Posted on 08/29/2008 1:57:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
(Sarah Palin has emerged as John McCain's vice-presidential running mate. Palin talked to Newsmax magazine for its upcoming September 2008 issue about Alaskan oil, global warming, and John McCain.)
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is a God-fearing, gun-toting former beauty queen who could just become America’s next vice president.
In Alaska, the right to bear arms means staying on top of the food chain. Palin, a lifelong member of the National Rifle Association, hunts, shoots, and fishes.
Husband Todd holds a commercial fishing license for salmon. In the mid-1990s, when Todd got a job working on Alaska’s North Slope, Palin decided to occupy herself by becoming mayor of Wasilla, the state's fastest-growing community.
As mayor, she gradually grew frustrated with Alaska’s “good ol’ boy” style of governance -- so she decided to do something about it. She ran for governor in 2006 and won, defeating popular former Democratic Gov. Tony Knowles.
Palin’s victory made her Alaska's first female chief executive, and its youngest.
Now, many insiders believe this 44-year-old mother of five would add a strong conservative presence to the GOP ticket.
Palin tells Newsmax that it’s high time Congress allows the development of Alaska’s wealth of oil and gas. She doubts global warming stems from human activity, and she considers herself both a fiscal and social conservative.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
I wonder if she was the one that shot the bear?
The "why bother?" was because the territory between Canada and Alaska is some of the wildest, harshest, most forbidding territory on earth. Who would want to try that? Sneaking across THAT border is unthinkable.
Russians probably emigrate here because there is only about 10 miles between Russian territory (Big Diomede Island) and the U.S. (Little Diomede Island), so it's "close to home." A regularly scheduled Aeroflot flight between here and Russia makes it closer. Most of the Russians I know of (several neighbors) appear to be naturalized. They are property owners, most of whom build their own homes. If any are illegal, they don't act like it.
No, can't say that I have. Sorry.
You think McPain would run for a second term? He’d be 76 when running and 81 by the end of the term.
Don't know, but I did find a picture of her with an Elk that the caption said she'd shot. Her youngest daughter was in the picture too.
de nada.
Slight cutting, pasting and posting error. The first picture is of her when she won that local beauty contest. We can of course see *why* she won.
Maybe she’ll go hunt some game in Africa? =)
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