Palin to speak about China in debut speech in Asia

[kskiska]

Source: AFP

HONG KONG — Former US vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin is expected to speak about US foreign policy and China in her first keynote speech outside North America, Hong Kong organisers said on Monday.

Palin, mocked during last year's presidential campaign for her lack of experience in foreign affairs and for her verbal gaffes, is due to address hundreds of financial big-hitters at the CLSA Investors' Forum on Wednesday.

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Palin was chosen to speak since she's a possible Republican candidate in the next US presidential election and because of her influential role in politics, he said.

But CLSA, an arm of French bank Credit Agricole, decided to close Palin's session to the media after the former Alaska governor indicated that she would have to adjust her speech if reporters were present, Slone said.

"We are very pleased with her attitude towards us. Sarah could have come here and made a media circus," he said.

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[Algorem]

1. they can see Russia from China you know.

[VaDemocrat05]

72. Yes, but

can they see Alaska from China?:evilgrin:

[hatrack]

2. "I've been fascinated by China for years, ever since my first bite of Cashew Chicken."

:puke:

[livetohike]

5. ROFL. She'll probably quote Charlie Chan to them too.

:rofl:

[appamado amata padam]

22. "Hong Kong is a wonderful continent!"

:-)

[appamado amata padam]

23. "In what respect, Charlie Chan?"

:-)

[livetohike]

27. Thanks for the laugh

:hi: Good one!

[appamado amata padam]

48. My pleasure;

let's hope that laughs are all we will be getting from this woman. I can't see her ever getting elected to anything again, but hey, crazy things happen.

[No Elephants]

60. LOL. Welcome.

[appamado amata padam]

66. Thank You!

[no_hypocrisy]

3. She's in over her head -- again.

China won't see her as profound. They'll see her as insipid, poorly prepared, and their English better than hers.

[livetohike]

4. Is she going to perform a strip tease for them? What is she

trying to hide besides her inadequate knowledge of foreign relations and financial policies?

This is a joke.

[jberryhill]

51. It IS a joke

Shhh....

The visit was in jeopardy when some bloggers observed that this group usually schedules a comedy entertainment event, but there isn't one on this year's schedule.

Ahem.

[pattmarty]

6. ........"have to adjust her speech if reporters were present".................

.............Translated from Palinese, this means if reporters were present she would actually have to SPEAK instead of just winking and doing the "beauty pageant" thing. You know someone there at the "speech" will have a cell phone and will record at least some of it. I get a kick out of these ass holes like O'Reilley, Scalia and now the "bitch" not wanting any media present to hear their lies and outright crazy, racist bullshit.

[xchrom]

7. what? -- she opened a fortune cookie? nt

[skyounkin]

8. Oh please oh please oh please ph please

I hope this is taped.

God- she is a fucking embarrassment.

[LiberalFighter]

40. But she's not our embarrassment. Thank goodness!!

[Bluzmann57]

9. Oh great!

Now we'll be at war with China because she'll undoubtedly say something stupid. But Hong Kong, while legally a part of China, isn't really part of China. There is entirely too much money in Hong Kong for the Chinese Government to do any crackdowns. I was just in Hong Kong a month and a half ago. Glad I left before she arrived. Would've ruined the whole trip.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

10. "you know... I have had some really good chinese food in Alaska"

Puking on somebody would probably be more dignified than this speech will be,

[No Elephants]

61. George H.W. Bush already did that. Come to think of it, China sees mostly Republicans.

[KansDem]

11. Will she stop speaking a little over halfway into her talk?

Just curious...

[keepthemhonest]

12. somebody damn well better get the transcript somehow.

How hard would it be?I want a copy, who doesn't need a good laugh every know and again.

editing for splling

[mahatmakanejeeves]

13. You should wash it by hand, not in the dishwasher.

.

[Connie_Corleone]

14. She's going to start an international incident.

[Ian David]

15. She can see a Chinese restaurant from her house. n/t

[totodeinhere]

16. Someone else with write the speech of course.

And as long as she delivers it well, she should be OK. That is until they get to the questions sections when she will have to think for herself. Then she will get into trouble.

[TwilightGardener]

17. Oh my God, teh stupid. Why do they keep trotting her out?

[appamado amata padam]

18. She has read all of their newspapers,

and knows all about the very Pro-China parts of that country.

[area51]

19. "Palin to speak about China"

:popcorn:

[polly7]

20. What the hell does she know about China???

She didn't even know the name of Canada's prime minister.

[sentelle]

50. She knows all about china.

Stoneware, on the other hand is what she normally eats on, and of course the metal plates.

[polly7]

57. LOL

:D

[Javaman]

21. Maybe she can run for Hong Kong's Governor!!! then she can see china from that porch!!

this woman is a certifiable moron.

[booksenkatz]

24. Big diff between reading a speech and being conversant on the subject. NT

[crim son]

25. Incredible. Who invited her and why?

Apparently teh stupid is not limited to the U.S.

[Brother Buzz]

33. The big money says 'comic relief'

I'm Series!

