Claim Palin was union member hard to pin down

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Claim Palin was union member hard to pin down
Obvious sources don’t know, but that isn’t end of the story
By Michael Mishak

When Sen. John McCain introduced Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate in August, he described her as a former union member, someone who “understands the problems, the hopes and the values of working people.”

The billing would become important. The McCain campaign initially fumbled on the issue of the economy and is now trying to portray itself as in touch with American workers in the wake of a Wall Street meltdown.

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E-mail and telephone inquiries by the Sun to the McCain campaign’s Western regional office went unanswered last week.

So calls were placed to the national campaign headquarters. We were directed back to the Western regional office, which was no more responsive than the first time.

Palin’s office in Alaska was a bit more helpful — but only added to the mystery. “I don’t believe the governor has ever been a member of a union,” said her spokeswoman, Kate Morgan. That is, she said, “to the best of my knowledge.”

Try the presidential campaign office, she suggested. Further inquiries to the national campaign led to an e-mail from a spokeswoman who said Palin was in fact once a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

There was no elaboration, and follow-up queries about what work Palin performed as a union member went unanswered.

more:http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/oct/07/claim-palin-was-union-member-hard-pin-down/

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. The IBEW?

Her job was putting a charge in Rich Lowry.

:rofl:

[NYC_SKP]

2. But she can SEE Electrical Workers from her office there up in Alaska...

up there in Alaska, also, too.