Most of Wallace's views were odious, but his life story has actual relevant accomplishments in it, unlike Palin, who as far as anyone can tell has never done anything truly worthwhile except to skim big bucks from gullible right-wing republican fools. Can anyone produce anything about Palin resembling this excerpt from
Wallace's Wikipedia article?
Wallace was fascinated with politics from the age of 10, winning a contest to serve as a page for the Alabama Senate in 1935 and confidently predicting that he would one day be governor. Wallace became a regionally successful boxer in high school, then went directly to law school at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa in 1937. He was a member of the Delta Chi Fraternity. After receiving a law degree in 1942, he entered pilot cadet training in the Air Force. He washed out, became a staff sergeant and flew B-29 combat missions over Japan in 1945.
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In 1953, he was elected Circuit Judge in the Third Judicial Circuit of Alabama. Here he became known as "the fightin' lil' judge," a reference to his boxing days. He gained a reputation for fairness regardless of the race of the plaintiff, and a black lawyer recalled, "Judge George Wallace was the most liberal judge that I had ever practiced law in front of. He was the first judge in Alabama to call me 'Mister' in a courtroom."
So Wallace served in the military and spent time as a "liberal" judge. (Who knew?) Note that his dream from age 10 was to be the governor, a dream that was eventually fulfilled. In contrast, here's what you find in
Palin's article:
Palin played flute in the junior high band, then attended Wasilla High School where she was the head of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and a member of the girls' basketball and cross country running teams. During her senior year, she was co-captain and point guard of the basketball team that won the Alaska state championship, earning the nickname "Sarah Barracuda" for her competitive streak.
In 1984, Palin won the Miss Wasilla beauty pageant. She finished third in the Miss Alaska pageant playing flute in the talent portion of the contest, and receiving both the Miss Congeniality award and a college scholarship.
After graduating from high school, Palin enrolled at the University of Hawaii in Hilo. Shortly after arriving in Hawaii, Palin switched to Hawaii Pacific University for a semester in the fall of 1982 and then North Idaho College in the spring and fall of 1983. In June 2008, the Alumni Association of North Idaho College gave her its Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award. She attended the University of Idaho in the fall of 1984 and spring of 1985, and attended Matanuska-Susitna College in the fall of 1985. Palin returned to the University of Idaho in the spring of 1986, receiving her bachelor's degree in communications with an emphasis in journalism in 1987.
After graduating, she worked as a sportscaster for KTUU-TV and KTVA-TV in Anchorage, and as a sports reporter for the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, fulfilling an early ambition.
OK. Palin played flute, played sports, and won beauty contests before attending five colleges to get a four-year degree and subsequently becoming a sportscaster and sports reporter. (Her early ambition was to be a
sports reporter rather than, say, governor.) No law degree, no military service, no judgeship.
Like it or not, there really is no comparison between the empty Wasilla grifter and George Wallace.