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The Bering Straight Candidate
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 8/29/2008
The Bering Straight Candidate
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Here’s a novel idea : Sarah Palin does have foreign policy experience “because she is right up there in Alaska right next door to Russia”: Just a little while ago, John McCain was warning us that Putin is aiming “to restore the old Russian Empire” so ...

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WTF Is It Now?!? — Fox Nooze: Sarah Palin does have foreign policy experience “because she is right up there in Alaska right next door to Russia.” No, really. ThinkProgress has the video.

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