Saturday, August 30, 2008

Some More Interesting Tidbits About the Palins

Palin's husband, Todd Palin, is part Yup'ik Eskimo. He works on oil rigs and is also a commercial fisherman. He is a four-time winner of the Iron Dog, a nearly 2000 mile snowmobile race.

Sarah Palin is a lifetime NRA member, was a point guard on her high school basketball team, and also a hockey player.

Do you know that a Colorado blogger named Adam Brickley was the first person to start getting the word out on the web about Palin being the best choice for V.P.? He researched all of the possible candidates, then became convinced she would be a great choice, so he started a blog at www.palinforvp.blogspot.com in 2007. Friday he got 350,000 hits!

Brickley lives on the high plains east of Colorado Springs with his mom, who raises goats! I have not met him.

Brickley says he has gotten an increasing number of emails from former Hillary supporters looking for an alternative to Obama. I believe there will be a sizeable number of those voters who will now vote for McCain-Palin, or who will just not vote, which is almost the same thing.

Brickley is soon to return to his internship with Townhall.com in Washington D.C.

All of these facts about Brickley are lifted from a Rocky Mountain News article by Ed Sealover, who suggests that if Palin becomes America's first female vice president, she might need a staffer with an eye for talent, and choose Brickley, whom she has never met.

UPDATE!
I went to Brickley's blog, and learned that he did receive a phone call from Todd and Sarah Palin, and he thanks them for their kindness.

3 comments:

notesfromagrumpyoldman said...

Sarah's husband had worked on oil rigs and they tried commercial fishing, but were not successful at it. He is now a stay at home father, raising their kids while she is bringing home the bacon.

Mrs. Who said...

Well, bless Mr. Palin for taking care of the kids. I think it's wonderful.

Terri Wagner said...

She was my second choice and definitely makes it easier to pull the lever for McCain.