McCain: Sarah Palin for Vice President (29Aug08)
McCain taps Alaska governor for VP
DAYTON, Ohio - Republican John McCain introduced first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate Friday, a stunning selection designed to get an edge in the increasingly competitive White House race.
She’s exactly who I need. She’s exactly who this country needs to help me fight the same old Washington politics of ‘Me first and country second,’ “
McCain declared as the pair stood together for the first time at a boisterous rally in Ohio just days before the opening of the party’s national convention.
Palin, the first Republican woman on a presidential ticket, promised: “I’m going to take our campaign to every part of our country and our message of reform to every voter of every background in every political party, or no party at all.”
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