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...record, he's not singing about Palin, though the curvature and comeliness of McCain's surprise vice-presidential nominee pick are brought up by just about everyone here, man and woman, in a way that would make lower-48 liberals and feminists cringe. Palin-friendly talk show hosts gush how she'll wow 'em with her toughness - and her legs. State fair t-shirt vendor Kevin Beagley says he remembers one particular customer last year who bought a few t-shirts that said "Alaska: The Coldest State with the Hottest Governor". The buyer? Palin's own father, Chuck Heath...
...Hobo Jim, with his old cowboy hat and very new John McCain sticker on his guitar, has the crowd dancing and drinking...
...Across the row from the State Fair livestock pavilion - with its champion pigs, giant cabbage and 900-lb. pumpkins - Eddie Grasser mans an NRA booth. Palin is a lifetime NRA member - a demographic that has not been particularly high on John McCain - and Grasser couldn't be more excited about the governor he calls Sarah. Like Grasser, everyone here seems to be on a first name basis with their politicians. "It's just one of those things about Alaska politics," says Grasser. So Governor Palin is Sarah, the irascible (and currently indicted) Senator Stevens is Uncle Ted, and even Representative...
...Republican women like Misty Penrod, a registered nurse and single mother from Kettering, Ohio, may also be convinced to get more actively involved in the McCain campaign because of the pick. "I'm very excited by it," said Penrod, who has two young children and traveled to the rally Friday. "She knows daycare issues. She has a disabled child. She knows healthcare issues. She's a very good choice...
...Such sentiments, if they expand by word of mouth across a crucial swing state like Ohio, are music to the ears of McCain's advisers. By picking Palin, McCain took a chance with a politician who lacks much experience on a national or international stage. But it's a bet that could pay off big on November...