Sarah Palin is pro-life, pro-marriage, pro-gun and supports oil drilling both offshore and in ANWR. She has publicly questioned whether global warming is man-made.Her husband, Todd Palin, is an Alaska native whose grandmother was raised in a traditional Yup’ik Eskimo house. Employed for two decades in the oil industry, Todd is a production operator, a member of the United Steelworkers, a commercial fisherman, and a four-time winner of the Iron Dog snowmachine race (along the famous Iditarod Trail.) His wife has been known to call him “first dude.”

Sarah’s political views are consistent with her conservative Christian beliefs. The mother of four when she became governor in 2006, in December 2007 she was pregnant with her fifth child when prenatal testing revealed Down syndrome.

A member of Feminists for Life, Sarah did not consider abortion. She gave birth to Trig Paxson Van Palin on April 18, 2008; Trig is Norse and means “true” and “brave victory,” and Paxson is a region in Alaska the couple favors. (Van Palin is a nod to the rock group Van Halen.)

The other Palin children have equally unique names. Son Track (18) is in the Army and will deploy to Iraq. Daughters, Bristol (17), Willow (13) and Piper (7) are in public schools.

The Anchorage Daily News has called Sarah Palin “the Joan of Arc of Alaska politics” and ” one of the most popular local politicians in America.” Anchorage radio host Dan Fagan says, “She’s a hockey mom, she lives on a lake, she ice fishes, she snowmobiles, she hunts…she has a float plane,” and in his opinion, “she’s as Alaskan as you can get.”

Updated August 30, 2008

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CHERISH LIFE, A Biography of Sarah Palin, Fulfilling a Destiny in God While Losing the Election of 2008 by Janice Leasure Woodrum
http://www.amazon.com/CHERISH-Biography-Fulfilling-Destiny-Election/dp/0982164246/ref=sr_1_28?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255537005&sr=1-28

Collectors Edition 2008: Sarah Palin – Convention Speech 2008: Convention Speech 2008 & First Weekly Radio Address Paperback) by Sarah Palin
http://www.amazon.com/Collectors-2008-Convention-Speech-Address/dp/…

God, Prayer, and Sarah Palin: Sarah Palin and The Power of Prayer (Paperback) by Farrah Stewart and Kristina Benson
http://www.amazon.com/God-Prayer-Sarah-Palin-Power/dp/1603320628

Going Rogue: An American Life (Hardcover) by Sarah Palin  (Barnes&Noble)
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Going-Rogue/Sarah-Palin/e/9780061939891/?cds2Pid=30010&linkid=1474232

Going Rogue: An American Life (Hardcover) by Sarah Palin  (Borders)
http://www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=0061939897&sc_eid2=p2igoingrogue-92909

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http://www.amazon.com/Governor-Sarah-Palin-Speeches-Quotes/dp/B002EZZ7Q6/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255537005&sr=1-25

A New Kind of Leader (Excerpt)
http://palin.charismamag.com/

101 Things You – and John McCain – Didn’t Know about Sarah Palin by Gregory Bergman
http://www.amazon.com/THINGS-McCain-DIDNT-ABOUT-SARAH/dp/B001GIWLDE

The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star (Hardcover) by Matthew Continetti http://www.amazon.com/Persecution-Sarah-Palin-Elite-Rising/dp/1595230610by

Recent Speeches of Governor Sarah Palin by Sarah Palin http://www.amazon.com/Recent-Speeches-Governor-Sarah-Palin/dp/B001FA10V2/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255536690&sr=1-24

Sarah by John Rigdon
http://www.amazon.com/What-Does-Sarah-Palin-Believe/dp/0979497434

Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar (Hardcover) by Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Alaska-Education-Conservative-Superstar/dp/1586487884/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1255536197&sr=1-11-spell

Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned the Political Establishment Upside Down (Paperback) by Kaylene Johnson:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1414330502?tag=paraservbooks&camp=2133…

Sarah Palin: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies) by Carolyn K. Cooper (Hardcover - Feb 26, 2010) http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin-Biography-Greenwood-Biographies/dp/0313377383/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1255536197&sr=1-7-spell

Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned the Political Establishment Upside Down (Paperback) by Kaylene Johnson
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Hockey-Alaskas-Political-Establishment/…

Sarah Palin: A New Kind of Leader (Paperback) by Joe Hilley
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0310318920?tag=paraservbooks&camp=2133…

Sarah Palin Books on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&a…

Sarah Palin, Faith Family Country by Susan Sherwood Parr
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin-Faith-Family-Country/dp/0882708619

Sarah Palin Female Force Comic Book First Printing by Neal Baily and Ryan Howe (Comic – 2009)
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin-Female-Force-Printing/dp/B001VGA5UM/ref=sr_1_32?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255537005&sr=1-32

SARAH PALIN: In Her Own Words – Recent Speeches, Interviews and Official Biography (includes Republican Convention Speech) by Sarah Palin
http://www.amazon.com/SARAH-PALIN-Interviews-Republican-Convention/…

Sarah Palin: Poised to Become America’s First Female President by Recaldo Ochoa, Gail Cato, Adel Ochoa, and Wade Ochoa
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin-Poised Sarah Palin –

Sarah Takes on Big Oil by Kay Cashman
http://www.sarahtakesonbigoil.com/default.asp

Sarah Palin – The Alaskan Barracuda (Paperback) by Biographiq http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin-Alaskan-Barracuda-Biographiq/dp/1599865025/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255541373&sr=1-1

Sarah Palin The Real Deal (Paperback) by G. Robert James http://www.amazon.com/dp/1593791011?tag=paraservbooks&camp=2133…

Sarah Palin: The Rise of a Political Star by Kaylene Johnson
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin-Rise-Political-Star/dp/1906142467

Time Magazine September 15 2008 the Education of Sarah Palin by Time Magazine (Paperback – 2008)
http://www.amazon.com/Magazine-September-Education-Sarah-Palin/dp/B001FPAJMI/ref=sr_1_30?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255537005&sr=1-30

Trailblazer: An Intimate Biography of Sarah Palin by Lorenzo Benet
http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=648692&…

Unsinkable Palin Eyes Run Against Obama
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article…

What Does Sarah Palin Believe? by Michael Patrick Leahy
http://www.amazon.com/What-Does-Sarah-Palin-Believe/dp/0979497434

Amazon.com’s Sarah Palin page http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin/e/B002QW385O/ref=sr_tc_2_0

CHERISH LIFE, A Biography of Sarah Palin, Fulfilling a Destiny in God While Losing the Election of 2008 by Janice Leasure Woodrum
http://www.amazon.com/CHERISH-Biography-Fulfilling-Destiny-Election/dp/0982164246/ref=sr_1_28?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255537005&sr=1-28

Collectors Edition 2008: Sarah Palin – Convention Speech 2008: Convention Speech 2008 & First Weekly Radio Address Paperback) by Sarah Palin
http://www.amazon.com/Collectors-2008-Convention-Speech-Address/dp/…

God, Prayer, and Sarah Palin: Sarah Palin and The Power of Prayer (Paperback) by Farrah Stewart and Kristina Benson
http://www.amazon.com/God-Prayer-Sarah-Palin-Power/dp/1603320628

Going Rogue: An American Life (Hardcover) by Sarah Palin  (Barnes&Noble)
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Going-Rogue/Sarah-Palin/e/9780061939891/?cds2Pid=30010&linkid=1474232

Going Rogue: An American Life (Hardcover) by Sarah Palin  (Borders)
http://www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=0061939897&sc_eid2=p2igoingrogue-92909

Governor Sarah Palin – Speeches and Quotes (Kindle Edition)by Edwin W. Smith (Editor)
http://www.amazon.com/Governor-Sarah-Palin-Speeches-Quotes/dp/B002EZZ7Q6/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255537005&sr=1-25

A New Kind of Leader (Excerpt)
http://palin.charismamag.com/

101 Things You – and John McCain – Didn’t Know about Sarah Palin by Gregory Bergman
http://www.amazon.com/THINGS-McCain-DIDNT-ABOUT-SARAH/dp/B001GIWLDE

