Sarah Palin Can't See Asia from Her Porch, But She's Going There Anyway
Since becoming unemployed Sarah Palin has had more time to focus on her hobbies, which for a dedicated former public servant like Sarah Palin involve learning about the issues of the day, so she can write Facebook notes about them.
Next on Ms. Palin's agenda? A trip to Asia, her first ever, to address the CLSA Investors' Forum in Hong Kong. Take that, everybody who says Sarah Palin lacks foreign policy experience…
CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets, a Hong Kong-based brokerage, announced Monday that the former Republican candidate for the U.S. vice presidency and, until she resigned last month, governor of Alaska, will address the Sept. 21-25 [Investors' Forum] in what a press release called "her first international speaking engagement outside North America."
But look! Also too! The CLSA forum is "Asia’s premier investment conference providing unrivaled corporate access to 1,300 global fund managers from 32 countries, representing more than $10 trillion in funds under management," which means that Sarah Palin will simultaneously become an expert in international finance, all in one trip!
And if the multitasking Ms. Palin samples a traditional dim sum feast during her visit, why, she'll be able to launch her own gourmet cooking show just as soon as she gets home.
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@chagnasty: Yeah! It's like sending Joe the Plumber to the Middle East! OH WAIT.
Sarah Palin can't find Asia on a map of Asia, so how will she get there?
how does this make sense? it's like inviting Wee Man from jackass to open for the Dalai Lama, or Paris Hilton to give the opening speech at the Nobel Price ceremony, or Larry the Cable Guy to dedicate the CERN facility, or Bristol Palin to talk to kids about abstinence…
honestly, the only thing more ridiculous is the idiots commenting on the WSJ article talking about how it will give her "international experience" and how she's actually, contrary to all rational and informed thought, a great choice.
personally, I'd bet that one of her backers is paying CLSA to let her speak. that way, she can have "international experience" in the eyes of all the people who already liked her, but really do nothing to bolster her image in the minds of everyone else. i suppose that the ultimate goal would be that her supporters would get so incensed over a debate of her credentials, that they'd shoot the opponent, with no univeral health care, they'll probably die, and therefore be one less vote for the opposition… very clever.