On CNN a little bit ago, I saw another cringe-worthy clip of Sarah Palin trying to answer a straight-forward question on foreign policy. She was asked for an example of a pre-condition required for meeting with other leaders. It is obvious from this clip that she has never actually thought about what one might be or even why or why not it is necessary to have some. Obviously in trouble, she reverts to her "happy place" in her answer - by that I mean she reverts to spouting talking points and repeating that there are bad people out there who are determined to destroy America. At the beginning she suggests that pre-conditions are akin to a strategy going into any meeting...not realizing that that is the sort of preparation for a meeting that Obama talks about. Anyway, given that she certainly has no clue what a pre-condition might be, I thought I would give her 10 that she can use to guide her from now on. But first, here is the clip (the answer happens between 1:25 and 2:20 in the video):
Now it is time to give our good friend Sarah some help with this answer. Here goes:
Top 10 Pre-Conditions for Sarah Palin's Meeting with Ahmadinejad
- Insist that your grandpa John McCain can sit next to you and hold your hand during negotiations with the big bad evil-doer.
- A painting of Russia must be in her direct line of sight during negotiations to give her self-confidence in her foreign policy credentials while she talks.
- The Iranians cannot ask her what she would like to eat or drink during negotiations...everyone knows that is an unfair "gotcha" question.
- Palin must be allowed to call Ahmadinejad by his first name, Mahmoud. She has practiced witty zingers that rhyme with Mahmoud and it wouldn't be fair if she couldn't use them.
- Palin gets to bring her nasty crowds from the campaign rallies to cheer her on during the negotiations.
- Katie Couric cannot be within 3000 miles of the meeting location.
- Tina Fey and/or Joe the Plumber and/or Michele Bachman must be on hand to sub in for Palin if she gets nervous at any time.
- No saying mean things about Sarah's new bff Israel.
- It must be understood beforehand that the meeting with Ahmadinejad in no way should be construed to be her palling around with him.
- $150,000 shopping spree at Nieman Marcus must be paid in full by Iran up-front.
LET THE DOGGONE PEACE TALKS BEGIN...YOU BETCHA! WINK