A high-ranking American politician became famous for her peculiar remarks when she was a candidate for vice president of the Republican Party. Sarah Palin said that she saw Russia from the window of her house in Alaska, and was ready to support her North Korean ally without a doubt. However, participating in the presidential campaign as a partner of John McCain made her one of the most popular American politicians.
early years
Sarah Palin, nee Sarah Louise Heath, was born February 11, 1964 in the small town of Sandpoint, Idaho. In a family that had English, German and Irish roots, she was the third child. My father worked as a school teacher and a running coach, and my mother worked as a secretary in the same school. When Sarah was only two months old, they moved to the town of Vassila, which is located near Anchorage.
In childhood, her parents often took her on hikes, and sometimes with her father she went hunting for moose, for which the little girl had to get up at 3 a.m.
She studied at a local school, where she was actively involved in social activities and sports. In the school basketball team, she played under the nickname Sarah-Barracuda. In 1982, despite injury, point guard Sarah Palin scored decisive points in the final of the Alaska school championship, leading the team to victory. She also led the city branch of the Brotherhood of Christian Athletes. Parents say that in childhood she was not particularly interested in politics, but from the first grade she read newspapers.
Student years
After leaving school, the girl studied for a whole semester in the Hawaiian Islands, where she studied business management. Then, in 1983, transferred to North Idaho College. Sarah Palin took part in two beauty contests in her youth:
- won in her hometown, becoming Miss Vassil and also receiving the title of Miss Congeniality for her flute performance;
- earned a scholarship to continue her studies at the University of Idaho, taking second place at Miss Alaska.
In 1987, Sarah Louise graduated from the University with a bachelor's degree in media and journalism, and she also specialized in political science as a non-core subject. In the last year of study, the girl moonlighted as a sports reporter on the city television of Anchorage. In 1988, she married and became an exemplary American housewife.
First political experience
In 1992, Sarah Palin decided to start a political career in Vassil by taking part in the city council elections. She advocated a new sales tax and promised that the city would become safer and more progressive. She was offered to try to be elected to a council by a friend who hoped that the young woman would support the law, helping him to engage in the garbage collection business. However, after the election, she opposed him.
In 1996, having four years of experience in the city council, Sarah Palin nominated herself for mayor. The main points of the election platform were: tax cuts and reduced city budget expenditures. She defeated the current mayor, criticizing him for embezzlement. In 1999, she was re-elected for a second term. Over the years of leadership in the city, Palin significantly updated its infrastructure, reconstructed roads and sewers. A transport hub, sports facilities, a railway line to a local resort were built at her side.
The most beautiful governor
In 2006, she won the election of the Governor of Alaska, becoming the first woman in this post. The first thing Palin took up was the fight against corruption, restoring order in state finances, and an airplane purchased by a previous governor was sold at an online auction.
She maintained high taxes on the oil and gas industry in Alaska. She secured the cancellation of a contract with BP on the construction of a gas pipeline worth $ 500 million in order to transfer TransCanada Pipelines in a row. On the whole, she advocated the development of hydrocarbon mining companies.
According to opinion polls in 2008, the activities of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin were supported by about 86% of the state’s residents.
Presidential race
In 2008, Republican presidential candidate John McCain chose Sarah Palin, an American politician known for his conservative views, as his partner. The vice-president’s television debate, where Joe Biden was her opponent, has become the most popular in television history. She performed much better than expected, but the preference for the viewers was given to Biden.
After losing the presidential election, in 2009 she resigned early from the post of governor. Some experts linked her resignation with financial difficulties, others with the possibility of nominating her candidacy for president. However, most likely, there will no longer be any politics in Sarah Palin’s biography. Now she writes books, speaks with analytical programs on radio and television.
Personal life
In 1988, Sarah married Todd Palin, whom she met at school. Todd has worked at BP Oil for a quarter of an Eskimo and over eighteen years old. The spouses have five children: two sons and three daughters. The youngest son was born with Down syndrome, parents knew about the diagnosis during pregnancy.
Until four years old, Sarah Palin was a Catholic, then she and her family joined the Evangelical Christians (Pentecostals). When nominated to the post of vice president, she asked me to call her just a Christian, without ranking her as a confession. She likes to hunt or fish in her free time. And his favorite dish is stewed moose.