10 Things You Didn't Know About Sarah Palin
1. Sarah Louise Palin (nee Heath) was born Feb., 1964, in Sandpoint, Idaho. Her family moved to Alaska when Sarah was an infant. Her father, Chuck, is a retired schoolteacher.
2. She attended Wasilla High School where she played point guard on the state champion basketball team. Her nickname was "Sarah Barracuda."
3. Palin graduated in 1987 from the University of Idaho with a degree in journalism. She worked briefly as a sports reporter in Anchorage.
4. She refers to her husband, Todd, as the "First Dude." He's worked as a commercial fisherman and as a production operator on the North Slope for BP. He enjoys snowmobiling and has won the Tesoro Iron Dog, billed as the world's longest snowmobile race, four times.
5. Palin and her husband have five children, Bristol, Piper, Track, Willow, and Trig. Trig, born in 2008, has been diagnosed with Down syndrome. Her son Track joined the army in 2007.
6. Her favorite meal is moose stew.
7. She comes from a family of outdoor enthusiasts. Her parents, Chuck and Sally Heath, enjoy hunting and fishing, and have both completed marathons.
8. Palin was named Miss Wasilla in 1984 and was a runner-up for Miss Alaska. In 1996 she was elected mayor of Wasilla.
9. She's a lifetime NRA member and enjoys hunting, fishing, and snowmobiling.
10. Elected in 2006, she's Alaska's first female governor and the youngest governor elected in the state.
Sources:
- Anchorage Daily News
- Vogue
- Washington Post
- Almanac of American Politics
- Associated Press
- Washington Times
- Biography Resource Center Online
Reader Comments
palin
she's not ready to be president and may never be BUT she has charisma and the truth on her side. She is intelligent (despite what the editing jockies on mainstream media have tried to mislead you to believe) and can bring her support behind conservative republican canidates all over the country! People with eyes can see that she so outshines that mimic who portrayed her on late night TV that it left what's his name speachless!
Southern Democrate
I was a southern Dem until Obamabash.Thats my name for mainstream media. I even had a running joke. What is a Palintologist? Until a latenight talk show attacked her children. Then nothing was said about it that was last straw. Since then Gov Palin has opened my inner eye. Democrats are supposed to be about working Americans and republicans about Big Corporations. What I see now is Dems, or at least the Liberals, are old fashion communists and republicans are America for Americans. I find myself now in with the RLC. As to Gov Palin hunting wolves???? I would rather hunt them than have them hunt me or mine.Last I checked it was legal so what. As to her resignation, Open your ears or shut up. She said she had to step down because of all the eronious suits the dems were attacking her with that was costing Alaska too much money. Liberals will say she should have toughed it out and finished her term but that's like Libs to not worry about spending our tax dollars on bull. I would like to either discuss or hear her on other items but she sounds fair so far. I would not vote for Hillary because she was once a young republican but now I may vote for Palin as a republican..
BTW: A person who studies wether or not there is life in Sarah Palins head. If you do not understand this then I invite you to walk out in the woods and start howling or hit ctrl and f4.
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