“Here in Florida, I’ve slashed government by 10 percent. That’s $7 billion.”
"Sen. Obama has never taken on his party leaders on a single major issue."
"As mayor, every year I was in office I did reduce taxes."
"Barack Obama ... 96 percent of his votes have been solely along party line."
"You ... said that Barack Obama was not ready to be commander in chief."
Sarah Palin endorsed a Wasilla policy that charged sexual assault victims for their "rape kits."
Holding up a BlackBerry, McCain campaign adviser says, "you’re looking at the miracle John McCain helped create."
"Through competition as governor, I got agreements to build a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline."
"When George Bush said we shouldn't investigate why the government's response to Hurricane Katrina was so incompetent, John McCain stood with him."
Palin "fired Wasilla's Police Chief because he 'intimidated' her."
"While Sarah was Mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire our highly respected City Librarian because the Librarian refused to consider removing from the library some books that Sarah wanted removed."
"That luxury jet was over the top. I put it on eBay."
Palin had "executive experience" in the PTA.
"I told the Congress 'thanks, but no thanks,' on that Bridge to Nowhere."
"Governor Palin is the most popular governor in the country."
In the U.S. Senate, Barack Obama "has not reached across party lines to get anything significant done."
"There's only four senators senior to me ... there's still 44 older than me."
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