Where does the Palin family live?

[XemaSab]

Dad works on the North Slope part of the time, and is out fishing part of the time.

Mom is at the governor's mansion in Juneau, which is what, 600 miles from Wasilla? And you have to get there by boat or plane?

Then I heard Bristol was going to school in Anchorage.

So do the kids live in Wasilla, Juneau, or Anchorage?

And how often is the whole family together? :shrug:

[demokatgurrl]

1. There's a nice photo of the mansion posted on here. n/t

[tularetom]

2. All excellent questions and I have another one

What is the net worth of this dysfunctional tribe?

[goodgd_yall]

3. One big happy family

separated by hundreds of miles.

[uppityperson]

4. The governors house is in Juneau, state capital.Doesn't sound unusual for AK.

You have to fly or boat to get to Juneau as it is not connected to the larger road system. It is not uncommon, in AK, for parents to be away from kids since it is a big state and often work takes them away. Anchorage has bigger schools as there are more people there than in Wasilla. Again not uncommon for kids to go to a school in another town than where they live as larger towns/schools can offer other things for them.

[XemaSab]

5. I understand the nature of the state

Sometimes Dad works on the North Slope, or Mom works at an office in the big city.

But when Mom's in the big city and Dad's on the North Slope at the same time, who is taking care of the 5 kids? Or are they in Juneau? And if they're all in Juneau, how did Bristol hook up with Mr. Wasilla? :shrug:

[LibDemAlways]

6. It looks to me like those kids are left alone to fend

for themselves. Witness the familiar way all three of the older girls handle the little guy. I wouldn't be surprised if they spend most of their time at the family homestead back in Wasilla playing X-Box and eating twinkies. The parents have other priorities.

[mamalone]

11. I am trying to find out that info myself...

Who is caring for these children? are they left to fend for themselves? I think it's a legitimate question, but it seems no one has the answer:(
I started a thread on it here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6930712&mesg_id=6930712

[uppityperson]

7. Got it. That is a good question.

Friends, family, employee, leave them alone with each other (elder taking care of younger)? Bet they have enough money for someone to house-sit/kid-sit/etc. Wonder if they have relatives? I wonder if Bristol lives at a school in Anchorage or is staying with someone there? My totally off the wall guess would be Bristol is lodging in Anchorage, the other kids are in Wasilla being looked over by someone else. Based on no info but a guess.

AK is an interesting place, can be very different there. But there also is a lot of problems with kids, drugs, run aways, pregnancy, etc. Good kids and kids with issues.

[Igel]

8. "Bristol in Anchorage" is the "reports".

With an aunt. Of course, the faux inference was because she was pregnant and her family kicked her out, so actually the entire "family solidarity" spiel was just that.

The possibility that (1) the rumors were wrong or (2) there was some other reason for Bristol's Anchorage sojourn never crossed the mind of the deep thinkers. Then again, those are surface issues for those stuck at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. And, in fact, this is probably the first reasoned thread I've seen on the topic--it actually considers facts and possibilities, ponders innuendo as a source of fact, and makes allowances for plausibility, instead of building a house of cards on innuendo and suspicions.

[SoxFan]

9. I think the grandparents are in the Anchorage/Wasilla area

Stick to the issues, folks.

[kath]

21. Here's some info on who cares for the kids. Dad is NOT a stay-at-home dad

http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/off-to-the-land-of-palin/

their extended family (who are the ones who end up helping them raise their current four children) or the citizens of the state.

They either didn’t think this through, or didn’t care. Not sure. But, either way, to me and to others, it was a lack of foresight and judgement.

But it is the same vein - this lack of judgement - Sarah showed, on the campaign trail for governor, when asked who would raise her children should she win, she promptly stated that Todd would quit his job and stay at home with the kids (Todd works a “Slope” week on/week off schedule).

Sarah was elected and then - whoops. Todd didn’t like the stay at home gig - so Sarah, citing they needed money for the kid’s college (even though Track enlisted in the military) said Todd was returning to work. When asked about her statements on the campaign trail about how Todd would quit his job, Sarah said she’d actually never talked to him about what they would do if she was elected (in terms of his employment) and that she’d spoken out of turn when she spoke for him stating he’d quit his job.

