October 30, 2008
Posted: 11:37 AM ET

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 Palin is working to reassure voters that she handle the role of commander-in-chief.
Palin is working to reassure voters that she handle the role of commander-in-chief.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri (CNN) – In an effort to address voter concerns that she is not prepared to step in as commander-in-chief, Sarah Palin will meet Thursday in Pennsylvania with a group of the campaign’s national security advisers.

Palin will meet with former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge; former CIA director James Woolsey; former Navy Secretary John Lehman; Richard Williamson, the U.S. special envoy to Sudan; and retired Navy Rear Admiral Marsha Evans.

“With the election coming on Tuesday, Gov. Palin and Sen. McCain are reviewing national security priorities with their top national security advisers,” an adviser to Palin said of the roundtable.

Thursday’s meeting in Erie will be the third policy-oriented campaign event for Palin. Over the last week, the vice presidential candidate has given two policy speeches focusing on special needs children and energy issues.

Aides to the governor say she has been dedicated to shoring up her policy portfolio over the last two months and is eager to demonstrate her grasp of substantive issues, despite the few remaining days in the campaign.

Unlike her two policy speeches, reporters will not be allowed to observe the roundtable. The governor and her advisers will participate in a “photo spray” for television cameras before the meetings, and she will make a statement to the press afterwards.

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Sammy   October 30th, 2008 12:46 pm ET

Thanks, but no thanks to Sarah Palin

Matt   October 30th, 2008 12:46 pm ET

This confuses me? Why aren't reporters allowed to watch or be apart of? Why wouldnt they want this broadcasted?

ONLY 5 MORE DAYS IN WHICH WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO MOOSE FLATULENCE FROM THE NEWLY CROWNED 2008 MISS MOOSE ANAL SPHINCTER!   October 30th, 2008 12:46 pm ET

Of course, the reporters are not allowed, Ridge is gonna give missy a roll of plastic sheeting and duct tape, and Evans is gonna ask her to point to Russia on a map.

Meeting adjourned.

Michael, Farmington, NH   October 30th, 2008 12:46 pm ET

Too little too late.

Educated Young Republicans for OBAMA   October 30th, 2008 12:45 pm ET

A GREAT EXAMPLE OF MCGREEDY'S DECISION MAKING ????

CHOOSING A SEPARATIST MOOSE BARBY FOR VP.

Dave   October 30th, 2008 12:45 pm ET

I guess this is her continuing effort to show she'll be ready in 4 years. To this I say – YES SARAH. PLEASE RUN IN 2012. And to the Republicans – Please keep getting your "news" from FOX, Hannity, and Limbaugh. This way, you'll be so detached from reality that you'll nominate her in 2012. Us non-republicans would like to see the Obama in the White House for two terms. SO again, Sarah, please run!

M.lyons   October 30th, 2008 12:45 pm ET

Would someone please put her on a missile back to Russia.. She should be able to walk to Alaska. It right over the bridge to Nowhere…Sarah Palin is a desperate clown.

Srikop   October 30th, 2008 12:45 pm ET

Oh cummon! Tommy, Jimmy, Johnny, Dicky and Marshmellow, you guys know better. Why a roundtable, all you need to do is provide a cheat sheet to her, and she can read it out from it.

Obama '08

GW   October 30th, 2008 12:45 pm ET

Yeah, pose pretty for the cameras and then close the doors. sorry, can't let you listen to our secret discussions….

No big deal, here's what we're missing…

"Who had the roast beef?" "Oh, wait, this is pastrami" "Mine was chicken salad" "Where's the Dr pepper?" "Hey, there's no cookie in my box" "Are the chips all gone?"

Dadedi   October 30th, 2008 12:44 pm ET

If anyone thinks that this woman can run American, then please, please give me Paris Hilton, please! she can be a better president than this.

Greg, Phoenix, AZ   October 30th, 2008 12:44 pm ET

Imagine how fruitful this meeting will be.

Is that an iceberg I see?   October 30th, 2008 12:44 pm ET

Too little, too late. No need to see the rest of the world, Sarah, or to meet with a team of foreign policy "experts". They won't be listening.or in need of your services after November 4th.

maxine   October 30th, 2008 12:44 pm ET

why not make this meeting public and have a press confrence. let see how much you have crammed

Dennis, CA   October 30th, 2008 12:44 pm ET

And what exactly will they do? Brain transplant…. AHAHAHAHA… sorry, can't stop laughing… AHAHAHAHA…. I think all they can teach her at this point is how to keep quiet, because the more she talks the more she sinks…….

Darla (Edmonton, Canada)   October 30th, 2008 12:44 pm ET

Her time would be better spent packing her bags for the trip back to Alaska … but wait, the clothes aren't hers … so she'll be travelling really light!

bruce   October 30th, 2008 12:44 pm ET

what a joke…this should have been done as soon as she was picked, or right after….too little too late….

Lisa   October 30th, 2008 12:44 pm ET

Sarah never wants witnesses when she has to go off script, so I'm not surprised media is not invited in. I imagine after the round table "those" she's meeting with will endorse Obama, also, too!

ron   October 30th, 2008 12:44 pm ET

Sarah's husband AKA "DUDE" didn't want to share none of his Italian made suit with Joe even though the both wear size 44W according to one of McSame campaign manager. That is wrong to let Joe looks like a plumber during PRIME TIME and meeting with this ADVISERS.

Love My USA/Do You?   October 30th, 2008 12:43 pm ET

Sara wil do a great job. Sour Grapes out there.. Look at BO who now will not let a microphone near him since his big screw up with Joe the Plumber..

For Honesty, Love of this Counrty, Proven Leader, McCain i n 08!

BLACK DEMOCRATS VOTING STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN!

Maria   October 30th, 2008 12:43 pm ET

Good grief you zombies..wake-up and smell the socialism.

republicans hate america   October 30th, 2008 12:43 pm ET

hitler did something like that with the jews

REALITY   October 30th, 2008 12:43 pm ET

So, she'll have 5 days of foreign policy experience by meeting with foreign advisors? The McCain/Palin campaign is a joke!!! The punchline will be on Americans if they get elected!

Roy   October 30th, 2008 12:43 pm ET

We DON'T want Sarah Palin as VP otherwise she would continue to have wild shopping spree with OUR taxpayers money. She is NUTS.

John McCain & Sarah Palin are not trustworthy just like President Bush & Vice President Cheney.

Shelby Y.   October 30th, 2008 12:42 pm ET

she should have done that months ago

Obama/ Biden

Seriously   October 30th, 2008 12:42 pm ET

This is why they're losing. We have 3 business days to go before Election Day and she's still cramming for the test?

Please! This is getting pathetic.

a southern bell   October 30th, 2008 12:42 pm ET

LORD HELP US.

IF THE TABLE ISN'T ACTUALLY ROUND, SHE WILL

PROBABLY GO FROM ROOM TO ROOM, THINKING SHE IS

IN THE WRONG ROOM. I'D LOVE TO BE THE FLY ON THAT WALL.

Mickie   October 30th, 2008 12:41 pm ET

I would love to be a fly on the wall. I wonder if any of them will get a straight answer.

Shelby Y.   October 30th, 2008 12:41 pm ET

CNN:Maybe you could do a "fact check" about troopergate…….I just noticed how much you love checking on Obama maybe you could do the same for the McLair camp? Just a thought

jim   October 30th, 2008 12:41 pm ET

Rob states: "show them what you're made of. wooohoooh. kick some butt, Sarah."

What she's made of??? Kick some butt?? She is working on her 3rd ethics charge back in Mooseville. The only butt she'll be kicking is in jail!
That should be an interesting round table. The extent of her knowledge is seeing Russia from some island.
I wish they would televise it. It would win an Emmy for best comedy show of the year.

McSame/Moose Momma are just too funny.

Open your eyes   October 30th, 2008 12:41 pm ET

She needs to ask Santa for an Atlas for Christmas. If this is how moronic the political system has become in this country then God help us.

bernj   October 30th, 2008 12:41 pm ET

he he he he he

Palin…..and…..he he "foreign policy"…….what a joke……..

SoCal   October 30th, 2008 12:41 pm ET

Hope they hold the summit "back there in Alaska" so they can keep an eye on Russia during the discussion… "also"!

VA   October 30th, 2008 12:41 pm ET

A roundtable discussion normally means a sharing of ideas among equal participants. Palin is in no way shape or form an equal participant here. Let's call it what it is, elementary school, which is where people learn basic concepts of how to read and get information…

Debbie   October 30th, 2008 12:41 pm ET

I bet you she will have no press there.

Will the Real Maverick Please Stand Up?   October 30th, 2008 12:41 pm ET

Oh, the tragedy of it all. Makes for good comedy and drama though. She has absolutely no clue. Not one. Not even a little, itty-bitty one. Yet clowns will still vote for her…oops, I mean McCain…

Kim   October 30th, 2008 12:40 pm ET

"Reviewing national security policies with advisors"??? Shouldn't this have occured maybe, oh I don't know, at breakfast the day after McSame accepted the nomination??? Will she wink at them all, or demonstrate to them how she can see Russia from her house? You betcha.

Blue, Blue, Blue   October 30th, 2008 12:40 pm ET

Yo Brenda

Here's your answer:
The Verdict: Misleading. While Khalidi eight years ago hosted a political fund-raiser for Obama, the two men strongly disagree over the Israeli-Palestinian issue and there's no evidence of a continuing political relationship.

It's amazing how the Obamanots accuse him for every little issue which has been misleading…please before posting such lies, do some research and make sure they are true….BTW, it has been more than 5 weeks and I doubt she would have anything intelligent to say or do…Jealousy would not prevail….

Voted Early   October 30th, 2008 12:40 pm ET

Do'h!

Shelby Y.   October 30th, 2008 12:40 pm ET

LOL, maybe she wants to get ready for 2012…..Sorry Sarah but its a wrap for 08′

OBAMA/BIDEN 08′12′!!!!

VOTE EARLY!!!

Jam One   October 30th, 2008 12:40 pm ET

Pit bulls with Narcissistic Personality Disorders should never ever be made "Commander in Chief". Lipsticked or not.

Jimbo - Texas   October 30th, 2008 12:40 pm ET

Thank God! Now she can keep all of the evil heads from rearing into the airspace-

Take THAT, Putin!

Sunny   October 30th, 2008 12:40 pm ET

Truth or Dare? Palin's meeting with security officials woul dbe just like take-your-daughter-to-work day as they did with other country's leader. Who are they trying to fool? This is an open challenge. If you have the guts and ability to discuss security issues, do this in front of a live audience. Let us see how you can discuss this country's security issues. Palin is nothing but a BIG joke and even a BIGGER insult to the intelligence of Americans.

pubsdaddy   October 30th, 2008 12:40 pm ET

I have a fear that if these two win, STUPID and uninformed will be the new status quo, or am I too late?

