Sarah Palin

Sarah Louise Heath Palin was born in Sandpoint, Idaho as the daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Heath. Early in her life, the family moved to Alaska where she would become a high school point guard, run long races and loved to hunt moose. After graduating from Wasilla High School, she attended Hawaii Pacific College and afterwards eventually ended up at the University of Idaho. She then won the Miss Wasilla beauty contest and finished third in the state. She then returned from an Alaskan college back to Idaho where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science. She moved to Alaska and was a sports reporter for KTUU-TV, a NBC affiliate. Palin decided to then run for city council of Wasilla for feeling her attitude would bring great change to the city. She was elected in 1992 and re-elected in 1995. Being mayor of Wasilla was the next stop for Palin and helped bring change to the city. She ran for eliminating wasteful spending and decreased her own salary by 10%. She was a popular mayor and was re-elected by a majority of 74%. Many buildings and a Sports Center were built in Wasilla during her second term. She then could not run again because of term limits and was the Ethics supervisor for the Alaskan Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. She then ran for the office of Governor of Alaska and won the election and became Alaska’s first woman and the youngest Alaskan to be governor. It would be there she exposed much corruption in the state and “cleaned-up” its policies and head officials. She decreased Alaska’s reliance on federal earmarks and large projects. She also voted against what was called a “bridge to nowhere”. A few months following this she became the first female on the Republican Presidential ticket.

Sarah Palin is considered by many and is a conservative. Like John McCain, Sarah Palin supports many issues the Republicans support such as free trade, pro-life, for capital punishment, against gay marriage, supports illegal drugs staying illegal, and is a fiscal conservative. She is also a member of the National Rifle Association and wants a huge cutback on pork-barrel spending. Like a good-many people, she advocates free-trade and wants Bush’s tax cuts to stay in effect. Even though Palin is new to this game, she has done a good job as governor and as a mayor.