Palin says she represents 'Joe Six-pack'....I'm betting the folks in Alaska disagree

[maddezmom]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska—Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin portrayed herself Tuesday as a champion of everyday people while noting her family's stock portfolio took a $20,000 hit last week.

"It's time that normal Joe Six-pack American is finally represented in the position of vice presidency," the Republican vice presidential candidate told radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt.

Palin said if she and John McCain win, they will "put government back on the side of the people of Joe Six-pack like me."

Palin said she and her husband, Todd, have been affected by the economic downturn.

more:http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/2008/10/01/palin_says_she_represents_joe_six_pack/

Wealth makes Palins no ordinary Alaskans
Family owns plane, two boats

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has introduced her family to the nation as small-town common folk since she burst onto the scene as the surprise pick for the Republican vice-presidential nominee last month. A check of financial records, though, shows the Palins live anything but a common life when compared with their fellow residents of their hometown of Wasilla.

Their combined income of nearly a quarter-million dollars last year was five times the median household income for Wasilla's 7,000 residents. They own a single-engine plane, two boats, two personal watercraft and a half-million-dollar, custom-built home on a lake that is worth three times the average of other homes in town.

For the future, they also have a 401(k) retirement account compliments of Todd Palin's years as an engineer with oil giant BP.

"Gov. Palin's story is emblematic of the American dream," McCain campaign spokesman Ben Porritt said.

The Palins have been hugely successful by most standards in both their public and their private lives, according to the records.

more:http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/30/wealth-... /

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[NC_Nurse]

1. Could she BE any more like Bush? with his "downhome" bullshit, his fake

ranch and all that crap. :eyes:

C'mon people, wake up to the smell of bullshit all over this woman!

[Phredicles]

2. Aww c'mon, surely most average families have a $35,000 tanning bed...

[jeff30997]

3. Once again she's misunderstood.

What she means is that she represents Joe Six-pack of this:




:evilgrin: