THE GUN TOTING LIBERAL™

Most certainly a legitimate question now that we’ve learned through emails obtained via the FOIA the fact that Mr. Palin himself made some pretty important “gubernortorial” decisions in the capacity of an “unpaid adviser” role to his former governor(?) wife during her short stay at the top of Alaska’s Executive Branch, isn’t it? Oh, and remember who is asking the questions here — a former classmate of BOTH of these people — attended Wasilla Junior High School with Sarah (Heath — now Palin) for a couple of years before moving up to Glennallen to both attend school and play on the varsity basketball team with Todd (“First Dood”) Palin. Does that make me kind of “special”? You BET it does — not because of who they are today but because of who I remember both of these folks to have been, personality-wise. Oh, and IF these two “High School Sweethearts” ever attended high school together, I most certainly don’t remember it since both Glennallen and Wasilla are almost 200 miles apart. HMMM.

Sarah was the nice, pretty, intelligent girl in school — perhaps, the most of ALL of the aforementioned adjectives applied. Todd, on the other hand, was a nice enough guy I suppose but he DEFINITELY struck me as the more relentless power-seeker between these two folks. He was also the one more born with the proverbial “silver spoon” than his (now) better half. Whether we’re talking about business, racing, playing hoops or chasing the ladies, the former “First Dood” was relentlessly competitive despite the fact his other half obtained the nickname of “The Barracuda” in high school. The most likely to succeeed between the two? Definitely Todd Palin, if for no other reason than for the fact he INHERITED a fleet of fishing boats worth millions from his family sometime after high school. It never really made sense to me — Sarah being the governor and Todd being the (yeah, RIGHT) “blue collar” pumphouse guy — freezing his butt off on the North Slope. Now it finally does.