As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice-presidency. She was elected to Wasilla City Council in 1992 and became mayor of Wasilla in 1996. (In June 2008, the Alumni Association of NIC gave her its Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award.) in 1984, Palin won the Miss Wasilla beauty pageant. On August 29, 1988, she eloped with her high school sweetheart, Todd Palin. Her biographer described her campaign as targeting wasteful spending and high taxes; her opponent, Stein, said that Palin introduced abortion, gun rights, and term limits as campaign issues. in 2002, she completed the second of the two consecutive three-year terms allowed by the city charter.
Listen Up, Celebs! Sarah Palin Thinks You’re ‘Full Of Hate!’ Exactly what did you think Hollywood WAS saying about you, Sarah?While at the premiere of her new documentary film The Undefeated, Sarah Palin felt uncomfortable during the opening montage of celebrities speaking about her with vulgar language, especially because she claims she hadn’t seen most of it before.Here’s what Sarah had to say about the [...] [link]