In this campaign ad, Palin talks about how Alaska needs a fresh energy as her (then) four kids unload (and then load and then unload again) bags from what appears to be the family's seaplane. The ad, the chyron notes, was "frugally paid for" by her campaign.
— by Belinda Luscombe
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