Palin's Trip To Ireland? A 'Shannon Stopover'

At some point, one has to expect that we will finally come to know all there is to know about Sarah Palin. But until that day comes, here's another tidbit, courtesy John Aravosis. See, back when Palin was announced as McCain's Veep, inquiring minds wanted to know: had she ever traveled abroad? Her spokeswoman told Politico's Ben Smith that she had been to Germany, Kuwait, and Ireland.

At least one Irish blogger, Suzy Byrne, stepped forward to call blarney on that:

Two words to describe that visit to Ireland I think.

SHANNON STOPOVER! *

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*For US readers the Shannon Stopover refers to planes landing at Shannon Airport to refuel when on their way to and from parts of Europe/Middle East. Shannon Airport sees many US Military and contractor flights arrive there each month for refueling -- passengers get off the plane for a while and then get back on again. Hardly a visit to Ireland?

Well, give it up to the international blogosphere, folks, because as it turns out, Byrne was absolutely correct. Ben Smith, today:

The Ireland trip was a refueling stop on her trip to military installations in Germany and Kuwait, spokeswoman Maria Comella said.

Do you need anything from duty-free, America?

Comments

[Donnat]

This just gets better!

[HeIsTheOne]

Better by the minute...J­o Ann Dowdson, RNC Co-chair, addressing her as "Sarah Pawlenty" was the best the evenings program has offered yet. But it's only 9:40 est and they've scrubbed Guliani, and replaced him with Fred Thompson.

Then there's Lieberman's speech: I was a Democrat, then an Independent, and now I must be a Republican to be here!

Anyone notice how bored they all look?

[ArmchairPatriot]

I didn't notice how bored they looked because I was distracted by the Cowboy Hat Brigade.

[Bill C]

How can you not love a woman who thinks that "cop killer bullets" should be sold over the counter at any gun shop?

[JenMI]

Yesterday I said she would be gone in one week..at this rate it may be sooner.

[sg096]

stop knit picking, can't you see you are being sexist? wahhhhhhhhhhhh


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEOl_DiMs_Y&feature=related

[hotstuff]

she made decisions on National guards (No she didn't), She has foreign experience, she went to Ireland(steped her big toe off the plane for stop over).Alas­ka is next to Russia( don't think so)What were those decisions she made?

[NoSandwiches]

Hey, back off!
She has true international credentials because she really was in Ireland and Germany!

As a matter of fact, she was under sniper fire in both places from.....u­m......Rus­sians...ye­ah, that's right... who were.....a­nnoyed by her superb command of the Alaskan National Gaurd protecting the Bering Strait!

She is so qualified. If you don't think so, it's because you are sexist. Also you may possibly be an atheist. And a socialist.

[faithfully]

and most of all anti-American!

[CocteausTwin]

This person Palin will be caught by some many of her dissemblances.

[Moxo]

In her Bio will be the words,"She kept our boys out of the war in Ireland"!

[thegreatgiginthesky]

In the words of malayalam film comedy star Innocent - Bloody fool

[thegreatgiginthesky]

My plane landed in Frankfurt, does that mean I have visited Germany?

[eden4barack08]

Yes, it also means you can run our foreign policy agenda.

[CommentSense]

If you're a Palinista, you did.

[TerryFL]

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You might be nominated for vice-chancellor.
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[majorteddy]

You can put crap in a pretty bag, or an ugly bag, and you can put it in a pink bag or a blue bag, but it's still a bag of crap.

[milman1]

They sell German stuff in the PX

[eden4barack08]

You can't consider Germany either, if all she did was visit the American bases. There's nothing "Germany" within the US military installations there.

[Nyland8]

Not since Herr General Schwartzkopf left.

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[thegreatgiginthesky]

Are republicans capable of telling the truth?

[eden4barack08]

They have NO idea what the heck it is!

[habajebe]

The truth is their worst enemy.

[milman1]

I bet she was all the talk in Alaska when "that Sarah girl" visted a strange country where people live together on paved streets, have no float planes and speak another language.

[milman1]

Her resume says working ability to speak and write Irlandish language.

[olderdem]

Maybe her plane was be shot at by Irish rebels.

[RoCali]

Good grief, this gets more pathetic and embarrassing by the day. This woman is a fraud being thrust upon the American people by a manipulative party that cowers in fear as they see their power wane. Just pitiful.