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

[milman1]

She is far and away the more qualifed than my uncle Lou, no doubt about. Keep shopping, take your medication and trust us as we are the only ones qualified to protect you.

[GuidedByEwoks]

Welcome to the Great White North! Not to shabby, eh? Jeez, I got one thing to say to people who don't like hockey moms. Ahhh, take off, you hosers!

[akkadian]

I think the GOP should go for the really big gamble now and hold an open VP nomination contest, televised, "Make Me the VP.'
Simon C o well, Hillary and Cindy as the judges.
Finalist with the most votes wins the contest.

[limonista]

For the first time in my adult life, I'm going to get down on my knees and pray that this b***h isn't for real. What is wrong with this country????

[captainindustry]

When they make a movie of her life, after she destroys western civilization, I wonder who will play her.

[meta]

Jamie Lynn Spears?

[Lauren1959]

Gotta be Tina Fey!

[MStell]

When it comes to Palin - criticism doesn't gravitate to her accomplishments, it goes to what can be seen on the surface ... and, negative implications are contrived from there.

When it comes to Obama - criticism goes to his rare ideological rootedness (deep personal alliances with William Ayers, the Rev. Wright, Tony Resco, choosing to map his political thought after his paternal father's systematically undemocratic efforts in Africa), his bizarre vision of next steps for America (the more we can put in the government's hands, the better -- does anyone remember invoices for $500 toilet seats 30 years ago) ...

It seems, more "getting to know you" discovery is ahead on the Obama front than will occur on the Palin front ...

[NYRalf]

Except for the fact that we've known Palin for 15 minutes and Obama for 4 years.

But yea, otherwise your theory is correct...­..........­..

[Doppler]

Yeah, so let's have four more years of the party of incompetence and corruption, the unholy alliance of kleptocrats, plutocrats and theocrats. The folks who emptied our Treasury of 1.5 TRILLION dollars for a dishonest, criminally­-mismanage­d war, managing to make us less safe and have no allies in the process.

And, yeah, let's listen to the judgment of people like you who still support those bozos. THAT has worked out SO well for the country.

Obama is a man of rare character, experience and talent. You smear because you fear. It's pathetic.

[congaboy]

Blackwater charged us $240,000.0­0 a day when they illegally moved into New Orleans after Katrina. There is at least $8,000,000­,000.00 that has just disappeared in Iraq. Halliburton has been charging us cost plus in Iraq. Those $500.00 toilet seats look like a bargain compared to the Republican notion of privatization. But, then again, those $500.00 toilet seats were under a Republican president, so that must have been practice for Reagan and Bush. Keep up the good work Republicans. I guess middleclass Republicans just have money to burn.

[marymansour]

Where are you getting this load of cr@p about Obama? His paternal father? All dads are paternal. He met his dad once and never designed a bit of his political career based on Barack Sr's ideas in Kenya. $500 dollar toilet seats 30 years ago when Barack was 17 years old? What the f**k are you yammering about here?

[clearthinker2008]

Whatever, I'm already tired of hearing about how "cute" and "good looking" she is. She isn't even close to being prepared to lead this country, you know, I know it, and they know it.

[rasthedestroyer]

Only in AmErica...­.. well @ least she can read a teleprompt­er... the gods mus be laughing their @$$e$ off right about now, i know i am

[thenextquagmire]

Debbie Gibson?

[AdultFilmLegend]

She is so hot.

[clearthinker2008]

This should be a drinking game, Huffpo put a new topic about her concerning anything and every time someone writes how "hot", "cute", "pretty" etc, we all take a drink.

[TN]

She looks like Wynnona.

[PepeLepew]

Well, you can only make so much fun of her hair, because back then we all had pretty silly hair.

[laborgrunt]

OMG, yikes, WTF?

[landoffools]

Great Job, McBrownie !

[joebiz]

U gotta love the 80s hair. We got the beat!!
http://www.liketotally80s.com/1980s-hairstyles.html

[decolonizeme]

I only wish I still had that footage of Biden as a meteorologist in 1970.