Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has picked 44-year-old Sarah Palin, the Governor of Alaska, as his running mate.
And for those of you who have never ever heard of this lady before, we have put together a short list of facts & trivia. Enjoy!
• Sarah Palin is the first female Vice Presidential candidate representing the Republican Party and the second female Vice Presidential candidate representing a major political party.
• In 1984, Palin was the runner-up in the Miss Alaska pageant.
• She was elected Governor of Alaska in 2006.
• She opposes same-sex marriage.
• Palin is strongly opposed to abortion and supports capital punishment.
• She has a BA in journalism from the Univeristy of Idaho, where she also minored in politics.
• She has admitted that she used marijuana when it was legal in Alaska, but says that she did not like it.
• She hunts, eats moose hamburgers, ice fishes, rides snowmobiles, and owns a float plane.
People always talk about freedom, but how much freedom do you really have if you aren’t allowed to marry the person you love or even decide what to do with your own body?