Going Rogue: An American Life (128 page)
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Authors: Sarah Palin,Lynn Vincent
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Television crews interview
Dad, some of the eighty-one
reporters who descended on
the Heath house immediately
after the VP announcement.
We were glad for the economic
boost provided to Alaska
during that time, even if orne
reporters’ purpose in being
there wasn’t altruistic.
Courtesy Chuck Heath
Todd, Piper, and I prepare
to depart Anchorage airport
en route to Reno,
evada, in
September.
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Craighead
hed moose antlers that I signed were given to our pilots, who proudly displayed them acros the nation on the instrument dash panel of the McCain-Palin jet. Todd’s a private pilot, so he was pretty intrigued with our pilots’ missions. A lot of other people were pretty intrigued with the ungulate dashboard decoration.
Courtesy Chuck Heath
Piper gets a call from President Bush on board the campaign plane. A lot of callers asked to speak with her. My mom, Matt Scully, Fred Malek, and Governor Rick Perry are behind us.
Courtesy 2009
©
Shealah Craighead
Moments like these brought the campaign into perspective. On
this day, we paid tribute to all
those who lost their lives during
the terrorist attacks of
September
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tho This photo
was taken near Ground Zero
with
ew York City firefighters.
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Shealah
Craighead
Our bus was actually
quite homey and comfortable.
Heading down the road to the
next campaign stop, this was a
typical scene-balancing family,
work, and campaign.
Courtesy 2009
©
Shealah
Craighead
This picture says it all. A dark
hotel room in Philadelphia and a
frustrated Mark Wallace trying to
tell me which of his nonanswers I
should give during debate prep. The
atmosphere immediately turned
around when we headed to Arizona
for more prep in the great outdoors
at McCain’s ranch.
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©
Shealah Craighead
Behind the scenes,
so many good laughs with
friends like Senators
Graham, Lieberman, and
candidate McCain.
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2009
Shealah Craighead
Heading down the hotel hallway on the way to debate Joe Biden, it’s all laughs with Todd. Behind Todd is his assistant, Ben Veghte, with whom he had so much fun hanging out, especially at a
ASCAR race and at Broncos-Chargers and Penn State
football games!
Courtesy 2009
Shealah Craighead
It was a thrill to meet
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many courageous Americans on the trail, including
well-known patriot Hank Williams Jr. We brought our own from Alaska-four-time Iditarod champ Martin Buser and four-time Iron Dog champ Todd.
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Shealah Craighead
During our time with the
Clinton Global Initiative
on the campaign trail,
Cindy and I stopped to
talk with our usual gang
of merry followers.
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Shealah
Craighead
Piper takes the mic from
me as Willow, holding Trig,
laughs at her “speech” to tens of
thousands of Floridians at The
Villages. It was one of the most
fun stops on the campaign trail,
and Piper wanted to take the
opportunity to say, “Thanks for
letting us be here !”
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©
Shealah Craighead
