The Screwups of Campaign '08
Presidential campaigns are so carefully stage-managed that few things are as entertaining as the mistakes politicians make on the trail. Throughout the 2008 race, check out TIME.com's ongoing chronicle of each candidate's gaffes, and then vote on just how big a screwup each one is
Sarah Palin
Sept. 26, 2008
"We have trade missions back and forth. We do — it's very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where — where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border. It is — from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to our state."
—Palin, in an interview with Katie Couric of CBS Evening News, when asked to clarify a previous statement in which she said Alaska's proximity to Russia enhances her foreign-policy credentials. According to Maj. Allen Herritage, a spokesman for the Alaska region of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, no Russian military planes have flown into that zone during Palin's 21 months in office.
— M.J. Stephey
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