McCain interview in Portland, Maine

[Brittain33]

McCain takes aggressive questions about Sarah Palin in a local tv news interview. Awkward. The video is labeled 207 John McCain interview.

http://www.wcsh6.com/video/default.aspx?maven_playerId=immersiveplayer&maven_referralObject=850878100

[Sbane]

I love how whenever anyone asks about Palin's national security experience they bring up energy.

[cinyc]

I love how whenever anyone asks about Palin's national security experience they bring up energy.

Energy has something to do with national security?  Well, Barack Obama thinks so, too:
Energy Security is National Security

[Smash255]

I love how whenever anyone asks about Palin's national security experience they bring up energy.

Energy has something to do with national security?  Well, Barack Obama thinks so, too:
Energy Security is National Security

The difference is one focuses on getting AWAY from oil, while the other doesn't.

[Sbane]

I love how whenever anyone asks about Palin's national security experience they bring up energy.

Energy has something to do with national security?  Well, Barack Obama thinks so, too:
Energy Security is National Security

It is a part of it and I am not denying it but when you say national security you mean Afghanistan, Al qaeda, Iraq,Iran and all the other crazies out there. She has no experience in those affairs at all and they keep running away from it.

[cinyc]

I love how whenever anyone asks about Palin's national security experience they bring up energy.

Energy has something to do with national security?  Well, Barack Obama thinks so, too:
Energy Security is National Security

The difference is one focuses on getting AWAY from oil, while the other doesn't.

One has a pie-in-the-sky solution where fossil fuel alternatives magically appear overnight.  The other realistically knows that's not going to happen.  One doesn't believe in nuclear energy.  The other does.

[cinyc]

I love how whenever anyone asks about Palin's national security experience they bring up energy.

Energy has something to do with national security?  Well, Barack Obama thinks so, too:
Energy Security is National Security

It is a part of it and I am not denying it but when you say national security you mean Afghanistan, Al qaeda, Iraq,Iran and all the other crazies out there. She has no experience in those affairs at all and they keep running away from it.

She visited Alaska National Guard troops who were being deployed in Iraq long before Barack Obama did.  She has a son who will be deployed in Iraq.  She's negotiated an oil gas pipeline deal with Canadian companies.  She's met trade delegations and the Premier of Yukon.

What was Bill Clinton's foreign policy experience before he became President?   

[Sbane]

I love how whenever anyone asks about Palin's national security experience they bring up energy.

Energy has something to do with national security?  Well, Barack Obama thinks so, too:
Energy Security is National Security

It is a part of it and I am not denying it but when you say national security you mean Afghanistan, Al qaeda, Iraq,Iran and all the other crazies out there. She has no experience in those affairs at all and they keep running away from it.

She visited Alaska National Guard troops who were being deployed in Iraq long before Barack Obama did.  She has a son who will be deployed in Iraq.  She's negotiated an oil deal with Canadian companies.  She's met trade delegations and the Premier of Yukon.

What was Bill Clinton's foreign policy experience before he became President?   

First of all negotiating oil deals and having meetings with canadians does not equal national security. My problem isn't so much that she doesn't have national security experience but rather how they automatically start talking about energy policy if asked about her experience. Actually its not even a problem, just damn hilarious.

[cinyc]

First of all negotiating oil deals and having meetings with canadians does not equal national security. My problem isn't so much that she doesn't have national security experience but rather how they automatically start talking about energy policy if asked about her experience. Actually its not even a problem, just damn hilarious.

It's hilarious until you realize that your candidate agrees energy security is national security, too.  Then it ceases to be funny to anyone who understands logic.

Stop treating Alaska like it's some backwater.  There are consulates in Anchorage - including year-round consulates from South Korea, Japan and Canada.  Sarah Palin has met with consuls from South Korea, Canada,  China, Russia many other countries. 

Is this large-scale stuff?  No.  But to claim Governor Palin has no foreign policy experience is nonsense.

[Sbane]

First of all negotiating oil deals and having meetings with canadians does not equal national security. My problem isn't so much that she doesn't have national security experience but rather how they automatically start talking about energy policy if asked about her experience. Actually its not even a problem, just damn hilarious.

It's hilarious until you realize that your candidate agrees energy security is national security, too.  Then it ceases to be funny to anyone who understands logic.

Stop treating Alaska like it's some backwater.  There are consulates in Anchorage - including year-round consulates from South Korea, Japan and Canada.  Sarah Palin has met with consuls from South Korea, Canada,  China, Russia many other countries. 

Is this large-scale stuff?  No.  But to claim Governor Palin has no foreign policy experience is nonsense.

What I find funny is how they dodge questions about Palin's national security experience. I am not knocking it but why the deception? Why don't they use the same argument you are using now? And considering I have been to Alaska and I will assume you haven't, I totally understand they are not a backwater. A lot of this world's trade actually goes through the port and airport of Anchorage.

[cinyc]

First of all negotiating oil deals and having meetings with canadians does not equal national security. My problem isn't so much that she doesn't have national security experience but rather how they automatically start talking about energy policy if asked about her experience. Actually its not even a problem, just damn hilarious.

It's hilarious until you realize that your candidate agrees energy security is national security, too.  Then it ceases to be funny to anyone who understands logic.

