September 12, 2008
Sarah Palin has already turned out to be a lively Republican candidate for US vice president. To our knowledge no one has yet inquired as to her Jewishness.
Against: There is plenty of stuff here, not least the fact that Palin, then Sarah Heath, was baptised as a Roman Catholic and then rebaptised into the Pentecotal church. Her hobbies are hunting, ice fishing and riding snowmobiles - these are practically enough to rule her out in themselves. She is thought to be a fan of former presidential hopeful Pat Buchanan, famous for his anti Israel diatribes.
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