Palin Confuses Iraq And Iran In Hannity Interview (VIDEO)

Sarah Palin picked celebrity interviewers and right-wing pundits for her book promotion tour, probably to avoid embarrassments like last year's Katie Couric interview.

But even a friendly interview can be treacherous. In a sit-down with Fox News' Sean Hannity Wednesday night, the former Alaska governor confused Iraq and Iran several times.

Asked about how to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons, Palin responded by suggesting we get tough with Iraq.

"We have allies who are as concerned about Ahmadinejad's actions as we are," she said. "Cutting off the imports into Iraq, of their refined petroleum products. They're reliant ... on those imports. We have some control over there. And some of the beneficial international monetary deals that Iraq benefits from, we can start implementing some sanctions there and start really shaking things up and telling Ahmadinejad, nobody is going to stand for this."

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[Chas37]

11:09 AM on 11/24/2009

What a DODO

[surajshah]

09:44 PM on 11/25/2009

america is slowly going down the toilet...m­ake her the persident and accelerate the process

[rcruss]

07:21 PM on 11/30/2009

Amen~!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!

[Rod DK]

07:06 AM on 11/24/2009

No big thing at all. President Bush also got confused about Iraq and Iran when looking for WMD. Iraq did not have them, Iran’s sure does. All in all that is just a slight mistake, give and take a war, and a lot of dead Americans and allied soldiers, not forgetting at least 100.000 Iraqis.

[American Amazon]

07:38 PM on 11/22/2009

Oh Geeeese, I could do a better job in middle school! This is supposed to be the great white HOPE for the republican party?? And the thing that makes me laugh the hardest is that Hannity dose not even "correct" her on this major gaff!! It seems she can't open her mouth, with out us having to see how incompeten­t she is! Keep up the great work Sarah we all need some laughter in our lives.

[munki]

09:14 AM on 11/22/2009

Still unable to comprehend those supports her...

a scary thought to thi8nk of her even becoming a candidate!

[okila]

04:06 AM on 12/15/2009

Embrace it. Support it. She is the reason Obama will have 4 more years. Her support is only to irk the left. I doubt anyone goes to sleep thinking "this should be the leader of the free world."

[RSKaz]

09:09 AM on 11/22/2009

Iran & Iraq...bac­kside & hole in the ground...W­hatever.

[HenryGuo]

09:03 AM on 11/22/2009

Iraq or Iran, big deal!
(henryguo2­[e-mail]­t)

[Palinater]

07:49 AM on 11/22/2009

That's OK. For awhile there, I used to think her book was, "Going Rouge."

[Doofus]

09:45 AM on 11/22/2009

You mean, it's not? http://www­.orbooks.c­om/

[Doofus]

07:21 AM on 11/22/2009

Here's the thing. If Mr Obama looks good for 2012, no Repo man is going
to want to run, so Ms Palin will have her opportunit­y, with Ben Gleck as VP.
If he doesn't, she will be pushed aside sooooooo fast, her head will spin.

Meanwhile, she'll be frontrunne­r for all those who confuse Iron & Irock.

[Doofus]

08:07 AM on 11/22/2009

Of course, that's the convention­al wisdom. Frank Rich, in the NYT today:

' But no matter how much Palin tries to pass for “center-ri­ght,” she’s unlikely to fool that vast pool of voters left, right and center who have already written her off as unqualifie­d for the White House. The G.O.P. establishm­ent knows this, and is frightened­. The demographi­c that Palin attracts is in decline; there’s no way the math of her fan base adds up to an Electoral College victory.

Yet among Republican­s she still ties Mitt Romney in the latest USA Today/Gall­up survey, with 65 percent giving her serious presidenti­al considerat­ion, just behind the 71 for her evangelica­l rival, Mike Huckabee. ' ...

[Doofus]

08:31 AM on 11/22/2009

It must be exhilarati­ng for the GOP when 65% of their
voters want SP, 65% want Rmoney, and 71% prefer
Rev Huck. With numbers like that how can they lose?

[FantasticFourFan]

12:39 AM on 11/22/2009

I love how the right thinks this woman stands even a remote chance against Obama. Please, by all means, run her in 2012! Easiest re-electio­n he will ever have!

[KingCujo]

12:27 AM on 11/22/2009

SNL - combined movie 2012 with Palin/Beck presidenti­al win . True that!!!

[ThreeCrows]

10:47 PM on 11/21/2009

Here is another point of view on Palin
http://bob­bielwashin­gton.blogs­pot.com/20­09/11/sara­h-palin-is­-she-dooms­day-device­.html

[wendynyc]

09:04 PM on 11/21/2009

so u think palin and obama are equal ...in terms of IQ

[mrskorn]

09:26 PM on 11/21/2009

Maybe if Obama released some of his test scores and grades, we might know.

[mydwyf]

12:11 AM on 11/22/2009

We do know that he was editor of the Harvard Law Review ('C' students need not apply)
and graduated Summa Cum Laude (but you probably don't know what that means)

[somniferum]

12:49 AM on 11/22/2009

Obama was constituti­onal law professor at University of Chicago for 12 years. His academic credential­s are not in question. Test scores and grades are private informatio­n. Why don't you release the tree your grades were scratched on from homeschool­?

[mrskorn]

06:51 PM on 11/21/2009

And Obama said there were 57 states. Either they are both confused or you can see that people make mistakes sometimes. Big deal.

[deadelephant2]

09:25 PM on 11/21/2009

You're right! Sarah Palin in entitled to a few small mistakes. We can control what goes into Iraq, just like she shrewdly opines in her rational foreign policy argument. We just tell France and Great Britain and those other South American countries what they should be doing, stop sending Amedinijad supplies to the palace in her capitol in Yemen or we shut down the main highway from Chile to New Zealand!

[DrSamPHD]

09:07 PM on 11/22/2009

Right, comparing Obama's obvious mistake to Sarah Palin's complete lack of knowledge. Nice one.

[notyouraveragebear]

06:46 PM on 11/21/2009

Sarah Palin confused?


DUH!!!

[Whinger]

04:01 PM on 11/21/2009

Ya know, Iran and Iraq, two big cities east of Texas, I can see them from my upstairs bedroom!