Happy Birthday Sarah Palin (February 11, 1964!)

all the FReepers | 11 February 2010 | Dolly Howard (DollyCali)

[DollyCali]

Happy Birthday Sarah Palin (February 11, 1964!)

Sarah Louise Palin née Heath; born February 11, 1964 is an American politician, author, speaker, and political commentator who served as the Governor of Alaska from 2006 until she resigned in 2009. She was the Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States in 2008.

Palin was born in Sandpoint, Idaho, the third of four children of Charles "Chuck" Heath, a science teacher and track coach, and Sarah "Sally" Heath (née Sheeran), a school secretary. The family moved to Alaska when she was an infant. She played flute in the junior high band, then attended Wasilla High School where she was the head of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and a member of the girls' basketball and cross country running teams. During her senior year, she was co-captain and point guard of the basketball team that won the Alaska state championship, earning the nickname "Sarah Barracuda" for her competitive streak



In 1984, she won the Miss Wasilla pageant, finished third in the Miss Alaska pageant, playing flute in the talent portion of the contest, and receiving the Miss Congeniality award and a college scholarship.

She attended Hawaii Pacific University in the fall of 1982 and North Idaho College in the spring and fall of 1983. (In June 2008, the Alumni Association of North Idaho College gave her its Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award). She attended the University of Idaho in the fall of 1984 and spring of 1985, and attended Matanuska-Susitna College in the fall of 1985. She returned to the University of Idaho in the spring of 1986, receiving her bachelor's degree in communications with an emphasis in journalism from there in 1987.

After graduating, she worked as a sportscaster for KTUU-TV and KTVA-TV in Anchorage, and as a sports reporter for the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, fulfilling an early ambition.



In 1988, she eloped with her high school sweetheart Todd Palin, to spare her parents the expense of a "big white wedding." After the marriage, she helped in her husband’s commercial fishing business.

Palin was a member of the Wasilla, Alaska city council from 1992 to 1996, and the city's mayor from 1996 to 2002. After an unsuccessful campaign for Lieutenant Governor of Alaska in 2002, she chaired the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission from 2003 until she resigned in 2004. In November 2006, she became the youngest person and the first woman ever elected Governor of Alaska.[

In 2008, Republican presidential candidate John McCain chose Palin as his running mate in that year's presidential election, making her the second female and the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party, as well as the first female vice-presidential nominee of the Republican Party.



On July 3, 2009, Palin announced she would not seek reelection as governor and that she was resigning effective July 26, 2009, eighteen months before the completion of her term. She cited ethics complaints that had been filed following her selection as running mate to John McCain as one of the reasons for her resignation, saying the resulting investigations had affected her ability to govern the state.

In November 2009, her autobiography Going Rogue: An American Life was released and it quickly became a best-seller. In January 2010 Palin began providing political commentary to the Fox News Channel under a multi-year contract

Speculation that she will run for the Republican Party presidential nomination in 2012 began following the defeat of the McCain–Palin ticket in 2008. In February 2010 she stated she would not close the door on the possibility, and would run if she felt it was right for the country and for her family.

[DollyCali]

11th

sigh

[LadyPilgrim]

Happy Birthday Sarah!
You have the same birthday as my best friend who gave me the gospel of Christ Jesus, 37 years ago!
God bless you mightily dear one!!!

[philetus]

Happy Birthday Sarah

[svcw]

Thanks

[rae4palin]

Nice write-up :)

[St.Mark]

Happy Birthday Sarah, we love you out here in Colorado and I spent the whole time during the Super Bowl watching the re-run of your Tea Party address and loved every minute of it. I would vote for you for President in a Colorado second. Bless you and your family you have a friend here in Colorado.

[sillsfan]

How cool!
One of my sisters and one of my brothers-in-law are born on February 11th and share it with with Sarah!

And I’m luck enough to share mine with President Reagan!

[DollyCali]

Thanks.. (embarrassed thanks)

[DollyCali]

yes, requested the mods to correct. Thanks!

[momto6]

If you have the Sarah ping list now, I seem to have fallen off of it. Could you add me again please. Thank you.

[Question Liberal Authority]

Too bad Google will be too busy with a commemorative Abraham Lincoln logo to bother with a Sarah Palin one.

[DollyCali]

Hi.. this was just my personal ping list.. not sure who has the SP list but I bet they find you here and I also bet there are a few SP lists.

[Sarah Barracuda]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH AND MANY MANY MORE..U ROCK!! Keep on making libs squirm. You have my vote in 2012!

[Palladin]

So what, Dolly. We love you anyway.

[momto6]

Dang you are fast, thank you.

[Palladin]

Happy Birthday, Sarah! May you have health, wealth, happiness,and success in the years ahead!

[DollyCali]

Smooch...

thanks

[DollyCali]

well, you have one super cool family!

[RRTJSP...........]

Happy Birthday to the next President of the United States...............we love you Sarah...........!!!!!!!!!!!!!