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Sarah Palin dolls go on sale as John McCain's running mate's popularity soars
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Two new action dolls have gone on sale of Sarah Palin, the Alaska Governor who John McCain has chosen to be his Republican presidential running mate.
Last Updated: 1:31PM BST 08 Sep 2008
Sarah Palin the action-hero doll goes on sale for $27.95 Photo: National Pictures
The dolls are the latest in a line of American political candidates who have been immortalised including John McCain and Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Two variations of the doll are on sale - Sarah Palin the Executive and Sarah Palin the Super Hero - available from toy company Custom Action Figures | Political Action figures | Sarah Palin Action figure | Custom Plush at $27.95 (about £16) for the executive doll and two dollars more for the super hero version.
It is designed to capitalise on Sarah Palin mania that has gripped Republicans after the electrifying speech by the self-confessed "hockey mom" at the party convention in St Paul, Minnesota.
More than 6,000 exultant supporters turned out on Friday night in Sterling Heights, a town in Michigan's Macomb County, to see Mrs Palin and Mr McCain
Where he once played to a few hundred people, Mr McCain was greeted by a crowd chanting "Sa-rah, Sa-rah!", "John Mc-Cain, John Mc-Cain!" and "U-S-A!"
Mrs Palin spelt out the McCain campaign plans to take on Obama Barack in the final 60 days before November's election, targeting patriotic voters unconvinced by the Democratic candidate's national security and economic credentials.
"We went right from the convention to small town USA," she said. "It's true that they grow good people, people who are working hard for America.
"You love your country in good times and bad and you're always proud to be Americans."
As Mr McCain discussed the need to launch domestic oil drilling, the crowd chanted of "Drill, Baby, Drill!"
Mrs Palin is due to conduct her first solo campaign event on Monday in Pennsylvania, home state of her vice presidential rival Joe Biden.
source
Two new action dolls have gone on sale of Sarah Palin, the Alaska Governor who John McCain has chosen to be his Republican presidential running mate.
Last Updated: 1:31PM BST 08 Sep 2008
The dolls are the latest in a line of American political candidates who have been immortalised including John McCain and Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Two variations of the doll are on sale - Sarah Palin the Executive and Sarah Palin the Super Hero - available from toy company Custom Action Figures | Political Action figures | Sarah Palin Action figure | Custom Plush at $27.95 (about £16) for the executive doll and two dollars more for the super hero version.
It is designed to capitalise on Sarah Palin mania that has gripped Republicans after the electrifying speech by the self-confessed "hockey mom" at the party convention in St Paul, Minnesota.
More than 6,000 exultant supporters turned out on Friday night in Sterling Heights, a town in Michigan's Macomb County, to see Mrs Palin and Mr McCain
Where he once played to a few hundred people, Mr McCain was greeted by a crowd chanting "Sa-rah, Sa-rah!", "John Mc-Cain, John Mc-Cain!" and "U-S-A!"
Mrs Palin spelt out the McCain campaign plans to take on Obama Barack in the final 60 days before November's election, targeting patriotic voters unconvinced by the Democratic candidate's national security and economic credentials.
"We went right from the convention to small town USA," she said. "It's true that they grow good people, people who are working hard for America.
"You love your country in good times and bad and you're always proud to be Americans."
As Mr McCain discussed the need to launch domestic oil drilling, the crowd chanted of "Drill, Baby, Drill!"
Mrs Palin is due to conduct her first solo campaign event on Monday in Pennsylvania, home state of her vice presidential rival Joe Biden.
