> That is ridiculous, many of us knew about the most popular governor in America that was already starting to be discussed in political circles, something that never happened to my congressman (Duncan Hunter).
Your recollection of events must be different to mine, then. I recall there being some considerable surprise over Sarah Palin getting the nod for running mate, and some considerable discussion — both here on FRee Republic and elsewhere — about who Sarah Palin is and what does she stand for.
She was a great choice when compared with McCain, and she probably accounted for much of his vote on election day.
Outside of Alaska I’m not sure many people knew about her at all — she certainly wouldn’t have figured on my Top Ten Likely Candidate list back then.
It would be interesting to go back thru FRee Republic’s postings and see how much mention he had pre-Convention. I’ll speculate (with the admitted possibility of being way wrong) that there wasn’t much.
Our memories are different because I knew about her, as did many other people that live in the United States and pay attention to politics, I can’t remember if you live in America or some other country, her battles in Alaska with the GOP and the Murkowski family, and her ascendancy in politics was something that republicans were paying attention to, as my post 115 shows.
When she became the “most popular governor in America, with an approval rating in the 90s, and probably the most popular public official in any state.” then you can imagine that people were starting to look at who this gorgeous, crusading, conservative, republican woman was that could shake up her state in such a manner and reach such incredible approval ratings while doing it. If McCain had not chosen her in 2008 then you would still have been hearing about her in 2009.