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Originally posted by Kevin Andrew Murphy:
I'm coming to the conclusion that Sarah Palin is Moosehunter Barbie.
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ROFLMAO I love it!!!
Lo
P.S. I did not realize her husband was a stay-at-home father. I was under the impression that he was some sort of middle management for BP oil.
Now I've got to go check that. < sigh > This self-appointed fact-checking position is cutting into my poker time.
second edition
Ok....I've found several conflicting reports on what Todd Palin does nowdays.
The National Govenors Association has him listed as as
a production operator on the North Slope and a four-time champion of the Iron Dog.
Military.com has him as
a blue-collar North Slope oil worker.
Zimbio.com says
Since his wife's inauguration as Alaska Governor, Todd Palin has been a devoted house husband and father of five, cooking meals and making sure younger children Bristol, Willow, and Piper make it to extracurricular activities.
The Anchorage Daily News says,
Todd Palin, Alaska's new first spouse, has taken a leave of absence from his blue-collar job working on the North Slope for BP. Palin, husband of newly elected Gov. Sarah Palin of Wasilla, will instead work part-time for his union, the United Steelworkers Local 4959, according to officials with the union and BP. The agreement between the British oil giant and the union allows Palin to come back to his job within a year and keep his seniority.
OpEdNews seems to agree with Anchorage and Zimbio and says,
Palin is a union member belonging to the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (United Steelworkers).[4] For 18 years, he worked for BP in the North Slope oil fields of Alaska. In 2007, in order to avoid a conflict of interest, he quit his job as production supervisor when his employer became involved in natural gas pipeline negotiations with his wife's administration.[1] In addition to his duties as First Gentleman, he is a commercial salmon fisherman at Bristol Bay on the Nushugak River.
So - apparently he's taken a leave of absence from The Oil Industry but he's left his options open and he's stayed active in The United Steelworkers Union.
[This message has been edited by Laura Heidy-Halberstein (edited August 30, 2008).]