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Old 09-28-2008, 08:58 AM
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A college student tripped up Palin, getting an answer that contradicts McCain's position on Pakistan. She really is going to do very poorly in the debate if she can't answer a simple question from a kid without mucking up.

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PHILADELPHIA (CNN) – Sarah Palin partook in an established political ritual on Saturday night when she headed to Tony Luke's in south Philadelphia to order a pair of cheesesteaks with whiz and onions.

But as the kitchen sizzled and orders were barked out, Palin found herself talking politics, calling McCain's debate performance "awesome" and taking questions from a voter about the hunt for terrorists in Pakistan.

While waiting in line with her daughter Willow to place her order, a reporter asked Palin if she watched Friday's debate, and what her impressions were.

"I did, I did," she said. "McCain did awesome. He was great. He was absolutely on his game."

Palin added that she is ready to debate Joe Biden next Thursday in St. Louis.

"I am," she said. "Look forward to it. Look forward to getting to speak to Americans through that debate, absolutely."

The governor got a more serious interrogation moments later when Temple graduate student Michael Rovito approached her to inquire about Pakistan.

"How about the Pakistan situation?," asked Rovito, who said he was not a Palin supporter. "What's your thoughts about that?"

"In Pakistan?," she asked, looking surprised.

"What's going on over there, like Waziristan?"

"It's working with [Pakistani president] Zardari to make sure that we're all working together to stop the guys from coming in over the border," she told him. "And we'll go from there."

Rovito wasn't finished. "Waziristan is blowing up!," he said.

"Yeah it is," Palin said, "and the economy there is blowing up too."

"So we do cross border, like from Afghanistan to Pakistan you think?," Rovito asked.

"If that's what we have to do stop the terrorists from coming any further in, absolutely, we should," Palin responded, before moving on to greet other voters.

Those comments appear to contradict McCain's long-standing position of negotiating with Pakistan before carrying out attacks on terrorists within their borders. The GOP nominee criticized Barack Obama in Friday night's debate for his willingness to strike unilaterally inside Pakistan.

"He said that he would launch military strikes into Pakistan," McCain said. "You don't do that. You don't say that out loud. If you have to do things, you have to do things, and you work with the Pakistani government."

Obama responded saying, "Nobody talked about attacking Pakistan. If the United States has al Qaeda, bin Laden, top-level lieutenants in our sights, and Pakistan is unable or unwilling to act, then we should take them out."

Palin ordered the two sandwiches, but the managers refused to let her pay, so she slipped a bill into their tip jar. She did not eat at the restaurant, opting instead to take the food with her in the motorcade.
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hey, I agree with Palin, and Obama!
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What I find interesting are the recent engagements of NATO (US) forces and the Pakistan military inside Pakistan's borders. Unless we were to assume that the Pakistan army is harboring the Taliban and al Qaeda, which no one suggests, then the NATO forces are attacking Pakistan where al Qaeda and the Taliban isn't present.
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What I find interesting are the recent engagements of NATO (US) forces and the Pakistan military inside Pakistan's borders. Unless we were to assume that the Pakistan army is harboring the Taliban and al Qaeda, which no one suggests, then the NATO forces are attacking Pakistan where al Qaeda and the Taliban isn't present.
That would be in keeping with the recent US habit of attacking places where there are no terrorists.
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I thought it was interesting when the Pakistani president was asked about this, his response was, "Barack Obama said 'if' but we are willing to take out Bin Laden." He recognized that Obama wasn't trying to pose a direct threat to Pakistan if they wouldn't either take action or let us. He saw that Obama was only willing to do (with force) what could not be done with diplomacy.
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What I find interesting are the recent engagements of NATO (US) forces and the Pakistan military inside Pakistan's borders. Unless we were to assume that the Pakistan army is harboring the Taliban and al Qaeda, which no one suggests, then the NATO forces are attacking Pakistan where al Qaeda and the Taliban isn't present.
Yeah, well Bush is fighting the war.
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No Matter how good Palin does in the debate with the guy who forgets who was president when. You will find fault.
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No Matter how good Palin does in the debate with the guy who forgets who was president when. You will find fault.
Whatever. I'm expecting Biden to give some good gaffe moments too, but I can't image her doing a good job since she well hasn't proven that she can. Give her record so far and her hiding from the media, I think she will get her ass handed to her. We will see.

By the way, I love how conservatives write off those who are more liberal as close minded. The Righties have promoted anti-intellectualism for the past decade, so don't give me that crap.
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Whatever. I'm expecting Biden to give some good gaffe moments too, but I can't image her doing a good job since she well hasn't proven that she can. Give her record so far and her hiding from the media, I think she will get her ass handed to her. We will see.

By the way, I love how conservatives write off those who are more liberal as close minded. The Righties have promoted anti-intellectualism for the past decade, so don't give me that crap.
When you ask stupid questions with multi answers you are just trying to be an ass and that is what Katie looked like to me. Biden can't make a statement without his foot.
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