McCain's VP Choice Slaps The 'CHANGE' Out Of Obama's Mouth

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Injecting a new twist into the presidential race, John McCain on Friday [08-29-08] named Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate, introducing the 44-year old at a rally that also celebrated the Republican presidential candidate's 72nd birthday.

"My friends and fellow Americans, I am very pleased and very privileged to introduce to you the next vice president of the United States, Governor Sarah Palin of the great state of Alaska," McCain told a crowd of 12,000 at the Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio.

Describing Palin as someone with "grit and integrity and devotion to the common good that is exactly what we need in Washington today," McCain said Palin "knows where she comes from and she knows who she works for. She stands up for what is right and she doesn't tell anyone to sit down. She's fought oil companies and party bosses and do-nothing bureaucrats and anyone who puts their interests before the people they serve."

Palin brings to the Republican ticket a resume that challenges conventional wisdom while it plays into the party's Conservative base. Palin is, among other things, a former beauty queen, a mother of five, an abortion opponent, a union member, hockey player and moose hunter.

"I would be honored to serve next to the next president of the United States," Palin said after joining McCain, his wife Cindy and daughter Meghan on stage. "To be chosen is a great challenge. I know that it will demand everything I have to give and I promise nothing less."

Palin, who was also appointed as Alaska's ethics commissioner and chairwoman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, said she wanted to challenge the status quo and serve the common good.

"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not why a ship is built. Politics isn't just a game of competing interests and clashing parties. The people of America expect us to seek public office and to serve for the right reasons," she said, adding that "no leader in America has shown these qualities so clearly or present so clear a threat to business as usual in Washington as Senator John S. McCain."

"This is a moment when principles and political independence matter a lot more than just the party line. And this is a man who has always been there to serve his country, not just his party. And this is a moment that requires resolve and toughness, and strength of heart in the American president. And my running mate is a man who has shown those qualities in the darkest of places, and in the service of his country," she said.

Palin is considered a rising star in the Republican Party. She is the state's first female governor, and at 44 is its youngest chief executive.

Obama Campaign Shoots Itself In The Foot

"Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said.

Obama — a fanatical leftist with no experience whatsoever — distanced himself from Burton's statement later in the day, describing it as a "hair trigger" response.

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[imthebigbadwolf]

bullshit.  She supported the "bridge to no where until she saw it was going to lose"

[bign3ck]

this dumbass is worse than bush, we need Obama/Biden to save the Economy, please don't sell out our great nation.

[benyblancofrmthabrnx]

lol palin what a joke. ahahah that backfired like crazy. if hed picked romney it wouldnt have been a blowout.

[ride446]

Guess who WON the election!

[fighterfang3]

OBama IS president SO FUCK you who ever put this up

[lizzyb24]

Ya know, I kinda like her EXCEPT for the fact she must be a fool to have accepted the offer to run as VP. Like WTF?

[yondergirl83]

haha, American politics is so funny:)

this women SUCKS!!!

[ProlefeedTV]

I can see the ocean from my house. Can I be secretary of the Navy?

[deburteaga]

Haha, what idiots those two commentators were at the end. That bridge to nowhere argument doesn't stand anymore. They didn't even have a real reason for liking her. If she were a democrat, man oh man would she get it. And that last commercial was really dumb, too. Whatever. I don't care.