Again, call me picky, but this is the kind of bizarre judgement Sarah routinely displays. Are you kidding me that she would run for governor and she and her husband would somehow not think to have a conversation about what to do with their four school aged kids? That’s insane. So, either her judgement is super goofy, or she wasn’t telling the truth. Either way, it’s not reassuring to now think this is someone who would be one 72 year old heartbeat away from having to call shots for the country/world.

So Todd trots himself back to work and Sarah is busy traipsing around the state and the nation. The kids are “farmed out” (this is the word used by thier associates in “the Valley”) to family and friends to raise while Todd and Sarah are off having their respective careers (Sarah is famously quoted as saying, “My mom does whatever I need her to”).
{snip}

For me, once again it speaks to judgement. We all - every single one of us - even Sarah’s closest friends in the Valley (I know, I’ve been speaking to them) know she is in no way qualified for this position. At all.

{snip}
How does one dash about the country for the next 66 days trying to pull off an image of the devoted mother of five when she, by and large, isn’t the one raising them and when one of them - her daughter, is in a truly vulnerable point in life; not to say anything about the needs of Trig. But maybe he doesn’t count, except as a talking point or a photo prop. But this is a person, a little boy who is going to require a tremendous amount of time and attention. From his mother.

This is okay?

[uppityperson]

10. "Palin has spent little time in Juneau..."

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/083108/sta_325768173.shtml

Palin has spent little time in Juneau, rarely coming to the state capital except when the Legislature was in session, and sometimes not even then.

During a recent special session called by Palin herself, she faced criticism from several legislators for not showing up personally to push for her agenda. Someone at the Capitol even printed up buttons asking "Where's Sarah?"

Rep. Andrea Doll, D-Juneau, called it a telling question. "At a time when her leadership was truly needed, we didn't know where she was," Doll said....(more of a good article titled "State leaders question Palin's qualifications
Governor's two years of experience raise concerns about vice presidential candidacy"

Down lower is this comment about flip flopping on the bridge to nowhere:
""In September, 2006, Palin showed up in Ketchikan on her gubernatorial campaign and said the bridge was essential for the town's prosperity.She said she could feel the town's pain at being derided as a "nowhere" by prominent politicians, noting that her home town, Wasilla, had recently been insulted by the state Senate president, Ben Stevens.'OK, you've got valley trash standing here in the middle of nowhere,' Palin said, according to an account in the Ketchikan Daily News. 'I think we're going to make a good team as we progress that bridge project.'One year later, Ketchikan's Republican leaders said they were blindsided by Palin's decision to pull the plug."
"

[DemsUnited]

12. i asked this question myself in another thread before seeing this.

I thought it was weird when Palin told the "fired the cook at the mansion and the kids miss her" story in her speech because it's pretty well documented that Bristol Palin went to high school in Wasilla. A google check shows that Wasilla is a 19 hour drive from the governor's mansion in Juneau.

[LibDemAlways]

13. I don't think you can drive it. Juneau is accessible only by

air and water.

[DemsUnited]

16. I should have remembered that! It is an interesting fact that the state capitol

has no roads going into it!

But I'm still curious about the school thing...

[Bucky]

14. If you only have three houses, they only nominate for vice president

If she wants a future in this party, she better start snapping up some properties while the market's ripe.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. Palin lives in the Governor's mansion in Juneau and from what I read, the kids are farmed out.

[mamalone]

17. Do you happen to have any other info on this?

I hate to keep asking this question over and over, lol but I'm wondering who is caring for these children? are they left to fend for themselves? I think it's a legitimate question, but it seems no one has the answer :(
I started a thread on it here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

18. I read an article either on GD-P or General Discussion. You can do a search palin farms out or

palin farmed out. I read it in a couple of places and it seemed to be from a legitimate source.

[mamalone]

19. Thanks so much!

I have been searching for this info as I'm in a discussion on another board about this. Hopefully I can get some links or something to debunk some of the "Palin as mother of the century" baloney.

Thanks again... off to do those searches now:)

[Cleita]

20. A caller on Thom Hartmann today said that the job is part time.

The governor and legislature only work 60 days a year, so she's not in Juneau most of the time. As for dad on the north slope, he probably flies in on weekends. That's how people get around in the state mostly, by plane or boat as there aren't that many roads connecting places.