REVISED: SATGATE IS STILL POSSIBLE!!

[redstate_democrat]

the social security number starts with 574 and she was born in Idaho, right?

Only people born in Alaska have social security numbers that begin with 574.


It is possible, however, that she scored even worse on her real SAT score.

But this was funny.



EDITED TO ADD: I was wrong! People are saying social security numbers are not issued based on where you're born, but on the state where you apply for one. I don't remember at what age I got my social security number. I was born in the 70s so I don't know.

This could be real! :scared:

[BlooInBloo]

1. Oh well - it was fun while it lasted.

[redstate_democrat]

7. Yea, I know. I had a good ass laugh while it lasted

[NightOwwl]

21. dupe

[Aloha Spirit]

2. The ID could have been issued after her family moved to Alaska.

[Sinistrous]

20. That is possible.

I do not think getting SSNs for newborns was required in 1964.

[BlueInPhilly]

3. Social Security # is not based on where you were born

but where you were residing when you applied for one.

[speedoo]

5. Correct. nt

[WeDidIt]

4. You did not get SSNs at birth in the 70's

I'm about her age and let me tell you, my SSN is not from the state of my birth but from the state where I lived in when I got a SSN.

[TwilightGardener]

13. Right--I didn't get an SSN until I was 9 or ten.

[grantcart]

6. isn't the SS determined by where you reside when you apply for it and not where you were born?

[redstate_democrat]

23. I'm assuming she got a social security number when she was born

If not, then well, it could be real.

And if this fucker is real, she is not fit to tie her shoes let alone be VP!

[alcibiades_mystery]

26. Why would you assume that?

It was not common practice even when I was a child (I didn't get mine until I was twelve), and I'm considerably younger than Governor Palin.

[yardwork]

27. I got my social security number when I got my driver's license, and I'm about Palin's age.

It's only recently that social security numbers are assigned at birth.

[Cheap_Trick]

43. No, but she DID get a nice 666 tatoo at the base of her skull when she was born.....

:rofl:

[crazylikafox]

39. yes

[DemsUnited]

8. When Palin was born, SS number not automatically given at birth, had to apply for it.

So, very possible that Palin applied for SS in Alaska. She moved there as an infant.

This very well could be a fake, even so. But oh so much fun to believe it's real!

[firedupdem]

9. The source it came from is not the best.... n/t

[ellacott]

18. I have no confidence in that site

They've posted many false stories.

[skipos]

That is why I am always cautious about these unverified stories. nt

[grannie4peace]

10. not if she didn't get it until she moved to alaska!

[Fresh_Start]

11. until fairly recently SSN was assigned based on

the state you applied for it from. Since most people didn't get one until they approached working age, it didn't matter where you were born, it mattered where you lived.

When my children were born it was effectively a requirement to have a social security number for newborns.

[Homer Wells]

12. I don't know if that is necessarily so!

I'm 15 years older than Nanookie of the North, but I was not required to have a SS number until I went for my first job, at 16. So, she may have been born in Idaho, but not have gotten her SS Card until she was a teenager.

[madaboutharry]

14. Hold on. 44 years ago people did not get

Social Security numbers at birth. Getting a social security number at birth is relatively recent. I didn't get my social security number until I was 17 years old. She moved to Alaska as an infant. She probably did get her social security number in Alaska.

[Jersey Devil]

15. Not necessarily

She probably didn't have a social security number until her family moved to Alaska. Up until a certain date it was not necessary to have a social to claim kids as dependents. I am not sure of the date they changed that but I clearly recall that was the case and often people would not get them for their kids until they either opened a bank account for them or they got their first job.

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. Social Security area numbers do not designate where the person was born

But the state in which they first applied for the number. It is now common to get a social security card as an infant (my daughter got one when she was a month old), but this wasn't always the case. i didn't get a social security number until I was twelve, for instance, and this was in the 1980's.

