Newsweek: Republican Convention Issue

Now I open up the Republican Convention Issue of Newsweek & turn to a picture of McCain & Palin, taken Friday, August 29 in Dayton, Ohio. Flip the page to Palin sitting on a sofa, skyline through a window in the background & bear skin--grizzly--rug placed over the arm rest. "Elected at 42, Palin is Alaska's youngest governor and the state's first female to take office." Woo hoo! Sarah Palin was a beauty queen in her hometown of Wasilla, being crowned Miss Wasilla in 1984, before I was even born! The article is titled "McCain's Mrs. Right." A photo of Palin displayed with a caught fish in hand. "One of Palin's first acts as governor was to sell the governor's jet on Ebay; she thought it was wasteful." That is awesome. She fired the chef at the governor's mansion in Juneau because she doesn't want her 5 children to think it is normal to have a chef. Awesome as well. Instead of hiring a driver to drive along state-troopers, we can spot Palin driving her own SUV--with not so many troopers--while talking on the phone and tending to her children. She is a working mother who wants to make a difference in America, a difference we can all benefit from. I have kept a blank canvas while researching this election and no matter what the circumstance, I am always impressed with Sarah Palin. She is so down to earth. My creative writing professor said, "I felt that if I pricked her with a pin, she would actually bleed; she is not just a poster or image on television." Newsweek stated, "Arriving home, she ran into the house, kicking off her shoes, grabbing her red sandals and yelling for her children." Sarah Palin is a breath of fresh air for me. She is a hunter, fisher, mother, volunteer, snow mobiler, basketball player, politician, beauty queen, sportscaster & member of the American Rifle Association.

This article is written by Evan Thomas
This article is written by Karen Breslau
September 8, 2008, Newsweek