Capito Applauds Female VP Pick for McCain
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Posted: 3:54 PM Aug 29, 2008
Capito Applauds Female VP Pick for McCain
West Virginia's lone Republican representative in Congress is fully supportive of her party's pick for Vice President, Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska.
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WASHINGTON D.C. (WSAZ) -- West Virginia Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito applauded the selection of a female to the Republican presidential ticket Friday. Senator John McCain, the presumptive nominee for president for the Republican Party, picked Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska, as his running mate.

"As a woman, this is an incredibly exciting day to be involved in the political process," said Shelley Moore Capito, also West Virginia's lone female member of Congress. "In Gov. Sarah Palin we have the opportunity to elect a noted reformer, a mother and a popular governor from a well-known energy state to be our nation's next vice president."

Capito pointed out the historic significance of Palin's selection. She's the first female ever to be chosen for the GOP presidential ticket.

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