Who Really Is Sarah Palin?

(CBS)  As she was being catapulted from national obscurity onto the national stage, Sarah Palin had something else to celebrate today - her 20th wedding anniversary, CBS News anchor Katie Couric reports.

She married her high school sweetheart, Todd, a commercial fisherman, oil field worker, and snowmobile racer on August 29, 1988.

The youngest of Palin's five children, four-month-old Trig, was born with Down Syndrome. It was discovered during pre-natal testing, but the fierce opponent of abortion says she sees only perfection when she looks at her son.

Her oldest son, 19-year-old Track, enlisted in the Army a year ago, and will be deployed to Iraq next month.

Palin herself has been there - she visited the Alaskan National Guard in Iraq and Kuwait last summer.

A lifetime member of the National Rifle Association, Palin seems utterly Alaskan - she hunts, she fishes, she eats moose-burgers.

Her parents, Sally and Chuck Heath, were out hunting caribou when they got the news.

Palin played basketball in high school, but she's also a former beauty queen - Miss Wasilla, her hometown. And she's had her own spread in Vogue.

[beverlyadewo]

Sarah Palin resembles George Bush.
She loves rifles. Supports "anti choice", claims
"christian right",Oil woman, age contrasts with McCain,
conservative, never been out of U.S., governor.
SHE IS GEORGE BUSH IN A DRESS!!! (8 more years NO)

[beverlyadewo]

Sarah Palin resembles George Bush.
She loves rifles. Supports "anti choice", claims
"christian right",Oil woman, age contrasts with McCain,
conservative, never been out of U.S., governor.
SHE IS GEORGE BUSH IN A DRESS!!! (8 more years NO)

[beverlyadewo]

Sarah Palin resembles George Bush.
She loves rifles. Supports "anti choice", claims
"christian right",Oil woman, age contrasts with McCain,
conservative, never been out of U.S., governor.
SHE IS GEORGE BUSH IN A DRESS!!! (8 more years NO)

[beverlyadewo]

Sarah Palin resembles George Bush.
She loves rifles. Supports "anti choice", claims
"christian right",Oil woman, age contrasts with McCain,
conservative, never been out of U.S., governor.
SHE IS GEORGE BUSH IN A DRESS!!! (8 more years NO)

[beverlyadewo]

Sarah Palin resembles George Bush.
She loves rifles. Supports "anti choice", claims
"christian right",Oil woman, age contrasts with McCain,
conservative, never been out of U.S., governor.
SHE IS GEORGE BUSH IN A DRESS!!!

[sn0wboard33]

"Sad to see that a Mom can not stay near her kids anymore and be a Mom, that is one reason why america goes down hill. GO OBAMA."
I didn''t realize woman was incapable to have kids and work outside the home tinameier? Thanks for the Obama perspective on Palin, once again showing his sexism.

Nice talking point dump allurfears, perhaps but I''d be interested to read your listing Obama''s foreign policy experience... and No, campaigning in all "57" states does not count as foreign policy experience.

She supported Intelligent Design being taught in school, not creationism, a subtle difference I''m sure lost on most Obots, but still, if you are going to dump talking points, at least try to be more accurate.

I actually like her idea of a natural gas pipeline, while I also like Obama''s (vague) push for BioDiesel in theory, I think utilizing Alaska''s vast resources is a more responsible perspective for America''s "future" then your party has come up with to date.

[sn0wboard33]

"Sad to see that a Mom can not stay near her kids anymore and be a Mom, that is one reason why america goes down hill. GO OBAMA."
I didn''t realize woman was incapable to have kids and work outside the home tinameier? Thanks for the Obama perspective on Palin, once again showing his sexism.

Nice talking point dump allurfears, perhaps but I''d be interested to read your listing Obama''s foreign policy experience... and No, campaigning in all "57" states does not count as foreign policy experience.

She supported Intelligent Design being taught in school, not creationism, a subtle difference I''m sure lost on most Obots, but still, if you are going to dump talking points, at least try to be more accurate.

I actually like her idea of a natural gas pipeline, while I also like Obama''s (vague) push for BioDiesel in theory, I think utilizing Alaska''s vast resources is a more responsible perspective for America''s "future" then your party has come up with to date.

[sn0wboard33]

"Sad to see that a Mom can not stay near her kids anymore and be a Mom, that is one reason why america goes down hill. GO OBAMA."
I didn''t realize woman was incapable to have kids and work outside the home tinameier? Thanks for the Obama perspective on Palin, once again showing his sexism.

Nice talking point dump allurfears, perhaps but I''d be interested to read your listing Obama''s foreign policy experience... and No, campaigning in all "57" states does not count as foreign policy experience.

She supported Intelligent Design being taught in school, not creationism, a subtle difference I''m sure lost on most Obots, but still, if you are going to dump talking points, at least try to be more accurate.

I actually like her idea of a natural gas pipeline, while I also like Obama''s (vague) push for BioDiesel in theory, I think utilizing Alaska''s vast resources is a more responsible perspective for America''s "future" then your party has come up with to date.

[sn0wboard33]

"Sad to see that a Mom can not stay near her kids anymore and be a Mom, that is one reason why america goes down hill. GO OBAMA."
I didn''t realize woman was incapable to have kids and work outside the home tinameier? Thanks for the Obama perspective on Palin, once again showing his sexism.

Nice talking point dump allurfears, perhaps but I''d be interested to read your listing Obama''s foreign policy experience... and No, campaigning in all "57" states does not count as foreign policy experience.

She supported Intelligent Design being taught in school, not creationism, a subtle difference I''m sure lost on most Obots, but still, if you are going to dump talking points, at least try to be more accurate.

I actually like her idea of a natural gas pipeline, while I also like Obama''s (vague) push for BioDiesel in theory, I think utilizing Alaska''s vast resources is a more responsible perspective for America''s "future" then your party has come up with to date.

[sn0wboard33]

"Sad to see that a Mom can not stay near her kids anymore and be a Mom, that is one reason why america goes down hill. GO OBAMA."
I didn''t realize woman was incapable to have kids and work outside the home tinameier? Thanks for the Obama perspective on Palin, once again showing his sexism.

Nice talking point dump allurfears, perhaps but I''d be interested to read your listing Obama''s foreign policy experience... and No, campaigning in all "57" states does not count as foreign policy experience.

She supported Intelligent Design being taught in school, not creationism, a subtle difference I''m sure lost on most Obots, but still, if you are going to dump talking points, at least try to be more accurate.

I actually like her idea of a natural gas pipeline, while I also like Obama''s (vague) push for BioDiesel in theory, I think utilizing Alaska''s vast resources is a more responsible perspective for America''s "future" then your party has come up with to date.