Matt Ortega

It appears Governor Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) did not get the memo about the deal the Bush administration struck up with the North Koreans on their nuclear weapons ambitions. See how her message differs from the top of the ticket, Senator John McCain (R-Arizona):

Sarah Palin:

Palin was also asked to respond to today’s news that North Korea has been officially taken off the United State’s terrorism list. She said North Korea has to live up to their side of the agreement.

“Condoleezza Rice, of course, having worked on this strategy for quite some time, I have faith in her that they’re making this wise decision and North Korea, of course, better live up to its end of the bargain there, in speaking with the other countries whom they’ve been working with, in promising the verification. That end of the bargain has got to be lived up to.”

John McCain:

Reports indicate that the administration may soon remove North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. I have previously said that I would not support the easing of sanctions North Korea unless the United States is able to fully verify the nuclear declaration Pyongyang submitted on June 26. [...]

I am also concerned that this latest agreement appears to have been reached between Washington and Pyongyang and only then discussed with our Asian allies in an effort to garner their support. [...]

Governor Palin, out on her own and without the top of the ticket sitting next to her to hold her hand through an interview, is still not ready for primetime.