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<p>The Secret Service has selected a fitting enough code name for Gov. Sarah Palin: "Denali," same as the Alaska national park and preserve famed for its mountain peaks and wildlife.</p> <p>Perhaps even more perfect is their code name for former oil slope worker Todd Palin -- "Driller." McCain and Palin have made drilling for oil a central part of their platform, so much so that "Drill, baby, drill!" is now a regular McCain-Palin rally chant.</p>

Below is an article which I suspect applies in part to every Governor of every State in at least some way. The locality of Alaska is special. In Hawaii The Hawaii Air National Guard is our line of defense in the Pacific. Nice to know we also have the Alaskan National Guard both ground and air. The article is not opinion but just information. SARAH PALIN'S SECURITY CLEARANCE Before you dismiss the fact that Sarah Palin is Commander of the Alaska National Guard, consider this: Alaska is the first line of defense in our missile interceptor defense system. The 49th...

Here are the three best lines from Sarah Palin's excellent speech tonight: "I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a "community organizer," except that you have actual responsibilities. I might add that in small towns, we don't quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren't listening." "Listening to [Obama] speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or...

Sarah Palin recast herself as John McCain’s ‘pitbull in lipstick’ early today to defy her detractors and crown a rollercoaster week with a barnstorming speech to accept the Republican Party’s vice-presidential nomination. With a bold mix of toughness and femininity, she quickly won over a rapturous convention crowd. Shrugging off question marks over her lack of experience and a scandal over her pregnant 17-year-old daughter, the Alaska governor was determined to show America why Mr McCain plucked her from obscurity to kick-start his presidential campaign. Wearing a Jackie Kennedy-style off-white jacket, she fired countless jabs at Mr McCain's Democrat rival...

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Sarah Palin introduced herself to America last night as "just your average hockey mom," but to the roar of ecstatic Republican National Convention delegates her convention speech rose above the expectations birthed last week when John McCain stunned the nation by choosing the Alaska governor as his running mate. Making it seem easy to deliver a speech watched by millions worldwide amid a media frenzy over her personal life, she told her story and framed the argument for a McCain-Palin White House, delivering carefully crafted one-liners to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's doorstep with a resolute...

Sonoma County voters called Sarah Palin a risky as well as a brilliant choice for the Republican vice presidential nominee when the selection was announced Friday. On Wednesday, making her first major speech on a world stage, Palin issued what local viewers said was a rock-solid performance, earning the respect of local Republicans and Democrats alike. "I thought she was dangerously persuasive," said Laura Goldenberg, a 58-year-old marriage and family therapist from Sebastopol and avid Barrack Obama supporter. "Governor Sarah Palin tonight has shown her personal courage in standing up against those elites who have hypocritically questioned her ability to...

A couple of hours before Sarah Palin rocked the house in St. Paul last night, I caught a few minutes of Bill O'Reilly's interview with Sally Quinn, who is front and center among the female media elites chastising Sarah Palin for her supposed inability to manage the demands of the Vice Presidency with the role of nurturer in chief among her own brood. We women are not known for our capacity to mind our own business. As soon as I saw Sarah Palin take to the podium, though, Quinn and her minions' disdain for the tough-as-nails-smooth-as-satin Alaskan governor became crystal...

Anybody know where we can get some Palin-McCain bumper stickers?