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Todd Palin Quits Oil Job

By the Associated Press

Posted Oct 3, 2009 6:28 AM CDT
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(AP) – Another Palin calls it quits: Two months after Sarah stepped down as governor of Alaska, Todd has resigned from his oil field job on the North Slope. Todd Palin's resignation as a production operator for oil giant BP PLC was apparently effective September 18. As Palin fans await the release of Sarah's highly anticipated memoir, for which she is said to have been paid millions, Todd is spending time with the family, her spokesman says.

"Todd loved his union job on the Slope and hopes to return," she added. In addition to working on the North Slope, Todd was a commercial fisherman. He earned some $34,000 working part-time last year for BP in Prudhoe Bay and about $52,000 in the family's commercial fishing business.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks with her husband Todd before Todd Palin and his partner, Scott Davis begin the 2009 Iron Dog snowmobile race across Alaska in Big Lake Alaska Sunday Feb. 8, 2009.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks with her husband Todd before Todd Palin and his partner, Scott Davis begin the 2009 Iron Dog snowmobile race across Alaska in Big Lake Alaska Sunday Feb. 8, 2009.   (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
In this July 25, 2009, Todd Palin, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband, holds their son Trig at the governor's picnic in Anchorage, Alaska.
In this July 25, 2009, Todd Palin, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband, holds their son Trig at the governor's picnic in Anchorage, Alaska.   (Al Grillo)
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, left, holds her husband's Todd's hand as newly sworn in Gov. Sean Parnell gives his acceptance speech during a ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska Sunday, July 26, 2009.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, left, holds her husband's Todd's hand as newly sworn in Gov. Sean Parnell gives his acceptance speech during a ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska Sunday, July 26, 2009.   (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin greets her husband Todd at the finish line of the 2009 Tesoro Iron Dog on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009, on the Chena River in downtown Fairbanks, Alaska.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin greets her husband Todd at the finish line of the 2009 Tesoro Iron Dog on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009, on the Chena River in downtown Fairbanks, Alaska.   (AP Photo/Sam Harrel)
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inky
Oct 4, 2009 5:19 AM CDT
The husband doesn't fall far from the money tree. What a family of schlubs.
inky
Oct 4, 2009 5:18 AM CDT
Do you have the same ghostwriter she does?
dearlizzie
Oct 4, 2009 3:20 AM CDT
The Third Reich would agree. Mash up video of Hitler receiving news of Palin's Book: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

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