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Seriously? Sarah Palin Is a "Joe Six-Pack American"

Palin explains what kind of American she represents

Posted October 1, 2008

"It's time that normal Joe Six-Pack American is finally represented in the position of vice presidency, and I think that that's kind of taken some people off guard...but it's motivation for John McCain and I to work that much harder to...put government back on the side of the people of Joe Six Pack like me."

—Sarah Palin on the Hugh Hewitt show

Tags: presidential election 2008 | running mates | Sarah Palin

Reader Comments

Joe Six Pack

If she would be willing to represent Joe 12 pack, I might vote for her. 6 pack? She must hate binge drinkers.

Clayton Bigsby of MN
Oct 16, 2008 12:08:21 PM [permalink] [report comment]

Hmmm..

What is wrong with the right pandering to J6Pack? Doesn't it just serve to help level the playing field?

Kel LaBranche of FL
Oct 10, 2008 16:20:20 PM [permalink] [report comment]

Joe Six Pack

The use of the term "Joe Six Pack" to refer to the common middle class American is derrogatory. Palin doesn't realize what she's saying, as if most middle class American's were a bunch of uneducated beer drinkers. Palin's phrase is insensitive and reflects that she is indeed a "Joe Six Pack type" as far as her own mentality. McCain with his hot-head temper and erratic behavior isn't much more stately. These two are hardly the model of what America should be striving for as far as higher educational and cultural standards.

Ed of CA
Oct 08, 2008 23:43:03 PM [permalink] [report comment]

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