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.
I remember that Kerry asked for Swiss Cheese on his cheese steak. What a buffoon.
Thanks. Now, that I’ve had my Sarah fix, I’ll be able to sleep better.
the country NEEDS Sarah Palin.....she is in touch with the people and she is a great communicator...maybe not great at sit downs interrogations...but she RELATES to people...
how can that be bad in this scary world?
During the 2004 election, Kerry stopped into a Wendy’s Restaurant and imposed himself on a couple of Iraq-bound marines eating lunch. It turned out that the marines didn’t appreciate Kerry using them as a photo-op. They also didn’t appreciate his stance on the Iraq war if memory serves.
I love how she lights up a room when she enters! People are geniunely glad to see her. I wish people would stop talking about cheesesteaks it’s making me hungry!!
That guy is CREEPY he reminds me of a Character from the Muppet show!
http://www.stlouisscrewbolt.com/sam%20the%20eagle.jpg
I still like the picture of this moron dressed up like a condom the best.
Around here (Atlanta GA metro) they come cut in half on the diagonal, and I just hold it like a regular sandwich and BITE.
Is there some sort of protocol of which I am unaware?
But she doesn’t know all the insiders and foreign leaders and Wall street and the MSM and how Washington works and how pacs work and how the electorate expects you to support them and how hollyweird feels and and and and and and and and and................CHANGE!
I sure wouldn't take the risk of jabbing my finger at a Marine that way.
Kerry is a clueless moron.
Oh Man, I wish I knew that; well, her advisors have good taste—Tony Luke’s is the best cheesesteak in the City, imho. I go there all the time. Oh well.
Did she get “wit” or “wit out”?
Thank you for the refresher. I hope those proud Marines told that pompous, arrogant twit to hit the road!!!!! Could you imagine Lurch, interupting your lunch?/Just Asking - seoul62........
Nah, but that’s ok. She knew to order it “wit”. That’s good enough!
Yes. I cannot begin to imagine how many votes that lost him in Philly. No joke.
It is interesting that Sarah stopped at Tony Luke's though. The slightly bigger names in Philly as far as cheesesteak shops go are Geno's and Pat's. They're basically next door to each other around 10th and Federal. My preference is Geno's. Tony Luke does have a shop at the ball park, though, and I think that has helped promote their name a lot.
You have to widen your stance and sort of bend over so that all the mess doesn’t fall on you. Otherwise just enjoy.
You MUST show Reverence and Respect for the Perfect sandwich!! LOL
Eventhough the Beef on a Weck comes in a close second in my book.
http://timfasano.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/picfornewsletterniagarafallssept2005beef.jpg
I don’t think Hillary carried cash.
You eat it with gusto and without pinkie fingers in the air. And if you do it right, grease is everywhere but on your clothes.
;-o)
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