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“You Can See Russia From Alaska.” Sarah Palin

In 2008, when the Republican Party nominated Sarah Palin as their vice presidential candidate, some Americans seemed eager to see her insulted and parodied.

One of the absurd sound bytes attributed to her—”You can see Russia from my house”—wasn’t a quote of hers at all. 

It written by Tina Feyfor Saturday Night Live. 

However, this was only a slight exaggeration of what she’d actually said in an interview just days before, which was, “You can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska” (true).

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