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Palin Mocked in 2008 for Warning Putin May Invade Ukraine if Obama Elected
Breitbart ^ | 2/28/2014 | Tony Lee

Posted on 03/21/2022 6:00:43 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin warned that if Senator Barack Obama were elected president, his “indecision” and “moral equivalence” may encourage Russia’s Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine. Palin said then:

After the Russian Army invaded the nation of Georgia, Senator Obama’s reaction was one of indecision and moral equivalence, the kind of response that would only encourage Russia’s Putin to invade Ukraine next.

For those comments, she was mocked by the high-brow Foreign Policy magazine and its editor Blake Hounshell, who now is one of the editors of Politico magazine.

In light of recent events in Ukraine and concerns that Russia is getting its troops ready to cross the border into the neighboring nation, nobody seems to be laughing at or dismissing those comments now.

Hounshell wrote then that Palin’s comments were “strange” and “this is an extremely far-fetched scenario.”

“And given how Russia has been able to unsettle Ukraine’s pro-Western government without firing a shot, I don’t see why violence would be necessary to bring Kiev to heel,” Hounshell dismissively wrote.

Palin made her remarks on the stump after Obama’s running mate Joe Biden warned Obama supporters to “gird your loins” if Obama is elected because international leaders may test or try to take advantage of him.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


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1 posted on 03/21/2022 6:00:43 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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Of course she could see Russia from her house


2 posted on 03/21/2022 6:02:15 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: dsrtsage

Did you forget the sarc on that post?


3 posted on 03/21/2022 6:06:03 PM PDT by wbarmy (In all honesty, if)
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Considering this is Obama 3.0

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4 posted on 03/21/2022 6:06:15 PM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood -- https://youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: Republican Wildcat

While anything was possible, the fact was, at the time that the Deep State, Soros, and the DNC hadn’t yet overthrown the elected government and installed their puppet government, so no need for Putin to invade a then-friendly country.


5 posted on 03/21/2022 6:07:12 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: wbarmy

“ Did you forget the sarc on that post?”

Don’t need it. 100% of what I say online is deeply rooted in either obscure references, irony, or over the top sarcasm. It would be exhausting placing a /sarc reference at the end of every sentence


6 posted on 03/21/2022 6:10:29 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Palin is both tougher and more savvy than people are willing to admit. She did some serious negotiating with the oil companies. She’s much tougher than 100% of Democrats and RINO’s, and just about any other Republican you can name short of Trump and deSantis.


7 posted on 03/21/2022 6:11:26 PM PDT by Montana_Sam (Truth lives.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

These people have no shame whatsoever. No shame, no guilt, no honor. They can not be reasoned with.


8 posted on 03/21/2022 6:15:24 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: BobL

Stop your wacko talk.
President Trump supports military aid to Ukraine, as he clearly stated today. I think he’d know if the current issue in Ukraine was Soros or our 2020 election, or any of that silliness.
In fact he directly blamed the invasion on Biden’s weakness.
Not on Putin to the rescue.


9 posted on 03/21/2022 6:16:36 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: dsrtsage

I can dig it. But many might not know how Tina Fey got her big start.


10 posted on 03/21/2022 6:17:01 PM PDT by wbarmy (In all honesty, if)
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To: imabadboy99

Sarah worked tirelessly - all ALONE - in the wilderness setting the stage for someone like Trump to come along.

That is an untold story that she deserves credit for. She was MAGA before MAGA was cool. And she had her reputation destroyed for it. Not just by the left but by the Bushies and Mccains.


11 posted on 03/21/2022 6:17:23 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: Williams

“Stop your wacko talk. President Trump supports military aid to Ukraine, as he clearly stated today.”

You must be confused - this article isn’t about Trump.


12 posted on 03/21/2022 6:18:39 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: imabadboy99

Absolutely. Plus she got racked over the coals for issues her kids had which is rich considering…….Hunter. At least none of her kids were photographed with hookers smoking crack.


13 posted on 03/21/2022 6:20:19 PM PDT by Tea Drinker (Live From Sunny Tucson)
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To: imabadboy99

The nuclear question McCain asked that she “hit out of the park.” Still waiting for the answer she gave. It’s like the muslim burial at sea given Osama. No proof. We just gotta believe.


14 posted on 03/21/2022 6:20:59 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: BobL

No but your take on Ukraine is NOT what President Trump believes at all.

This stupid crap is anti Trump and you need to be reminded of that.

Trump as of this morning clearly called for much more military involvement to help Ukraine.


15 posted on 03/21/2022 6:21:00 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Pollard

He’s become really flexible in his third term.


16 posted on 03/21/2022 6:22:34 PM PDT by xp38
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To: BobL

No - but your comments weren’t about reality...


17 posted on 03/21/2022 6:26:16 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Williams

“No but your take on Ukraine is NOT what President Trump believes at all. This stupid crap is anti Trump and you need to be reminded of that. Trump as of this morning clearly called for much more military involvement to help Ukraine.”

You must be confused - this article isn’t about Trump.


18 posted on 03/21/2022 6:29:21 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: imabadboy99

Very good point, McCain would have gotten beat in a bigger landslide if not for Sarah.


19 posted on 03/21/2022 6:30:04 PM PDT by Striperman (Striperman)
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To: Republican Wildcat

“No - but your comments weren’t about reality...”

Link please.

Here’s mine:

https://rumble.com/vwxxi8-ukraine-on-fire.html


20 posted on 03/21/2022 6:30:44 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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