Posted on 08/29/2009 8:53:29 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
CALDWELL, Idaho – While the national media wonder what Sarah Palin’s doing and what she’ll do next, she’s holed up working on her book, her father said Friday.
“Sarah’s been out of town for almost a month now,” said Chuck Heath,who is on a campaign swing through Idaho for GOP congressional candidate Vaughn Ward. “I don’t know exactly where she is, but she’s writing her book. She e-mails me quite frequently. She asks, ‘Oh, what happened on June 13, 1978?’ This is material for her book.”
Palin, the former Alaska governor whose turn as John McCain’s running mate last year made her a much-watched political figure, signed a book deal in May with HarperCollins.
Her e-mails, her father said, have asked about “trivial things, like maybe a basketball game. ‘How many points did I score here, when did we go to the Boston Marathon?’ … Mainly sports.”
Palin has made no public appearances since she resigned as governor of Alaska on July 26, saying in her farewell speech that she’d continue to work for the state’s interests “wherever the road may lead.” But in postings every few days on Facebook, Palin has been commenting about health care reform and other issues at the national level, and suggesting how she’d handle issues differently from President Barack Obama.
Heath and Jim Palin, Palin’s father-in-law, came to Idaho for Ward, an Iraq war veteran they met when he was the Nevada director for the McCain-Palin campaign. They’re making a three-day swing around the 1st Congressional District to hit seven meet-and-greet events for Ward’s campaign, including several in North Idaho.
“This guy is well-organized,” Jim Palin said of Ward. “He’s a leader, and certainly a huge patriot.”
Heath said Ward and his daughter think alike.
“What she did for Alaska, I’m sure Vaughn can do for Idaho,” Heath said. “The main thing is less government. … What’s happening in the nation now is just terrible, just awful.”
Ward faces Idaho House Majority Caucus Chairman Ken Roberts, R-Donnelly, and retired Boise physician Allan Salzberg in the GOP race for a chance to challenge 1st District Democratic congressman Walt Minnick.
Both Heath and Palin said they have no idea whether Sarah Palin will run for president in 2012.
“We absolutely, positively do not know,” Heath said. He added, “We haven’t seen the last of her.”
Jim Palin noted that his son, Todd, and Sarah Palin keep their plans under wraps; when they got married, they eloped, and neither set of parents knew until afterward. Both men said they also didn’t know Palin was resigning as governor of Alaska until the news came out.
“We don’t try to give them advice or pry into their affairs,” Heath said. “When we get together, we talk mainly about family and sports – very little politics, very little if any.”
Heath, who grew up in Hope, Idaho, and was a Sandpoint Junior High School teacher when Sarah was born, moved his family to Alaska when she was an infant. He said he left for two reasons: higher teacher salaries and “better hunting and fishing,” although he still returns to the Sandpoint area to hunt about every other year.
“I loved Idaho, but I made a lot better living in Alaska,” he said.
I think Palin could help get a lot of conservatives elected by showing up at their rallies all across the country. Maybe she should buy a bus and call it the KICK LIBERALS ASS TOUR BUS.
You gotta love her father. Media is trying to pry him for some juicy info and he doesn’t reveal a thing. I think Heath knows how badly the media treated Sarah and he shares that same resentment.
The Lord prosper whatever she is doing.
I think Palin could help get a lot of conservatives elected by showing up at their rallies all across the country.Maybe it's a little early for that. But I hope she doesn't wait TOO long.
“They seem to have made a big mistake in going after her so hard.”
Axelrod and co. are kicking themselves for having the anti-Palin bloggers and “ethics” complaint filers go after her. If they hadn’t, she would still be tied down there in Alaska, reluctant to engage and organize on the national level. I suspect that Palin will continue to use Facebook pretty much for the remainder of the year, with only occasional trips to the lower 48. By the beginning of next year, her book will be done, SarahPAC will have plenty of money, and she’ll hit the book signing and speaking tour circuit.
I’d still like to see her announce her support for, and her attendance at the 9-12 event in DC. FOX and CSPAN would probably broadcast her speech live, and rerun it several times. That would dominate the news, and cause major liberal head explosions for weeks. Another plus would be that her Facebook numbers would surge probably to 1.5 to 2 million in a relative short period.
I love Sarah.
But I hope she is not spending too much time on a “Greatest Sports Moments of the 70s” type chapter.
The country is in a lot of trouble. She can be a serious Presidential contender if she plays it right. and this book is going to be huge.
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