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The former Governor of [[Alaska]], Sarah Palin was [[Ascended Extra|abruptly thrust]] onto the pop culture radar by becoming Republican presidential nominee John McCain's running mate during the 2008 United States presidential election against Democrats [[Barack Obama]] and Joe Biden. She was the second female vice-presidential candidate from a major party in US history (the first being Geraldine Ferraro in 1984), and the first from the Republican Party. In July 2009, Palin [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|resigned her position as governor]] with 18 months remaining in her first term, one of the official reasons being saving the costs to the Alaskan budget of defending herself [[Frivolous Lawsuit|against detractors]]; said detractors have naturally offered a [[Money, Dear Boy|different explanation]]. Since then she has toured the country as a paid speaker and founded the conservative political action committee SarahPAC.
From that point onwards, Palin's public persona has largely been defined, rightly or wrongly, by her [[So Bad It's Good]] [[Malaproper|absurd]] [[You Keep Using That Word|politispeak]].
Incidentally, anyone looking for a nuanced and balanced political discussion of Palin's influence in America is on the wrong wiki. Your typical Palin reference in most media will either involve Alaska, that she has a child with Down Syndrome, parodying her style of political speech (including the fact that [[American Accents|her accent]] sounds ''exactly'' like Marge Gunderson in ''[[Fargo]]''), her being more attractive than the typical politician, or some combination of the four. Her actual political value, as far as we can tell, has very little to do with these things.
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