sarah palin + foreign policy = car accident

good god, did anyone watch this charlie gibson interview? jack shafer sums it up better than i do. here's an excerpt:

Gibson: Do you agree with the Bush Doctrine?
Palin (no clue): In what respect, Charlie?
Gibson (refusing to give her a hint): What do you interpret it to be?
Palin (crickets chirping): His worldview?
Gibson: No, the Bush Doctrine, enunciated in September 2002, before the Iraq War.
Palin attempts to fake it for 25 seconds with a swirl of generalities before Gibson, showing all the gentleness of a remedial social studies teacher, interjects.

Later, after that ABSENCE SEIZURE, she weighs in on your favorite subject and mine (how being from alaska qualifies her on having foreign policy experience):

Palin: We have that very narrow maritime border between the United States, and the 49th state, Alaska, and Russia. They are our next door neighbors.We need to have a good relationship with them. They're very, very important to us and they are our next door neighbor.
Gibson: What insight into Russian actions, particularly in the last couple of weeks, does the proximity of the state give you?
Palin: They're our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.
Gibson: What insight does that give you into what they're doing in Georgia?
Palin: Well, I'm giving you that perspective of how small our world is.

Seriously. These are fucking verbatim. Our potential vice president. And finally, after yet another nonsensical exchange in which Palin attempts to duck answer a question about US troops unilaterally entering Pakistan:

Gibson: I got lost in a blizzard of words there. Is that a yes?