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Katire Couric Interviews Sarah Palin

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Palin snapped back: "Katie, John McCain wants to stop me saying lots of things, but I know one thing for sure, Senator McCain does not know God's will. I know there's a Plan and I hope John McCain is part of that plan in the same way I am."

When asked why McCain and Palin were so successful at making inroads among white women with little education, Palin replied: "People without education don't tend to think so much, so it's easier for them to support me. Joe Six Pack America and Wendy Wine Cooler, they look at me and see one of their own, a determined woman, not too bright, who has really struggled to get ahead in life., and they're saying, hey, it's about time we were in the White House. Before I came along, John McCain was falsely perceived as this out-of-touch old guy who was going to lose. I made conservatives feel good about themselves again. If we lose, we'll do it in style."

"Katie, I look at it this way: Rush is popular but I'm just a populist, so we appeal to a different demographic. I think it's great he's on my side and I like his name. I could have called one of my kids Rush."

Sensing a massive misstep by Palin, Couric asked for clarification? "Are you saying we have won the war in Iraq. You claim total victory?"

When asked how Russia's proximity to Alaska's made her a foreign policy expert, Palin seemed confused: "It's funny that a comment like that was -- kind of made to -- cari -- I don't know, you know, the word, cari [caricature? editor's suggestion]... Anyway, reporters, I guess. "

"Mock you?" suggested Couric.

"Yeah, mocked, I guess that's the word, yeah. But you see, being close to Russia certainly does enhance my credentials because our-- our next-door neighbor is a country, therefore a foreign country. I mean I am the executive of a state that is next to a country, which makes it foreign. Russia is foreign. So is Canada. Our neighbors are foreign countries."

"Have you ever had to negotiate with Russian delegations?" asked Couric.

"Why sure," said Palin. "And it's very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where -- where do they go, Katie? It's Alaska. Those Russian planes leave Russia and where are they? They're in Alaska. Think about it. It's just over the border. It's from Alaska that we send those people of ours to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to -- to our state."

Couric tried to press Palin on weighty matters such as climate change, the Wall Street crisis, and health care reform, but she came up empty handed.

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