Noel   October 30th, 2008 12:40 pm ET

She might have faired better if she held an economic conference because going this route is not going to turn those that are undecided into the "decided" category…A day late and a dollar short .

salem   October 30th, 2008 12:40 pm ET

BIG MISUNDERSTANDING HERE!!!!!!

Palin is not going to speak or participate…..she is HOLDING THE ROUNDTABLE…..you know, as in holding it so it won't tilt when the big people sit down at it. As in………… holding….the…..roundtable.

Making herself useful….for a change.

D&D   October 30th, 2008 12:40 pm ET

what for? I thought she had already foreign policy experience from seeing Russia from her backyard!

Christian Believer for Obama   October 30th, 2008 12:39 pm ET

LOL, ROFL…this is must be a joke. Could John McCain picked a worse VP candidate. Sarah P. needs more than a roundtable discussion to get her educated on foreign policy and the economy. How about a lobotomy.

If this is what the GOP offers the country as the face of their party, they will sink worse than they have in the last 8 years.

Obama/Biden – taking them to school in 2008/2012!

Pam   October 30th, 2008 12:39 pm ET

This would have had a slightly bigger impact if they had done it more than 5 days before the election.

Firelaw   October 30th, 2008 12:39 pm ET

Is this round table like the one I see in grade schools….little plastic chairs with crayons and drawing paper….or will they put up the big wall map for Palin with a wooden pointer stick and a 3rd grade study guide on where those "unchristian" nations are? By the way, if you are going to start a nuclear war with Russia, you might want to take a look at how close Alaska is for a first strike. You hubby might be vaporized off his "snow machine" faster than you can say "charge it to the RNC" at Saks Fifth Avenue. God help us.

Dal CAlifornian   October 30th, 2008 12:39 pm ET

Well it is late. But better late than never.
Will it help not really. Next 24 to 36 hours are going to be the last nights 30 min deal by OBAMA. He looked Presidential.
McCain was given the same choice by the networks and he did not take it why?
McCain did not have the ideas to be Presidential. That is the BOTTOM LINE.

Vegas Barbie for Obama   October 30th, 2008 12:39 pm ET

I am sad that Erie, PA, a favorite place of mine to visit from when I lived back in PA, will be sullied by her presence there. ESPECIALLY since from all accounts, Erie is going HEAVY for Obama. I hope they have an early season freak snow storm that prevents her plane from landing there.

Lindsay   October 30th, 2008 12:39 pm ET

Hold all the "round tables" you want, McPalin, you won't get my vote.

Honestly, you wouldn't get my vote if you planted the seed, grew the tree, chopped it down, and carved the round table by hand. You're a joke. Like everyone else already said: too little too late.

Head on back to Alaska and see if you can corrupt the state a little more.

Dasvidania!

Alexis   October 30th, 2008 12:39 pm ET

This song lyric keeps going through my head: "Too much, too little, too late to every try again…."

Wowsers   October 30th, 2008 12:39 pm ET

It concerns me that this meeting is taking place in Cape Girardeau, MO. You can't see any foreign countries from there.

A NATION OF WINERS   October 30th, 2008 12:38 pm ET

DON'T WORRY MOOSEBARBY, YOU ARE JUST FINE.

WE DON'T NEED YOU HERE. JUST GO BACK TO ALASKA

& KEEP AN EYE ON RUSSIA FOR US.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN PUTIN WILL RAISE HIS HEAD.

JB   October 30th, 2008 12:38 pm ET

Why is this being reported from Cape Girardeau, MO? Anyone know?

frank   October 30th, 2008 12:38 pm ET

Sarah Palin you need to buy new clothing for The Joe the plummber before send him out to campaign trial with you. So he can look like a congressman from Alaska.

Stacy from Loudoun County VA   October 30th, 2008 12:38 pm ET

Sarah Palin leading a foreign policy discussion is like Porky Pig leading a forum on Public Speaking. This campaign must be either drunk, high, or both if they think they can make this overzealous windbag look intelligent.

lbv   October 30th, 2008 12:38 pm ET

So much for transparency…
It's nothing more than a photo op. All show, no substance.

America   October 30th, 2008 12:38 pm ET

HERE IT COMES!!! THE REPUBLICANS WEEKEND PRE-ELECTION TERRORIST ATTACK!!! I can't believe that the McCain campaign would let America know that this crazy person is meeting with the National Security Advisors, what is Palin going to tell them, that she believes that the Flinstones is a documentary. Palin's ignorance is truly scary.

Vegas Barbie for Obama   October 30th, 2008 12:38 pm ET

?? Meeting with all those "formers" will surely prepare her for her FORMER Governor status once she gets back to Alaska after she and McCain lose on Tuesday and she returns to a continuing investigation of her abuse of power and who knows what else. Maybe the AIP will appoint her high priestess or something.

Joe M   October 30th, 2008 12:38 pm ET

I can see a plane ride back to Alaska from my back porch!

Commonwealth of Virginia   October 30th, 2008 12:37 pm ET

Is this a joke? I mean seriously. Why isn't John McCain holding the roundtable? Is this suppose to be some kind of retaliation against Sen. Obama's 30 minute ad? These guys are a bunch of out of touch whackos. This is something that should've been done like…… when you vetted her John. Too late!

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

DP   October 30th, 2008 12:37 pm ET

Yes, cram that material baby,
you need that to keep track of bin laden even though you can't keep track of your own joe the unlicensed plumber.

Vincent, Great Lakes, Illinois   October 30th, 2008 12:37 pm ET

I guess theRepublican Party is getting ready to throw Sarah under the bus by all the negativity that they are saying against her as of late. It's too bad she allows herself to be shown as a diva, wack-job and going rogue.

