Sarah Palin

**Sarah Louise Palin** (/ˈpeɪlɪn/; née Heath; born February 11, 1964) is an American politician, commentator, author, and reality television personality, who served as the ninth governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 2008 election alongside presidential nominee, Arizona Senator John McCain, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major political party, the first Republican female selected as a vice presidential candidate, and the second female vice presidential candidate representing a major American political party overall after Geraldine Ferraro. Her book Going Rogue has sold more than two million copies. Palin was elected to the Wasilla city council in 1992 and became mayor of Wasilla in 1996. In 2003, after an unsuccessful run for lieutenant governor, she was appointed chair of the Alaska Oil & Gas Commission, responsible for overseeing the state's oil and gas fields for safety and efficiency. In 2006, she became the youngest person and the first woman to be elected Governor of Alaska.

Since her resignation as governor, she has endorsed and campaigned for the Tea Party movement as well as several candidates in multiple election cycles, prominently including Donald Trump for president in 2016. From 2010 to 2015, she provided political commentary for Fox News. She hosted the TLC network's *Sarah Palin's Alaska* in 2010–11, and *Amazing America with Sarah Palin* on the Sportsman Channel in 2014–15. On July 27, 2014, Palin launched an online news network called the Sarah Palin Channel, which was closed on July 4, 2015.

## Personal life

Sarah and Todd Palin were married on August 29, 1988, and they have five children: sons Track Cj (born 1989) and Trig Paxson Van (born 2008), and daughters Bristol Sheeran Marie (born 1990), Willow Bianca Faye (born 1994), and Piper Indy Grace (born 2001). Palin's youngest child, Trig, born 2008, was prenatally diagnosed with Down syndrome.

Palin has seven grandchildren, three by Bristol, two by Track and two girls by Willow.

Palin's husband Todd worked for oil company BP as an oil-field production operator, retiring in 2009, and owns a commercial fishing business.

Palin was "baptized Catholic as a newborn" as her mother, Sally, had been raised Catholic. However, the Heath family "started going to non-denominational churches" thereafter. Later, her family joined the Wasilla Assembly of God, a Pentecostal church, which she attended until 2002. Palin then switched to the Wasilla Bible Church.

Several news reports posted immediately after McCain named her his running mate called her the first Pentecostal/charismatic believer to appear on a major-party ticket. Palin does not use the term "Pentecostal" but says she is a "Bible-believing Christian".

## In popular culture

* During the 2008 presidential campaign NBC/ *Saturday Night Live's* Tina Fey unleashed a wickedly funny imitation of Palin, in which she claimed that being Governor of Alaska gave her the necessary foreign policy experience to be vice-president because she could "See Russia from my house." Palin was a good sport about it and appeared with Fey in another episode of *SNL* after that.
* Also in 2008, Hustler Video released the adult video *Who's Nailin' Paylin*, a satirical pornographic film which was directed by Jerome Tanner and which starred Lisa Ann as Sarah. It also included spoofs of Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice,Todd Palin and Bill O'Reilly.

Hustler produced several sequels to *Who's Nailin' Paylin?* with Lisa Ann reprising her role, although they all used the real spelling of Palin's name- *Letterman's Nailin Palin*, *You're Nailin' Palin* (an interactive point-of-view DVD with Alexis Texas as Miss California USA Carrie Prejean), *Hollywood's Nailin Palin* and *Who's Nailin Palin 2*. They also released a video, *Obama's Nailin' Palin*, which satirized Palin and then President Barack Obama in 2008; it was only available on the Hustler official website.

## Publications

* *Going Rouge: An American Life* (2009)
* *America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag* (2010)
* *Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas* (2013)
* *Sweet Freedom: A Devotional* (2015)

## References

1. ↑ "BBC News – Profile: Sarah Palin", *BBC News*, October 5, 2011. Retrieved on February 11, 2014.
2. ↑ Fox drops Sarah Palin. Retrieved on July 7, 2015.
3. ↑ "Amazing America with Sarah Palin Episodes", *TV Guide*. Retrieved on May 15, 2014.
4. ↑ "Former Reality Star Sarah Palin Returns to Television", *The Daily Beast*, February 21, 2014. Retrieved on May 15, 2014.
5. ↑ Grove, Lloyd. "'Lamestream Media' Execs Are Running Palin TV", July 28, 2014.
6. ↑ Palin, Sarah. (2009) *Going Rogue*. p. 51
7. ↑ Thompson, Derek (September 4, 2008). The Sarah Palin FAQ: Everything you ever wanted to know about the Republican vice presidential nominee. *Slate*. Retrieved on May 30, 2010.
8. ↑ Sobieraj Westfall, Sandra (June 1, 2009). Bristol Palin 'My Life Comes Second Now'. *Archive*. Retrieved on May 30, 2010.
9. ↑ New York Times staff. "Times Topics, *People*, Sarah Palin", *Biography*. Retrieved on May 30, 2010.
10. ↑ Quinn, Steve and Calvin Woodward. "McCain makes history with choice of running mate", *USA Today*, August 30, 2008. Retrieved on May 29, 2010.
11. ↑ Demer, Lisa. "Palin confirms baby has Down syndrome", April 21, 2008. Retrieved on May 29, 2010.
12. ↑ Benet, Lorenzo (December 29, 2008). Bristol Palin Welcomes a Son. *People*. Retrieved on May 29, 2010.
13. ↑ Bristol Palin Gives Birth to a Baby Girl, Shares Sweet Photos. E! Online (December 24, 2015). Retrieved on January 20, 2016.
14. ↑ Sarah Palin's A Grandma, Again!. Radar Online (August 8, 2011). Retrieved on October 5, 2011.
15. ↑ Sarah Palin's Daughter Willow Welcomes Twin Girls Banks and Blaise: 'We Are So in Love' (en).
16. ↑ Miller, Marjorie. "New frontier in campaign spouses: Alaska's 'first dude' Todd Palin is a moose hunter, snowmobile racer, oil worker, union man and hockey dad", *Los Angeles Times*, September 7, 2008. Retrieved on May 29, 2010.
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Newton-Small, Jay. "Transcript: Time's interview with Sarah Palin", *Time*, August 29, 2008. Retrieved on May 29, 2010.
18. ↑ About us. Wasilla Assembly of God. Retrieved on May 29, 2010.
19. ↑ Our Statement Concerning Governor Palin. Wasilla Assembly of God (August 30, 2008). Retrieved on August 7, 2012.
20. ↑ Miller, Lisa. "A Visit to Palin's Church: Scripture and discretion on the program in Wasilla", *Newsweek*, September 2, 2008. Retrieved on May 29, 2010.
21. ↑ Brachear, Manya. "Palin the Pentecostal?", *Chicago Tribune*, August 29, 2008. Retrieved on May 28, 2014.
22. ↑ Sullivan, 2008, *Hustler Sets Cast for Sarah Palin Spoof*.

## External links

* Sarah Palin article at *Wikipedia*

* SarahPAC (Sarah Palin Political Action Committee)