Russia-Alaska Meme Malarkey

The McCain campaign keeps stating that Sarah Palin has foreign policy expertise because she's the governor of a state that's close to Russia. Technically speak, Alaska is close to Russia.

But consider this: Nome, AK (population ~3500) is the closest Alaskan city of any meaningful size to a sizable city in Russia, Magadan (population ~100,000). The distance between the two? About 1600 miles. What's 1600 miles? About the distance between Washington, DC and Denver, CO.

Friday, September 12, 2008