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Sarah Palin |
Barack Obama |
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Office being sought |
Vice President |
President of the United States and Leader of the Free World |
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Full name |
Sarah Louise Heath Palin |
Barack Hussein Obama II |
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Nickname |
Sarah Barracuda |
Barry Obama; The One |
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Public opinion |
Smoking hot in a naughty librarian sort of way |
May be The Messiah |
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Age |
44 |
48 |
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Children |
5: two sons, three daughters |
2: two daughters |
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Religion/Church attendance |
Evangelical Christian; attends Juneau Christian Center when in Juneau and grew up attending Wasilla Assembly of God |
Attended Trinity United Church of Christ for 20 years, a black liberation theology church formerly led by Rev. Jeremiah Wright and governed according to the Black Value System |
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Current Job |
Governor of Alaska |
Junior Senator from Illinois |
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Previous Public Jobs |
Mayor of Wasilla, AK (1996-2002); President of Alaska Conference of Mayors; City Council member (1992-1996) |
State Senator (1997-2004);Community Organizer |
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Executive Experience |
Governor for 2 years; Mayor for 10 years |
None |
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Foreign Relations experience |
Governor of state that borders two foreign countries (Canada and Russia) |
Chaired Senate subcommittee on Europe but never called it into session; once gave a speech to 200,000 screaming Germans |
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Military Affairs experience |
Commander in Chief of Alaska National Guard; Son is enlisted Infantryman in U.S. Army |
None |
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Private Sector Experience |
Sports reporter; Salmon fisherman |
Associate at civil rights law firm |
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Speaking ability |
Beautifully executed initial stump speech in Dayton, OH hockey arena without a teleprompter |
An enterwaitdid you say without a teleprompter?? |
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Spouses name |
Todd Mitchell Palin |
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama |
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Spouses occupation |
Salmon fisherman; Former North Slope production supervisor for BP Oil |
Vice President for Community and External Affairs at t University of Chicago Hospitals; former Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago; former Executive Director for the Chicago office of Public Allies; former Assistant to the Mayor of Chicago; former associate at Sidley Austin law firm |
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Reaction to spouses political success |
Quit 17-year BP oil job when BP became involved in natural gas pipeline negotiations with wifes administration |
Promoted and given 160% pay raise by Of hospitals within months of husbands election to U.S. Senate; Employer received $1,000,000.00 federal earmark, requested by husband, after her promotion |
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Coolest thing about Spouse |
Tesoro Iron Dog Snowmobile race champion (longest snowmobile race in the world);In 2008, while defending his championship, was injured when he was thrown 70 feet from his machine. He was sent to the hospital but still finished in fourth place |
Sister of Oregon State University head basketball coach Craig Robinson |
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Most Courageous Moment in Public Service |
Resigned in protest from position of Ethics Commissioner of Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in order to expose legal violations and conflicts of interest of Alaska Republican leaders, including the former state Attorney General and the State GOP Chairman (who was also an Oil & Gas Commissioner), who was doing work for the party on public time and supplying a lobbyist with a sensitive e-mail. |
Gave an anti-Iraq war speech to a crowd of anti-Iraq war demonstrators in Hyde Park in 2002 |
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In Current Office Because |
Upset sitting Governor in GOP primary due to public support for her efforts to clean up corrupt government establishment |
Republican opponent, who was leading in the polls, was forced to leave race after unsealing of divorce records exposed a sex scandal |
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Theme: |
Change and Clean Government |
Hope and Change;Bringing Change from Outside Washington |
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What theyve done to live that theme: |
Replaced entire Board of Agriculture and Conservation because of conflict of interest; Resigned from position of Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in order to expose corruption among members of own party |
Selected 36-year incumbent Senator as running mate |
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Family Affairs |
May have removed State Public Safety Commissioner as part of effort to protect sister in messy divorce and child custody battle |