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Gas prices may have McCain looking at Alaska gov. for VP
Phoenix Business Journal ^ | July 3, 2008 | Mike Sunnucks

Posted on 07/06/2008 5:55:33 PM PDT by gscc

Record-high gasoline and oil prices are a centerpiece of the presidential tilt.

Republican John McCain has some options if he wants to leverage his vice presidential pick on the energy and economy front.

One wildcard name circulating is Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, according to political consultants.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008veep; mccain; palin; rino; vp
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To: gscc

Aint gonna happen. She’s everything that McCain hates; someone thats smarter than him, more honorable than him, and is Conservative!


21 posted on 07/06/2008 6:35:18 PM PDT by Bommer (A Third Party can win when Republicans and Democraps stand for the same thing!)
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To: Diogenesis

agree.


22 posted on 07/06/2008 6:35:40 PM PDT by ken21 ( people die + you never hear from them again.)
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To: gscc
>Gas prices may have McCain looking at Alaska gov. for VP

Absolutely never happen.
Even McCain is not that rock hard, stone dry, dehydrated STUPID.

These comments are nuttier than a fruitcake.

23 posted on 07/06/2008 6:36:30 PM PDT by bill1952 (Obama-the only one who can make me vote McCain McCain-the only one who can make me stay at home)
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To: sandbox

Picking a Democratic patsy, tainted with with his
introduction of the Democratic HillaryCARE plan,
like Romney is a losing proposition.

I know scores of people who voted for Romney, were burnt,
and will never vote for him again.


24 posted on 07/06/2008 6:40:26 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: gscc
bumper-sticker
 
 

Contact your Congress critters to let them know that you are tired of high gas prices.

U. S. Senate

U. S. House of Representatives

25 posted on 07/06/2008 6:43:32 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Diogenesis

The Republicans will need someone who can talk with authority and make sense on health care and the economy. Romney can do that. He can discuss what he learned from the Mass. healthcare experience, how it would be different. I did not vote for Romney in the primary, but I was impressed with him.


26 posted on 07/06/2008 6:49:50 PM PDT by sandbox (Name the enemy// Win the war.)
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To: monkeycard
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27 posted on 07/06/2008 6:50:21 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: monkeycard

That’s not the picture that I meant to post of Sarah Palin. I’m quitting for the night on posting pictures, I reserve the right to continue making dumb comments though.


28 posted on 07/06/2008 6:52:17 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: SandRat

We need her here to fight dims and greenies.


29 posted on 07/06/2008 6:53:21 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Think what she do for the nation.


30 posted on 07/06/2008 6:54:32 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

I agree, If you will loan her to us ??? :*)


31 posted on 07/06/2008 6:55:00 PM PDT by cmsgop (How come they never made "6 Pack" II)
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To: gscc

Let’s get serious, here. She just had a baby, and it’s a high intensity care Down’s syndrome baby. We should be ashamed of ourselves for trying to get a mother to leave her newborn children.


32 posted on 07/06/2008 6:58:58 PM PDT by Fractal Trader
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To: gscc
The drawback for Palin is that she's not experienced

She may not be experienced in terms of length in public office, but she's got ethics & good judgment. She can't be bought, she respects the people and the office she represents. That alone makes up for more than any perceived lack of public office experience.

If McCain picks Palin, it would ignite conservatives and finish off Obama. I said it would be a gametime decision for me if McCain picks Romney; however, if McCain picks Palin I will be at that voting booth first thing in the morning voting for McCain/Palin.

33 posted on 07/06/2008 7:04:02 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (BARACK OBAMA WILL SAVE US! HE HAS RISEN!!)
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To: GOP_Lady
but to think it would help McCain because of gas prices?

She would bring a lot of intangibles to McCain. She also shares McCain's independent & maverick stance, but instead of siding with libs she fought members of her own party.I admit though it'd be a stretch for McCain to choose her. He should choose Romney, and quit after one-term, and Romney should choose Palin or Jindal in 2012.

34 posted on 07/06/2008 7:07:11 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (BARACK OBAMA WILL SAVE US! HE HAS RISEN!!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I agree with you. That would be the best scenario. Allow Mrs. Palin to finish her term as Governor.
35 posted on 07/06/2008 7:11:02 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
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To: Lonely Are The Brave
She is just another woman who is lucky to have a husband take care of her.

So she should be a single woman on welfare or a feminist?

Down South, she will not play.

She has all the characteristics of Southern women. She's pro-gun, pro-family, pro-life - her rugged personality will win over ALL regions.

Conservatives will not get out of their recliners for this establishment woman...

Establishment woman??? What are you talking about? She's doing a great job representing people in public office and people respect that. Since when did public office become denigrated? Don't hate the office, hate the person that's in it.

36 posted on 07/06/2008 7:12:58 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (BARACK OBAMA WILL SAVE US! HE HAS RISEN!!)
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To: SandRat; cmsgop

I’m thinking.....


37 posted on 07/06/2008 7:13:52 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Graybeard58
She's georgeous. She's intelligent. She's a powerful woman. She's politically astute. She possesses common sense. She has a great personality. She would appeal to voters nationwide.

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She appears to be a woman who has her wits about her ... unlike a few others making news in recent weeks and months.

She would be an excellent choice to woo dissatisfied Hillery voters.

Two things might hurt her - she's much prettier than McCain and she has the ability to control a situation and not lose her temper. (Truth bu just a little sarcasm on my part.)

McCain could do much worse. I think of all the names mentioned Ms. Palin and Mitt Romney may be the best of the field. They have the best chance of unifying voters behind the GOP candidate nationwide. If McCain runs a real campaign, something he hasn't tried to do yet, both would be assets and the GOP could win.




38 posted on 07/06/2008 7:14:14 PM PDT by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: Diogenesis

Personally, the woman just had a baby. Isn’t that a contradiction of converative family values? It’s one thing if a woman has to work part-time as a new mother to keep the family from going under, but a governor? That doesn’t sound conservative to me. I don’t know, the idea that what the Clintons are doing influencing the Republican party does not appeal to me. I don’t care if Hillary decided now was the time for a woman Presidency, I don’t think that should influence John McCain.


39 posted on 07/06/2008 7:16:22 PM PDT by Seeker of the Truth
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To: Kathy in Alaska

A female VP on the Republican ticket after the O picks some old goat. hehehehehe and a very conservative lady at that.


40 posted on 07/06/2008 7:21:27 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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