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Sarah Palin Cries as John McCain gives Concession Speech

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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had tears in her eyes as John McCain gave his concession speech Tuesday night in Arizona.

He called his running mate (and self-described “hockey mom”) “one of the best campaigners I have ever seen and an impressive new voice in our party for reform and the principles that have always been our greatest strength.”

That line received the loudest applause of the night. Palin is expected to arrive in Alaska sometime today in a campaign plane. After McCain’s loss, she phoned supporters attending an event at the Wasilla Multi-Use Sports Complex.

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Newsweek Campaign Revelations: Losing McCain Refused to Talk to High-Spending Palin

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NEWSWEEK has learned that Palin’s shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported. While publicly supporting Palin, McCain’s top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy. One senior aide said that Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy three suits for the convention and hire a stylist. But instead, the vice presidential nominee began buying for herself and her family—clothes and accessories from top stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. According to two knowledgeable sources, a vast majority of the clothes were bought by a wealthy donor, who was shocked when he got the bill. Palin also used low-level staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards. The McCain campaign found out last week when the aides sought reimbursement. One aide estimated that she spent “tens of thousands” more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000 to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of clothing have apparently been lost. An angry aide characterized the shopping spree as “Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast,” and said the truth will eventually come out when the Republican Party audits its books.

A Palin aide said: “Governor Palin was not directing staffers to put anything on their personal credit cards, and anything that staffers put on their credit cards has been reimbursed, like an expense. Nasty and false accusations following a defeat say more about the person who made them than they do about Governor Palin.”

Other shocking campaign disclosures, below the fold:

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George W. Bush and Dick Cheney Make 2 Calls: One to Loser McCain and One to Winner Obama (Nov. 4)

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President George W. Bush on Tuesday (Nov. 4) called Democrat Barack Obama to congratulate him on winning the presidential election, the White House said, adding that Bush invited him and his family to visit to the White House soon.

“You are about to go on one of the great journeys of life. Congratulations and go enjoy yourself,” Bush said to Obama according to White House spokeswoman Dana Perino.

Obama will be sworn in as the 44th U.S. president on January 20, 2009.

Bush, whose job approval ratings have been at record lows, spent little time on the campaign trail with Obama’s opponent Republican candidate John McCain as a result. He watched election returns with friends and staff at the White House.

Bush also called McCain after his concession speech to praise his campaign, Perino said.

“John, you gave it your all. I’m proud of you, and I’m sorry it didn’t work out,” Bush said according to Perino. Bush plans to give a statement on the election on Wednesday at 10:40 a.m. in the Rose Garden, she said.

Vice President Dick Cheney called Obama’s running mate, Joe Biden, to congratulate him, his spokeswoman Lea Anne Foster said. He also was trying to reach McCain’s running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

Transcript of President-Elect Barack Obama from Grant Park, Chicago, IL (Nov. 4)

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Transcript of Remarks of President-Elect Barack Obama
Election Night
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Grant Park
Chicago, Illinois

If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.

It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled – Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.

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Election Night Coverage: Transcript of Senator John McCain’s Concession Speech (Nov. 4)

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Here is a transcript of Presidential election speech given by Senator John McCain at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, following the selection of Senator Barack Obama as President-Elect.

(Cheers, applause.)

SEN. MCCAIN: Thank you. Thank you, my friends. (Cheers, applause.) Thank you for coming here on this beautiful Arizona evening. (Cheers, applause.)

My friends, we have — we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Senator Barack Obama — (boos) — to congratulate him — (boos) — please — to congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love.

In a contest as long and difficult as this campaign has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance. But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president is something I deeply admire and commend him for achieving.

This is an historic election, and I recognize the special significance it has for African-Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight.

I’ve always believed that America offers opportunities to all who have the industry and will to seize it. Senator Obama believes that, too. But we both recognize that though we have come a long way from the old injustices that once stained our nation’s reputation and denied some Americans the full blessings of American citizenship, the memory of them still had the power to wound.

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