Thursday, September 11, 2008

20 Questions

Rebecca Frankel, an associate editor at Foreign Policy blog, is a writer and former managing editor of Moment magazine, founded by Elie Wiesel in 1975. She posts 20 questions she'd like to ask Sarah Palin. Some of them are fantastic, among them:
1. In a broad and long-term sense, would you have responded differently to the attacks of 9/11?

This is great because she'd be forced either to repudiate Bush's handling of the war (which would go against McCan't) or endorse it (which supports our contention that she's just more of the same).
10. What's more important: securing Russia's cooperation on nuclear proliferation and Iran, or supporting Georgia's NATO bid? If Vladimir Putin called you on the phone and said, "It's one or the other," what would you tell him?

The way you'll know that Liebermann personally coached her is when she says, "I believe that nucular proliferation is the most sensitive foreign policy issue we face in the next five years (see #12). And as such, we need to make sure Iran never acquires the ability to build a nucular weapon." This would be great to hear her say nucular twice (reminds us of Bush), and for her to go against McCan't, who was so gung-ho on taking on the Russkies that he practically declared himself president before the election.
20. Who is the first world leader you'd like to meet with and why?
Make her think like the world-class executive she is. Should it be Medvedev/Putin, or Ahmedinejad, or al-Maliki, or Hu? If she picks a high-profile leader or someone Bush refused to talk to, she'll substantiate Obama's position of talking to our enemies and not just blasting them, which would repudiate both Bush and McCain't. Or will she go the safe route and say Gordon Brown, or Sarkozy, or her Euro-sis, Angela Merkel? If she did she would probably have the best answer since it's our allies who need the most reassurance at this point. Or, will she be playfully political and say John McCain? If she did that, we'd of course roast her for being political, and George W. Bush would retire the next day.

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