This, my friends, is what is done when you want someone, other than yourself, to blame when you are on the short end of the stick. Of course it has to be (fill in the bland) for me not being a head. Although I won't say it myself, I have others to do that bottom feeding job for me so I still look like a winner.

Disgusting.

Scott L   October 30th, 2008 12:37 pm ET

Nov 5, 2008 – "Americans shocked after John McCain upsets Obama in historic come from behind win!"

Eljay   October 30th, 2008 12:37 pm ET

She is just trying to introduce herself to folks as a bid for 2012… Good luck!
Please send this Lord of the Fruit Flies back where she belongs.

The Stallion & The Champ vs. The Old Mule and Winky Half-baked Alaska   October 30th, 2008 12:37 pm ET

Is she gonna wink at 'em?

Real Change   October 30th, 2008 12:37 pm ET

We’re going to have a round table….and the table will be round…and stuff…and we’re just gunna get real mavericky.

Dani   October 30th, 2008 12:37 pm ET

McCain aides said it best, Gov. Palin lack national and international issues. She is half baked, not ready yet!!!!!!

Sick and tired of getting screwed   October 30th, 2008 12:37 pm ET

SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS SOONER–LIKE WHEN YOU GOT INTO POLITICS

NO ON THE JOB TRAINING FOR YOU!!!

OBAMA GIRL   October 30th, 2008 12:37 pm ET

Didn't Obama do this last week? I see the McCain camp is following Obama's lead. Too late, based on everything McCain says he should have been the 1st to do this…guess he is out of touch…

wwf   October 30th, 2008 12:37 pm ET

That should be quite a conversation. Hope she does not wink at everyone. First dude better be there to. Might be able to learn something.

Billy   October 30th, 2008 12:36 pm ET

How exactly is Palin going to remain on the national scene after election day? Nobody had heard of her before Aug 29 and nobody will hear from her again after Nov 4.

Ben in San Diego   October 30th, 2008 12:36 pm ET

Grooming Palin for her 2012 Presidential run! Gotta love it…. as an Obama voter, I would really miss her and her goofs if she disappeared… it'll be choice to watch President Obama debate her in 2012. I HOPE that she is the future of the Republican party… that would stunt them for a generation…

ber6964   October 30th, 2008 12:36 pm ET

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha, HO HO HO HOO HOO haa haa aha. That's a good one, Ha ha ha!!!

Nelson   October 30th, 2008 12:36 pm ET

Is this prep work for her concession speach? The most miss managed campaign ever. Perhaps she should've done this at the beginning not at the end…and indeed it is the end. too bad so sad.

Fill your heart with pride on Tuesday as you vote for Obama and Biden

Judy Miami Fl   October 30th, 2008 12:36 pm ET

what idiots are actually going to sit down and talk to her again?
Don't they have something more important to do?

Mikey   October 30th, 2008 12:36 pm ET

Perhaps they can start with one of those wodden puzzle maps of the world. Advisor: "Here is Russia". Palin: "It looks different from my front door. Wait, so the workd IS really flat. I knew it." Advisor: "Uhmmm, actually, uh, well, uhm, let's move on. Can you find the Middle East." Palin: "That's where all those bad terrorists are, right? Let's see….. I know it's here somewhere."

Too funny.

Puffin   October 30th, 2008 12:36 pm ET

The energy speech was not a policy speech. Not even close. Why do reporters insist that she makes policy oriented speeches?

Why does not McCain make 'foreign policy' speech? It is his job. I would love to know what it is.

Sue/PA   October 30th, 2008 12:36 pm ET

Speed dating again Sarah????? Open and Honest??? NOT

kevin   October 30th, 2008 12:36 pm ET

Far too little, much too late.

Greg in MN   October 30th, 2008 12:36 pm ET

It's too late for that Sarah. All this is, is a photo op now.

Steve/ Houston,TX   October 30th, 2008 12:36 pm ET

Can we say, too much, too late?

Utuk   October 30th, 2008 12:36 pm ET

She doesn't need foreign policy advisors, she just needs to come back home to Alaska to take another look at Russia from her house. She can also consult with Joe the Plumber who is now a foreign policy expert. If she is in the 'lower forty-eight' she can look north to see Canada and south to see Mexico to shore up her foreign policy credentials.

Film Professor   October 30th, 2008 12:36 pm ET

Maybe they could just do this on a plane flying around the world, so that Gov. Palin can look out the window and see all of the countries below her.

JACKED-UP-POLITICS, FLORIDA   October 30th, 2008 12:35 pm ET

I AM STILL TICKED AT THE FACT THAT THE MEDIA STILL KEEPS HER IN THE LIME LIGHT CONSIDERING SHE CONTINUES NOT TO HAVE REAL INTERVIEWS.

IF BIDEN HAD OF CARRIED HIMSELF THE WAY THIS LADY HAS, THE DEM'S TICKET WOULD HAVE BEEN DOOMED. THE MEDIA WOULD HAVE CLOBBERED HIM AND THIS COMMENTS INCLUDES CNN.

JT   October 30th, 2008 12:35 pm ET

I would love to be in the room where Palin will be chairing a foreign policy meeting. It must be hillarious seeing the attendees pinching each other saying "what the hell was mccain thinking when he picked her for vp?"

