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Category: Policy and Politics
Posted on: August 31, 2008 9:21 AM, by Josh Rosenau
Or were Law and Order's Mariska Hargitay and Miss Alaska runner-up Sarah Palin separated at birth?
I'm not complaining, but being a celebrity look-alike is not exactly a major qualification to be one heartbeat from the Presidency. Especially when the heart in question belongs to the aging John McCain.
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i see it. but palin is somewhat better looking.
Posted by: razib | August 31, 2008 11:28 AM
One of the other blogs pointed out that Palin does have vice-presidential-type experience--as Miss Alaska runnerup, she was only a heartbeat away from having to step in and fulfill the duties of the winner.
Posted by: mark | August 31, 2008 1:16 PM
Mariska Hargitay is way hotter.
Posted by: Carrie | September 1, 2008 12:32 AM
Reminds peggy and I of "Northern Exposure".
BTW, have you seen this:
http://mudflats.wordpress.com:80/2008/08/29/what-is-mccain-thinking-one-alaskans-perspective/
Posted by: Gordon | September 1, 2008 4:25 PM
No one expected Tim Russert's death, and he wasn't "aging". Age had nothing to do with it, so it's not an argument in my book. The whole "hearbeat away" comment is a bit redundant. I'd rather see Palin be a #2 than to have the inexperience of Obama as a #1 any day.
Posted by: T | September 2, 2008 7:13 AM