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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 05:29 PM
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Palin unaware of Russian energy meeting in Alaska
CNN: Palin unaware of Russian energy meeting in Alaska
From CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby

DOVER, New Hampshire (CNN) – The campaign of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said the Alaska governor was unaware of a visit by Russian energy officials to Anchorage on Monday.

Eight high-level officials from Gazprom, Russia’s state-controlled energy conglomerate, traveled to Anchorage earlier this week to meet with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources and the chief executive of ConocoPhillips to discuss energy projects and the possibility of expanding into new markets.

The meeting on Alaskan soil comes at a time of chilly relations between Russia and the United States following Russia’s invasion of Georgia in August. Both Palin and John McCain have been critical of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on the campaign trail, and Palin raised eyebrows last month in an interview by saying that Putin “rears his head” by dispatching Russian jets into Alaska’s airspace.

Palin has argued that her state’s proximity to Russia, as well as trade missions between Alaska and Russia, have helped give her the foreign policy experience necessary to be Vice President. But the campaign said the governor did not know that the Gazprom delegation was meeting with the commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, who is a Palin appointee....

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 05:30 PM
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1. she couldn't see them coming from there.
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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 05:33 PM
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3. LOL!
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PermanentRevolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 05:32 PM
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2. You couldn't make this stuff up
Nobody would believe it.
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MnFats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 05:34 PM
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4. too busy field dressing moose & caribou she shot from a plane....
Those sneaky Ruskies were plannin' an invasion but doncha know we were prayin' and their plane went crashin'



GAWD but I can'tt stand the way this woman speaks.....
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 05:35 PM
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5. She's flying there to take care of it right now
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 05:36 PM
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6. Who the hell was on Russian Watch Duty? TAAAAAAD!!!!
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 05:40 PM
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7. So, who's running her state while she loses the election?
There must be a Cheney to her Dubya act ...
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