Timeline: A look at how Palin compares to Obama

Wed Sep 3, 2008 3:35 PM EDT

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Supporters of Republican vice presidential pick Sarah Palin argue her experience tops that of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Here's a look at some major achievements in the lives of both:

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1979

— Obama a backbencher on high school basketball team that wins state championship

1982

— Palin captain on high school basketball team that wins state championship

1983

— Obama graduates from Columbia University. Works for a business research company, then becomes community organizer in poor section of Chicago.

1984

— Palin wins "Miss Wasilla" pageant and places second in statewide beauty contest.

1987

— Palin graduates from University of Idaho, works in television sports and family fishing business.

1988

— Obama enters Harvard Law School.

1990

— Obama becomes first black editor of prestigious Harvard Law Review.

1992

— Obama runs Project Vote!, which registers 150,000 new voters in Chicago, then begins teaching law at University of Chicago.

— Palin wins city council seat in Wasilla, an Alaska town of about 5,500.

1993

— Obama joins law firm specializing in civil rights cases.

1995

— Obama publishes "Dreams from My Father," a well-reviewed memoir about growing up in America with an absent African father.

1996

— Obama elected a state senator.

— Palin elected mayor of Wasilla.

2000

— Obama defeated in effort to unseat U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush.

2002

— Obama speaks out against invading Iraq.

— Palin loses Republican primary for Alaska lieutenant governor

2003

— In biggest year of his legislative career, Obama passes legislation requiring police to record interrogations in murder cases, collect data on race of drivers they pull over.

— Palin appointed to Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.

2004

— Obama delivers keynote address at Democratic convention, elected to U.S. Senate.

— Palin investigates conduct of a commission member, who ultimately resigns. She later files ethics complaint against state's Republican attorney general, who also resigns.

2006

— Obama publishes "The Audacity of Hope," a book detailing his views on national affairs. Works with Senate Republicans to limit nuclear proliferation and shed light on wasteful government spending.

— Palin elected first female governor of Alaska.

2007

— Obama launches presidential campaign.

— Palin overhauls state ethics laws, pushes to build a natural gas pipeline despite opposition from oil industry.

2008

— Obama wins marathon Democratic primary against Hillary Rodham Clinton and raises record amounts of money

— Alaska legislators probe whether Palin improperly pressured officials to fire her sister's ex-husband, a state trooper.

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SnotRag Dave

In all fairness... Palin's choice as VP DOES belong in the 2008 chapter.

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#1 - Wed Sep 3, 2008 4:45 PM EDT

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Division by Zero

I can't believe someone who has been an ethics reformer would get tied up in trying to manipulate the firing of her sister's ex-husband, but family relationships can create political problems.

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#2 - Wed Sep 3, 2008 5:15 PM EDT

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Pete ZaHutt

stop picking on her. smears. personal issues, blah blah blah

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#3 - Thu Sep 4, 2008 11:00 AM EDT

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Snidely Whiplash

What Liberal Rhetoric !!!

It's also important to remember... Obama is running for President.. and Palin is running with the qualified candidate for VP ! If you put up Mccain's timeline next to Obama, you'd be going on for years before Obama got his mother's milk off of his lips...

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#4 - Thu Sep 4, 2008 11:56 PM EDT

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