Iowa Voter   October 30th, 2008 12:35 pm ET

They don't want cameras there because they don't want her to look stupid like she did during the disasterous Katie Couric interview. Still laughing about that one!

doing whats right   October 30th, 2008 12:35 pm ET

Maybe they will play a good o'l game of Texas Hold'em.. i'm sure she can wink a few bluffs and bet the house on a good o'l I betcha I know more about Russia than you do!

Joe in Dallas   October 30th, 2008 12:35 pm ET

So, does this mean that on Friday we'll see several of the campaign's national security experts suddenly decide to endorse Obama after meeting Palin? Wouldn't be surprised.

Aren't her 15 minutes up yet?

Thomas   October 30th, 2008 12:35 pm ET

After watching John McCain on Larry King.
McCain's approach to building the economy , he stated he would follow Ronald Reagan era policies.
Can McCain recall our national debt at the end of Reagan's term ?

As to McCain referring to his VP Sarah Palin as an energy expert. And how she single-handedly fought to build a pipeline to the lower 48.
Would CNN please look into the special interest contracts and biding process in Alaska. If these allegations are true, it is very concerning !

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Gov. Sarah Palin's signature accomplishment — a contract to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48 — emerged from a flawed bidding process that narrowed the field to a company with ties to her administration, an investigation shows.

CNN an answer would be appreciated ,
Thank You.

Kramnik@yahoo.com   October 30th, 2008 12:35 pm ET

Who's in the Obama's foreign policy roundtable? PLO's spoker person?

Liberated!   October 30th, 2008 12:35 pm ET

Lift foot, open mouth, insert foot into mouth…..now gag!!

Everytime she speaks McCain goes down 1% on the national poll….keep talking Ms. Alaska!

Dealt, Portugal   October 30th, 2008 12:35 pm ET

"reporters will not be allowed to observe the roundtable". That's wise… then no one can report on any… stumbles.

This looks like a sort of exam to make sure she can be let out in the open more or less safely… :)

Noah   October 30th, 2008 12:35 pm ET

How is this for foreign policy: A new poll now shows that Americans living in Israel but voting through absentee ballot back McCain 3 to 1 over Obama. McCain is getting 81 percent of their vote. They know that Israel will not be as safe with Obama at the helm

DJ VA   October 30th, 2008 12:34 pm ET

This is a joke, she needs to go back high school and study the Constitution. She is a lot of talk and no actions, no solutions for this economy, foreign affairs, education, healthcare and energy. This choice was putting Politics first and coutnry last.

Darrell   October 30th, 2008 12:34 pm ET

Heres your sign.This is one very scary thought, and if she were to become VP, one would never get a full nights sleep. Come on McCain it is time to tell everyone the candid camera joke is over.You have scared the living crap out of everyone long enough so let the cat out of the bag.Palin was one of the funniest jokes you put on everyone but now it is just getting downright dangerous.Please John hit the gong ! Have Ashton Kutcher tell us all we've been Punked ! Anything to end this nightmare ! Let us know the Father Daughter campaign was just a joke ! Please Johnny !!

jAYjAY   October 30th, 2008 12:34 pm ET

that's right ….put a big spotlight on
"PALIN THE UNAWARE"

oscar   October 30th, 2008 12:34 pm ET

Is palin going there to talk on how to be the boss at the senate where she would sit with the senators and direct their deliberations? give me a break. Probably she is going there to be tutored.

ObamaVolunteer   October 30th, 2008 12:34 pm ET

The meeting is not going to help Palin. You have to be able to "process" information in order to retain and be able to use it. One of Palin's aides was quoted as saying "she has trouble responding to 'process' questions". Now, figure that one out. Simply put, Palin is not "round table" material. End of story.

katiec   October 30th, 2008 12:34 pm ET

Oh my, how embarressing to our country will that be??
A hocky mom talking to people of prestige.
A woman whose ethics on many issues are in doubt.
A woman that does not know how to tell the truth.
Well, maybe wink, wink, showing legs will work??
Give our country a break!!!

No Hillary = No Obama   October 30th, 2008 12:34 pm ET

News Flash: Sarah Palin is the real deal. Obama is nothing more than a hyped-up supposed Mr. Fix-It – just like an ad on tv, sponsored and promotionalized by the media. Hurry, call now and we'll throw in some entitlement programs.

carolflowery   October 30th, 2008 12:33 pm ET

i trust her way more than Obama or Biden, she does not lie

mollygonz   October 30th, 2008 12:33 pm ET

Too little, too late.

Watermann   October 30th, 2008 12:33 pm ET

Does Joe the Plumber attend the round table?

CB2   October 30th, 2008 12:33 pm ET

What?! Give me a break. So she is going to meet with repub supporters and they are going to act like she is so knowledgeable when it comes to foreign policy. So we will have "just" pictures to show for it.

Will she then go on Meet the Press? Oh wait….it's too late for all that my fair lady. You all are done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The bar has been set too low for my pretty princess. Ppl are so happy to finally have a nice looking woman candidate that they don't matter how qualifications.

tammy   October 30th, 2008 12:33 pm ET

POOR!!! SARAH!!!
iM GLAD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SEE STR8 THROUGH THE PALIN-P/MCCAIN-VP PARTY. hahahaha. notice …

Greg, San Francisco, CA   October 30th, 2008 12:33 pm ET

And what, pray tell, will she have to say to them? She's clueless.

Enough   October 30th, 2008 12:33 pm ET

Nothing more than a last minute desparate circus act. Why wasn't this meeting held when she was selected VP of the republican ticket? Why a few days before the election?

37-year-old First Time Voter   October 30th, 2008 12:32 pm ET

"Unlike her two policy speeches, reporters will not be allowed to observe the roundtable. The governor and her advisers will participate in a “photo spray” for television cameras before the meetings, and she will make a statement to the press afterwards."

