Word: mate
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...first time. Scoggins is president of the 1,000-member Republicans for Black Empowerment, a Washington-based group that primarily aims to mobilize black conservatives. For months, he struggled over whether to support John McCain. The selection of Alaska governor Sarah Palin as McCain's vice-presidential running mate "was the nail in the coffin. She didn't exude any intellectual acuity," he says. Scoggins says his support for Obama wasn't just out of a sense of racial pride. But he was moved by Obama's forceful speech last June on personal responsibility, particularly among black...
...September, conservative columnist Kathleen Parker wrote of her gradual realization that Sarah Palin wasn't qualified to be John McCain's running mate and should step aside. A former Palin supporter, Parker incurred the wrath of right-wing readers, but her remarks were brave, and her willingness to repudiate spin, even at personal cost, won her admirers of all political persuasions...
Other clashes will turn on personality and style. Conservatives will say McCain's moderate record cost him votes. Moderates will say he ran too far to the right--and erred by picking Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Palin has vocal defenders who think that she helped the ticket and should run for President herself in 2012. In Congress, some Republicans will want to cooperate with President-elect Barack Obama, heeding the voters' desire for bipartisanship. Others will seek to draw a clear contrast between their ideas...
...need to jot down notes in a dark cockpit. But when designer and pilot Robert Cullinan put the product on Amazon.com "just to see what would happen," the raves and orders took off - from theater critics, night nurses and anyone wanting to avoid the wrath of a sleeping plane mate. Two LED lights, powered by one AAA battery (which lasts up to 20 hours), are fitted inside the cone of the Pilot's Pen, so the light is close to your writing surface and casts an even glow. And while you click the pen top to turn on the light...
...decision from a human standpoint but, politically, it didn’t help.” Mondale’s talk was followed by 30 minutes of questions. When asked about media comparisons between Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin and Geraldine Ferraro, Mondale’s former running mate, Mondale said he thought the biggest difference was that Ferraro was qualified. He said he hoped that the public would “just forget about Palin” and give women in politics another chance. About 30 students attended the talk and welcomed the Democratic politician with a standing...