I will post on this at more length later

[fpb]

All I wanted to say now is this: everyone says that Sarah Palin was unknown to 99% of Americans until a few days ago. Well, I'm not even American and I had heard of her weeks ago, and looked her up. And I liked what I saw. Which is why I was so pleased when John McCain dropped the bombshell. I was, if you remember, terrified that he would be strong-armed into adopting Mitt Romney as running mate.

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[cjmr.livejournal.com]

As far as I can tell, if only 1% of Americans had heard of her, everyone who had heard of her were either Alaskan, or pro-life, homeschooling SAHMs. The HS-ing community has been abuzz about her since Trig was born.

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

Dare I ask what SAHM stands for?

[fpb.livejournal.com]

I imagine... Stay At Home Mums?

[cjmr.livejournal.com]

Yep.

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

Ah. My mother is a stay-at-home pro-life homeschooler...but in Oregon. No idea if her circle knew anything about Palin. I should ask, just out of curiosity.