Alaska Governor is McCain's VP Choice
United Press International
2008-08-29
Alaska first-term Gov. Sarah Palin has been tapped to be Sen. John McCain's running mate on the Republican ticket, a campaign source said Friday.
A senior member of McCain's campaign confirmed the choice of Palin, 44, CNN reported. Fox News cited a campaign source with the same confirmation.
CNN said it was tipped to the choice when it learned a private plane from Anchorage, Alaska, landed about 25 miles from Dayton, Ohio, site of where McCain was to announce his vice presidential choice Friday.
"The fact that she is not a Washingtonian, that she is outside the beltway ... is in her favor," U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, told CNN. "I think it's a breath of fresh air.
Palin, 44, was elected governor in 2006.
Hutchison was under consideration early on as a running mate for McCain. Also on the short list were Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
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- August 29, 2008
Back to the name calling
As you can see that the government schools failed me. But I see you have to start calling names. Is that the best you can do. Is that the way it would be at 3am when Mr. Obama gets the call and starts calling them names. Now that scares me.
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By gkmtruckerSeptember 1, 2008 - 11:38am