Stop treating Alaska like it's some backwater.  There are consulates in Anchorage - including year-round consulates from South Korea, Japan and Canada.  Sarah Palin has met with consuls from South Korea, Canada,  China, Russia many other countries. 

Is this large-scale stuff?  No.  But to claim Governor Palin has no foreign policy experience is nonsense.

What I find funny is how they dodge questions about Palin's national security experience. I am not knocking it but why the deception? Why don't they use the same argument you are using now? And considering I have been to Alaska and I will assume you haven't, I totally understand they are not a backwater. A lot of this world's trade actually goes through the port and airport of Anchorage.

Sarah Palin did.  Her first answer to the question of whether she met with foreign heads of state was cut out of the World News Tonight edit.  It was included in the Nightline edit.  She said she met with trade delegations from other countries.  Charlie Gibson cut her off and asked again, have you met with any heads of state?  She said no, but I bet if you asked other Vice Presidential candidates in the past the same question, they'd have the same response.  And she's right about that.
 
She's not dodging questions about her national security experience.  Your own candidate agrees that energy security is national security.   As Governor of Alaska AND Chairman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Board (a job Democrats conveniently drop from Palin's resume), she knows more about energy policy than Obama, Biden and McCain combined.  Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if she could tell you exactly how they get oil out of the ground in Alaska.  Her husband sure knows. 

Sarah Palin still is the commander-in-chief of the Alaska Army and Air National Guard (when not nationalized) - one more army and air force unit than Barack Obama has ever commanded.  And she went to visit her troops overseas when they were nationalized - well before Barack Obama ever visited the Iraqi theater.

Don't assume anything.

[Sbane]

First of all negotiating oil deals and having meetings with canadians does not equal national security. My problem isn't so much that she doesn't have national security experience but rather how they automatically start talking about energy policy if asked about her experience. Actually its not even a problem, just damn hilarious.

It's hilarious until you realize that your candidate agrees energy security is national security, too.  Then it ceases to be funny to anyone who understands logic.

Stop treating Alaska like it's some backwater.  There are consulates in Anchorage - including year-round consulates from South Korea, Japan and Canada.  Sarah Palin has met with consuls from South Korea, Canada,  China, Russia many other countries. 

Is this large-scale stuff?  No.  But to claim Governor Palin has no foreign policy experience is nonsense.

What I find funny is how they dodge questions about Palin's national security experience. I am not knocking it but why the deception? Why don't they use the same argument you are using now? And considering I have been to Alaska and I will assume you haven't, I totally understand they are not a backwater. A lot of this world's trade actually goes through the port and airport of Anchorage.

Sarah Palin did.  Her first answer to the question of whether she met with foreign heads of state was cut out of the World News Tonight edit.  It was included in the Nightline edit.  She said she met with trade delegations from other countries.  Charlie Gibson cut her off and asked again, have you met with any heads of state?  She said no, but I bet if you asked other Vice Presidential candidates in the past the same question, they'd have the same response.  And she's right about that.
 
She's not dodging questions about her national security experience.  Your own candidate agrees that energy security is national security.   As Governor of Alaska AND Chairman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Board (a job Democrats conveniently drop from Palin's resume), she knows more about energy policy than Obama, Biden and McCain combined.  Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if she could tell you exactly how they get oil out of the ground in Alaska.  Her husband sure knows. 

Sarah Palin still is the commander-in-chief of the Alaska Army and Air National Guard (when not nationalized) - one more army and air force unit than Barack Obama has ever commanded.  And she went to visit her troops overseas when they were nationalized - well before Barack Obama ever visited the Iraqi theater.

Don't assume anything.

Well I was talking more about the dodge Mccain made in this interview. I actually haven't seen the ABC interview yet. Link?

[cinyc]

Well I was talking more about the dodge Mccain made in this interview. I actually haven't seen the ABC interview yet. Link?

Some of the World News Tonight interview is here.  I haven't checked to see if it exactly matches what I saw on the newscast (and probably wouldn't remember anyway).  I don't think the Nightline interview video is online yet - but Nightline hasn't been broadcast on the West Coast yet, either.

[Zarn]

I love how whenever anyone asks about Palin's national security experience they bring up energy.

Energy has something to do with national security?  Well, Barack Obama thinks so, too:
Energy Security is National Security

The difference is one focuses on getting AWAY from oil, while the other doesn't.

One ticket focuses on using multiple solutions (mid and long term), while the other relies on improved technology alone (long term only).

[JSojourner]

I love how whenever anyone asks about Palin's national security experience they bring up energy.

Energy has something to do with national security?  Well, Barack Obama thinks so, too:
Energy Security is National Security

The difference is one focuses on getting AWAY from oil, while the other doesn't.

One has a pie-in-the-sky solution where fossil fuel alternatives magically appear overnight.  The other realistically knows that's not going to happen.  One doesn't believe in nuclear energy.  The other does.

This is where I am really stuck in a middle ground.  I oppose drilling.  And yeah, I am all for the various experiments with wind, solar, ethanol, etc.  But nuclear...I think I can deal with nuclear.  We might need to actually ask the French and the Swedes for some tips -- and I would want to be certain our waste was secure.  But I'm open to expanding our nuclear power system.  LOL -- I might want it federalized (you knew you could depend on me!) but it warrants consideration.