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Todd Palin unique among nation's 5 first husbands
Anchorage Daily News ^ | May 27, 2007 | JEANNETTE J. LEE

Posted on 08/29/2008 2:01:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway

THE MAN: He's worked the oil patch, won the Iron Dog and takes care of the kids

That same week, his wife, Gov. Sarah Palin, was in Juneau requesting more money for the state budget and assuring legislators they'd soon see her plan for a natural gas pipeline that could one day be the most expensive construction project in North America. Then she flew to Fairbanks to wave her exhausted husband across the finish line.

It's not just his title as the state's reigning snowmobile co-champion that sets 42-year-old Todd Palin apart from the nation's other first spouses. And it's not that he's one of just five who are men.

White-collar jobs in law, education or health care are typical among the current crop of first spouses, but Palin spent nearly 20 years as a blue-collar employee in the oil fields of the North Slope. And every summer he heads west to his birthplace in Dillingham to work the Bristol Bay commercial salmon fishery from his property on the Nushagak River.

A lifetime of manual labor in the state's two largest and most physically demanding industries is helping Palin carve out his role as Alaska's first spouse, or "first dude," a nickname he has in common with the Kansas governor's husband, Gary Sebelius.

Like other first spouses around the country, Palin has been asked to champion an array of causes or institutions since his wife took office in December.

His favorite is steering young Alaskans toward stable jobs in the oil and gas industry. It's a singular choice among his counterparts, whose pet issues include schools, public health, domestic violence, poverty or the arts.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: firstdude; mccain; palin; palinfamily; toddpalin
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To: Sacajaweau
"What was that Alaska show...where the moose wanders to town. It was great. I think this family is rich..."in character".
P.S. I think she's cooler than Obama!!

I think it was called "Northern Exposure". The theme music became somewhat popular as I recall.

61 posted on 08/29/2008 2:36:55 PM PDT by StormEye
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To: nickcarraway
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62 posted on 08/29/2008 2:36:55 PM PDT by lonevoice (John McCain was a Kinoki foot pad in the Reagan Revolution)
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To: RDTF

Very attractive couple with a very inspiring story!

Hard work, self-reliance, community and faith!

It doesn’t get much better than this.


63 posted on 08/29/2008 2:38:55 PM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: nickcarraway
His favorite is steering young Alaskans toward stable jobs in the oil and gas industry. It's a singular choice among his counterparts, whose pet issues include schools, public health, domestic violence, poverty or the arts.

Smart man! Get a JOB, and all of the rest of the so-called "pet issues" will stabilize on their own.

64 posted on 08/29/2008 2:38:59 PM PDT by Clock King (Under revision...)
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To: lonevoice

That’s cute. : )


65 posted on 08/29/2008 2:39:06 PM PDT by TAdams8591 (Proud Catholic supporter of Governor Mitt Romney for VP and future President of the United States!)
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To: Sopater
Details of Palin's personal life have contributed to her political image. She hunts, eats moose hamburger, ice fishes, rides snowmobiles, and owns a float plane.[19][84] Palin holds a lifetime membership with the National Rifle Association.

Oh yeah!

66 posted on 08/29/2008 2:40:01 PM PDT by RJL
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To: lonevoice

LOL


67 posted on 08/29/2008 2:40:24 PM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: unixfox

She buckles-up not like the idiot New Jersey Governor!


68 posted on 08/29/2008 2:40:57 PM PDT by GOYAKLA (My Tee shirt for 2009-2012:" I voted FRED don't you wish you did")
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To: rightinthemiddle

Lovely as the VP mansion in DC is, he will probably just hate living here. And who could blame him?


69 posted on 08/29/2008 2:42:05 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: EDINVA

yea with all the Gore stench still there


70 posted on 08/29/2008 2:43:03 PM PDT by RDTF (my worst nightmare is being on jury duty sequestered with 11 liberals)
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To: WOBBLY BOB
IOW, he’s not a Breck Girl girlie man.

Hell, he sounds like a roughneck Freeper.

71 posted on 08/29/2008 2:45:49 PM PDT by groanup (Here, bend over and let me give you my carbon footprint.)
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To: A. Morgan
How does he come to that conclusion? She's held elected office longer that Obama. And the offices she held are executive offices where you actually make decisions that have impact. Not just beat your gums in the Senate for a very brief time while you're running to be the first affirmative action president. Shae has actually done business with people from other countries. Medved is now, and always has been an annoying twit with a fruity voice.
72 posted on 08/29/2008 2:47:03 PM PDT by webrover
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To: nickcarraway

bttt


73 posted on 08/29/2008 2:47:09 PM PDT by MattinNJ (When we lost Reagan, we lost a King. We now have our Queen. All hail Queen Palin.)
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To: RDTF
Somewhere in America a Conservative couple are just starting out.

Donate to Free Republic so they have something to read when they get elected!


74 posted on 08/29/2008 2:48:30 PM PDT by agere_contra ("We are all Georgians" - John McCain)
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To: agere_contra; jimrob

perfect for the next FReepathon :)


75 posted on 08/29/2008 2:50:51 PM PDT by RDTF (my worst nightmare is being on jury duty sequestered with 11 liberals)
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To: nickcarraway

He’s probably the kind of guy you would enjoy having a brew with. A real man. Man enough not to be threatened by an obviously strong woman.


76 posted on 08/29/2008 2:50:54 PM PDT by webrover
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To: Marysecretary
Nah. They're freakin’ devil worshipers. What do you think a decent all American family is? Or do you think they must be a particular brand of “Christian”? Despite what Obama said America is a Christian country. And you can be certain a family like that reflects that.
77 posted on 08/29/2008 2:54:34 PM PDT by webrover
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To: StormEye; Sacajaweau

youtube of the opening credits of “Northern Exposure”, complete with theme song and moose

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uoM6IM1w7Hg&feature=related


78 posted on 08/29/2008 2:56:11 PM PDT by lonevoice (John McCain was a Kinoki foot pad in the Reagan Revolution)
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To: maggief
Now that's what I call presidential. I'm serious.
79 posted on 08/29/2008 2:56:14 PM PDT by webrover
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Wait until 2012.


80 posted on 08/29/2008 2:57:07 PM PDT by webrover
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