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The Real Thing - McCain's Slam-Dunk Surprise
nypost ^ | Rich Lowry

Posted on 08/30/2008 2:46:34 PM PDT by flyfree

IF it were the plot of a political movie, it'd be too cheesy to watch. An obscure governor of a small state, a working mom of five, is secretly spirited to a political rally four months after giving birth to her latest child and named the running mate on a national ticket as the country watches, agog.

But there she was, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, trailing four of her kids (the other is in the Army and about to deploy to Iraq) and her husband - a young, attractive mother hen about to stand next to war hero and elder statesman John McCain and make their case for leading the nation.

What a gutsy choice. It's the latest sign McCain's campaign won't play Bob Dole to Barack Obama's Bill Clinton circa 1996.

It's as if McCain said, after the suspenseful build-up to the text message announcing Obama's VP choice, "You want suspense? I'll give you suspense." And, after Democrats' history-making primary battle, wanted some history of his own.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008veep; lowry; mccain; mccainpalin; palin; richlowry
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1 posted on 08/30/2008 2:46:34 PM PDT by flyfree
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To: flyfree

I think Jennifer Lopez should buy the rights to the movie, quick!!


2 posted on 08/30/2008 2:51:39 PM PDT by johnnycap
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To: johnnycap

Catherine Zeta-Jones could play her in a heartbeat.


3 posted on 08/30/2008 2:53:35 PM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (DRILL HERE. DRILL NOW. PAY LESS!)
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To: flyfree

According to John Fund on Gigot’s Fox program - Palin fired the Governor’s chef because “her children could fix their own breakfast and sandwiches” .....and she also sold the Governor’s jet on EBay;)

My kind of gal!

Love this woman - McCain has excellent judgement.


4 posted on 08/30/2008 2:54:15 PM PDT by sodpoodle ("Have faith in God...but keep your powder dry." Oliver Cromwell)
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To: sodpoodle
Palin fired the Governor’s chef because “her children could fix their own breakfast and sandwiches” .....and she also sold the Governor’s jet on EBay;)

EXCELLENT!

5 posted on 08/30/2008 2:55:49 PM PDT by SolidWood (McCain/Palin 2008)
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To: sodpoodle

johnny mccan’t sure has changed my view of him.
He might just win this and govern the way palin has.


6 posted on 08/30/2008 2:57:40 PM PDT by genghis
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To: johnnycap

Liz Hurley for the movie...

7 posted on 08/30/2008 2:59:12 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: flyfree

I don’t think “Obambi” ever expected to be confronting two experienced hunters. We all know John McCain was a fighter pilot and Sarah Palin, well she is a hunter and her family eats what she kills!

Yes, they are both hunters and understand the tactics of hunting and the time it takes to get into position to bag your prey. This is going to be a very interesting fight!


8 posted on 08/30/2008 3:03:02 PM PDT by WellyP
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To: flyfree
"cheesy," nypost, is Oprah telling her audience to think, "he's the one." it's scripted fainting at speeches. it's a rock-star entourage for a would-be civil servant. it's no-holds-barred media bias. it's talk of being "punished with a baby." Cheesy is the applicant for a job telling his interviews the question they asked of him is "above my pay grade." cheesy is campaigning in a foreign country. Cheesy is having four legal names. cheesy is having a few titles on the resume with no witnesses to any constructive or productive credits. cheesy is hanging with domestic terrorists. cheesy is having your pastor for 20 years, the one who married you and baptized your kids, screaming, "god damn America," when you're running for freaking president! cheesy is everything about you, barack hussein obama. Go crawl back underneath that dank log you crawled out from under, take your psychotic wife and your malicious, degenerate, and criminal friends with you.

Get the f*ck out of the limelight, you two bit fake.

9 posted on 08/30/2008 3:06:15 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (when you're bot, you're pwn3d)
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To: the invisib1e hand

The longer I look at Gov. Sarah Palin the better she looks to me, and she carries none of that terrible Obama baggage.


10 posted on 08/30/2008 3:13:06 PM PDT by tessalu
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To: flyfree

“”””An obscure governor of a small state”””””

An obvious qualification to be a nationally known journalist is to have failed geography in elementary school.


11 posted on 08/30/2008 3:13:51 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: the invisib1e hand

*cheesy* - I missed that nasty term - NYP should have used “improbable”.

I take it you are not an Obama supporter?

LOL! Excellent editing;)


12 posted on 08/30/2008 3:14:10 PM PDT by sodpoodle ("Have faith in God...but keep your powder dry." Oliver Cromwell)
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To: the invisib1e hand

White Guilt made Oprah what she is today!!

You really have got to be completely stoned ignorant to sit and watch a loon running her mouth all day!

Just imagine if all the women in the USA had spent the time listening to a professor on some subject that would improve their lives and never watched Oprah we would be living in a much better world.


13 posted on 08/30/2008 3:15:30 PM PDT by Bigmouthbass
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To: flyfree

mother hen? more like momma bear.


14 posted on 08/30/2008 3:24:42 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("John McCain has a birthday but he gives US the present.")
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

I’m sure he was referring to population, not area. Politicians think in terms of voters.


15 posted on 08/30/2008 3:29:00 PM PDT by expatpat
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To: NonValueAdded

“mother hen? more like momma bear.”

Sarah Palin doesn’t need a nickname, as she already has one.

They call her “The Barracuda”.

Those who have fought against her know exactly why, too.


16 posted on 08/30/2008 3:45:13 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: NonValueAdded
Here she is going after a corrupt policito.


17 posted on 08/30/2008 3:47:07 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: sodpoodle

What’s great about Palin she lives what she believes. Another example against abortion and she lives by it. Knowing her last son had down syndrome she refused to have an abortion.
Now I won’t need to hold my nose so hard win I vote for McCain, because Obama is just down right scrary.


18 posted on 08/30/2008 3:47:46 PM PDT by Ugot2Bkidding
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To: flyfree

i love how the MSM and obama cheerleaders are pointing to her “lack of experience”, indirectly they are pointing out their own, “the one’s” lack of experience

she has more than obama


19 posted on 08/30/2008 4:10:10 PM PDT by machogirl
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To: flyfree
McCain's campaign won't play Bob Dole to Barack Obama's Bill Clinton circa 1996

THANK GOD

20 posted on 08/30/2008 4:44:54 PM PDT by Hardastarboard (I have Zero Tolerance for Zero Tolerance policies.)
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