news.yahoo.com - 8/31/2008
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AP - John McCain voiced concern for Gulf Coast residents fleeing the path of Hurricane Gustav on Saturday even as he reintroduced running mate Sarah Palin to a raucous crowd in a key battleground state.
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McCain orders convention curtailed for Gustav
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... fellow Republicans converged on their convention city to nominate him for the White House. ... McCain said he was looking forward to being the convention but did not say when he would arrive. He spoke via satellite from St. Louis after he and Palin received a briefing on hurricane preparations in Jackson, Miss. In an interview with NBC, he said it was possible he would make his acceptance speech not from the convention podium but via satellite from the Gulf Coast region. Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080831/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_con... McCain was apparently partying with ...
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