McCain picks Alaska governor Sarah Palin for VP

RTO · Post by **RTO** » August 29th, 2008, 9:55 am

DAYTON, Ohio - John McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a conservative who shares his maverick streak, as his vice presidential running mate on Friday in a startling selection on the eve of the Republican National Convention.

At a raucous rally in the swing state of Ohio, McCain said he made his pick after looking for a political partner "who can best help me shake up Washington and make it start working again for the people who are counting on us."

McCain said that Palin was "exactly who I need. She's exactly who this country needs to help us fight the same old Washington politics of me first and country second."

Palin, whose name wasn't on the short list of prospects so heavily discussed publicly in recent weeks, thus became the first woman named to a spot on a Republican ticket. "I am honored," she said as she stood by a beaming McCain in her first few seconds in the national spotlight.

In a fast-developing presidential campaign, McCain made his selection six days after his Democratic rival Barack Obama, named Sen. Joseph Biden of delaware, as his running mate.

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deleon275 · Post by **deleon275** » August 29th, 2008, 9:57 am

I'd do her!

RTO · Post by **RTO** » August 29th, 2008, 9:59 am

deleon275 wrote:I'd do her!

Yup! :D

Silverback · Post by **Silverback** » August 29th, 2008, 10:04 am

Good pick...What a great country we live in!

Jim · Post by **Jim** » August 29th, 2008, 10:10 am

Silverback wrote:Good pick...What a great country we live in!

My concern is that she is the only politician in Alaska who is not under indictment for something.

RRDTm3 · Post by **RRDTm3** » August 29th, 2008, 10:21 am

RTO wrote:
deleon275 wrote:I'd do her!
Yup! :D

VPILF

BruteForce · Post by **BruteForce** » August 29th, 2008, 10:30 am

[quote] Ms. Palin then took the stage with her husband, Todd, who owns a commercial fishing business, and four of their five children. She said her eldest child, a son, is in the Army, and he is heading to Iraq on Sept. 11.

She described herself as â€œjust your average hockey mom,â€

Rock Island Ranger · August 29th, 2008, 10:33 am

Ballsy pick! At least now I have a reason to vote GOP. Like most of you...Id do her. Thats good enough reason, right?8)

PocketKings · Post by **PocketKings** » August 29th, 2008, 10:37 am

RRDTm3 wrote:
VPILF

I see a T-shirt opportunity.

502in62 · Post by **502in62** » August 29th, 2008, 10:42 am

She's to young for me. If her mother looks like her, I'd do her mom.

deleon275 · Post by **deleon275** » August 29th, 2008, 10:50 am

http://www.vpilf.com/ no time wasted

hit_it · Post by **hit_it** » August 29th, 2008, 11:10 am

she's easy on the eyes, that's for sure.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » August 29th, 2008, 3:06 pm

Details of Palin's personal life have contributed to her political image. She hunts, eats moose hamburger, ice fishes, rides snowmobiles, and owns a float plane. Palin holds a lifetime membership with the National Rifle Association. She admits that she used marijuana at a time when the state had legalized possession of small amounts (though possession was still illegal under federal law). She says that she did not like it and does not smoke it now. In December 2007, Palin posed for a photo spread in the fashion magazine Vogue.

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And I agree...ballsy move by McCain.[/b]