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BREAKING: McCain Picks Gov. Sarah Palin as VP!!! (Updated 3x)
29Aug2008 Filed under: John McCain Author: grlpatriotConfirmed that it’s NOT Pawlenty or Romney. Joe Lieberman is on vacation with his family in Long Island. There was a flight chartered by a McCain fund raising group donor from Alaska to Ohio last night. A women and two children young men were seen exiting from the plane and getting into a car pool of white vans. McCain will announce is VP pick in Dayton, Ohio today. It’s looking like Palin.
[UPDATE 9:11 AM EDT] Two of Palin’s five children are older teenage boys girls. Unconfirmed reports that Palin is still in Alaska. ABC News is saying it is not Palin. No one knows where Tom Ridge or Meg Whitman are.
[UPDATE 10:11 AM EDT] FOX News reporting that the airport manager was shown a picture of Palin and her family, manager says it “could be…it might be them”. The Manager also says that the mini vans had been there about 3 hours earlier for a flight originating from Flagstaff, AZ. Despite ABC News reports from Palin’s spokesperson that Palin is scheduled to attend the Alaskan state fair, Palin’s staff in Alaska and in D.C. cannot confirm her whereabouts.
[UPDATE 10:36 AM EDT] **** FOX now confirms that it IS Palin ****
Crossposted at Alegre’s Corner.
- Tags: 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Women's Vote
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Psychodrew
August 30th, 2008 at 1:07 am
This announcement has unleashed yet another wave of sexism on the left-wing blogosphere. I’m not going to vote for McCain/Palin, but I’m appalled that she is being ridiculed as a “token” and a dumb beauty queen. I thought we were supposed to be the progressives.
grlpatriot
August 31st, 2008 at 9:11 am
Yes, it has, Drew. We had a lively, and at times, heated debate at AC on the selection. The sexism, guilt tripping, and fear mongering was troubling and annoying. I’ve heard about hard core attacks coming from the sewer (a.k.a Daily Kos). Wing-nuts are wing-nuts whether they call themselves conservatives or progressives. Regardless what anyone says, this is an historic VP pick for the GOP. Good for them, it’s about time. Democrats did it 20 years ago, and Hillary almost won (really she did) the nomination for President. Palin is on McCain’s ticket because of Hillary and the excitement she sparked in women.