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The Hellenic Radio (ERA): News in English, 08-09-04
From: The Hellenic Radio (ERA) <www.ert.gr/>
CONTENTS
[01] Palin against Obama
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Palin against Obama
04 Σεπ 2008 08:51:00
Sources: Reuters
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Sarah Palin launched a mocking
critique against Barack Obama. She charged up Republicans looking for
signs of hope that she and McCain can win the White House on Nov. 4.
Palin, 44, Alaskas governor and McCains vice presidential running mate
said "in politics there are candidates who use change in order to
promote their careers. And there are those liken John MacCain that uses
their careers in order to promote change". McCain is behind Obama in
public opinion polls by several percentage points and is facing
Americans in the mood for change after nearly eight years under
Republican President George W. Bush.
"Actual Responsibilities"
In an effort to reverse the negative climate against her, Palin
stressed thatvshe does not want to go to Washington on order to be
liked by Mass Media but to service her country. She shot down criticism
from Obama that her experience as governor and ex-mayor of tiny
Wasilla, Alaska, did not match his own as leader of a large
presidential campaign. "I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a
community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities," she
said in a swipe at Obamas own early career in Chicago. Other prominent
Republican speakers including former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani
defended Palin, only the second woman to be a vice presidential nominee
of a major political party.
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