Who is Sarah Palin? (a closer look)

[DemoRabbit]

"She is currently under investigation by the state legislature for possible abuse of power surrounding the dismissal of the commissioner for public safety, Walter Moneghan."

"The Alaska state Legislature voted last month to hire an independent investigator to probe whether Palin or anyone connected to her had pushed Monegan to fire the trooper, Mike Wooten."

"Although she's not linked to them, Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young are facing legal/ethical troubles. In fact, Stevens' trial will start in late September, so the Alaska Republican Party is a mess. And Palin's trooper trouble could play into that."

Former beauty queen.

Was once a TV Sportscaster.

Palin is the first woman governor of Alaska, elected in 2006. She was also the youngest ever elected at the age of 42.

Palin is a social conservative who is strongly opposed to abortion and same sex marriage. In addition, she is pro-gun and wildly popular in Alaska.

In the issues, she is anti-abortion rights and is a hunter and fisher. In fact, she's a card-carrying lifetime member of the National Rifle Association.

She belongs to an anti-abortion-rights group called Feminists for Life and she opposes civil unions.

She was born in Sandpoint, Idaho.

"Like McCain she has a maverick streak. She has taken on big oil companies in Alaska and has broken ranks with the local Republican establishment."

"She has irked environmentalists by opposing the listing of the polar bear as a threatened species and is a big supporter of oil and gas drilling off the Alaska coast."

Palin gave birth to her fifth child, a son, in April, becoming the second U.S. governor to have a baby while serving in office.

Add more facts if you have them...


(Edit to add education)

"Palin earned her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Idaho, where she minored in politics."


(Edit to add Wikipedia tidbit)

"Details of Palin's personal life have contributed to her political image. She hunts, eats moose hamburger, ice fishes, rides snowmobiles, and owns a float plane.<13><53> Palin holds a lifetime membership with the National Rifle Association. She admits that she used marijuana when it was legal in Alaska, but says that she did not like it.<10> In December 2007, Palin posed for a photo spread in the fashion magazine Vogue.<54>"

(Edit to add comment from an Alaskan)

"Our new Governor Sarah Palin would NOT make a good vice presidential candidate. She is proving in our state of Alaska she is a divider, not a uniter. On many issues now she has gone against the majority vote in our state. Sarah Palin is behind the move to move our state capital from Juneau to Anchorage Alaska even though this will devastate the families of southeast Alaska. Many people will lose their homes, jobs, entire life’s savings; families will be torn apart all because of moving the capital. The people of Alaska have voted down moving the capital time and time again. This issue is being pushed again by only a few legislatures and Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin and a few Republican legislatures just passed a bill to REPEAL the FRANK Initiative. This bill gives Alaskans the right to vote on moving the capital and it gives us our right to know the cost of the move. Sounds like the Bush administration doesn’t it, it is. Other issues like hunting wolves from airplanes; this has been voted done time and time again by Alaskans and when she first took office she put a Bounty on wolves. Sarah Palin aligns herself with Ted Stevens and Don Young and does not support the science behind global warming and is fighting against listing the polar bear on the endangered species list. She is part of the old Republican style of leadership that takes hope away from people, and our right to vote on issues and our right to bring forth initiatives. There is a movement across this country to end this old Republican style of leadership. People want change; they want things to be done the right way for the right reasons. Yes we even want change in Alaska, Sarah."

Comment at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=24593

More on the Wolves: http://wolfsongnews.org/news/Alaska_current_events_2768.html

[atreides1]

1. Another Fact

She couldn't buy clue on a game show!

[avaistheone1]

2. What is her educational background? Any one know?

[DemoRabbit]

3. College Education

"Palin earned her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Idaho, where she minored in politics."

[Lorien]

4. She "She has taken on big oil companies in Alaska " but also

"is a big supporter of oil and gas drilling off the Alaska coast". Er, who the hell does she thinks profits from more drilling?

[DemoRabbit]

5. Ironic...

"Palin was appointed by Murkowski as the ethics commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Commission, where she served from 2003 to 2004 before resigning over what she called the "lack of ethics" on the part of the state's Republican leaders."

[DemoRabbit]

6. Added some wikipedia info

I particularly like the part about the fashion spread for Vogue... LOL... I thought being a "celebrity" was BAD...hehe

[DemoRabbit]

7. Save the Wolves!

http://wolfsongnews.org/news/Alaska_current_events_2768.html

[DemoRabbit]

8. 10 Thing You Should Know (from U.S. News)

http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2008/08/29/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-sarah-palin.html

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.

[MrMickeysMom]

9. So... she's a real good example of the

3 AM phone call not going real well, eh?

[KamaAina]

10. Feminists for Life?! This gets more like a rerun of Clenisgate by the minute!

First a state trooper turns up at the center of the investigation, and now here comes Feminists for Life. The astute reader will recall that the only other Feminist for Life besides Palin, Susan Carpenter McMillan, glommed on to Paula Jones and served as her mouthpiece in her hell-bent attempt to smear Bill CLinton. :eyes:

[DemoRabbit]

11. Tell me about it!

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

12. Re: the Feminists for Life thing.

I'm pretty sure that the Stepford wife of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is a member as well. There is something very strange about her. Her husband is kinda creepy as well.

[onethatcares]

13. smoked pot when it was legal and didn't like it??? wtf?

it's still legal there, 4 oz and below, no sale or transfer for profit. sheesh, I'm glad I don't live there................anymore.:toast: