Palin stumps at cheesesteak shop in Philadelphia

The Evening Sun ^

[Chet 99]

PHILADELPHIA—Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin takes her cheesesteak with Cheese Whiz and onions.

The Republican vice presidential candidate made a brief campaign stop at Tony Luke's steak shop in South Philadelphia on Saturday evening. Wearing jeans and a beige raincoat, Palin greeted curious onlookers, signed autographs and posed for pictures before ordering two steaks to go.

"Sarah, your steak is ready," a cashier said over the loudspeaker a few minutes after she ordered.

As dozens of onlookers crowded around her, Palin headed back to the window to pick up the order. The cashier told her the order was on the house, so Palin tossed her cash into a donation jar outside the window. A smiling Palin signed autographs on scraps of paper at the window while she waited.

"Thank you so much for letting me stop in," she said before picking up the bags and heading back to her SUV with 14-year-old daughter Willow at her side.

Ordering cheesesteaks at a Philadelphia steak shop is a longtime tradition in the City of Brotherly Love, where the sandwich is a cultural icon.

Palin said she thinks Arizona Sen. John McCain was "awesome" and "absolutely on his game" in Friday night's presidential debate with Democratic Sen. Barack Obama. Both candidates have been campaigning heavily in Pennsylvania, expected to be a key battleground in the November election.

One undecided voter at Saturday's stop said she was charmed after a brief talk with Palin, and more inclined to vote for McCain. Shannon Sampere, 24, of Newark, Del., said she and Palin talked about good bakeries in the area, adding that she found her to be very down to earth.

"She's a very genuine person," Sampere said.

[shadowcat]

Didn’t jfnKerry order his with swiss?

[To Hell With Poverty]

I bet she didn’t try to eat it with a fork...

[Tribune7]

ping

[tomnbeverly]

For all this change talk. Well There she is. She is the REAL CHANGE that this country needs.

[SMCC1]

Ah yes...Kerry and his swiss cheese request. LOL

[lightman]

Is that the wonderful shop that has the “Order in English” sign?

[hampdenkid]

Pictures?

[Miss Didi]

From Michelle Malkin:



If Sen. John F. Kerry’s presidential aspirations melt like a dollop of Cheez Whiz in the sun, the trouble may well be traced to an incident in South Philadelphia on Monday.

There, the Massachusetts Democrat went to Pat’s Steaks and ordered a cheesesteak — with Swiss cheese. If that weren’t bad enough, the candidate asked photographers not to take his picture while he ate the sandwich; shutters clicked anyway, and Kerry was caught nibbling daintily at his sandwich — another serious faux pas.

“It will doom his candidacy in Philadelphia,” predicted Craig LaBan, food critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer, which broke the Sandwich Scandal. After all, Philly cheesesteaks come with Cheez Whiz, or occasionally American or provolone. But Swiss cheese? “In Philadelphia, that’s an alternative lifestyle,” LaBan explained.

[Brown Deer]

The cashier told her the order was on the house, so Palin tossed her cash into a donation jar outside the window.

Would Hillary do that?

[bayliving]

God I love this woman!!!

Shhhhhh.....

Don't tell my wife! ;^)

[mylife]

The cashier told her the order was on the house, so Palin tossed her cash into a donation jar outside the window.

[wireman]

That's Geno's.

Tony Luke is a frustrated actor (but the sandwiches are pretty good).

[Jagdgewehr]

I bet these gentlemen wouldn't of had any qualms about sharing a meal with Sarah.

[mylife]

Thats “Gino’s”

[1980F150]

They are reporting that some guy asked her about Pakistan and that she agreed that the US would go into Pakistan to chase militants.

[EQAndyBuzz]

I bet she tore into that sandwich.

[COBOL2Java]

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[pnh102]

I TOLD YOU PEOPLE! Tony Luke's IS the absolute best Philly Steak! Gov. Palin CONFIRMS IT!

The place is at Front and Oregon.

[mylife]

Yup. I guarantee.