Sarah Palin could have talked to John Kerry. Kerry would have told her that ordering cheesesteaks in Philadelphia is fraught with danger. Kerry made the mistake of asking for Swiss Cheese and tomatoes on his Pat’s steak. Palin went to Tony Luke’s and contradicted her running mate’s policy on Pakistan.
Palin’s apparent disagreement with McCain’s position on Pakistan came as the Alaska governor was picking up a couple of cheesesteaks at Tony Luke’s in South Philadelphia. She was approached by a man wearing a Temple University t-shirt, who later identified himself as Michael Rovito.
“How about the Pakistan situation?” Rovito asked. “What’s your thoughts about that.”
“In Pakistan?” Palin responded.
“What’s going on over there, like Waziristan?”
“It’s working with Zardari to make sure that we’re all working together to stop the guys from coming in over the border,” Palin said. “And we’ll go from there.”
“Waziristan is blowing up,” Rovito replied.
“Yeah, it is,” Palin said. “And the economy there is blowing up, too.”
“So we do cross-border, like from Afghanistan to Pakistan, you think?” Rovito asked.
“If that’s what we have to do stop the terrorists from coming any further in, absolutely, we should,” Palin said.
First of all, her real mistake was in ordering a cheesesteak. Everyone knows that Tony Luke’s makes great roast pork sandwiches. Get some greens on that, and you’re set. Their cheesesteaks are second-rate, at best.
I’m still trying to figure out why Sarah Palin is hanging out all week in deep South Philly. She’s gonna get her ass kicked down there every time she engages with the public.
