Palin's husband is no metrosexual

Even more reason to be enthused about her selection:

He's known as a doting, blue-collar husband who stands on the sidelines as his wife blazes a historic trail in politics.

But Todd Mitchell Palin can claim accomplishments beyond his marriage to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the surprise running mate of Republican presidential hopeful John McCain.

Todd Palin is a veteran oil-field worker and commercial fisherman affectionately dubbed Alaska's "first dude." He's a man who took college courses but does not have a degree, yet can hold his own in sophisticated circles, even hosting a reception for five former Alaska first ladies earlier this month.

A father of five, he's also a four-time winner of the world's longest snowmobile race, billed as the most grueling. It's a sport the 43-year-old lifelong Alaskan is so passionate about that he's continued to compete even after his wife took office in December 2006.

In this year's 2,000-mile Tesoro Iron Dog contest, Palin and racing partner Scott Davis were trying to defend their 2007 championship when Palin broke his arm in a crash. It was 400 miles from the finish line, but he refused to quit, coming in fourth, cheered on by the parka-clad governor waving a checkered flag.

"There are racers who throw in the towel pretty quick, without broken arms, with just a head cold," executive race director Laura Bedard said Friday. "This speaks highly of his character."

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Todd Palin is a highly aggressive competitor but will stop to assist a rival in trouble, according to Bedard. She said that in last year's Iron Dog, Palin and Davis helped a racer with broken ribs reach the next checkpoint before heading on to victory.

Davis, a seven-time Iron Dog winner, could not be reached Friday, but a worker at his family's concrete block manufacturing business in Soldotna said Palin often comes into the office during race preparations. The worker, Vickie Aber, described Todd Palin as a quiet, unassuming family man not in the least intimidated by his wife's meteoric rise.

He's not one to boast about his Iron Dog wins, either, Aber said.

There'd be swooning if the man were liberal but since he's married to a conservative now known as the Vice Presidential nominee, he'll be viewed as an impregnating misogynist ne'er-do-well Neanderthal.

Guaranteed.

Comments

[M E Brooks]

Yeah! Finally. A real American will be in the public eye. Maybe the boys of this generation will "man up" and drop the makeup. I'm sick of girlie-men. "There is no crying in Baseball!"

[Imanidiot (name changed by he who can do such things)]

This has to be the most reckless internet site I have ever seen. You glorify Palin and her ignorant husband? Are you out of your friggin mind? You need rest and medication.