Sarah Palin has not met one single head-of-state, and has zero foreign policy experience. She said that many Vice-Presidents could say the same thing.

In reality, you have to go back 32 years to find a Vice-President that has not met heads-of-state.

But in the excerpt below from her interview with Charlie Gibson, she actually slams McCain’s use of experience as a reason to elect him as President, talking about a “big, fat, resume that shows decades and decases in that Washington establishment” as being a bad thing (emphasis mine):

I have not and I think if you go back in history and if you ask that question of many vice presidents, they may have the same answer that I just gave you.

But, Charlie, again, we’ve got to remember what the desire is in this nation at this time. It is for no more politics as usual and somebody’s big, fat resume maybe that shows decades and decades in that Washington establishment, where, yes, they’ve had opportunities to meet heads of state … these last couple of weeks … it has been overwhelming to me that confirmation of the message that Americans are getting sick and tired of that self-dealing and kind of that closed door, good old boy network that has been the Washington elite.

Her saber-rattling to sound tough is offensive to knowledgeable people. She does not even understand the nature of the Georgia conflict or she would not be blaming Russia for their actions. Just think, Sarah Palin did so poorly in the interview despite two weeks or more of being briefed by the McCain campaign. Does she not absorb knowledge, even when it is spelled out simply for her?

In reality, Sarah Palin does not know much about the world, about Iraq, or even what the job as Vice President entails. Sarah Palin is all about Sarah Palin, and her local rise in political circles. Yes, she has been ambitious, but she has not been ambitious in following what the United States is doing. Her focus has only been on Alaska.

Want proof? She had not given much thought to Iraq even though she had a son that was to be deployed shortly to Iraq:

….I have a 19 year old who’s getting ready to be deployed to Iraq. His Stryker brigade will leave on September 11th of this year. He’s 19, he’ll be gone for a year. [And so] kind of on a personal level, when I talk about, umm, the plan for the war, you know, let’s make sure we have a plan here, and respecting McCain’s position on that.

Kevin Drum - Mother Jones Blog: Sarah Palin on Iraq.

While Hillary Clinton broke the glass ceiling, Sarah Palin sets back the women’s movement a decade, because all you really need to do to be a McCain VP pick is to have a pretty face, and repeat what the men tell you to say.

Sarah Palin is no Hillary Clinton. That doesn’t even need to be said. However, her incurious nature about things that do not directly affect her, and her firm convictions, despite not knowing all the facts make her a perfect George Bush clone.

With John McCain not knowing the difference between Shia and Sunni, and Sarah Palin not understanding the Bush Doctrine, or even how Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae work, these are a know-nothing, incurious couple that are perfect for each other, but not for America.

ABC News: EXCERPTS: Charlie Gibson Interviews Sarah Palin.