Grabbing a Cheesesteak in South Philly, Palin Opines on Pakistan -- But Does She Contradict McCain Policy?

Maybee,

Of course we would work with Zadari but do you really think that if we know where Bin Laden is and Zadari says we can't go in that we should not go in?

=====
What if we know Bin Laden is in London, but Britain is hesitant to turn him over because they fear a terrorism backlash. It could happen.
Would Obama stand up today and say we would bomb Britain if they didn't help us get Bin Laden? No.
Obama won't even say he is willing to draw up military plans against *Iran*. Yet he'll say it about Pakistan.

Pakistan, as troublesome as it is, is an ally. It takes special diplomatic handling, which Obama pretends to be all about.
Sarah Palin did nothing to contradict McCain.

So Capt Right WInger says that invading an ally is ok to prevent a major attack if stated by the right wing candidate but invasion by an ally to get Bin Laden is the worst thing ever.

Love those knots you tied yoruself in to declare Palin right when she and Obama siad the same thing which is that we should work with Zadari but if we can hit terrorists we should not hesitate.

Sarah Palin is a disaster - McCain made a huge blunder and now is stuck with it. Suits him fine...

Maybee,

Of course we would work with Zadari but do you really think that if we know where Bin Laden is and Zadari says we can't go in that we should not go in?

The way I took Gov. Palin's comments was that if we were in hot pursuit we could go across borders to prevent an imminent attack.

But the greater point is that it is one thing to speak about hypotheticals (which Gov. Palin was doing) but it is quite another to declare that invading an ally nation was a planned activity (as Senator Obama has stated).

Ryan C said:
"They of course ignore this part of the equation

“So we do cross the border," he asked, "like from Afghanistan to Pakistan, you think?”
=====
No, I'm not ignoring that part of the equation. I am saying people have to acknowledge it is only part of the equation.
Do you see any detail given in the report that the guy asked if we would go in against Zardari's will?

McCain has not said he would not cross the border into Pakistan. He has certainly not said he would not go into Pakistan if we were working with Zardari.
He has said he would not announce in advance that he would invade an ally, because that puts the ally on the defensive *against us*.
Palin did not contradict him.

A McCain defender opines:

"In this short conversation, she clearly says we would be ***working with Zardari***.
There is no contradiction with McCain's stated policy of working with Zardari."

They of course ignore this part of the equation

“So we do cross the border," he asked, "like from Afghanistan to Pakistan, you think?”

“If that’s what we have to do stop the terrorists from coming any further in," she said, "absolutely, we should.”

"Didn't we, in effect, already announce our willingness to cross the borders of uncooperative regimes in order to accomplish our anti-terrorism objectives seven years ago?"

No only that Jeff but the US military has already begun to move across the border to hit terrorist camps.

TRW,

To add to your point, Pailn's gaffes would not look nearly as bad if she was out there taking interviews.

That is what happens when you gamble on a campaign strategy that limits any and all interaction with the press and relies upon stump speeches.

Biden has given 100 interviews since he was nominated.

If the Couric interview had been the 20th Palin had given, would her gaffes matter as much?

I'm confused. Isn't "any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism" fair game? Isn't that part of the Bush Doctrine? Didn't we, in effect, already announce our willingness to cross the borders of uncooperative regimes in order to accomplish our anti-terrorism objectives seven years ago?

In this short conversation, she clearly says we would be ***working with Zardari***.
There is no contradiction with McCain's stated policy of working with Zardari.

Biden has done 100 interviews since becoming a VP candidate; Palin only 3. It seems like Obama has chosen talk over action again.

So Obama is tied to lobbyists because Biden's son is a lobbyist.

Does that mean that McCain is tied to greedy bankers since his son resigned from the Silver State S & L right before it was seized by the feds two months ago?

Deregulation (trickle down, Voo Doo economics)caused this mess, a policy advocated by economist Milton Friedman, and followed like a religion by Republicans.

This ideology is bankrupting our country, but they still believe in it.

Vote them out!

I find it interesting that McCain supporters deflect criticism of Palin by saying, "but, but Biden makes mistakes too!!!" This is true. He absolutely does. But while Biden may stick his foot in his mouth, or be too long winded at times, there is a clear difference between the two candidates, and anyone with any intellectual honesty knows it: Biden can speak in a coherent fashion about a variety of topics. So far, Palin can't. Since Barack picked Biden only a month ago, he has done approximately 100 interviews with local and national press; Palin has done 3.

So stop the false equivalency here. Just man up. Does Biden trip up every now in then? Yes. I have no problem acknowledging that. The difference is, Biden has demonstrated competence, openness, and accessibility. Palin has not.

Richard, of course Obama & Palin are right that we should get Bin Laden if we can whether or not Pakistan says its ok.

McCain is just stuck on that as an attacking point which his campaign seems to have recycled from the Dem primaries like many of their other attacks.

Its just another example of rank hypocrisy on the part of the McCain campaign attacking Obama for things they are far guiltier of.

Ryan, you just don't get it......... it's okay for McCain to say those things, and even Sarah Palin. It's only not okay for Obama. BTW, that was very well stated. Thanx!

McCain has demonstrated he has not put America first with his selection of an unqualified dufus as VP. She has got to be worse than the dufus who is now president. I cannot imagine how she could lead America in the event of McCain being incapacitated. McCain has demonstrated his erratic behavior once too often and may be of the verge of being incapacitated already.

Why at a press conference today did obama say the senate banking committee is his committee? Not long ago obama said he was the chairman of the senate banking committee. obama is not on the senate banking committee. What's that about? Maybe if obama would release his medical records we'd get an idea of what that's about.

Independent: I agree with you about striking in Pakistan if we must. Palin is right, Obama is right, and I'm sure somewhere there is a record of John McCain having said the same thing.