Todd Palin Challenges Jill Biden to Dogsled Race

WASILLA, Alaska – Todd Palin, the part-Eskimo husband of Alaska Governor and presumptive GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, has challenged Jill Biden, the wife of Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden, to a 1,900-mile dogsled race over some of Alaska’s roughest terrain. 

“Let’s see how much your husband’s foreign policy ‘experience’ helps you when you hit a whiteout in the tundra at 100 below zero,” Mr. Palin’s written challenge said.  The Biden camp has not responded.

The plain-talking Mr. Palin created a stir when reporters asked him how John McCain is regarded in the Eskimo community.  “When we Eskimos look at John McCain, we see more than 130 different shades of white in his hair,” Mr. Palin said.  Many reporters wondered if the comment was intended as a metaphor.

Asked if he had ever contemplated living in the White House, Mr. Palin snapped, “What color do you think our igloo is?  Blue?” 

Mr. Palin cut off a reporter who started to ask if he and his wife believe in family planning.  “You would understand why we have five children if you ever saw my totem pole,” he said.

Friends of Mr. Palin say he has long claimed to be the nephew of Snow Miser, a popular character in the Rankin/Bass Christmas special The Year Without a Santa Claus, but no evidence of that relationship has been uncovered.

Sep 3