark politics forum at this ungodly hour on a weekend would NOT know who Karzai was. Its not like he's a obscure or historical political figure, since they U.S. is still fighting an entire war to keep and put him there.

This, seriously. I know who Maliki and Sistani and Al Sadr are too (yeah, different country, I knew that, too). Hey, I can be Vice President!

I just get a laugh out of this. This'll probably be the first Muslim she'll ever meet.

JeffTL: erik-k: that's far from definitive.

It's Karz-eye. I took a class from his old English teacher, who actually brought him to the university to receive an honorary degree, and he pronounced it that way. I think it's Hah-meed, but the first name I am not as sure of.

Cool, thankx. VoA says Haw-mihd, so I guess that settles it... President Haw-mihd Karz-eye.

/Guesses Palin can use Bush's foh-net-ik telli-promp-tur.
//No one in this country can ever pronounce my name right.
///It's not that hard: Samir Na-gheen-an-a-jar. Nagheenanajar.

Tsunami Ditka: How does Karzai feel about being used as a cheap political prop?

He's been one for years.

kleppe: GavinTheAlmighty: She probably couldn't even pick Karzai out of a lineup.

Had you even heard of him before the article?

Is that a serious question?

Tsunami Ditka: How does Karzai feel about being used as a cheap political prop?

Karzai sometime speaks his mind. I wonder if he'll use this to try and make a statement. It would be really funny if he walked out of the meeting or something.

I'll bet 5 bucks he'd much rather deal with Obama and his group than McCain's group for the next 4 years.

Why?

BlippityBleep: FTA:
"But as for foreign policy, you know, I think that I am prepared, and I know that on January 20th, if we are so blessed as to be sworn into office as your president and vice president, certainly we'll be ready," she told a questioner. "I'll be ready."

I would really like to see how she delivered that line. Is she trying to convince other people of her readiness? Or is she trying to convince herself?

Enjoy. (new window)

She was asked - by a supporter - what specific foreigh policy skills she had. Her answer was that if anyone wanted specifics, they could go ahead and ask.

Yes, really.

I feel sorry for Karzai. Having talked to Palin and realised the depths of her stupidity, he will have to sacrafice his dignity in a press conference by vouching for her.

erik-k: I don't care as long as I don't hear about her butchering his name. Lest I throw stones from a glass house I'll ask: is it officially Karz-eye or Karz-ay and is it Hah-meed or Hah-mid? BBC World seems to prefer Hah-mid Karz-eye, but that's far from definitive.

When speaking farsi and saying his name, it would be pronounced:

If you're pronouncing it slowly, and fully enunciating: Ha-meade Car-zah-ee

If you're talking fast, it would be: Haa-meade Carz-eye.

Sarah Palin is a joke.

People who support her for VP have become a pin-head joke.

She would make our country a joke.

F**k that!

Palin has gazed at the Bering Strait and she knows what the Russians are up to.