The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star (Hardcover) by Matthew Continetti http://www.amazon.com/Persecution-Sarah-Palin-Elite-Rising/dp/1595230610by

Recent Speeches of Governor Sarah Palin by Sarah Palin http://www.amazon.com/Recent-Speeches-Governor-Sarah-Palin/dp/B001FA10V2/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255536690&sr=1-24

Sarah by John Rigdon
http://www.amazon.com/What-Does-Sarah-Palin-Believe/dp/0979497434

Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar (Hardcover) by Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Alaska-Education-Conservative-Superstar/dp/1586487884/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1255536197&sr=1-11-spell

Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned the Political Establishment Upside Down (Paperback) by Kaylene Johnson:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1414330502?tag=paraservbooks&camp=2133…

Sarah Palin: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies) by Carolyn K. Cooper (Hardcover - Feb 26, 2010) http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin-Biography-Greenwood-Biographies/dp/0313377383/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1255536197&sr=1-7-spell

Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned the Political Establishment Upside Down (Paperback) by Kaylene Johnson
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Hockey-Alaskas-Political-Establishment/…

Sarah Palin: A New Kind of Leader (Paperback) by Joe Hilley
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0310318920?tag=paraservbooks&camp=2133…

Sarah Palin Books on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&a…

Sarah Palin, Faith Family Country by Susan Sherwood Parr
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin-Faith-Family-Country/dp/0882708619

Sarah Palin Female Force Comic Book First Printing by Neal Baily and Ryan Howe (Comic – 2009)
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin-Female-Force-Printing/dp/B001VGA5UM/ref=sr_1_32?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255537005&sr=1-32

SARAH PALIN: In Her Own Words – Recent Speeches, Interviews and Official Biography (includes Republican Convention Speech) by Sarah Palin
http://www.amazon.com/SARAH-PALIN-Interviews-Republican-Convention/…

Sarah Palin: Poised to Become America’s First Female President by Recaldo Ochoa, Gail Cato, Adel Ochoa, and Wade Ochoa
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin-Poised Sarah Palin –

Sarah Takes on Big Oil by Kay Cashman
http://www.sarahtakesonbigoil.com/default.asp

Sarah Palin – The Alaskan Barracuda (Paperback) by Biographiq http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin-Alaskan-Barracuda-Biographiq/dp/1599865025/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255541373&sr=1-1

Sarah Palin The Real Deal (Paperback) by G. Robert James http://www.amazon.com/dp/1593791011?tag=paraservbooks&camp=2133…

Sarah Palin: The Rise of a Political Star by Kaylene Johnson
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin-Rise-Political-Star/dp/1906142467

Time Magazine September 15 2008 the Education of Sarah Palin by Time Magazine (Paperback – 2008)
http://www.amazon.com/Magazine-September-Education-Sarah-Palin/dp/B001FPAJMI/ref=sr_1_30?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255537005&sr=1-30

Trailblazer: An Intimate Biography of Sarah Palin by Lorenzo Benet
http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=648692&…

Unsinkable Palin Eyes Run Against Obama
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article…

What Does Sarah Palin Believe? by Michael Patrick Leahy
http://www.amazon.com/What-Does-Sarah-Palin-Believe/dp/0979497434

Amazon.com’s Sarah Palin page http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin/e/B002QW385O/ref=sr_tc_2_0

CHERISH LIFE, A Biography of Sarah Palin, Fulfilling a Destiny in God While Losing the Election of 2008 by Janice Leasure Woodrum
http://www.amazon.com/CHERISH-Biography-Fulfilling-Destiny-Election/dp/0982164246/ref=sr_1_28?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255537005&sr=1-28

Collectors Edition 2008: Sarah Palin – Convention Speech 2008: Convention Speech 2008 & First Weekly Radio Address Paperback) by Sarah Palin
http://www.amazon.com/Collectors-2008-Convention-Speech-Address/dp/…

God, Prayer, and Sarah Palin: Sarah Palin and The Power of Prayer (Paperback) by Farrah Stewart and Kristina Benson
http://www.amazon.com/God-Prayer-Sarah-Palin-Power/dp/1603320628

