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Palin stumps at cheesesteak shop in Philadelphia
The Evening Sun ^

Posted on 09/27/2008 6:54:13 PM PDT by 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.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: cheesesteak; filthydelphia; pa2008; palin; philadelphia; philly; sarahpalin; tonylukes
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To: 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?

No, she'd reach in and take the money that was there out.

101 posted on 09/27/2008 8:30:56 PM PDT by Godzilla (The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.)
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To: SHOOT THE MOON bat; Pharmer
It must have been amazing to be at the game today at the Spectrum. The Spectrum is so small and intimate, unlike the cavernous Wachovia Center.

I loved seeing Sarah Palin in the Phillies jacket and wearing the Flyers hat.
Like Kate Smith and "God Bless America", Sarah's visit to Philly may be the luck we need for some parades down Broad Street this year, and for more than one sport!!!
102 posted on 09/27/2008 8:31:41 PM PDT by Mr. Binnacle (Keep on talking, Joe Biden, keep on talking!)
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To: soupcon

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Let Sarah be Sarah!

Let her loose and don’t over-prep her or she’ll freeze up.

If they can let her be herself, she’ll pulverize Biden.

If they don’t she’ll have problems.


103 posted on 09/27/2008 8:32:13 PM PDT by PowerPro (McCain/Palin FTW)
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To: AnAmericanMother
A grinder is a hoagie or sub that is put in the oven to melt the cheese.

It is also what four years of an Obama presidency would mean to our country.
104 posted on 09/27/2008 8:33:36 PM PDT by Mr. Binnacle (Keep on talking, Joe Biden, keep on talking!)
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To: SHOOT THE MOON bat

Sarah, your steaks are ready.

I guess she left the name Sarah with her order, but that just sounds so ....

like Sarah.


105 posted on 09/27/2008 8:34:50 PM PDT by altura
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To: AnAmericanMother

...import their buns...

no such thing as a steak on a “bun” - it’s a roll - preferably Amoroso’s - it’s all about the bread.


106 posted on 09/27/2008 8:46:58 PM PDT by palomonte (see the light or feel the heat)
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To: cherry
"John McCain is the best of the two"

what I meant was that John McCain was the best between that bamy person and him....

nobody comes close to Sarah.....

107 posted on 09/27/2008 8:49:07 PM PDT by cherry
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To: palomonte
Of course it's a roll -- my Southern vocabulary got the best of me. To a Southerner, a roll is a dinner roll, the little round breads you get with dinner - like a Parker House roll. Anything you put something into (other than sliced bread), whether it's round, square or oval, whether the contents are hamburger, cold cuts, or the innards of a cheesesteak, is a bun.

You got to remember that (1) I'm a Southerner born and bred, our last Yankee ancestor was born in New York City in 1802 (2) I haven't been in the Northeast other than a couple of short business trips since 1977.

108 posted on 09/27/2008 8:51:17 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse (TTGC Ladies Auxiliary, recess appointment))
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To: JrsyJack

AOL has 500 photos and she looks friendly and confident and they all look smitten. I notice when she speaks to people-even unidentified people on the street she seems engaged in what they are saying.


109 posted on 09/27/2008 8:51:51 PM PDT by Notasoccermom (.)
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To: palomonte

The roll is the secret ingredient. There is something in the water, pronounced warder that makes them impossible to duplicate. All the best steak shops get them fresh from the bakery every day. Sorry to say but the rolls used in other parts of the country are just oversized hot dog rolls.


110 posted on 09/27/2008 8:55:14 PM PDT by JrsyJack
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To: Arguendo; Kickass Conservative
People come up with the silliest reasons to judge politicians. Who cares how he likes his cheesesteak, or even whether he likes it at all?

Surrogate endpoints are used in many situations. A color change in Phenolphthalein, eg, is sometimes used to indicate neutral pH in acid-base titrations. See also comment #79.
111 posted on 09/27/2008 9:11:40 PM PDT by caveat emptor
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To: wireman

If you enjoy the taste of an old shoe on a roll.


112 posted on 09/27/2008 9:14:30 PM PDT by curth (Sarah Palin:Gods gift to America -McCain-Palin '08)
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To: caveat emptor

You are very good. LOL


113 posted on 09/27/2008 9:20:02 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Obama / Biden, the new Ebony and Ivory.)
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To: altura
As opposed to, “Messiah, your Arugula has been prepared for you, please have your food taster pickup the order”.
114 posted on 09/27/2008 9:22:43 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Obama / Biden, the new Ebony and Ivory.)
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To: caveat emptor

Oh...a litmus test?


115 posted on 09/27/2008 9:28:10 PM PDT by JrsyJack
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To: shadowcat
Worse, with lettuce and tomatoes.

He made a hoagie out of his cheese steak


116 posted on 09/27/2008 9:38:45 PM PDT by Darth Republican (Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.)
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To: mimaw
I’m sure some aid pays all her bills.

Then why has it been reported so often that she has stiffed a waitress?
117 posted on 09/27/2008 9:43:46 PM PDT by Brown Deer
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To: Kickass Conservative

You are too kind. You beat me. I was fumbling trying to remember the huntin license quote, saw yours, and had to improvise.


118 posted on 09/27/2008 9:45:51 PM PDT by caveat emptor (Are we having fun yet?)
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To: JrsyJack
Oh...a litmus test?

Yeah. Same idea, different pH range.
119 posted on 09/27/2008 9:56:03 PM PDT by caveat emptor (Are we having fun yet?)
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To: caveat emptor
Kerry's huntin license quote as one of those things that stuck with me. Well, let me put it another way. It's one of those things that REALLY pissed me off.

I remember it like I remember Reagan saying “Trust but verify” and my Father telling me “Nobody owes you a living”.

My Father made me the Conservative I am today, and people like Kerry and Obama steel my resolve when they come out with their Liberal drivel.

I go through life wondering how normal people, who have the gift of living in this wonderful country, can stand to be ruled by the Liberal Elite. They give up their souls so easily, it makes me fear for our ultimate survival as a free people.

Of course I'm the kind of guy who gets a lump in his throat and a tear in his eye when he sees the flag unfurled, hears a patriotic tune or watches a Military flyover. I feel like a relic until I come to a forum like this and realize I am not alone.

BTW - I cracked up when I clicked on your links. You are a fast thinker... (and a much quicker typist that I). LOL

120 posted on 09/27/2008 10:02:48 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Obama / Biden, the new Ebony and Ivory.)
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