What you can--and can't--find about Palin on the Internet
John McCain's announcement last week that he has chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate left the public thirsting for information about the Alaska governor-- and inspired hundreds of commentators, entrepreneurs, and Palin imitators to try to fill in the gaps.
A would-be Palin shares her inner-most thoughts on "The PalinDrome: Sarah Palin's Blog". A faux Levi Johnston (that'd be Palin's soon-to-be son-in-law, for those of you out of the loop) can also be found online.
You can join one of the hundreds of new Facebook groups passing judgment about Palin-- ranging from "Sarah Palin has more Executive experience than Obama and Biden combined" to "I have more Foreign Policy Experience than Sarah Palin." There is even a Governor Palin Facebook application... that doesn't seem to have any sort of application.
There are plenty of crude references to Palin online--on the less offensive side, one can buy merchandise calling Palin a "Babe-raham Lincoln."
If Palin doesn't suffice as your VP pick, one site recommends you try her out as your new Segway.
It's also interesting to note what you can't find on Palin on the Internet. As pointed out on Versionista, the Palin for Governor site disappeared the morning she was announced as McCain's running mate.
There could be a lot to glean about Palin's views and policy positions from her churchgoing history, the Huffington Post pointed out Tuesday. However, the archived sermons cited in the article are now inaccessible.
And, of course, the most authoritative site on the Internet--Wikipedia--has changed the story of Palin numerous times.
Of course, one could always turn to Palin's official biography for more information--but what fun would that be?
Stephanie Condon is a staff writer for CNET News focused on the intersection of technology and politics. She is based in Washington, D.C. E-mail Stephanie. 
This is a way for you to find some of the 'missing' info.
Palin criticized Obama's community organizer title. Obama did this job in the time between his graduation from Princeton and his acceptance to Harvard Law School. His wife says he turned down corporate America to help others. He later graduated from Harvard Law with honors having edited the Harvard Law Review as a student.
By contrast, Palin went to three different colleges before finally ending up with a bachchelor's degree in communications from an unaccredicited program in Idaho. And that's the highest lever of education she has obtained. Add that to the fact that McCain graduated at the bottom one percent of his class from the Naval Academy and, in this time of challenge in America, I feel the Republicans have picked dumb and dumber to lead the nation following eight years Mr. Dumbest of them all.
Biden holds a law degree from Syracuse University.
My family is big on education and so am I. The Republicans can't ask the country to turn control over to thse two---frankly, intellectual morons.
Change is in fact coming. It won't be coming from McCain and his "cheerleader hype-woman". Since the Republicans have no real solutions for the mess they've made of our economy and our lives after 8 years of failed Bush presidency, the best they can do is lie and use rhetoric to inspire the mindless morons who follow their mindless campaign. It's time for us to get rid of these clowns and get America back on it's feet again.
We hear most often about the people who love her but there are plenty who do NOT. For another perspective, I highly recommend visiting www.mudflats.wordpress.com There's nothing I've seen there that does not check out with further research.
- by tlucian September 11, 2008 8:59 PM PDT
- Why isn't anyone pointing out that if McCain kicks the bucket Sarah Palin's vice president will be Nancy Pelosi due to presidential succession? Yes, this evolving drama can get even weirder!
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