Sarah Palin's Arkansas Connection

Everybody seems to have some type of Arkansas Connection!
KATV-7: There is an Arkansas connection to Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin: Her former junior high school basketball coach lives in north central Arkansas. Sarah Heath is how Jerry and Carol Russell know her. . . . Jerry Russell was Sarah Palin's 7th-grade basketball coach, and 8th-grade U.S. History teacher.

While Palin never expressed an interest in politics back then, Russell says was always active. One of his fondest memories is the final seconds of a rival game. It was up to Palin to make the last shot. (Russell) “She almost made it, but she missed it. The buzzer blew, they all came around her and she put her hands up over her face and started crying. I put my arm around her and said, ‘Sarah, don't cry. It's just a game..’ ‘Yeah, but we lost.’ She just couldn't stand to get beat. I'd love to see her get into the White House. There’s no doubt in my mind, if she had to sit down in the president’s chair today, she could handle it."

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