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Governor Sarah Palin during a Technology Conference in Anchorage, AlaskaUs Magazine
"I'm not sure what [Sarah] brings to the ticket other than she's a woman and a conservative. Well, she's a better speaker than McCain," Faye Palin told the New York Daily News. "People will say she hasn't been on the national scene long enough."
Faye added "But I believe she's a quick study."
The 44-year-old -- who was elected governor just two years ago after serving as mayor of Wasilla (pop. 6,715) -- will be the first woman nominated by the Republican Party to run on a national ticket.
Palin and her husband Todd, a veteran oil-field worker and commercial fisherman, 43, are parents to five children, the youngest of whom was born in April and has Down syndrome.
"We don't agree on everything. But I respect her passion," Faye said. "Being pro-life is who Sarah is."
The Obama campaign issued a sharp critique of Palin on Friday, saying, "Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency. Governor Palin shares John McCain's commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush's failed economic policies -- that's not the change we need, its just more of the same."
It's not the first time the governor has had to prove herself.
Faye said people doubted Palin when she ran for City Council but Sarah proved she had "singular focus."
"Sarah was out there with [then-young son] Track, pulling him around from house to house in a wagon," Faye said.
Born in Idaho and a graduate of the University of Idaho, Palin is the first female governor of Alaska and its youngest. She was also the runner-up in the 1984 Miss Alaska pageant.
Meanwhile, Cindy McCain's half sister is planning on voting for Obama.
"I'm not voting for McCain," Kathleen Hensley Portalski told Us recently. "I have a different political standpoint."
Portalski's son Nathan, a 45-year-old aerospace machinist, is also backing Obama.
"I wouldn't vote for John McCain if he was a Democrat," he tells Us. "I would not vote at all before I'd vote for him."
"I question whether Cindy is someone I'd want to see in the White House as first lady," he added.
See photos of Barack Obama and his family.
More news from Usmagazine.com
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Harold CRachael's 19 -- you are brain dead neo-con zombee. We feel your pain.report abuseposted September 28, 2008 9:20 PM PDT
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great_lakes_stateIts so awesome to know that Sarah Palin is running to help bring our country back again to where it should have been. Obama would destroy our country in two years.report abuseposted September 8, 2008 11:35 AM PDT
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jayellgeegood for Obama he just received 10 million after Palin's speech from 130,000 people... see we are going places here. keep talkin Palin, your making such a fool of yourself...report abuseposted September 4, 2008 4:36 PM PDT
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jayellgeeShe is so freaking fake it's rediculous. She has a misunderstanding of what her job is, this is NOT a cheerleading Job here.This is not a church session either!!! It's kinda funny to think that Cindy and Palin don't agree on Sex Ed hummmm, think cindy should have educated the 17 year old prego daughter huh... maybe she wouldn't be another teen mom in america. Some preport abuseposted September 4, 2008 4:31 PM PDT
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ObamaWomen do not belong in politics. They should not have the right to vote either. Vote for me and I will make sure uppity women like this have less choices in politics. I would never have a woman as my VP, as it is a sign of weakness to have this inferior gender doing anything other than cook and clean, so remember vote for me it's change you can believe in.report abuseposted September 4, 2008 10:35 AM PDT
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ObamaVote for me I implore you. I am endorsed by racist preachers, sneak thieves, late night drinkers and my good friend Osama Bin Laden. Together we can change America by destroying it, so vote for me I have a plan for change.report abuseposted September 4, 2008 10:35 AM PDT
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ObamaI want to be president so I can sell crack in a better neighborhood than the one I sell crack in now.report abuseposted September 4, 2008 10:34 AM PDT
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ObamaI have a plan for change which includes unconditional surrender to Iran.report abuseposted September 4, 2008 10:34 AM PDT
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ObamaI will surrender in Iraq to my good friends the terrorists.report abuseposted September 4, 2008 10:33 AM PDT
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Rachael's 19NOTE: Anyone who thinks George Bush is not a good President needs to think about what they were doing on September 11, 2001. Re-live that day for a minute - and what you THOUGHT the next day. Now ask yourself 7 years later if you ever dreamed that ANY President -- would have kept the USA from a Terrorist attack again. An Obama administration would be Disasterous. He hates America.report abuseposted September 4, 2008 9:35 AM PDT
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