Governor Palin talked to Greta van Susteren on Friday about Alaska’s Super Tuesday caucus that is coming up. She thought that Mitt Romney and Ron Paul would do well as they did in 2008. She thought Gingrich’s emphasis on energy would bode well with Alaskan voters as well.
Governor Palin emphasized the importance of Alaska’s location and energy resources to national security:
We have a strategic location on the globe, obviously, so close to Russia, so close to trade zones and Pacific Rim countries that we trade with. And our strategic location ultimately does help secure our nation. Alaska has a lot to offer.
Governor Palin criticized Obama for his mishandling of the situation in Afghanistan:
We’re a very pro-military state up here. We recognize what it is that our men and women in uniform sacrifice for all of us to keep us secure. And at this point, we’re watching Obama with his naive apologies to savages in Afghanistan who turn around and kill our soldiers. We look at things like that, the actions of our sitting president, and we say, Anybody but Obama.
Read the entire the transcript of that interview here.