In light of a comparison chart / table circulated to me.

I had to research as best

I could using Google, Washington Post Fact Check, The PolitiFact Checker of the
St. Petersburg Times, Wikipedia, and the candidate's own web page. I tried to get
to:
The Truth of the Matter:

Full name
Sarah Louise Heath Palin true.
Barack Hussein Obama II true and so what if it is

Nickname Sarah Barracuda true from basketball playing days.

Barry Obama; "The One" not quite true, Barry is in his high school yearbook. I
can't find a source to confirm about "The One"

Public opinion Smoking hot in a "naughty librarian" sort of way. By what opinion
poll?
May be The Messiah. According to who? I see neither of these "public opinions as
being a positive to either...

Age
44 and 48 are true.

Children
Palin - two sons, three daughters true. Bristol, Piper, Track, Willow, Trig.
Sounds like an Australian soap opera cast.
Obama - two daughters Malia Ann, and Natasha.

Religion/Church attendance
Palin's Evangelical Christian; attends Juneau Christian Center when in Juneau and
grew up attending Wasilla Assembly of God. True.
Other famous Assembly of God Members include:
- Jim Bakker - once popular PTL televangelist (defrocked by AG after sex/financial
scandal),
- Jimmy Swaggart - televangelist; instrumental in exposing Jim Bakker scandal;
soon thereafter scandalized himself after being repeatedly caught with prostitutes

- Tammy Faye Bakker - former wife of Jim Bakker and PTL co-leader; featured in
film The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- Benny Hinn - televangelist; TV faith healer
- Jack Coe - AG minister and faith healer
- Jerry Lee Lewis, once married to his own underage cousin
- and of course Elvis "The King" Presley
Obama Attended Trinity United Church of Christ for 20 years, a "black liberation
theology" church formerly led by Rev. Jeremiah Wright and governed True. In his
own words, his mother kept a Bible, The Koran, and the Bhagavad Gita on the shelf
with books of Greek, Norse, and African mythology. She taught me that no one
religion had a monopoly on God.

Current Job
Governor of Alaska true. with a population half that of Rhode Island.
Junior Senator from Illinois true. with a population of 12,831,970 fifteen times
that of Alaska

Previous Public Jobs;

Palin - Mayor of Wasilla, AK (1996-2002) True; 9th largest city of Alaska,
pop.6,000 then. President of Alaska Conference of Mayors; true 80 members. City
Council member (1992-1996) True.
Obama - State Senator (1997-2004); true Community Organizer true in South Side of
Chicago. I am proud to say I am a community organizer too, but not in Chicago.

Executive Experience
Palin - Governor for 2 years; Mayor for 10 years True.
Obama - matches that of Biden, Clinton, and McCain. Elected the first black
president of the Harvard Law Review, a full-time volunteer position functioning as
editor-in-chief and supervising the law review staff of 80 editors

Foreign Relations experience

Palin - Governor of state that borders Canada and Russia. Part True. The state
does share a border with Canada, but only a waterway with Russia. There is no
record found of her traveling to either capitol for any sort of talks with either
of the countries leaders. She may have had talks with the Immigration officials at
the border of the Yukon Province when she went moose hunting. Passports were not
needed at the time.
Obama - Chaired Senate subcommittee on Europe True. once gave a speech to 200,000
screaming Germans True, Obama has been to Germany, Jordan, Israel, France the
United Kingdom, Iraq and Afghanistan. It also proves he has a passport.

Military Affairs experience Commander in Chief of Alaska National Guard. sort of

true. The Guard is a Reserve Component of the U.S. Army and would under the
command of the President. Although, the Guard can be called up by the Governors in
times of state wide emergencies such as floods and earthquakes. Neither of which
has occurred during Palin's term so far. Son is enlisted Infantryman in U.S. Army.
True and is being sent to Iraq.
Obama - None. True. But maybe he will meet Track on one of his trips to Iraq.

Private Sector Experience

Sports reporter; True for KTUU-TV in Anchorage, Alaska. Salmon fisherman True.
Help with her in-laws commercial fishing business.
Obama - Associate at civil rights law firm True. Fighting for the Civil Rights of
All of Us.

Speaking ability;
Beautifully executed initial stump speech in Dayton, OH hockey arena without a
teleprompter Partly True. the first part being an op.ed. with over 50 Google
references link to the same posting. I once heard an actor deliver the entire role
of Hamlet including the famous soliloquy "To Be or not to be". I also once heard a
dog barking Jingle Bells.
Obama - No answer as there is no "fact" stated only the entry "An enter...wait--
did you say without a teleprompter??" I am sure Obama has delivered a speech
without a teleprompter.

