August 29, 2008 Palin Part 2: Praises Clinton, calls McCain as right leader 'when principles matter' Play video

In her speech accepting John Mccain's invitation to join his ticket, Alaska governor Sarah Palin called the presumptive Republican nominee "a man who has always been there to serve his country, not just his party."

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Palin accepted the VP invitation in a speech in Dayton, Ohio, joining McCain on stage. She called McCain the right man to lead the nation at a moment "when great causes can be won and great threats overcome." Palin, whose son ships off to Iraq next month, said "As the mother of one of those troops, and as the commander-in-chief of the Alaska National Guard," McCain is "the kind of man I want as a commander-in-chief."

Palin also recognized Democrats Geraldine Ferraro (the 1984 Democratic vice presidential nominee) and Hillary Clinton as pioneers, saying Clinton put 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling, "but the women of America aren;t finished yet, and we can shatter than glass ceiling once and for all."

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