McCain Replaces Palin on Ticket with Michael Brown
WASHINGTON (AFA Newswire) At a hastily called press briefing in Juneau today, embattled Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor Sarah Palin announced she was resigning from the McCain campaign, effective immediately.
Governor Palin cited the need to "spend more quality time with my family and the Alaska State attorney general."
Less than an hour after Palin's withdrawal, John McCain held a press conference in Washington, D.C. to introduce his new running mate, Arabian Horse expert and former FEMA Director Michael "Heckuva Job" Brown.
McCain spoke at length of Brown's abilities and judgement, noting, "He knows a disaster when he's in one," and "After 11 years of looking at horse's asses, he's well equipped to deal with congress."
The Arizona senator would not answer questions about the sudden departure of Governor Palin, stating only that, "From here on, she speaks for herself. Really, we've got nothing to do with it anymore."
Asked if Palin had been "thrown under the bus" for the good of the campaign, a highly placed McCain staffer, replied, "We thought of that, yeah, but decided it was too... Oh, you mean figuratively ... Eh, pfft, no. I mean, [cough]... This is off the record, right?"
Brown did not address the assembled reporters — he is scheduled for a round of interviews on Fox News over the next several days — but he did make dinner reservations and pick out half-a-dozen neckties while McCain spoke. A 3x5 note card found under his chair after the event contained doodles of horses on one side and the words "McCain/Brown '08," and "Brown '012," scribbled on the other.
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