Meet Sarah "Barracuda" Palin
She may claim to be “just an average hockey mom,” but John McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin is anything but average.
The reaction to McCain’s shocking selection of the Alaska governor has been all over the map, but one argument no one can make about Palin is that she is a bland choice.
It’s not just her credentials as the youngest and only female governor in Alaska’s history that make Palin so intriguing. How many vice-presidential candidates in American history have been avid moose hunters, sports reporters or beauty queens? Palin is all three.
When Vogue Magazine asked her what her favorite meal was, she didn’t settle on pizza or Mexican. "Moose stew after a day of snowmachining,” she said. Does it get any more Alaska than that?
The Alaska governor might be just a “plain Sarah” herself, but her children’s names are far more dazzling: Track (18), Bristol (17), Willow (13), Piper (7) and Trig (4 months).
Trig has Down syndrome, and his mom told the Anchorage Daily News that he is “absolutely perfect.”
Her husband Todd, whom Palin met in high school, is a champion snowmobiler, but Palin’s sport of choice is basketball. She was a star point guard in high school and earned the nickname “Sarah Barracuda” for her hardnosed style of play.
Her opponent at the top of the Democratic ticket Barack Obama (better known in high school as “Barry O’Bomber” for his strong jump shot) is fond of taking breaks from the campaign trail to play pickup games on the basketball court.
Forget the debates—how about a one-one-one contest between The Baracuda and O’Bomber?
The reaction to McCain’s shocking selection of the Alaska governor has been all over the map, but one argument no one can make about Palin is that she is a bland choice.
It’s not just her credentials as the youngest and only female governor in Alaska’s history that make Palin so intriguing. How many vice-presidential candidates in American history have been avid moose hunters, sports reporters or beauty queens? Palin is all three.
When Vogue Magazine asked her what her favorite meal was, she didn’t settle on pizza or Mexican. "Moose stew after a day of snowmachining,” she said. Does it get any more Alaska than that?
The Alaska governor might be just a “plain Sarah” herself, but her children’s names are far more dazzling: Track (18), Bristol (17), Willow (13), Piper (7) and Trig (4 months).
Trig has Down syndrome, and his mom told the Anchorage Daily News that he is “absolutely perfect.”
Her husband Todd, whom Palin met in high school, is a champion snowmobiler, but Palin’s sport of choice is basketball. She was a star point guard in high school and earned the nickname “Sarah Barracuda” for her hardnosed style of play.
Her opponent at the top of the Democratic ticket Barack Obama (better known in high school as “Barry O’Bomber” for his strong jump shot) is fond of taking breaks from the campaign trail to play pickup games on the basketball court.
Forget the debates—how about a one-one-one contest between The Baracuda and O’Bomber?
Best-selling author Mitch Albom on his first nonfiction work since "Tuesdays with Morrie."
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She is currently governor of Alaska, and the Commander in Chief of their National Guard.
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Posted by mike071067 at 03:55 AM
Lets see
Obama 3 years federal experience, 8 years state level experience, 12 years teaching Constitutional Law, 7 years a Lawyer.
Palin 0 years federal experience, 2 years state level experience, 14 years local experience and a degree in Journalism.
Obama appears to be the clear winner. Factor in the number of Court losses for the Bush Administration including the possible release of Gitmo terrorists into the US and a president that knows the constitution does not sound bad either.
Thanks for making it even clearer, Addled John.
McCainiacs- remember, guns don%u2019t kill people, people with guns kill people and children with guns kill people, and children (over 100,000 kids killed since 1979, now that%u2019s pro-life!), and children with guns kill each other, and children with guns kill themselves, and people with guns in their homes are far more likely to die from gun violence than those who don%u2019t...
can do it all! She has been a Mayor
and a Governor of a State. (Every State is a legitimate State.) On the other hand, Barack Obama has run
nothing. Sarah has spent 16 years in government as opposed to Barack''s 143 days in Congress where
he has introduced no legislation and
was absent for most of the votes. Her resume is better than Obama''s.
You go girl!
Senator Obama''s great political fortunes return as once again during this election his opponent turns out to be a nincompoop. Senator McCain shows his political prowess is equivalent to that of Allan Keys -remember him, the non-Illinois token minority freak show the Republican Party sent to prevent Obama%u2019s election to the Senate. And now McCain picks a token female to woo disgruntled Clinton supporters, revealing just how stupid and superficial he and other Republicans think those supporters are -somewhere George Carlin is begging to be brought back to life to tell just a few more jokes. Yes, she%u2019s been a governor and mayor of the least-populated state -smaller than most US cities- and a tiny town, -I think they now have a stoplight though -and she%u2019s a moose hunter, a sports reporter and a beauty queen. A lifetime member of the NRA and chair of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission -Cheney approves. A BS in journalism-communication from Idaho -very prestigious; clearly no other education is required. Fully qualified, you betcha; to ruin Republican chances to keep the Presidency. She makes me yearn for Dan Quayle! Senator Joe Biden vs. Governor Sarah Palin, there%u2019s a wartime VP debate for the century. President-Elect Obama might as well start selecting his Cabinet%u2026Ding-dong, hello Mrs. Bush, I%u2019m Michelle Obama, would you mind if I came in to measure the drapes, thanks.
McCainiacs - your knowledge of history - Zilch. Obama has equivalent experience to Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Harry S. Truman, Theodore Roosevelt, shall I continue? I guess this token, unqualified, uneducated, affirmative-action-for-political-expediency McCain-pick does have Biden and Obama on one bit of experience; they%u2019ve never won a swimsuit competition...
McCain has admitted that economic matters are a weakness of his. If he had chosen Romney as VP, Democrats would have to worry that McCain now had a running mate that was a highly successful business man who happen to run the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in a fiscally responsible way.
Palin governs a state where all citizens receive money from the state as part of the Alaska Permanent Fund. Alaska has the lowest individual tax burden in the United States, and is one of only five states with no state sales tax and one of seven states that do not levy an individual income tax. To finance state government operations, Alaska depends primarily on petroleum revenues.
Her economic expertise is, at least, very weak in relation to the experience McCain needs from a running mate.
This is a GREAT choice for Democrats!
Barack Hussein Obama is the ONLY black American to be born to a wealthy white mother, attend Harvard, and live in a $1.95 million mansion Georgian-style mansion with his wife and children. Obama does not represent any of the black people I know personally - except possibly the Cosby family on television.
I believe most American women will see a vote for McCain/Palin as a rare opportunity to break the glass ceiling in Washington. It will be a historic occasion.
McCAIN NEEDS A CHECKUP FROM THE NECK UP!!
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