Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Sezvo Palin akanga asingazivikanwi kunze kweAlaska asati asarudzwa naMcCain, upenyu hwake hwepachivande, zvigaro zvematongerwe enyika, uye nhoroondo yezvematongerwe enyika zvakakonzera kunyatsoongorora kwevhidhiyo. Musi waSeptember 1, 2008, Palin akazivisa kuti mwanasikana wake Bristol akanga ane pamuviri uye kuti aizoroora baba, Levi Johnston. Munguva iyi, mamwe maRepublicans akanzwa kuti Palin akanga ari kurwiswa zvisina kururama nevezvenhau. Timothy Noah wemagazini ye"Slate" akafanotaura kuti hurukuro yaPalin yokugamuchirwa kwaizo"rumbidzwa zvikuru" uye yaigona kugumisa kufungidzira kwokuti akanga asina kukodzera basa romutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika nokuti pepanhau rakanga rava kumurova nokuda kwe"zvikanganiso zvakasiyana-siyana zvisingakoshi" uye rakanga raderedza tarisiro yehurukuro yake. Musi waSeptember 3, 2008, Palin akapa hurukuro yemaminitsi 40 yokugamuchira pa
Republican National Convention iyo yakagamuchirwa zvakanaka ndokucherechedzwa navanhu vanopfuura mamiriyoni 40.