The real Sarah Palin: An Apostle of Alaska

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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Kristin Gorski
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by Kristin Gorski - Oct. 1, 2008

Best piece I've read so far on the enigma that is Sarah Palin. This team of 11 reporters and 2 writers have interviewed everyone from a fellow basketball player on her high school team to her sister's ex-husband, and gotten elucidating quotes from them all. It is refreshing to read such a lengthy piece on a now-VP candidate of which most of us know very little about. I hope that MSM does not let up in writing pieces that explain to readers what this person is all about. It is a primary function of a free and independent media to be politicians' watchdogs, and I'm still waiting for most of the MSM to take this tenet to its core, and report and investigate along these lines.

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