by Cody Tyler

Created on: November 06, 2008   Last Updated: November 25, 2008

Out of the cold and desolate Alaskan Tundra and into the bright national spot light, Sarah Palin wowed and stunned American's at the same time. She was energetic and beautiful but who was she?

In one day Sarah Palin became a house hold name. She was a question mark for the political pundits. And while the national media scrambled around trying to dig up anything they could on Ms. Palin, her family and her career (nothing like the media getting caught with their pants down) tongues were wagging around the water coolers and at social events everywhere.

Everybody wanted to know who Sarah Palin was and what experience she had. Ironically, these were the same questions being asked about Senator Obama just a few short months before.

The Republican Party didn't help Ms. Palins' cause when they kept her from talking to the media. What were they trying to hide? Half of the country already thought Senator McCain had lost his marbles by selecting a running mate who was a beauty queen, has a pregnant unmarried teenager, and has no known experience and now she can't speak? I mean if she could speak why wouldn't they use her as a lethal weapon to shoot (not with her shot gun) down Obama's lack of experience?

But hold the presses! When Ms. Palin was finally allowed to talk with reporters and the public she did just fine. During her debate with Joe Biden she was composed and gave intelligent and knowledgeable answers to questions on every issue including foreign policy. She was in fact an excellent orator who could whip a crowd into a frenzy as she hit the campaign trail for Senator McCain and herself.

Ms. Palin showed the American people something else. She showed them that a woman politician can be beautiful, intelligent, feminine and strong. Women politicians don't have to dress in hideous pant suits and don't have to act like a man to be strong and smart. Remind you of anyone? Sarah Palin is beautiful and is intelligent and can step into any federal office with confidence.

After seeing Ms. Palin in action on the national stage I don't know how anybody could think that she would slip away into obscurity. Unless she goes back to Alaska for a moose hunt, Sarah Palin is here to stay.

Most likely Ms. Palins' next step will be to run for a senate seat. Her star will rise rapidly just like that of Senator Obama. The American public has shown that they are ready for an African American man to run the country so why not a woman? Not only do I think that Sarah Palin has a chance of running for the office of the President, but I think that we may have just met the first woman who will be elected as The President of the United States of America.

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