Spouse's name:
True on each count.
Todd Mitchell Palin and Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama

Spouse's occupation: Salmon fisherman; True. Commercial Fisherman. Former very

well paid Union worker BP Oil True.
Michelle Obama - Vice President for Community and External Affairs at University
of Chicago Hospitals; former Associate Dean of Student Services at the University
of Chicago; True. Maybe she should be the VP pick ya, think? Former Executive
Director for the Chicago office of Public Allies; former Assistant to the Mayor of
Chicago; former associate at Sidley Austin law firm

Reaction to spouse's political success

Todd Palin - Quit 17-year BP oil job when BP became involved in natural gas
pipeline negotiations with wife's administration. Partly True as far as I can
find. He did quit in his own words to work part-time for the union and make more
time for the family, since his wife was now the bread winner.
Michelle Obama - Promoted and given 160% pay raise by UoC hospitals within months
of husband's election to U.S. Senate; The 2006 10-40 states her salery was
$273,618. Employer received $1,000,000.00 federal earmark, requested by husband,
after her promotion. Unverified. She did quit a job with a supplier to Wal-Mart
after Obama criticize Wal-Marts anti-union efforts.

Coolest thing about Spouse;

Tesoro Iron Dog Snowmobile race champion (longest snowmobile race in the world);
In 2008, while defending his championship, was injured when he was thrown 70 feet
from his machine. He was sent to the hospital but still finished in fourth place
All True.
Michelle Obama's Sister of Oregon State University head basketball coach Craig
Robinson True. Michelle is also an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

Most Courageous Moment in Public Service:

Resigned in protest from position of Ethics Commissioner of Alaska Oil and Gas
Conservation Commission in order to expose legal violations and conflicts of
interest of Alaska Republican leaders, including the former state Attorney General
and the State GOP Chairman True.
Obama - Gave an anti-Iraq war speech to a crowd of anti-Iraq war demonstrators in
Hyde Park in 2002. True and he also opposed the war a gutsy move when so many
supported it.

In Current Office Because...

Upset sitting Governor in GOP primary due to public support for her efforts to
clean up corrupt government establishment. un-confirmed op.ed but She had the most
votes.
Obama - Republican opponent was forced to leave race after unsealing of divorce
records exposed a sex scandal. (Seems a lot of Republicans have been in Sex
Scandles. Maybe they missed the Sex Ed classes?) Un-confirmed op.ed. He got the
most votes over Allen Keyes who did not resign.

Theme:
McCain / Palin - Change and Clean Government Hope and Change; True, but it sounds
like plagiarism of..
Obama's - "Bringing Change from Outside Washington"

What they've done to live that theme:

Palin - Replaced entire Board of Agriculture and Conservation because of conflict
of interest; True. Resigned from position of Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil
and Gas Conservation Commission in order to expose corruption among members of own
party. True. elected to run with a 26 year incumbent Senator. TRUe Borrowed theme
from Obama TRUE
Obama - Selected 36-year incumbent Senator as running mate

Family Affairs:
Palin - May have removed State Public Safety Commissioner because he did not fire
her ex-brother in-law during a messy divorce and child custody battle. True she is
under a state bi-partism ethics investigation. She may have had an affair with a
former business partner of her husband but he has had the divorce papers sealed.
Superior Court docket Number 3PA-07-01581C1 in the Matter of: Richter, Scott Alan,
and Richter, Deborah Marie motion to make case confidential.
Obama - Often says, "I am my brother's keeper"; Unconfirmed op.ed. Brother lives
in a hut in Nairobi on $12 per year. Step Brother and that is a good living in
Nairobi.
Union affiliation:
Union member, married to Union member. True.
Obama - Endorsed by a union True hasn't needed a union Job.

Iraq and Troop Support:

Palin - Formerly (pre-surge) critical of apparent lack of long-term strategy for
Iraq; Visited wounded U.S. soldiers in Germany; visited AK National Guard soldiers
[being] deployed to Kuwait; Son deploying to Iraq on 9/11/08 as Army infantryman
True.
Obama - Gave an anti-Iraq war speech to a crowd of anti-Iraq war demonstrators;
almost visited wounded troops in Germany, but decided to go shopping in Berlin
instead. Barely true. it was a gym and The decision to cancel was made after the
Pentagon raised a number of issues about its policy against campaign activity at a
military base � including visits by campaign staff or any media coverage or
speeches. As a sitting senator, Obama was welcome to visit troops, but no one on
the campaign trip with him, including a retired general who is advising his
campaign, could go along. So, if Palin is using her visits for policital hay, so
Obama be allowed to do the same.

