John McCain picks Sarah Palin as running mate!
Hello, everybody. This morning, John McCain made his pick for Vice Presidential running mate, and it came to us by surprise: It's Alaska governor Sarah Palin! The two made it official in Dayton, Ohio.
For most of you not in the know, Palin at 44 is the youngest and first female governor of our state; she and husband Todd have four children including Trig, who was given birth to a few months ago. Palin may be the first Republican female V.P. candidate, but she's second in general behind Geraldine Ferraro, who ran alongside Walter Mondale on the Democratic side in 1984.
Now, this all comes after Barack Obama accepted his nomination in front of over 80,000 last night when the Democratic National Convention concluded at Invesco Field, home of the Denver Broncos. Of course he wasn't the first to give a convention speech outdoors; some generations remember John F. Kennedy at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1960 while most of that convention was at the L.A. Sports Arena. If it worked for JFK 48 years ago, it could do so for Obama which came just 45 years after Martin Luther King's historic "I Have A Dream" speech.
Of course, the celebrities descended to the Mile High City over week for the convention; among them, Chevy Chase, Jessica Alba, Anne Hathaway, Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson, Ben Affleck, Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, and Hayden Panettiere. Who knows who'll pop up next week when the Republicans convene in Minneapolis.
Whichever way goes, there is history riding in this election. I was young enough to remember 1984, but my gut instinct tells me we could be seeing deja vu. We'll see what happens this fall, so so long and stay strong.
For most of you not in the know, Palin at 44 is the youngest and first female governor of our state; she and husband Todd have four children including Trig, who was given birth to a few months ago. Palin may be the first Republican female V.P. candidate, but she's second in general behind Geraldine Ferraro, who ran alongside Walter Mondale on the Democratic side in 1984.
Now, this all comes after Barack Obama accepted his nomination in front of over 80,000 last night when the Democratic National Convention concluded at Invesco Field, home of the Denver Broncos. Of course he wasn't the first to give a convention speech outdoors; some generations remember John F. Kennedy at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1960 while most of that convention was at the L.A. Sports Arena. If it worked for JFK 48 years ago, it could do so for Obama which came just 45 years after Martin Luther King's historic "I Have A Dream" speech.
Of course, the celebrities descended to the Mile High City over week for the convention; among them, Chevy Chase, Jessica Alba, Anne Hathaway, Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson, Ben Affleck, Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, and Hayden Panettiere. Who knows who'll pop up next week when the Republicans convene in Minneapolis.
Whichever way goes, there is history riding in this election. I was young enough to remember 1984, but my gut instinct tells me we could be seeing deja vu. We'll see what happens this fall, so so long and stay strong.
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