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Re:John McCain has died by EpicEng on Saturday August 25, 2018 @09:59PM (#17843788)
As far as I'm aware, he wanted Lieberman and caved to more conservative members of his party. Wikipedia seems to agree[1]. It does also say that he selected Palin because she appeared to be someone who would bolster his "maverick" image. He later regretted the choice.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_presidential_candidacy_of...

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Re:John McCain has died by austincheney on Saturday August 25, 2018 @10:52PM (#17843944)
A McCain/Lieberman ticket would have been a dream.
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Re:John McCain has died by Spooky23 on Saturday August 25, 2018 @10:58PM (#17843965)
For Obama. A Jewish candidate would have been like Al Smith in 1932. Good luck turning out the base.
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Re:John McCain has died by dogma1138 on Sunday August 26, 2018 @08:28AM (#17845641)
Obama won in a post 9/11 America while being black and having Hussein as his middle name I don’t think a Jewish VP would’ve been harder to sell even to the Republican base.
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Re:John McCain has died by jjeaff on Saturday August 25, 2018 @11:11PM (#17844013)
Not to mention two old white guys going up against the first black nominee. The fact that Palin was a women likely bolstered the arguments to choose her a great deal.
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