blogs.reuters.com - 8/30/2008
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MONACA, Pennsylvania - Barack Obama distanced himself on Friday from his campaign’s initially critical statement about his rival John McCain’s choice of first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate. McCain, a 72-year-old veteran Republican senator from Arizona, picked ...
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McCain’s Brilliant Choice
The Wide Awake Cafe —
... Now the Democrats are searching for a hook on which to hang Gov. Sarah and after all the misogynistic statements which have come from Barack Obama, his campaign and many of his fellow Democrat male ...
If Sarah Palin Doesn’t Have Enough Experience To Be VP, How Does Obama Have Enough To Be President?
Say Anything —
... talking point from the left, emanating specifically from the Obama campaign, was that Palin was too inexperienced. After all, according to the left, wasn’t Palin just a small town mayor a few years ago?
Well now the liberals, including Obama himself, have figured out that bashing a VP pick as “too inexperienced” might not be a good idea when your Presidential nominee is a Senator who hasn’t even completed one term yet.
Obama doesn’t want to go too far down that road. ...
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feministlawprofs.law.sc.edu 8/30/2008 — NYT account of her selection as McCain’s running mate here . Interesting move by McCain to try to capitalize on the sexism thrown at Hillary during the Democratic primary. From the linked NYT article: Ms. Palin praised the achievements of Senator ...
Obama reacts to McCain VP pick —
First Read 8/29/2008
From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones PITTSBURGH, PA -- Obama reacted to his rival's pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a running mate and walked back a statement put out by his campaign that called the governor inexperienced.
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Obama-Biden commend McCain's VP pick —
CNN Political Ticker 8/29/2008
Sen. Obama and Sen. Biden praised McCain's choice of a female for his VP.
(CNN) – Touring a bio-diesel plant in Monaca, Pennyslvania Friday afternoon, Barack Obama and Joe Biden reacted to news that the opposing ticket is now complete, ...
McCain’s VP Pick Could De-Fang Biden —
FOXNews.com 8/30/2008
John McCain’s game-changing selection of a first-term female governor from Alaska as his running mate poses a challenge for Barack Obama’s own selection for vice president.
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