LOL….this is laughable. Another stunt to show the American people "hey, see, I do have foreign policy expierence," but yet, reporters are not allowed to get an unscripted snap of what she's saying and how she's responding?

America, if you fall for this gimmick then you people deserve what you're getting. If she wants to prove herself to the American people, why are they not letting the reporters in? Again, this proves that she is NOT ready for the job. Simple as that.

doob   October 30th, 2008 12:32 pm ET

She doesn't need any advice from them, she has "Joe the Plumber".
How else will they get out of the toilet.
What a circus the GOP campaign has become!!!

Deb   October 30th, 2008 12:32 pm ET

Sorry Governor Palin…too late for the photo ops…I do not have to see you around a round table to envision what your vice presidency would be…I just have to search my memory bank and recall images of Dick Cheney.

Colin   October 30th, 2008 12:32 pm ET

The headline alone made me spit out my coffee. Less than a week and this joke gets sent back to Alaska to keep an eye on Russia.

Chi4Obama   October 30th, 2008 12:32 pm ET

Sarah Palin basically proves that just about anyone can be President. Literally, anyone…..

s   October 30th, 2008 12:31 pm ET

For Palin it's like cramming for the exam without ever having taken the course. Duh…

Christine CT Ind.   October 30th, 2008 12:31 pm ET

I'm really not comfortable witht he idea that the would-be second-in-command needs tutoring and on-the-job training. This does not sound like "ready on day one". It almost surreal, like out of a movie.
It's insulting to think that people expect us to buy into her qualifications while she's stil in school.
If I need surgery, I wasnt someone who's graduated from med. school.
She poses a huge risk to our national security, because of inexperience and the obvious lack of diplomacy she exhibits in her speaking engagements.
Obama/Joe The Biden '08

Davina, NJ   October 30th, 2008 12:31 pm ET

Why is the media not allowed to observe?

Probably because she has nothing of susbstance to say and will make a complete idiot of herself!

gatordad   October 30th, 2008 12:31 pm ET

Probably should have been done in September before she was allowed to chew too hard on her foot.

vote! OBAMA-BIDEN NOV.4th   October 30th, 2008 12:31 pm ET

RUN!! ROUND TABLE!! RUN!!!!!!! VOTE OBAMA-BIDEN

Tom   October 30th, 2008 12:30 pm ET

McCain saying he doesn't need on the job training…but his running mate sure does!

Joshua College Station Texas   October 30th, 2008 12:30 pm ET

Of course no cameras! We wouldn't want the American public to see how completely ignorant she is, would we, McCain campers?

Right now, all Palin has are ideals. Ideals are no substitute for firsthand knowledge, and firsthand knowledge is not learned in a single meeting.

Sarah who?   October 30th, 2008 12:30 pm ET

Hopefully they'll bring along a globe to show her where each country is located. Sarah: O look, I can see russia from this side of the table. Idiot!!!!!

Chris   October 30th, 2008 12:30 pm ET

Undoubtedly, the advisors will come out of the closed-door meeting raving about how solid her grasp of foreign policy is. This is simply a photo-op. No more, no less.

PaJC   October 30th, 2008 12:30 pm ET

Sitting around a table with a bunch of advisors to pose for a photo op is more of the same empty suiting that we've come to expect from a Palin candidacy.

With regard to the two other policy speeches, the governor has a record of cutting Alaska state aid to special needs kids and spreading the wealth derived from steep windfall taxes on oil and gas production in the state.

Nice.

Obama/BIden 08

Kim, Charlotte, NC   October 30th, 2008 12:29 pm ET

Its the Economy……stupid!

FromTampa   October 30th, 2008 12:29 pm ET

She's an idiot. What she should do is meet with her Economic advisors.. afterall, "it's the economy stupid!"
As a republican, I'm dissappointed.

tylenol666   October 30th, 2008 12:29 pm ET

there's a reason why all the people she will be seeing are "FORMER" they all did a terrible job and got FIRED!

my question is who's bringing the wine? :P

Obama / Biden 08

KJL   October 30th, 2008 12:29 pm ET

Is "Joe the Plumber" going to be there in case she needs someone to hold her hand?

Montana Mama   October 30th, 2008 12:29 pm ET

Do they present to her in the form of a Dr. Seuss book?

Greg in Colorado   October 30th, 2008 12:28 pm ET

To little to late!!!! Go back to Alaska. Oh and by the way, I am gay and at this point I don't care if they make marriage a legal right.. i am more concerned with health care and the economy. So, you keep tootin' that anti gay speech your cookin' up because in the end all you are doing is creating hate and bearing bad fruit. The gays are all over the place.. we are a fruit salad…. enjoy the buffet of defeat when you are gone!!!!

Obama/Biden 08

Brenda C   October 30th, 2008 12:28 pm ET

You go girl!! Lead us home. Save us from this Obama/Biden circus. I didn't watch Obama last night but I'm sure it was more of empty promises without solutions. It's easy to say and promise things but doing them is another. Bet he didn't call for LA Times to release the video by chance? Just told the people what they wanted to hear and I'm sure they fell for it.

beth   October 30th, 2008 12:28 pm ET

Hey, will Joe the plumber be attending as well?

Dr. Mimi De La Cruz   October 30th, 2008 12:28 pm ET

SHE CAN'T SEE RUSSIA FROM WHERE SHE IS;

A REFRESHER COURSE MUST BE NECESSARY

TO KEEP UP HER EXPERTISE IN FOREIGN POLICY.

