oh my!

 

ever since the ’skis visited alaska in 2006, we’ve been following sarah palin’s governorship very closely.

palin has a pretty interesting story:  she is a mother of 4 and her husband is an oil worker on the north slope.  he races snowmachines.  she got her start in politics by serving as a mayor of a small town.  she was miss alaska. 

she caught our attention in 2006 because she beat an incumbent governor (frank murkowski) in the primaries.  she went on to beat tony knowles (very seasoned and well-known alaskan) to be governor.  since taking office, she has enjoyed an approval rating that has gone as high as 90%.  she has been in vogue magazine and has been dubbed “america’s hottest governor.”   lately, she has been mentioned as a possible running mate for john mccain.  a blogger has started a “draft palin for vp” movement.  the weekly standard and even bush has mentioned that she would be a possible candidate for mccain’s running mate.

 so, with all of the buzz about palin’s future, you can imagine the shock when she dropped this news at a press conference last week. 

that’s right.  the 45 year old governor is preggers.   not just prego.  she’s 7 mths along….and no one could tell. 

interesting news from the last frontier.  a 45 year with her fifth child on the way…… i just hope my sister doesn’t get any ideas!!!!