Going Rogue: An American Life (Hardcover) by Sarah Palin  (Barnes&Noble)
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Going-Rogue/Sarah-Palin/e/9780061939891/?cds2Pid=30010&linkid=1474232

Going Rogue: An American Life (Hardcover) by Sarah Palin  (Borders)
http://www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=0061939897&sc_eid2=p2igoingrogue-92909

Governor Sarah Palin – Speeches and Quotes (Kindle Edition)by Edwin W. Smith (Editor)
http://www.amazon.com/Governor-Sarah-Palin-Speeches-Quotes/dp/B002EZZ7Q6/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255537005&sr=1-25

A New Kind of Leader (Excerpt)
http://palin.charismamag.com/

101 Things You – and John McCain – Didn’t Know about Sarah Palin by Gregory Bergman
http://www.amazon.com/THINGS-McCain-DIDNT-ABOUT-SARAH/dp/B001GIWLDE

The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star (Hardcover) by Matthew Continetti http://www.amazon.com/Persecution-Sarah-Palin-Elite-Rising/dp/1595230610by

Recent Speeches of Governor Sarah Palin by Sarah Palin http://www.amazon.com/Recent-Speeches-Governor-Sarah-Palin/dp/B001FA10V2/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255536690&sr=1-24

Sarah by John Rigdon
http://www.amazon.com/What-Does-Sarah-Palin-Believe/dp/0979497434

Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar (Hardcover) by Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Alaska-Education-Conservative-Superstar/dp/1586487884/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1255536197&sr=1-11-spell

Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned the Political Establishment Upside Down (Paperback) by Kaylene Johnson:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1414330502?tag=paraservbooks&camp=2133…

Sarah Palin: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies) by Carolyn K. Cooper (Hardcover - Feb 26, 2010) http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin-Biography-Greenwood-Biographies/dp/0313377383/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1255536197&sr=1-7-spell

Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned the Political Establishment Upside Down (Paperback) by Kaylene Johnson
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Hockey-Alaskas-Political-Establishment/…

Sarah Palin: A New Kind of Leader (Paperback) by Joe Hilley
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0310318920?tag=paraservbooks&camp=2133…

Sarah Palin Books on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&a…

Sarah Palin, Faith Family Country by Susan Sherwood Parr
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin-Faith-Family-Country/dp/0882708619

Sarah Palin Female Force Comic Book First Printing by Neal Baily and Ryan Howe (Comic – 2009)
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin-Female-Force-Printing/dp/B001VGA5UM/ref=sr_1_32?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255537005&sr=1-32

SARAH PALIN: In Her Own Words – Recent Speeches, Interviews and Official Biography (includes Republican Convention Speech) by Sarah Palin
http://www.amazon.com/SARAH-PALIN-Interviews-Republican-Convention/…

Sarah Palin: Poised to Become America’s First Female President by Recaldo Ochoa, Gail Cato, Adel Ochoa, and Wade Ochoa
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin-Poised Sarah Palin –

Sarah Takes on Big Oil by Kay Cashman
http://www.sarahtakesonbigoil.com/default.asp

Sarah Palin – The Alaskan Barracuda (Paperback) by Biographiq http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin-Alaskan-Barracuda-Biographiq/dp/1599865025/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255541373&sr=1-1

Sarah Palin The Real Deal (Paperback) by G. Robert James http://www.amazon.com/dp/1593791011?tag=paraservbooks&camp=2133…

Sarah Palin: The Rise of a Political Star by Kaylene Johnson
http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Palin-Rise-Political-Star/dp/1906142467

Time Magazine September 15 2008 the Education of Sarah Palin by Time Magazine (Paperback – 2008)
http://www.amazon.com/Magazine-September-Education-Sarah-Palin/dp/B001FPAJMI/ref=sr_1_30?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255537005&sr=1-30

Trailblazer: An Intimate Biography of Sarah Palin by Lorenzo Benet
http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=648692&…

Unsinkable Palin Eyes Run Against Obama
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article…

What Does Sarah Palin Believe? by Michael Patrick Leahy
http://www.amazon.com/What-Does-Sarah-Palin-Believe/dp/0979497434

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