ANY WAY MCGREEDY HAS A STAND IN, JOE THE PLUMBER.

AND HE IS AS WELL VERSED AS MCGREEDY & BIMBOLLA.

Brendan H., San Antonio, TX   October 30th, 2008 12:28 pm ET

And she'll learn what from them?!?!?! LOL!!!!!!

the other jd   October 30th, 2008 12:28 pm ET

She is probably expecting to meet King Arthur and Sir Lancelot.

ANDY DAAS   October 30th, 2008 12:28 pm ET

This looks more like a circus .

SOUTHERNER   October 30th, 2008 12:28 pm ET

What is the point? To throw more money to terrorist organizations in the form of grants paid by the American taxpayers? McCain is a traitor and a coward. Palin wants to be in the same category.

kim hussein taylor portland, oregon   October 30th, 2008 12:28 pm ET

dont waste your time, sarah—it's O-V-E-R!!!! you and gramps have LOST!! you are NOT right for america, neither of you are worthy and neither of you have a clue how to keep us safe, get this country back on track, what AMERICANS want (although you've got your washington lobbyist buddies on speed dial, no doubt!). i know mavericks, and you, my friends, are NOT mavericks!!! i can SAY that i'm a millionaire ALL I WANT, but it doesnt MAKE me one!!!!

WE'VE HAD 8 YEARS OF CORPORATE FASCISM, WE DONT WANT ANY MORE!!!! EXXON-MOBIL REPORTS HIGHEST PROFTIS IN HISTORY—-WHAT THE F HAS HAPPENED TO MY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY?!?!?!!??!

Jean 2   October 30th, 2008 12:27 pm ET

It's like craming for an examination.

This gets sadder by the day!!!!

Bryce Beamish   October 30th, 2008 12:27 pm ET

Note to Sarah Palin: The SAT's were last month. You missed them. You'll have to repeat your senior year and put off college for later.

Amy   October 30th, 2008 12:27 pm ET

How convenient that reporters don't have access to this round table. Were they afraid she'd appear as she did in her interviews with Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric?

I guess they were just looking for a photo op!

sophie in colorado   October 30th, 2008 12:27 pm ET

Is this a promo for a SNL show? Is this a joke? Is Joe the whatever coming along?

values   October 30th, 2008 12:26 pm ET

Oh this should be good. She knows nothing about foreign policy. I thank Mccain for giving Obama a better chance of winning by picking Palin the moron.

the other jd   October 30th, 2008 12:26 pm ET

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Wait, wait, wait. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH! No, really, please…

Cindy from NC   October 30th, 2008 12:26 pm ET

A little too late. Wouldn't have made better sense for her to have these meeting all throughout this campaign.

Like one meeting is really going to help her. I am going to be scared to death if Palin/McCain win. Really. This country will turn back into the 50/60's. They don't want to move forward. Just the same ole same ole.

I have never seen anything like these two in my life.

Kina, A Veteran in NYC   October 30th, 2008 12:26 pm ET

hahahaha…hahahaha…lmao…hahahaha…Gov. Palin is gonna have a roundtable discussion on what?…national security?…hahahaha…hahahaha…i'm so sorry, bloggers, but i can't help it…hahahaha…hahahaha…to tell y'all the truth, me very terrified of what she's gonna say to these ppl…her incoherence alone will kill them…hahaha…hahahaha…BTW, everyone, pls get out and vote…

Obama/Biden 08

Kina.

Zemmanie, New York   October 30th, 2008 12:26 pm ET

Can anybody be more out of touch than this woman?

J.D.   October 30th, 2008 12:26 pm ET

Reporters will not be allowed to observe the round-table?? How can we know they won't just be eating chips and dips and playing X-Box?

Edwina   October 30th, 2008 12:25 pm ET

Is it just me, or isn't it a little late in the day for that? If only she had spent as much time with Foreign Policy advisors as she did with stylists.

Lee from FL   October 30th, 2008 12:25 pm ET

and what exactly are they going to discuss?
Moose hunting?

SENATUS POPOLUSQUE ROMANUS   October 30th, 2008 12:25 pm ET

THAT is a JOKE, isn't it???

What a JOKE   October 30th, 2008 12:25 pm ET

All I can see is an episode of school house ROCKS.. this is pathetic.

please please just stop reporting about the McCain campaign .. I may loose my job laughing so hard.

Veterans 4 Obama   October 30th, 2008 12:25 pm ET

And I can see Russia from my house! Too late Sarah, you already proved what you don't know about foreign policy…hahaha. I voted for Obama, my son and daughter-in-law also voted. I'm a vet, and they are both active duty. Come on everyone join in the fun…vote early!

Dana from NY   October 30th, 2008 12:25 pm ET

This is laughable… will they provide her with a detailed map so she can know where the countries they discuss actually are?
There are not enough "roundtables" in the world to provide some common sense enlightenment on actual foreign policy issues to this dimwit!
"Experience" or not… Obama is lightyears ahead of Failin Palin on Domestic and Foreign issues and knowledge period… she is still working on what her own job title entails… can we really expect her to know anything??

Disgrace- cant wait to vote on Nov 4th so we can move forward- leaving these lame ducks behind us!

Obama/Biden 08

geecee827   October 30th, 2008 12:25 pm ET

How can the Republican Party see her as their future? She is the reason McCain is losing so badly to begin with. And her screechy voice is enough to give someone seizures. Please Republicans, wake up and rebuild yourselves with some decent people leading the way. Not that I really care what you guys do, though – cause I'm an Obamacan!

