Sarah Palin Accepts McCain's VP Offer. 2 of 2

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jbranstetter04
August 31, 2008

In my opinion Senator John McCain has made an excellent choice for his Vice Presidential running mate. Her best qualities are; she's pro-life, she's pro Second Amendment and a life member of the NRA, she's a small government low tax fiscal conservative, she has personally fought against corruption in government whether it was Democrats or Republicans, and finally she grew up in a regular hard working tax paying family that relied upon themselves and not the government.

VP pick Palin makes appeal to women voters
Alaska governor to be first female Republican vice presidential nominee

MSNBC and NBC News
updated 11:32 a.m. PT, Fri., Aug. 29, 2008

DAYTON, Ohio - Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain introduced his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, at a raucous rally Friday, praising her "tenacity" and "skill" in tackling tough problems.

"She is exactly who this country needs to help us fight the same old Washington politics of me first and country second," McCain told supporters in Dayton.

Palin, who becomes the first woman to serve on a GOP presidential ticket and the first Alaskan to appear on a national ticket, echoed McCain's appeal to battle the status quo in Washington.

"This is a matter when principles ... matter more than the party line," she said to the cheering crowd of 15,000.

Palin made an immediate play for support from Democratic women, mentioning that she followed in the footsteps of Geraldine Ferraro, who was the Democratic vice presidential running mate in 1984.

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She also referred favorably to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who drew 18 million votes in her unsuccessful run against Obama for the Democratic nomination.

"But it turns out the women of America aren't finished yet and we can shatter that glass ceiling once and for all," she said.

Surprising choice
Palin's selection was a stunning surprise, as McCain passed over many other better-known prospects, some of whom had been the subject of intense speculation for weeks or months.

At 44, she is a generation younger than Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, who is Barack Obama's running mate on the Democratic ticket.

She is three years Obama's junior, as well, and McCain has made much in recent weeks of Obama's relative lack of experience in foreign policy and defense matters.

Unlike Biden, who attacked McCain sharply in his debut last week, Palin was indirect in her initial attempts to elevate McCain over Obama.

"There is only one candidate who has truly fought for America and that man is John McCain," she said as the Arizona senator beamed. McCain was a prisoner of war for more than five years in Vietnam.

Palin has a strong anti-abortion record, and her selection was praised warmly by social conservatives whose support McCain needs to prevail in the campaign for the White House.

"It's an absolutely brilliant choice," said Mathew Staver, dean of Liberty University School of Law. "This will absolutely energize McCain's campaign and energize conservatives," he predicted.

Palin was elected Alaska's first woman governor in 2006, defeating Gov. Frank Murkowski in the GOP primary.

"I've been blessed with the right timing here," Palin said before the election. "There's no doubt that Alaskans right now are dealing in an atmosphere of distrust of government and industry."

She has proven to be a popular leader. Eighty percent of the state's voters gave her a "somewhat favorable" or "very favorable" rating in a July 2008 poll.

On Aug. 1, Palin scored a major victory when the Alaska Legislature passed a bill that authorizes her administration to award a license to TransCanada Alaska to build a 1,715-mile natural gas pipeline from Prudhoe Bay on Alaska's North Slope to a hub in Canada.

The pipeline would be the largest construction project in the history of North America. If completed as hoped within 10 years, it would ship 4.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. The United States imported about 10 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day in 2007.

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is it wrong that every time i hear the song at the end of this video, i think of 'crystal gravy'? someone back me up on this

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I'm still in disbelief, this is the second in command choice???? Lets get a grip americans!! Vote Obama

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She is a distraction, and a liability to John McCain's presidential campaign.

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cute vid

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Wow... Utter garbage. I'm a independent but if she doesn't come off as a complete idiot to you, then you yourself are in a worse boat then she is.

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uhhh... he's clapping in agreement. He should be happy about the decisions he made, right? and she is doing what she's supposed to be doing-pulling for her running mate and encouraging him and the voters.

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39.5 million viewed John McCain's RNC speech...
38.4 million viewed Barry Obama's DNC speech...
37.2 million viewed Sarah Palin's RNC speech...
24 million viewed Joe Biden's DNC speech.

Latest poll shows Alaskan Democrat's giving Sarah Palin a 75% approval rating.

Latest CBS poll gives McCain 42% and Obama 42% tie.

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"I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a 'community organizer,' except that you have actual responsibilities."

I guess University of Idaho School of Journalism is sort of like "Harvard Law School," except that there aren't actual educational standards or expectations.

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