Sarah Palin has famously said that her state's proximity to Russia gives her more experience and perspective on dealing with the Russians. This got me thinking about how big a country Russia really is and the fact that the part of Russia nearest to Alaska is mostly an arctic no man's land. So how far away from Moscow* is Palin's home town of Wasilla, Alaska? The answer is 4318 miles.
Barack Obama has called Chicago home for the last several years so for the sake of argument we'll call that home for him. Chicago is 4969 miles away from Moscow.
So 651 miles makes for more experience huh?
*In case you're reading Governor Palin, Moscow is the capital of Russia.
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