The real Sarah Palin: An Apostle of Alaska

Newsweek by Jeffrey Bartholet, Karen Breslau, Andrew Murr, Mark Hosenball, Suzanne Smalley, Michael Isikoff, Michael Hirsh, Daniel Stone, Holly Bailey, Lisa Miller, Sarah Kliff, Katie Paul | Sep. 7, 2008 (Special Report)

We know the outlines--the moose-hunting mom who juggles BlackBerrys and kids. But what does she believe? The real Sarah Palin.

John McCain was not her dream pick. Only a year ago, when the republican primaries were just beginning, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told Newsweek that she wasn't enthusiastic about anyone in the GOP field. McCain was languishing at 7 percent in the polls. Mike Huckabee was reduced to playing his electric bass to get attention. Palin, driving with a Newsweek reporter along the highway from Anchorage to Wasilla, said she could understand why the country was ... Full Story »

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by William Hughes-Games - Oct. 1, 2008

This is an excellent article on the influences forming Sarah Palin. Lets hope that over the coming weeks there will be a complimentary article on what her positions are on issues such as ecology and her understanding of the relationship between predator and prey, energy independence for the USA and how to achive it in both the short and long term, war and when the USA should interfere in the affairs of other countries and under what circumstances, human rights and should prisoners of war be treated as was John McCain and so forth. Come on guys. Sarah Palin is not a barby doll celebrity. She is a hard hitting serious politician with strong opinions on things. Lets find out what those opinions are and if she has the maturity and wisdom if called on at some time in the future to be the President of the United States.