tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428262663623493707.post4254013146871938443..comments2023-10-29T05:58:20.875-04:00Comments on Aunt Jemima's Revenge: Say It Ain't So John....This Dull Dude Can't Be Your VP Pick!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428262663623493707.post-29376035130981134392008-08-29T13:10:00.000-04:002008-08-29T13:10:00.000-04:00McCain Chooses Palin as Running Mate By MICHAEL CO...McCain Chooses Palin as Running Mate <BR/><BR/>By MICHAEL COOPER and ELISABETH BUMILLER<BR/><BR/>Published: August 29, 2008 <BR/>DAYTON, Ohio — In a surprise move, Senator John McCain announced here on Friday that he chose Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate, shaking up the political world at a time when his campaign has been trying to attract women, especially disaffected supporters of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. <BR/><BR/> Alaska Governor Sarah Palin at a news conference in Juneau, Alaska, on Aug. 1, 2008. <BR/>“I’ve looked for the best to help me shake up Washington,” Mr. McCain said in announcing that he had chosen Ms. Palin, a mother of five, to be his running mate.<BR/><BR/>In choosing Ms. Palin — a 44-year-old conservative and self-described “hockey mom” who has been governor for less than two years — the McCain campaign reached far outside the Washington Beltway in an election in which the Democratic presidential nominee, Senator Barack Obama, is running on a platform of change. <BR/><BR/>Ms. Palin, a former mayor of the small town of Wasilla, an Anchorage suburb, and one-time beauty pageant queen, first rose to prominence as a whistle-blower uncovering ethical misconduct in state government.<BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/us/politics/29palin.html?ref=usAdmiral Komackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671698772150420737noreply@blogger.com