I found it humorous and a bit strange when I read in the NY Daily News that Faye Palin, Sarah's mother-in-law, may not vote for McCain-Palin:
Faye Palin admitted she enjoys hearing Barack Obama speak, and still hasn't decided which way she'll vote.
"We don't agree on everything. But I respect her passion," she said. "Being pro-life is who Sarah is."
Monster in Law?
I found it even stranger when she actually put Sarah down in that article:
"I'm not sure what she brings to the ticket other than she's a woman and a conservative. Well, she's a better speaker than McCain," Faye Palin said with a laugh.
I actually was feeling sorry for Sarah. Until I read this:
In 2002, when Ms. Palin was completing her second and final term as mayor, her husband’s stepmother, Faye Palin, began campaigning to succeed her. Faye Palin, though, favored abortion rights, people who recalled the race said, and Ms. Palin sided instead with Dianne M. Keller, a City Council member who won the race and remains mayor there today.
"I said, ‘Faye, my God, what is Thanksgiving going to be like at your house?’ " said Michelle Church, a member of the borough government that includes Wasilla. "She was just like, ‘Well, I just won’t say anything.’ "
NY Times
Escrews me?!? Sarah supported the opponent of her mother-in-law for mayor of freakin Wasilla because Faye Palin was pro-choice? Are you freakin kidding me? This woman is bat-shit crazy!
I looked it up on Wasilla's website Bait Shop and there it was... in the 2002 Regular City Election Diane Keller defeated Faye Palin 402 - 256 to succeed Sarah Palin.
Voter turnout was 987 (no wonder their city hall looks like a Bait Shop, as Jim Carville says).And for an election in such a small town with such a small turnout, how much does a person's position on abortion really matter? Does it matter enough to create a rift in your family?
Every day I learn something that makes me despise this woman more. Yesterday she announced to the world that her 17 yo daughter was pregnant and blamed the reason for embarrassing this girl was because we evil liberal bloggers were spreading rumors that Bristol was the mother of Trig.
HEY SARAH! I GOT NEWS FOR YOU. YOU COULD HAVE RELEASED YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS OR TRIG'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND SAVED YOUR DAUGHTER THE HUMILITY!
She threw her mother-in-law under the bus in 2002 and yesterday she threw her daughter under the bus!
There are those who say we should not question why a woman who just delivered a special needs baby and whose teenaged daughter is pregnant would accept this nomination. I say we should. Because this woman has shown time and time again that she puts her career over her family.
Don't believe me? Then why did she accept a speaking engagement in Texas at 8 months pregnant, then, when her water started leaking, give the speech, then fly 3500 miles, including a connector, if she puts her family over her career?
I'm sorry but in all my life I don't think I have ever run across a woman like this. I can honestly say I don't know any woman who would do the things I just described.
God help us if this woman is elected Vice-President.
UPDATE: Thanks to modemocrat for bringing this to my attention:
When Palin, who went on to win re-election by a landslide, was finally forced out of the Mayor's office by term limits in 2002, her husband Todd's stepmother Faye Palin ran for Mayor. She did not, however, get Sarah Palin's endorsement. A couple of people told me that they thought abortion was the reason for Palin not supporting her family member — Faye is, they say, pro-choice, not to mention a Democrat. A former city councilman recalls that it was a heated race, mainly because of right-to-life issues. "People were writing 'BABYKILLER' on Faye's campaign signs just a few days before the election." Palin lost the race to the candidate that Sarah backed, Dianne Keller, who is still Mayor of Wasilla. (Over the weekend, Faye Palin told the New York Daily News that she liked listening to Barack Obama speak and that she wasn't sure who she would vote for in November.)
Time
This campaign got this vicious and Sarah did not stand up for her mother-in-law? Babykiller?
Jeebus!