• Jason Jones of The Daily Show: Do you think being a small-town mayor prepares you to be Vice President of the United States?
  • Mayor Dianne M. Keller of Wasilla, Alaska: An unequivocal yes.
  • JJ: Wh- How?
  • DK: How...?
  • JJ: Let's say you have a problem with the fire department. What would you do?
  • DK: The City of Wasilla doesn't manage a fire department.
  • JJ: OK, fine. Let's say there's something wrong with your school system.
  • DK: We don't do the school system either.
  • JJ: Just pick any social service.
  • DK: We don't do social services in Wasilla.
  • JJ: Um - what do you do?
  • DK: What do WE do in Wasilla?
  • JJ: Take me through the Mayor of Wasilla's day.
  • DK: Just different - different things on different days. Uhhh... well, Mondays, at 10:00, we always have a staff meeting. And then, um... ummm... Every Thursday is a check-signing day, so I sign all the checks for the City of Wasilla's bank bills.
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