The first three numbers (the "area number") designates the state in which the recipient FIRST APPLIED, not where they were BORN.

http://people.howstuffworks.com/social-security-number2.htm

[RichardRay]

17. Moved to Alaska less than a year old, I believe.

I didn't get my SSN until I was in middle school in Massachusetts. I was born in Oregon,l but have an SSN issued in Mass.

Not that I'd be ready to swear to the authenticity of SATGate, but I don't know that the SSN alone makes it a fake.

[PA Democrat]

19. It's only been in the last 20 or so years that Social Security numbers are required

at birth. I did not get a Social Security number until I was a high school student and started working.

[Dr. Death]

22. I don't think that proves it

You don't necessarily get your SSN at birth. You may get it later in life, and thus be assigned a number according to where you live at that time. Mine, for example, is not indicative of where I was born, but where I was living when I was 12, when my family finally got around to signing me up.

Not saying that this makes the document real, just that it doesn't necessarily render it a fake.

*Edit: I see that a lot of other people have already brought up this same point.

[NightOwwl]

24. I was born in California

but my Social Security number starts with 155 because I was living in New Jersey when it was assigned to me.

[npincus]

25. you should modify your OP title... it's not been proven "fake".

I didn't get my SS# until I was about 12.

[nyhuskyfan]

28. It's a good laugh

But not worthy of being a serious story. You don't need the SAT scores to know this woman doesn't have much going on between the ears. You just need to hear her answers to questions when she has to speak off the cuff.

My concern is that this becomes like the banned books thing. People put out a phony list of banned books, easy to prove false, and then the truth of the story gets lost in the details (her church was interested in banning a couple of specific books, she did ask the librarian about it on three occasions, and she did fire the librarian before being forced to reinstate her).

[Occam Bandage]

29. I still think it's fake, but that doesn't prove anything,

since SSNs aren't necessarily given at birth.

[Mabus]

30. I was born in Kansas but have an Oklahoma SSN

In fact, my several siblings and I have similar (almost sequential) SSNs because my parents applied for at the same time. Of my siblings, the four of us that were born in Kansas all have Oklahoma SSNs.

[seabeyond]

31. my ss starts 574..... n/t

[seabeyond]

32. she has a friggin 2.2 grade point average. wtf.... n/t

[Hokie]

33. If anything this helps atest to authenticity

She probably got the SS# in Alaska as a teenager.

[OKNancy]

34. all I can think to post is "whatever"

this is just stupid. Go after her policy statements!

[TwilightGardener]

35. Please. She doesn't make any "policy statements".

You act as if she's a valid candidate or something.

[redqueen]

36. Reform! We need to reform and cut the waste!

That's not a policy statement?

:rofl:

Kidding, of course. :7

[TwilightGardener]

41. LOL! That's pretty thin gruel there, isn't it? Or: "We have to stand up for

freedom and democracy!" or "Like such as, oh, it's gotta be all about job creation, and reducing taxes, and health care reform and tax reduction." :rofl:

[redqueen]

37. Nice edit...

That gave me a chuckle, seeing that...thanks for the laugh. :)

[VWolf]

38. Does it really matter?

A low SAT score is considered a badge of honor for the mouth-breathing repugs.

[Frank Cannon]

44. Even HAVING an SAT score could count against you with these people...

since it indicates that you at least considered advancing your education at some point.

I, like many Democrats, couldn't care less what her SAT scores were. She demonstrates her stupidity on a daily basis.

[ipfilter]

40. I didn't get an SSN until I was 15.

They were not given out at birth until recently. My number reflects my state of birth, but only because I lived here when I obtained my SSN.

[MgtPA]

42. I was 16 when I got my SSN and the number is based on where I lived at the time not where I was born

[originalpckelly]

45. Wasilla High School says she was part of the honors society:

http://www.whs.matsuk12.us/

click sarah palin pics.

hmmm....

Could you be in an honor society with a 2.2?

[Ms. Toad]

46. That's a 2.2 for the most recent grades

Who knows what her overall GPA is. It could have been higher 9-11, she got in to the honor society, then got senior-itis.