Sarah Palin, who is “usually not one to Told-Ya-So,” is on social media to remind the world that she predicted that Obama would let Russia invade the Ukraine. About that:
- She sort of predicted what’s happening now.
- She is usually one to Told-Ya-So.
At Facebook, Palin makes her case.
Yes, I could see this one from Alaska. I’m usually not one to Told-Ya-So, but I did, despite my accurate prediction being derided as “an extremely far-fetched scenario” by the “high-brow” Foreign Policy magazine. Here’s what this “stupid” “insipid woman” predicted back in 2008: “After the Russian Army invaded the nation of Georgia, Senator Obama’s reaction was one of indecision and moral equivalence, the kind of response that would only encourage Russia’s Putin to invade Ukraine next.”
Then she links to two posts which are basically the same, including one at Breitbart that’s getting a lot of attention. That site’s Tony Lee also dismisses then-Foreign Policy writer Blake Hounshell’s critique of Palin’s claims as a “far-fetched scenario.”
In fact, Palin makes four claims about crises that would result from the election of Barack Obama (which was about two weeks away from the moment that Palin was speaking).
Read more: The Wire
