LOL- New Palin Gaffe!!! She calls Afghanistan "our neighboring country"!

[npincus]

Oh my Lord... first she cites quotes off of her coffee cup, now she's confused the North American continent with Southern Asia (Afghanistan is north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran)...

Well, Miss Teen South Carolina said it best:

"I personally believe the U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, uh...people out there in our nation don't have maps, and, uh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and, uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and...I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., err, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future for our...



http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/10/05/in-slip-up-palin-calls-afghanistan-our-neighboring-country/

Three days after a mostly gaffe-free debate performance, the Alaska governor fumbled during a speech in which she praised U.S. soldiers for “fighting terrorism and protecting us and our democratic values”.

“They are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there is hope and opportunity in our neighboring country of Afghanistan,” she told several hundred supporters at a fundraising event in San Francisco.

The gaffe could add fuel to comedians and late-night talk show hosts who have seized on her linguistic infelicities to portray her as someone not to be taken seriously.

[jpertello]

1. I guess she see Afghanistan from her yard too.

[npincus]

3. ....

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[bklyncowgirl]

2. Hey cut her some slack--it's right below Russia and she can see Russia from her house. nt

[yellowcanine]

6. Yep, she looks right past Russia to Afghanistan.... heh.

[TwilightGardener]

10. Hey, she's the only thing keeping Putin's head there out of our airspace, there, also.

And as well also now keeping us safe from the invading hordes of neighboring Tallybannies who hate us for our freedom, as well.

[TwilightGardener]

4. She just blathers, throws words and cliches together, all of it meaningless.

[uponit7771]

5. She sees Afghanistan on a map, makes her an expert

[KansDem]

7. She also believes constitutional rights are "privileges"

Unbelievable...

SNL will have a heyday with this week's Palin Follies. And its only Monday!

[Occam Bandage]

8. So let's see here.

Venezuela is a Middle Eastern country. Spain is in South America. Afghanistan borders the United States, and Russia is visible from a suburb of Anchorage. Did...did I miss anything?

[Kalyke]

20. It's a small world, afterall.

It's a small world, afterall.
It's a small world, afterall.
It's a small, small world.

:)

[Birthday]

24. Good one!!!

:bounce: :bounce:

[Alter Ego]

9. what the fuck.

I am so fucking sick and tired of treating the Presidency like the Special Olympics. YOU DON'T GET A MEDAL FOR TRYING.

[jojo54]

11. Maybe DU should donate a world map to her???

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Obamarama]

15. No, Sarah already HAS a world map of her very own:

[frickaline]

18. beautiful ... oh that one is good

:rofl:

[kwolf68]

19. LMMFAO

This is one of the greatest things Ive ever seen.

[npincus]

23. Brilliant! Where'd you find that?

link?

[Obamarama]

29. My neighbor is an art professor. One of her students did it. eot.

[Buck Rabbit]

26. Does this have it's own thread somewhere? It is great.

[Obamarama]

31. Yes, I posted it as its own thread last week. Here it is:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=4143116

[HughMoran]

33. lol

I like that map! :rofl:

[11 Bravo]

12. Damn, that's mavericky! Moving an entire country from one hemisphere to another!

[SurfingAtWork]

13. Wow, this one is a doozy. I mean usually with gaffes, you can figure out

How one could oops their way in to saying this or that. But this one leaves me dumbfounded. The best I can come up with is maybe she was referring to Iraq... That isn't our country, but we are occupying it, so it kind of is ours for now... but even that doesn't neighbor Afghanistan.. so I've got nothin.

:shrug:

[npincus]

14. maybe she's thinking of Cuba?

:rofl:

[theothersnippywshrub]

16. I can see my neighbor's Afghan Hound from my back porch. n/t

[Schulzz]

17. Don't you know the famous Alaska-Afghanistan-Russia border triangle?

She can see it from her house!

[TheCoxwain]

21. You IDIOT .. Its the associative law ..

Alaska and Russia are Neighbors

Russia and Afghanistan are neighbors

Therefore .....Alaska and Afghanistan are neighbors



You 'Libruls' are MORANS ... You dont understand what is obvious to Hockey Moms and Joe Six Packs and Joe Six Folds

[underpants]

28. What *IS* this.... RUSSIA!?!?

:rofl:

[frickaline]

22. She really is the gift that keeps on giving

:popcorn:

can't wait for the next one.

[formercia]

25. Sarah Alien has Afghanistan confused with Canuckistan.

:rofl:

[npincus]

27. I call red-state America "Dumbfuckistan"!

:rofl:

[zulchzulu]

30. Maybe she'll talk about our neighboring planet Uranus

I'd love to hear her say Uranus.... yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah...

[HughMoran]

32. Well, Russia owns them ya know

Are you telling me Afghanistan isn't still part of Russia, our neighbor up here?

:rofl: