“..President Palin? Don’t Make Hillary Clinton Laugh..”
“..America will have a woman president.
But it is not likely that the first one will be Sarah Palin.
Even Republicans who embrace Palin as a guilty political pleasure have a hard time seeing the self-described “maverick” ..
.. who quit serving as governor of Alaska so that she could spend more time as a Fox News commentator ..
.. as a commander-in-chief.
But Palin’s still good for a laugh.
Appearing at a town hall meeting in Saudi Arabia Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was asked about the prospect of a Palin presidency.
“Does the prospect of Sarah Palin one day becoming president maybe terrify you?” a student asked Clinton, who knows a thing or two about presidential politics.
“And if so, would you consider emigrating to Canada or possibly even Russia?”
(The latter being a country Palin has — almost — seen from her house.)
When Clinton finished laughing, she said: “Well, the short answer is ‘no.’ I will not be emigrating. I will be visiting as often as I can.”
Points to Clinton for thinking on her feet and using humor to diffuse a discussion about domestic politics in a foreign setting where she was attempting to bridge complex religious and cultural divides.
Luckily for Clinton, the whole Palin-as-president conversation provides plenty of comic relief — as few Americans are taking it seriously.
After a bumbling 2008 vice presidential campaign that invited “I can see Russia from my house” parody ..
.. a mere 38 percent of voters told exit pollsters they saw Palin as being qualified to be president.
Now that Palin’s gained more exposure, with her “I’m-not-a-quitter” exit from the governor’s job, her book tour and her recent Tea Partying..
.. what has happened to that “Palin-is-qualified” number?
It has fallen to 26 percent, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll..”
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