Star Tribune: Vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin rocks GOP convention with star-turning performance

Star Tribune: Vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin rocks GOP convention with star-turning performance

By TOM RAUM and LIZ SIDOTI , Associated Press

Last update: September 4, 2008 - 12:06 AM

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Sarah Palin delivered. An embattled vice presidential candidate, a novice on the national stage, the head of a family suffering its "ups and downs," the first-term Alaska governor rocked the GOP convention with a star-turning performance.

Wielding a stiletto and a smile, Palin belittled Democrat Barack Obama and praised her new boss, John McCain, jolting the crowd of GOP partisans.

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"For too many times, we've brought knives to gun fights," said Chuck Gast, a delegate from Maryland,

When asked if Palin brought a gun to the fight, Gast said: "Yes, I think she brings a big gun, like a moose gun."

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