Twins Separated at Birth?

Since her nomination as Vice President, I’ve researched information on Sarah Palin and discovered some amazing similarities we have.

• We both look like librarians with glasses---notice we even have similar hair styles (I’m the older twin, Sarah is such a copy-cat).

• We both attended 6 different colleges (she for her B.S., me for Master’s plus 60 hours).
• We both met our husbands when we were in high school.
• We both have three beautiful daughters, but mine have Biblical names while hers have “Hollywood” names.
• We were both hockey moms (OK, I was a hockey cheerleader mom, but I went to a lot of games).
• We both were guards in basketball (Her nick-name was “Barracuda”, mine was “Shorty”—my team did not win a state championship).

• We have both visited German air bases and a Mid-Eastern country (I’m the more adventurous twin having had a passport since 1967).
• We were both PTA Moms when our children were in elementary school (But, I ran a book fair to benefit the library---I don’t think Sarah is that supportive of libraries).
• She will soon be a grandmother; I’m already one (see “grandchildren” labels to the right)
• We are both married to hunters (OK, Dave hasn’t hunted since I cooked one of his rabbits).

We both have gone fishing. . .I know my photo is fuzzy, but trust me, my fish was MUCH larger.

• She was commander-in-chief of Alaskan National Guard; I’ve been commander-in-chief of middle school classrooms. I know, as any parent/teacher of a middle schooler will tell you, there’s no comparison. ☺
• We are both against pork barrel spending, but I may have been tempted to give the money back for a bridge project I thought was wrong.
• We have both talked about selling things on E-bay, but neither of us has sold anything, yet.
  

• I agree that building a sports’ complex is sexier than sewage treatment plants.
• I could probably increase spending by 33% in our city if I were mayor.
• I could probably leave my city saddled with 22 million in debt. . .maybe more---my city is a lot larger than Wasilla.
• Although I’ve never fired anyone, if I were governor, I’d be tempted to fire all of the staff and hire my friends, too. Actually, I did fire my house-cleaning service and hired a friend who needed work.

We are so similar excepting, I’m not a Republican running on a platform of fiscal conservatism and she is. Hmm, I always thought it was “The Liberals” who spend money “liberally.”