As Mayor of Wasilla, Palin Cut Own Duties, Left Trail of Bad Blood

The Washington Post;  September 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ......population was just 5,500. Palin limited her duties...handle much of the town's day-to-day management...officials would leave the town in the lurch. "It's not rocket science," Palin said, according to the town newspaper, the Frontiersman...Many of those in town were astonished to ...

Palin's Home Town Expresses Surprise, Shock at Selection; Some Locals...

The Washington Post;  August 31, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Sarah Palin grew up, played basketball...for office in this town that is really an incorporated...stop with our little town." Palin's primary residence...from 1996 to 2002, Palin encouraged development...raise revenue in a town that has about 7,000...

In the snows of Alaska, reputation of Palin is still whiter than white

The Independent - London;  September 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ......snowmobiles, this is the town where the Republican...vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin grew up. Only politics...40 miles away. "The town is a wild west show for development," says Palin's political ally Curt...Congeniality. Sarah Palin is now being accused...Christian views on the ...

Palin's Small Alaska Town Secured Big Federal Funds

The Washington Post;  September 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ......intended to benefit Palin's town, Wasilla, located...In introducing Palin as his running...project in the town. And in the winter of 2000, Palin appeared before...comment. Wasilla's town offices were closed...Maria Comella, Palin's campaign spokeswoman...

Sarah Palin: a bold choice, or a desperate one?(OPINION)

The Christian Science Monitor;  September 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ......selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate is whether...McCain's choice of Governor Palin, a feisty young reformer from small-town Alaska, performed the signal...attention from Senator Obama to Palin probably restrained the bounce...campaign, which ridiculed Palin as the ...

GOP SLATE VOWS REFORM CANDIDATES MCCAIN AND PALIN HAD A SWEET TIME IN...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  September 6, 2008 ;     539 words ......street rally in Cedarburg, a town of about 11,000. The community...Talk Express bus rolled into town. Palin said it was their intention...from the convention to small-town America like the small town...then go their separate ways. Palin is expected to return to Alaska...

ELECTION 2008 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION Area women look beyond Palin...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ......every word as John McCain and Palin -- fresh from the Republican...this idyllic Ozaukee County town. In the week since McCain tapped Palin to be his running mate, it...to focus their attention on Palin's positions on issues such...she'll be listening for when Palin and McCain come to ...

Palin's phantom fascist streak: She did not ban any books

Chicago Sun-Times (IL);  September 10, 2008 ;     554 words ...Sarah Palin's biography includes such honorifics...as hockey mom, moose hunter, town mayor, governor and now Republican...presidential candidate. But Palin's detractors would like to add...another smear. Fact is, Sarah Palin has never advocated censorship...or as governor. And although Palin ...

Palin gets praise at O'Fallon rally ; Veep pick could rally the Republican...

Columbia Daily Tribune;  September 2, 2008 ;     607 words ......confidence was well-placed." Palin's selection could go a long...Todd Akin, a Republican from Town and Country, said that, until...Democrats have been critical of Palin's selection. At a news conference...blasted what she said was Palin's limited experience and opposition to abortion. She said ...

Palin should be laughingstock to all feminists

Chicago Sun-Times (IL);  September 14, 2008 ;     657 words ......that. 'Reform-minded'? That's a stretch Frankly, Sarah Palin scares me. How did Cindy McCain put it during her speech...we know that the "reform-minded" is a bit of a stretch. Palin is under investigation for allegedly abusing her power...panel investigating the charges announced it would subpoena ...

Is Palin qualified to step in as president?(Triad)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  September 5, 2008 ;     680 words ...Byline: Rosemary Roberts When Sarah Palin's father heard his daughter had been named John McCain...unlikely that many true Hillary supporters will flock to Palin's banner. Hillary and Palin share no common ideology. Besides, women don't automatically...we're the same gender. We've got more brains than that. ...

Palin's 40-minute speech wins thundering ovations

Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  September 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the convention with a surprise appearance on stage after Palin's speech. "Don't you think we made the right choice?" he asked, as the crowd roared with approval. Palin, 44, took a non-too-subtle swipe at Democratic nominee Sen...Chicago's South Side in the mid-1980s. "I guess a small-town mayor is sort ...

Ms. Palin's Introduction; A strong convention speech alone can't answer...

The Washington Post;  September 4, 2008 ;     530 words ......observed that "a small-town mayor is sort of like...responsibilities." Ms. Palin's speech will be scoured...or so we hope, Ms. Palin will submit to searching interviews and open town-hall forums as well...the fact is that Ms. Palin has an astonishingly...mayor of a small town, ...

A Police Chief, A Lawsuit And A Small-Town Mayor.(Periscope; Campaign...

Newsweek;  September 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ......1993 and created the town's small police force...Stein. But weeks after Palin beat Stein in 1996...Stambaugh told NEWSWEEK. (Palin denied in a deposition...Stambaugh to close the town bars at 2 a.m. instead...aAt one meeting of town officials, Cramer says he heard him tell Palin: ...

Attacks on media reveal Republican jitters over Palin

The Independent - London;  September 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the decision to select Mrs Palin was last minute and the vetting...These include news that Todd Palin belonged to the radical Alaska...of federal money - to her town, a practice especially favoured...main vetting interview of Mrs Palin took place in Arizona only...Gibbs, acknowledged that Mrs ...