In this Dec. 4, 2006 file photo, Gov. Sarah Palin, left, her husband Todd, and daughters Bristol,16, right, and Piper, 5, front stand as the colors are retired at the end of an inauguration ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska Palin, 42, is the first female and youngest governor of Alaska. John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate.
Hee haw: Sarah Palin is seen wearing a scarf emblazoned with donkeys at a rally in Nevada on Tuesday. The donkey has become the established political symbol for the Democratic Party
Donkey wrong: Sarah Palin is seen wearing a scarf emblazoned with donkeys at a rally in Nevada on Tuesday. The donkey has become the established political symbol for the Democratic Party
Donkey wrong: Sarah Palin is seen wearing a scarf emblazoned with donkeys at a rally in Nevada on Tuesday. The donkey has become the established political symbol for the Democratic Party
Donkey wrong: Sarah Palin is seen wearing a scarf emblazoned with donkeys at a rally in Nevada on Tuesday. The donkey has become the established political symbol for the Democratic Party
Donkey wrong: Sarah Palin is seen wearing a scarf emblazoned with donkeys at a rally in Nevada on Tuesday. The donkey has become the established political symbol for the Democratic Party
Tina Fey (left) and Sarah Palin (right)
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Sarah Palin has become the attack dog for the McCain campaign, with increasingly personal tirades at her rival
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin winks as she speaks during her vice presidential debate against Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden at Washington University in St. Louis, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks as presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain looks on at a campaign rally August 29, 2008 in Dayton, Ohio
Palin has allowed big game hunters to shoot Alaska's bears and wolves from low-flying planes
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Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin 'excites' Carson City voters at the weekend
Sarah Palin signs a photograph of herself for a supporter at a campaign rally in Golden, Colorado, yesterday
The National Organiastion for Women has decided endorse Barack Obama and Joe Biden's bid for power, snubbing Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin on the campaign trail
01 September 2009
The father of Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and US vice-presidential nominee, said his daughter is steering clear of the media spotlight to focus on writing her memoirs.
Chuck Heath, in Idaho campaigning for a Republican congressional candidate, said Palin had been away from her Alaska home for more than a month.
Heath told the Spokesman-Review he frequently gets e-mails from her seeking trivial information for her book - like how many points she scored in a basketball game or when the family attended the Boston Marathon.
Palin quit as Alaska's governor in July. She has made no public appearances but has voiced opinions on issues via social networking web sites like Facebook.
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