It is like "Mission Accomplished" in reference to Bush. It makes no difference the original context or intent, it is now universally recognized as a slam against him. If Bill Clinton said that to him at the end of their recent conference, everyone would see it as a back-stab.
Saying "can see" was a very poor choice on the part of the candidate and quite frankly this is the time to be weeding out the weak sisters. We can choose to hold our noses and rally around the best candidate AFTER the primary.
If you don't think "I can see Russia" is used as a derisive remark aimed at Sarah, then I can only shake my head in your general direction.
There is nothing wrong with what she said....
The Iowa politician did not know that there was even a controversy. This is all inside baseball within the conservative and lefty communities. He thought it was a good lead in way to mention her name and meant nothing by it.
The only idiots offended were on this thread and for no reason at all. And it's not the first time I've seen this nonsense. It looks just like this at DU. It ain't good.