[jberryhill]

52. They invited her as a joke

These fund managers have a very refined sense of humor, and they are delighted that she took them up on it.

[Amonester]

58. Yep. And they have so much U.S. money they don't know what to...

do with it. Might as well have a good laugh with it before it devaluates to the ground...

[Xipe Totec]

26. What happened to you China, you used to be cool n/t

[Mike Daniels]

28. Gotta love that "she would have to adjust her speech if reporters were present"

What would she have to do if the press were there to observe?


Include actual facts?

Present points coherently vs. using homilies that say absolutely nothing?

Remind the press that the troops protect their freedom of speech?

Not wink and blow kisses to the attendees?



In a sane world this alone should disqualify her from having any future political importance but it will only endear her to her home audience of simplistic, non-analytical thinking mouthbreathers.

[WheelWalker]

29. She needs to put a sock in it nt

[Myrina]

30. ... as long as the audience only understands Chinese, she'll do fine.

:rofl:

[eppur_se_muova]

34. Yes, the translators know that their job description includes ...

making the speaker look good. Count on China to provide the translators.

[vinylsolution]

31. Serious mis-calculation by Palin....

... She's relying on the Chinese being as smart as the people who elected her.

Ooooops.

[Brother Buzz]

32. She's winking at me!!!

:rofl:

[LeftishBrit]

35. Can she see China from her window too?

[MidwestTransplant]

36. I can see China from A la SKA

[gmoney]

37. Well, when she calls Obama a communist, will they consider that good or bad?

:popcorn:

[seattle_blue]

38. what a loser

She thinks that by going to China and giving a stupid speech, she is strengthening her foreign policy creds. Sad thing is though, about 20% of Americans will fall for it.

[undeterred]

39. You mean, like, picking out a china pattern?

[and-justice-for-all]

41. And who the fuck is she speaking for??! FAIL...nt

[MilesColtrane]

42. And getting up here I say it is the best road trip in Asia...

... soaring through nature's finest show. Fuji, the great one, soaring under the eastern sun. And then the extremes. In the winter time it's the frozen road that is competing with the view of ice fogged frigid beauty, the cold though, doesn't it split the Wulings from the Qianshans?

And then in the summertime such extreme summertime about a hundred and fifty degrees hotter than just some months ago, than just some months from now, with gerberas blooming along the frost heaves and merciless rivers that are rushing and carving and reminding us that here, Godzilla wins. It is as throughout all China that big wild good life teeming along the road that is east to the future.

[Nostradammit]

45. Excellent!!!

[Cass]

43. Why would she have to change her speech if press were allowed in?

But CLSA, an arm of French bank Credit Agricole, decided to close Palin's session to the media after the former Alaska governor indicated that she would have to adjust her speech if reporters were present, Slone said.

That seems pretty strange.

[Mike Daniels]

44. What's incredible is Palin's apparent belief that somehow her speech won't be on YouTube

within minutes of her giving it.

If she thinks that the press won't be reporting on her speech she really is clueless.

[MisterP]

46. she's going to pull the corners of her eyes outwards a little, isn't she?

say, wasn't the last Hong Kong offer revealed to be a joke on her by a quirky finance show (which also interviewed fortunetellers)?

[DebbieCDC]

47. "Oh Yes TAWD and I got some lovely china for a wedding gift"

"Dontcha know"

[sentelle]

49. will they translate the speech into mandarin?

It might make more sense if they didn't.

[icnorth]

53. Definitely,

but not until it gets translated into English.

[No Elephants]

62. LOL

[appamado amata padam]

56. Sei e tein cuo, Zhou!

[IndianaGreen]

54. Palin will say that she loves eating chop suey

and then proceed to show the Chinese the depths of her ignorance.

[DLnyc]

55. Maybe she should stick to silverware for now.

She could try to work her way up to china in a few years.

[yellowcanine]

59. If Sarah can see Russia from Alaska and the Russians can see China, does that mean that

Sarah can see China?

[Nikki Stone1]

63. What did poor China ever do to deserve Palin??

It's an act of war.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

64. Are you kidding? She's a perfect choice!

A gimcrack speaker for the #1 exporter of gimcracks!

[Nikki Stone1]

65. Oh come on. You've got a choice between Palin and lead paint. Lead paint and Palin.

I'm pickin the lead paint.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

68. Well the lead paint does know when to keep its mouth shut...

that's true.

But can lead paint play the flute?

[Sabriel]

67. "Ooooh, me likee your country!"

"Chinese food velly tasty!"

If we're lucky, she won't set off a nuke strike.

[sakabatou]

69. I sense a fuck up.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

70. Ah! That explains it then. She quit being governor for lucrative speaking engagements.

I swear,...she and "W" are birds of the same feather,...

[SOS]

71. Why is an unemployed Alaskan villager with a Facebook page

considered to have an "influential role in politics"?

[nomaco-10]

73. Everything about her has already been said, BUT

I'm thinking that the woman that purchased her time for lunch has been critiqued here already. If not. Look her up. She struck me immediately as Dana Carvey's "Church Lady" from early episodes of SNL.

A dead ringer.