Bipartisan/"maverick" credentials;
Palin - Married to a non-Republican; Exposed corruption within own party;
Campaigned for Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell against corrupt GOP congressman Don Young;
Called out Sen Ted Stevens (R-AK) to "come clean" about financial dealings that
are under fed investigation. True.
Obama - Talks about bipartisanship. True, so does McCain who voted with the White
House 88 - 90% of the time.

Legislative Record:
Palin - Passed a landmark ethics reform bill; True. Used veto to cut budgetary
spending; True. Prevented "bridge to nowhere" that would have cost taxpayers $400
million dollars. 1/2 truth. By the time Palin pulled the plug on the Gravina
bridge project in September 2007, much of the federal funding for the bridge had
already been diverted to other transportation projects. In other words, Sept 2006
she wanted a bridge and lobbied for the money, got the money cancelled the bridge,
kept the money anyway.
Obama - Voted "present" over 100 times as IL state senator. True. Obama has
sponsored 136 bills since Jan 4, 2005. The other guys record? Senator John Sidney
McCain III repeatedly refused to provide any responses to citizens on the issues
through the 2008 Political Courage Test when asked to do so by national leaders of
the political parties, prominent members of the media, Project Vote Smart
President Richard Kimball, and Project Vote Smart staff.

How they dealt with corrupt individuals in home city/state:

Palin - Exposed legal violations and conflicts of interest of Alaska Republican
leaders; True. Campaigned against corrupt GOP Representative; True. Ran against
and defeated corrupt incumbent governor in GOP primary. True.
Obama - Launched political career in home of unrepentant domestic terrorist Bill
Ayers (and still refers to him as a part of "mainstream Democratic Chicago"; about
1/2 true but, Both Obama and Ayers were members of the board of an anti-poverty
group, the Woods Fund of Chicago, between 1999 and 2002. In addition, Ayers
contributed $200 to Obama's re-election fund to the Illinois State Senate in April
2001, as reported here. They lived within a few blocks of each other in the trendy
Hyde Park section of Chicago, and moved in the same liberal-progressive circles.
Is there anything here that raises questions about Obama's judgment or is this
just another example of guilt by living in the same town? Purchased home with help
of convicted felon Tony Rezko True. But Obama paid full fair value for the
property. Again, this Obama was too trusting of a neighbor.
Guns:
Palin, Lifetime member of NRA and avid hunter: True. Palin likes to kill things.
She has also been known to hunt wolves from a helicopter. video can be found on
YouTube of Palin firing an M4 at a military firing range.
Obama - Worked to pass legislation in Illinois that would prevent all law-abiding
citizens from owning firearms. True, and it would also ban all non-law abiding
citizens from the same thing.

Earmarks: Palin - Opposed "Bridge to Nowhere" project; 1/2 truth see above. She
kept the money rejected the bridge. Said Alaska should avoid relying on federal
money for projects; LOL LOL LOL see previous. Campaigned against porker Don Young
(R-AK) in 2008 primary True.
Obama - Secured federal earmarks for wife's employer and for campaign bundlers.
Can not verify true or not.. But McCain uses more money from bundlers than does
Obama.

Abortion; Palin - is against giving a woman a Choice. gave birth to 5th child
knowing that he would have Down's syndrome. True and good for her.
Obama - is Pro-choice; only IL state sen. to speak against the Born Alive Infant's
Protection Act, which required medical care to be given to live infants who
survived abortions. Tricky to answer. part yes part no. part present but not
voting which can mean the same as voting no. But on wedge issues it is an ambush
to start with. Bills are introduced and worded in ways, and amended with such
other issues, that one could vote to spend $600,000 on a bridge to no-where bill,
which also has a provision to stop mothers from free choice. To vote against the
bridge votes against pro-life.

Energy;
Palin Believes energy independence is a matter of national security; True, so does
a lot of people, including Obama. For drilling in ANWR, which is in her state.
True, even though a Republican lead congress was against it for the last 12 years.

Obama - Says Americans should "get tune-ups" and "check tire pressure"; True, and
so does the AAA, and all automotive mechanics, tire manufactures and highway
safety departments. It is a very good idea. Says "we can't expect the world to be
okay with" our use of heating and air conditioning. True. we use 75% of the worlds
resources for 25% of the population. Obama favors new energy resources.

Environment:
Palin - Chair of Alaska Conservation Commission (2003-4); True. Announced plans to
create sub-cabinet group of advisors to address climate change and reduce
greenhouse gas emissions in AK. True. But welcomes drilling in ANWR in spite of a
Republican / Democratic Congress unwilling to let her do it.
Obama - Talks about the environment a lot. True. with AL Gore and Ed Beagly Jr.
Two leading environmentalist.

Athletic prowess: Palin - Runs marathons True. So does Oprah.

Obama - Has reporters tailing him to the gym. True.

They both workout.