Nicknamed "The Pittbull With Lipstick", the trooper-scandal-ear-mark-queen-ebay-airplane-lies-ethics-investigated VEEPchoice for the
Republican Party 2008.
In a last ditch desperate response to the 80,000 people cheering Obama and his wife at the DNC , the Rovian McCain campaign decided to pull a fast one. They added a 'woman' to their ticket, perhaps hoping to spark some media interest, after noting the boring and sleep enducing effect McCain has on TV watchers.
It was effective. She was on the cover of People magazine immediately.
A creationist, angry, super religious, anti-gay, gun enthusiast and former member of the Alaskan Successionists (who hate America so much they want to actually NOT be American anymore), she gave new energy to the media's otherwise lackluster coverage of the
republican convention.
She was a beauty queen, very pretty, and able to make nasty, extreme speeches blasting her oponenent with facts that are not based on reality - all the while wearing a snide smile.
Not surprisingly, neocons, gay haters, rednecks and religious wingnuts rally around her like flies on a
pudding pop.