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Palin wasn't McCain's first choice -- Lieberman was.
In case you missed this : ABC's Jan Crawford Greenburg reports: It wasn't until Sunday night that John McCain, after meeting with his four top advisers, finally decided he could not tap independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut to be his running mate. One adviser, tasked with taking the ...
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WTF Is It Now?!? — ... Palin is hoots of derision from women who hate America. 'Feminists out there are appalled by the cynicism and condescension inherent in this choice. It's as though the McCain camp believes our irrational she-hormones will lead us, like sheep, to pull the lever for any candidate who looks like us--even if she has a strong record, as Palin does, of standing against women's interests.' McMaverick, faced with a certain revolt by the fundies, caved on his first choice for vp: vichycrat Joe Lieberman.

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