BOBBY: Good evening, Governor Palin.
PALIN: Hiya. Can I call you Bobby, Bobby?
BOBBY: Um, no.
PALIN: Oh.
(moment of awkward silence)
BOBBY: Yeah. Alright, well let's get to the questions. Governor Palin, in tonight's debate you said, "Our nuclear weaponry, here in the U.S., is used as a deterrent. And that's a safe, stable way to use nuclear weaponry." Am I correct?
PALIN: Yup, you betcha! I said that.
BOBBY: Governor Palin, would you please answer the following questions? And, please promise to refrain from diverting the topic by returning to the talking points that you have on those notecards that they wrote for you at Senator McCain's ranch last week.
PALIN: I promise.
BOBBY: First question. Has any country ever used a nuclear weapon in an act of war? If so, which?
PALIN: Russia?
BOBBY: No, the United States. Hiroshima.
PALIN: I believe That was actually an act of deterrence. As a true maverick in Washington, Senator McCain and I will bring...
(interruption)
BOBBY: Now, now, Governor. Remember your promise.
PALIN: (winking at Bobby and biting her bottom lip) Oh, darn. O.k.
BOBBY: Second question. Which country currently has the largest arsenal of nuclear weaponry in the world?
PALIN: Oh, that's easy. North Korea.
BOBBY: Wrong again, Governor. Their working on it, but It's actually the U.S.
PALIN: Whoah, shucks.
(Bobby grins)
BOBBY: Yep, that deserves a shucks, Governor. Alright, I want you to imagine that you live in a foreign country (a small country) and there's this really big nation on the opposite side of the planet.
PALIN: O.k.
BOBBY: This large nation has more foreign military outposts than any other country and has the world's largest arsenal of nuclear weaponry at its disposal. This nation is the only nation in history that has attacked another nation with nuclear weapons. How would you feel about that country telling you that you that your couldn't arm itself?
(An awkward silence that lasts 4 seconds)
PALIN: Y'know. I'm going to have to get back to you on this one.
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