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rollcall.com - 8/29/2008
Palin Recently Said She Had Met McCain Only a Few Times
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In an interview with Roll Call two weeks ago, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) said she had met presumptive GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) only once or twice.

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Sarah Palin says she and John McCain are practically strangers
Top of the Ticket — ... At least that's what she told a reporter two weeks ago. In an interview with the Washington, D.C., newspaper Roll Call, Palin said she had met McCain only once or twice. ...

McCain Barely Knows Running Mate
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Nothing undersocres the riskiness of Sen. John McCain's pick of a running mate than this fact: "In an interview with Roll Call two weeks ago, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) said she had met presumptive GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain only once or twice." ...

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