FJ from Atlanta   October 30th, 2008 12:24 pm ET

Oh please! You are too late and too stupid.

Independent   October 30th, 2008 12:24 pm ET

Ha Ha … Sounds like a joke.

Elle   October 30th, 2008 12:24 pm ET

Hmmm… this is about as funny as "Joe the No Show"!! Seriously, what is the point? Isn't this coming a little late? If they wanted to stand a chance this should have been done right after the RNC… not 5 days before the election. People have made up their minds already, and those "undecideds" out there aren't going to vote anyway.
I'm an Obama supporter and hated Palin from the beginning, but in the past week she's come a bit out of her shell and I'm starting to feel sorry for her. I think she's been more of a puppet than anything and it's not what she's all about. But, too late to know for sure.

tee   October 30th, 2008 12:24 pm ET

ROB
SHE WOULDN'T BE SHOWING MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!

Chi4Obama   October 30th, 2008 12:24 pm ET

Ho Hum,
She is irrelevant at this point. 5 days from now, this Maverick Moose can resignate herself back into Political obscurity (Alaska).

BTW, Republicans are fools of they consider her at the top of their ticket for 2012.

sf   October 30th, 2008 12:23 pm ET

4 days before the election? If she's so eager to demonstrate her new found knowledge, why not allow reporters to observe.

C'mon Nov. 4.

David Goldman   October 30th, 2008 12:23 pm ET

IS SHE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT ?

McCrazy   October 30th, 2008 12:23 pm ET

I was in Erie last weekend. There are very few McCain supporters up there. Even Tom Ridge, who is from Erie, doesn't really support McCain and does NOT like Palin.

Palin the liar   October 30th, 2008 12:23 pm ET

two months of foreign policy "talk". Gee, that's very impressive, NOT! The American people are not idiots. This is disgusting. Palin wants the Presidency too badly. She is fixated on it. You would think she would just get through this loss and then go to school to learn more and try running at a later date once she has proved herself. What a joke.

political junkie   October 30th, 2008 12:22 pm ET

That ought to be good – a Saturday Night Live moment
in the making…

Terry, Dallas Texas   October 30th, 2008 12:22 pm ET

Now? The election is in 5 days and she is thinking that maybe now would be a good time to brush up on her foreign policy? I can see it now. "So someone want to explain this whole middle east thing to me?"

Well..   October 30th, 2008 12:22 pm ET

There's a reason why most of the people on that list are "former" anythings. Because they are failures. So one failure being advised by many failures can only produce more fail.

This woman has no business even being NEAR Washington DC let alone one stroke away from the presidency. If McCain wins we are in deep deep s..t.

tee   October 30th, 2008 12:22 pm ET

ITS TO LATE TO LEARN ABOUT FOREIGN POLICIES AND AMERICAN POLICIES. YOU CLAIMED YOU WERE QUALIFIED.

WHO ME?   October 30th, 2008 12:22 pm ET

gee, it makes me feel safer already. the possible vice president is meeting with security advisers less than a week before the election. maybe tomorrow she will meet with financial advisers i think laura bush stated that palin was a quick learner, but this is crazy.

wayne from PA   October 30th, 2008 12:22 pm ET

they better stick to single syllable words when they lay it out for her…. forn polsee

Commonwealth of Virginia   October 30th, 2008 12:22 pm ET

Sarah Palin and foreign policy do not belong in the same sentence together. I bet Joe the unlicensed plumber has more foreign policy knowledge than this nimwit.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

concerned   October 30th, 2008 12:22 pm ET

oh i feel much better now. NOT! this is not a college exam you can cram for, this is the UNITED STATE OF AMERICA, and you can not "cram" as much information as you think you can and then turn around and call yourself "qualified" seriously???!!

Yam   October 30th, 2008 12:22 pm ET

May I ask WHY? Come Tuesday, she'll be back to ethics violations in Alaska!

Susan   October 30th, 2008 12:22 pm ET

I already voted, too late… For my vote I hope to spend the weekend and election day campaigning for Obama…..

Go Sarah!   October 30th, 2008 12:21 pm ET

Gov. Palin, you could always have a staged set, (like "The Obama Show") last evening.

Oh, you aren't that pompous and arrogant…

McCain/Palin

Obama = Arrogance At It's Best!!!!

Jorge -- SF_CA   October 30th, 2008 12:21 pm ET

Why even bother? You're done!

Kenneth   October 30th, 2008 12:21 pm ET

"Unlike her two policy speeches, reporters will not be allowed to observe the roundtable."
The media can take pictures of the pretty lady pretending like she's at work but not actually know if she's working.

Georgia Gal   October 30th, 2008 12:21 pm ET

Nothing this woman does will ever convince me that she is ready to be Commander in Chief.

Nina in Orlando   October 30th, 2008 12:20 pm ET

LOL. Sorry, but Palin and "foreign policy" makes me laugh.

Barbara - 65 yr old white female in NC   October 30th, 2008 12:20 pm ET

Oh dear – can they start any wars without our approval?

lisa m   October 30th, 2008 12:20 pm ET

Duck tape please.

Just shut her up.

Her flip comments just show how little she cares or knows.

Rob   October 30th, 2008 12:20 pm ET

show them what you're made of. wooohoooh. kick some butt, Sarah.

Brad   October 30th, 2008 12:20 pm ET

Will it be a roundtable or should we call it a "Schooling on Foreign Policy"…

tulsa   October 30th, 2008 12:20 pm ET

BWAHAHAHAHAHAH

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