Diana’s Little Corner in the Nutmeg State: McCain Picks Running Mate

Friday, August 29, 2008

McCain Picks Running Mate

McCain chooses Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as running mate, campaign officials say

By LIZ SIDOTI | Associated Press Writer
11:20 AM EDT, August 29, 2008

DENVER (AP) _ John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate on Friday in a startling selection on the eve of the Republican National Convention.
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She is a former mayor of Wasilla who became governor of her state in December, 2006 after ousting a governor of her own party in a primary and then dispatching a former governor in the general election.

McCain Picks Palin

The Fix
Chris Cillizza

Palin's political career began a decade later when she was elected to the Wasilla City Council and, four years after that, in 1996, she won the mayorship -- knocking off the incumbent by just a handful of votes.

So a 71 year old McCain picked a 44 year old with almost not political experience who will be only a heartbeat away from the Presidency.
Why did he pick her? Let us count the ways…

To trump the Democrats by having a woman as the Vice President candidate
She is a Christian Conservative
She is anti-abortion, pro-life
She is anti-gun control (A lifetime member of the NRA)
She is pro-oil and she supports the drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge

McCain criticizes Obama for his lack of experiences well McCain will have a total neophyte as a running mate. If McCain is elected he would be the oldest president inaugurated, older than President Regan and we all remember how his health became an issues towards the end of his presidency.

3 comments:

Judd Corizan8/29/08, 1:18 PM
Hi Diana-

I am Judd Corizan. I produce a new meme called Sunday Stealing. It’s located at: http://sundaystealing.blogspot.com. It’s a meme I am producing that originated on Bud Weiser’s WTIT Blog. I am now heading up the meme that you can play every Sunday. What we do is search for the best memes in the blogosphere and steal them. We always contact the blog’s owner and fess up to the theft and give them a link.

It has been incredibly popular on Bud’s blog and Bud has always encouraged his readers to steal it as well. Sunday Stealing introduced the infamous “CD Cover” meme to hundreds of readers. And that is the best part. Every week the meme will always be different. We’ve contacted since you have played Saturday 9, which is as hot a meme as there is on the internet. Naturally, we got permission from Samantha Winters (Crazy Sam) and she is excited about our meme and was thrilled to help. We’ve exchanges links/ads!

We did a “dry run” on this past Sunday and will go live on this Sunday August 31st! We hope you join us. We hope you’ll join in! And if you haven’t played Saturday: 9 in a while, I promised Sam I’d invite you play again at http://saturday9.blogspot.com.

Thanks-
Judd
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K8/30/08, 10:59 AM
It'll be interesting to see who wins the election. I'm not really too much on one side or another but I'm just curious to see..
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Anonymous8/31/08, 7:25 AM
I completely agree with you. I can't wait until Obama wins. I am a Libertarian, but I understand that while the U.S. still has a two-party system, I will vote democrat. By nominating Plain as VP, McCain just handed Obama the win. :)
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