Lest anyone try to convince you that God should be separated from the state, our founding fathers, they were believers. And George Washington, he saw… - Sarah Palin

Couric: And when it comes to establishing your worldview, I was curious, what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this to stay informed and to understand the world?<p>Palin: I've read most of them, again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media.<p>Couric: What, specifically?<p>Palin: Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me all these years.<p>Couric: Can you name a few?<p>Palin: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news, too. Alaska isn't a foreign country, where it's kind of suggested, "Wow, how could you keep in touch with what the rest of Washington, D.C., may be thinking when you live up there in Alaska?" Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America.

Katie Couric: You've cited Alaska's proximity to Russia as part of your foreign-policy experience. What did you mean by that?<p>Sarah Palin: That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and on our other side, the land boundary that we have with Canada. It—it's funny that a comment like that was kind of made to—chara[cterized]—I don't know. You know, reporters—<p>Couric: Mocked?<p>Palin: Yeah, mocked, I guess that's the word, yeah.<p>Couric: Explain to me why that enhances your foreign policy credentials.<p>Palin: Well, it certainly does because our—our next-door neighbors are foreign countries, there in the state that I am the executive of. And there in Russia—<p>Couric: Have you ever been involved with any negotiations, for example, with the Russians?<p>Palin: We have trade missions back and forth. We—we do. It's very important when you consider even national-security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where—where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border. It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to—to our state.

I think we should just kind of keep this clean, keep it simple, go back to what our founders and our founding documents meant — they're quite clear — that we would create law based on the God of the Bible and the Ten Commandments.