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John McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate
The choice of Palin adds a woman and a strong pro-life voice to the Republican campaign
* Palin was sworn in as Alaska's youngest and first woman governor in December 2006. Born in Sandpoint, Idaho, February 11, 1964, she moved to Alaska with her parents as an infant.
* Palin is a darling of U.S. conservatives because of record on tax cuts, opposition to abortion and other issues. Her place on the ticket may help shore up McCain with the Republican Party's Christian base.
* Before her election as governor two years ago, she served on the Wasilla City Council and as mayor of the town. She was later appointed to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, where she learned about the state's energy industry.
* Like McCain she has a maverick streak. She has taken on big oil companies in Alaska and has broken ranks with the local Republican establishment.
* "The oil companies have been hugely influential in Alaska, certainly over the last decade and a half with the prior two administrations ... (For) Alaskans, as owners of the resource ... it is time to embrace our sovereignty," she told Reuters in an interview a few months ago.
* Palin is a devout Christian who is opposed to abortion rights. She is also an avid hunter and angler and a member of the National Rifle Association, a powerful conservative lobby that is staunchly opposed to gun control.
* She has irked environmentalists by opposing the listing of the polar bear as a threatened species and is a big supporter of oil and gas drilling off the Alaska coast.
* Palin, who grew up in Wasilla, near Anchorage, studied journalism and political science at the University of Idaho. She worked in a commercial fishing business with her husband and as a television sportscaster before entering politics.
* Palin gave birth to her fifth child, a son, in April, becoming the second U.S. governor to have a baby while serving in office.
I am excited again about this election. I believe personally she was a great choice.
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Re: John McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate
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I am excited again about this election. I believe personally she was a great choice.
Me too! I didn't know anything about her, thanks for posting that, gary! Nice to see ya out here again! 
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Re: John McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate
Great to see you here Gary.
It does sound like she was a good choice. I really like her stand on abortion.
Probably best to have someone with little political experience in the VP chair instead of as president.
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Re: John McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate
Not gonna get into politics, but she is a lovely woman and smart... a little "macho" but her looks fix that LOL
If she was not attached to McCain, she would get my vote -- but alas....
Gonna be interesting.
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Re: John McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate
Good to see something about her. The one question I have, is if elected, and something happened to the president that would place her as president of U.S., would she be good as a president?
I think this election year is one of the most exciting ones thus far! Well, at least in the life of my voting of age time, lol.
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would she be good as a president?
Good question, we never want that to happen no matter who the vp is but the bottom line for me is her stances on abortion, gay rights, etc.
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Re: John McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate
Bottom line for me is ore death and poverty (war etc). I would never vote McCain. SHE might be fine, but he is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much like Bush.
I do believe if McCain adds the stress of presidency, he will die in office, so folks best watch close.... Palin would be a shakey endorsement, I am afraid.
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Bottom line for me is ore death and poverty (war etc).
you have a problem with death persay war, but you dont have a problem with thousands of innocent babys murdered a year? interesting...maby i misunderstood
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Maybe you did since no one said anything about abortion.
And....One has absolutely NOTHING to do with the other. Of course I have a "problem" with dead babies. But, I also have a problem with government telling a woman what she can and cannot do.
As I said, I will NOT get into politics, period.
I will not get into it any further. Hostility in such matters is ridiculous and helps NOTHING. 
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pepperspaw ...
Bottom line for me is ore death and poverty (war etc). I would never vote McCain. SHE might be fine, but he is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much like Bush.
I do believe if McCain adds the stress of presidency, he will die in office, so folks best watch close.... Palin would be a shakey endorsement, I am afraid.
Why do you believe the stress of being president will cause McCain to die in office? Just curious. 
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