Sarah Palin: From TV Sports Anchor To Vice Presidential Candidate

John McCain's Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin was, once upon a time, a sports reporter for KTUU, Anchorage's NBC affiliate. Below, watch a clip of Sarah Heath, the future Alaska Governor and Vice presidential nominee, anchoring a sports report in 1988 — note her discussion of the Iditarod, the now-antiquated reference to the Hartford Whalers, and her declaration that Tommy Lasorda needs to learn how to relax:

Comments

[Alan625]

The Left has to be very careful. This is Cosby vs. Roseanne. In the end it might be that Dems might come off as elitist.

[Bulbul]

Who ?

[jOke]

this is something to be worried about.. seriously. wow... wow, wow, wow!

[RoganFerguson]

Not a chance I am ever going to vote for her ticket, but she isn't a bad local sportscaster in this clip.

[crookedlawyer]

"not a bad local sportscaster"

Isn't that like being the prettiest waitress at Denny's?

[armstp]

This is so embarassing and a good idea of how McCain will further embarass the country if he is president.

A beauty queen hockey mom from Alaska could easily be the next president of the United States???

Embarassing!!! Particularly in these times of serious issues and challenges....

It is like a bad hollywood movie....

[kadene]

Well, y'all had a Hollywood actor before and look how well he done.

[mediamarv]

Undisputed pole material, if I have ever seen it! And I have but for research material only!

[PSRinNJ2]

So what does this prove exactly?

[clearthinker2008]

..cont because we are all going to need to be drunk while she is running our country after Jmac leaves us.

[kelzk]

Ugh, I can't wait for all the Idaho jokes to start... Not that they aren't earned, for the most part. I live two or three hours away from where she was born, and I go to the same university she went to. I run into people like her every day.

...None of them are ready for the White House, in my humble opinion. Especially not to step in as president.

[chick2008]

the dems are running someone who would not be waiting to step into, but would step into, and she has more experience than him, hillary is more qualified than obama

[lovetheworld]

Hillary is not running, Obama is. And for the record, you have not yet stacked Palin's "accomplishments" up to Obama's record of achievements. Short comments will not do when you could easily post substance.

[clearthinker2008]

Her voice still gives me a headache.

[123dee]

you are so right, I feel the same way

[enilorac]

Wow. This explains why she is so good at public speaking. I think she is the child of Ken and Barbie, but nevertheless she gave a rousing, confident rah rah, the other day standing next to a beaming McCain.
Sports reporting on TV gives a person a rough, tough, think fast on your feet training for public speaking in front of live audiences. They picked her for her conservatism, her disregard for the environment and for her Christian Fundamentalism ( although doesn't she know that many of the Christian leaders are turning towards proselytising (Sp?)Green Living as God's work here on Earth. But also because she is very telegenic!!!!!

[Ramirez]

Yup.

In fact, Sarah Palin doesn’t use bait when she is fishing. She merely touches the hook with a bit of her perfume and the fish are so scared they jump into the boat.

[truegreen]

Palin was a morbid sports anchor just imagine her as vice president.

[cg3]

Do not underestimate this woman. She is articulate and telegenic. Voters are by and large, charitably speaking,uninformed. People that follow politics and read blogs are in the minority and should remember that most people get their info from slogans and sound bites on the MSM

[FaceYourFears]

I don't know which is scarier....JMC choosing her or that she actually thinks she's ready to be VP or Prez. It boggles the mind!

[Susej]

Nothing boggles the mind after GWB has become president. If he can do it, anybody can do it.
Although am not sure he did it with more than 2 yrs of vacation during his 7 1/2 yrs in office.

[123dee]

FaceYourFears
your statement has mirrored my concerns exactlly. "Country First" is a slap in the
face by this ticket.

[Ramirez]

Sarah Palin once punched a hole through a cow just to see what was on the other side.

[MajorKong]

I thought that was Chuck Norris?

[Ramirez]

Sarah Palin met Chuck Norris at a fundraiser once. She snapped his neck and made a mascara brush out of his shinbone.

[analisethis]

Whatever your gender is change it! sounds like you are suffering from p...s envy.

[Ramirez]

Sarah Palin is so tough, she digs for oil with her bare hands and doesn’t ruin her manicure.

[ecksman]

Sarah Palin still holds her high school ice fishing record!!