Tale of the Tape: Sarah Palin vs. Barack Obama

Don't forget, by the way, that they're running for different positionsPosted by: Jeff Emanuel Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 02:30PM146 Comments

Sarah PalinBarack Obama

Office being sought

Vice PresidentPresident of the UnitedStates and Leader of theFree World

Full name

Sarah Louise Heath PalinBarack Hussein Obama II

Nickname

Sarah BarracudaBarry Obama; "The One"

Public opinion

Smoking

hot in a "naughty librarian"sort of wayMay be The Messiah

Age

4448

Children

5: two sons, three daughters2: two daughters

Religion/Churchattendance

Evangelical Christian;attends Juneau Christian Center whenin Juneau and grew up attendingWasilla Assembly of GodAttended Trinity UnitedChurch of Christ for 20years, a "black liberationtheology" church formerlyled by Rev. Jeremiah Wrightand governed according totheBlack Value System

Current Job

Governor of AlaskaJunior Senator from Illinois

Previous Public Jobs

Mayor of Wasilla, AK (1996-2002);President of Alaska Conference of State Senator (1997-2004);

Mayors;City Council member (1992-1996)Community Organizer

Executive Experience

Governor for 2 years;Mayor for 6 years None

Foreign Relationsexperience

Governor of state that borders twoforeign countries (Canada and Russia)Chaired Senatesubcommittee on Europe butnever called it into session;once gave a speech to200,000 screaming Germans

Military Affairs experience

Commander in Chief of Alaska National Guard;Son is enlisted Infantryman in U.S.Army None

Private Sector Experience

Sports reporter;Salmon fishermanAssociate at civil rights lawfirm

Speaking ability

Beautifully executed initial stumpspeech in Dayton, OH hockey arenawithout a teleprompter An enter...wait--did you say

without a teleprompter

Spouse's name

Todd Mitchell PalinMichelle LaVaughnRobinson Obama

Spouse's occupation

Salmon fisherman;Former North Slope productionsupervisor for BP OilVice President for Community and ExternalAffairs at University of Chicago Hospitals;former Associate Dean of Student Services at theUniversity of Chicago;former Executive Director for the Chicago office of Public Allies;former Assistant to the

Mayor of Chicago;former associate at SidleyAustin law firm

Reaction to spouse'spolitical success

Quit 17-year BP oil job when BP became involved in natural gas pipeline negotiations with wife'sadministrationPromoted and given 160% pay raise by UofC hospitalswithin months of husband'selection to U.S. Senate;Employer received$1,000,000.00 federalearmark, requested byhusband, after her promotion

Coolest thing aboutSpouse

Tesoro Iron Dog Snowmobile racechampion (longest snowmobile race inthe world);In 2008, while defending hischampionship, was injured when hewas thrown 70 feet from his machine.He was sent to the hospital but stillfinished in fourth placeSister of Oregon StateUniversity head basketballcoach Craig Robinson

Most Courageous Momentin Public Service

Resigned in protest from position of Ethics Commissioner of Alaska Oiland Gas Conservation Commission inorder to expose legal violations andconflicts of interest of AlaskaRepublican leaders, including theformer state Attorney General and theState GOP Chairman (who was alsoan Oil & Gas Commissioner), whowas doing work for the party on public time and supplying a lobbyistwith a sensitive e-mail.Gave an anti-Iraq war speech to a crowd of anti-Iraq war demonstrators inHyde Park in 2002

In Current OfficeBecause...

Upset sitting Governor in GOP primary due to public support for her efforts to clean up corrupt governmentestablishmentRepublican opponent, whowas leading in the polls, wasforced to leave race after unsealing of divorce recordsexposed a sex scandal

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