wth... Palin backed opponent of her mother-in-law in mayoral race filling her seat.

[krkaufman]

Wow, Palin is seriously hard-core religious fundie, going so far as to oppose her own mother-in-law in the mayoral race to find her replacement in Wasilla.

Mayor Palin: A Rough Record
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1837918,00.html

When Palin, who went on to win re-election by a landslide, was forced out of the Mayor's office by term limits in 2002, her husband Todd's stepmother Faye Palin ran for mayor. She did not, however, get Sarah Palin's endorsement. A couple of people told me that they thought abortion was the reason for Palin not supporting her family member — Faye, they say, is pro-choice, not to mention a Democrat. A former city council member recalls that it was a heated race, mainly because of right-to-life issues: "People were writing BABYKILLER on Faye's campaign signs just a few days before the election." Faye Palin lost the race to the candidate that Sarah backed, Dianne Keller, who is still mayor of Wasilla. (Over the weekend, Faye Palin told the New York Daily News that she liked listening to Barack Obama speak and that she wasn't sure who she would vote for in November.)

[tekisui]

1. She politicized the position to win, it had previously been a non-partisan

seat. Then, she went against her MIL. She is nasty.

[krkaufman]

6. Yep, sounds like the "barracuda" moniker is appropriate.

Dems will be foolish to discount her.

[LiberalFighter]

2. What comes around goes around.

[malletgirl02]

3. ...

No wonder her mother-in-law isn't sure she going to vote for Palin.

[Chloroplast]

4. Oh, I'm sure the MIL knows who she'll vote for. She's just wise enough to keep that fact to herself.

[orwell]

5. Family values!

She just reeks of them...

She just reeks...

[sandnsea]

7. wow. what a piece of work

You'd think you could at least stay out of it if you couldn't support a family member.

[krkaufman]

8. Thus the "Sarah Barracuda" moniker.

(though I'm not sure why they didn't just go with "Sarahcuda")