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...McCain came close to selecting Lieberman as his running mate before picking Alaska governor Sarah Palin....
...I defy any US political scientist to put their hand on heart and say Palin’s presence on the ageing John McCain’s ticket did not harm his chances against Barack Obama in 2008 — especially after the collapse...
...She first burst on to the national and international political stage in 2008, when, while serving as Alaska’s governor, she was chosen as John McCain’s vice-presidential running mate in that year’s presidential...
...She first burst on to the national and international political stage in 2008, when, while serving as Alaska’s governor, she was chosen as John McCain’s vice-presidential running mate....
...She first burst on to the national and international political stage in 2008 as John McCain’s vice-presidential running mate. But she was widely derided for comments about Russia....
...Borowitz describes Palin, the governor of Alaska rashly plucked by John McCain to be his 2008 running mate, as a “gateway for ignoramuses”. This is where the idiocies begin to take on more menace....
...Think back to 2008-2009. Vladimir Putin invaded Georgia. John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate. The banks were toppling....
...Tina Fey’s uncanny turns as Sarah Palin, John McCain’s Republican running mate in 2008, racked up some of SNL’s highest ever viewing figures and an Emmy for Fey....
...In 2008, Sarah Palin, the vice-presidential nominee to John McCain, championed the growing white working class element of the base, which had largely voted for Bill Clinton the previous decade....
...At one point, the founders sold novelty John McCain and Barack Obama-branded breakfast cereal to pay off their credit card debt....
...Lisa Kline is a New York stylist who was hired by the Republicans to make over Sarah Palin and her family in 2008, when Alaska’s self-styled “hockey mom” governor was selected as John McCain’s running mate...
...As Biden showed in 2008 with Sarah Palin and in 2012 with Paul Ryan — the Republican running mates of John McCain and Mitt Romney — he is a surprisingly taut debater....
...She cites John McCain’s disastrous choice of Sarah Palin as running mate for the US presidency in 2008: “That’s what can happen when a sponsor fails to choose and develop a protégé correctly.”...
...The selection of the relatively inexperienced Sarah Palin by the Republican contender John McCain in 2008 was a recent case in point. Cohen argues — quite correctly — that this is dangerous....
...Here they arrive on stage for the first of three presidential debates on September 26 2008 at the University of Mississippi McCain — with his vice-presidential nominee, Alaska governor Sarah Palin, by his...
...Sarah Palin, McCain’s running mate in the 2008 presidential election, told The Daily Mail: “John McCain, he is an American hero....
...McCain only half-jokingly called the media his base. For Trump, of course, the media is his opposition. Had McCain beaten Obama in 2008, I have no doubt history would have gone differently....
...McCain did not make it easier by taking the huge, though for him typical, gamble of choosing Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate....
...That campaign will long be remembered for his choice as running mate of Sarah Palin, the telegenic fruitcake from Alaska. What makes McCain special is his moral courage....
...For a sense of the speed of the collapse, consider John McCain’s naval career. He enlisted in 1958....
...In 2008, the collapse of Lehman Brothers triggered a global financial crisis....
...When Senator John McCain addressed a Harley rally before the 2008 presidential election, he noted that Barack Obama, his rival, had drawn large crowds in Berlin....
...Many of Mr McCain’s most loyal fans were secretly relieved he lost the 2008 election to Barack Obama....
...Mr Zandi advised the 2008 presidential campaign of Senator John McCain. He later advised the White House under Barack Obama and authored a book about the subprime mortgage crisis....
...He oversaw the company’s public debut in 2008, expanded Discovery’s programming and lured former Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin and media mogul Oprah Winfrey to cable TV....
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