This is what Palin actually said for those who never bothered to look it up.
Well, it certainly does because our -- our next door neighbors are foreign countries. They're in the state that I am the executive of. And there in Russia ... We have trade missions back and forth. We-- we do-- 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? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border. It is-- from Alaska that we send those out 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." --Sarah Palin, asked by Katie Couric how Alaska's proximity to Russia gives her foreign policy experience, CBS News interview, Sept. 24, 2008 (
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/25…
"They're our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska." --Sarah Palin, on her foreign policy insights into Russia, ABC News interview, Sept. 11, 2008 (
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/sarah…
The reason is quite simple.
It's yet another example of the left going after people personally. The lefty media went after her children and the liberals sat back with a bucket of popcorn, a big smile, and watched the show.
If anyone on the right had gone after 0bama's kids they would have been savaged in the press from both sides and you know it.