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Welcome to the latest global news recorded at 0300 GMT on Thursday, the 4th of September. This is Marx Pearson with a selection of highlights from across BBC World Service News today.
Coming up, the most talked-about woman in America, Sarah Palin, makes the most eagerly awaited speech of the Republican Party Convention in Minnesota. The questions persist though. Is she fit for the vice president's job? Republicans say she's being treated unfairly by the media.
"Nobody has questioned Barack Obama why is he running when he has two children at home. But yet they see fit to ask that of a woman. I believe that that sexism is no longer tolerated."(Www.hXen.com)
Also in the podcast, Washington pledges more than a billion dollars for the reconstruction of Georgia following last month's war with Russia, and cops and crocos, man-eating lizards in Brazil.
At the Republican Party National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, delegates have been treated to one of the most eagerly awaited speeches of any U.S. political convention season. The surprise running-mate for John McCain, Sarah Palin, had to launch herself onto the national and indeed the international stage.
"I had the privilege of living most of my life in a small town. I was just your average hockey mom and signed up for the PTA. I love those hockey moms, you know, they say the difference between "a hockey mom" and "a pit bull", lipstick. So I signed up for the PTA because I wanted to make my kids' public education even better. And when I ran for city council, I didn't need focus groups and voter profiles because I knew those voters, and I knew their families too. Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves. I guess, I guess a small town mayor is sort of like "a community organizer" except that you have actual responsibilities."
On Sarah Palin's big day at the convention, the McCain campaign has been on the offensive, hitting out at what they see is unfair criticism of their vice presidential candidate in the media. After the initial shock of the Republican’s choosing a 44-year-old mother of five with only two years' experience as governor of Alaska, one of the smallest states population-wise in the U.S. The papers and the airwaves have been filled with wall-to-wall stories about Sarah Palin, and the questions about how she'll manage her family, her 17-year-old daughter who is pregnant, and about her youngest child who has Down Syndrome and about high political office. Today, Republican women hit back on her behalf. Women like U.S. Treasurer, Rosario Merlin, who, like Sarah Palin, has been a small town mayor and is the mother of a Down Syndrome child.
"Nobody has questioned Barack Obama why is he running when he has two children at home. But yet they see fit to ask that of a woman. I believe we are better than that. I believe Americans are better than that. I believe that that sexism is no longer tolerated. And I believe that women are completely and absolutely outraged. I am outraged, I am insulted, I am offended. And I know I represent millions of working women, millions of working mothers, millions of women that have children with disabilities. And for the media, and for the bloggers, and for the other side, to even make the comments that they've made, shame on them, shame on all of them."
One of John McCain's advisors put out a statement dismissing stories that before she was selected, Sarah Palin hadn't been vetted thoroughly enough. And John McCain himself has appeared on ABC World News Tonight to defend his choice of running mate.
Download Audio
Thank you for downloading from the BBC. For details of our complete range of podcasts and our terms of use, go to BBCworldservice.com/podcasts.
Welcome to the latest global news recorded at 0300 GMT on Thursday, the 4th of September. This is Marx Pearson with a selection of highlights from across BBC World Service News today.
Coming up, the most talked-about woman in America, Sarah Palin, makes the most eagerly awaited speech of the Republican Party Convention in Minnesota. The questions persist though. Is she fit for the vice president's job? Republicans say she's being treated unfairly by the media.
"Nobody has questioned Barack Obama why is he running when he has two children at home. But yet they see fit to ask that of a woman. I believe that that sexism is no longer tolerated."(Www.hXen.com)
Also in the podcast, Washington pledges more than a billion dollars for the reconstruction of Georgia following last month's war with Russia, and cops and crocos, man-eating lizards in Brazil.
At the Republican Party National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, delegates have been treated to one of the most eagerly awaited speeches of any U.S. political convention season. The surprise running-mate for John McCain, Sarah Palin, had to launch herself onto the national and indeed the international stage.
"I had the privilege of living most of my life in a small town. I was just your average hockey mom and signed up for the PTA. I love those hockey moms, you know, they say the difference between "a hockey mom" and "a pit bull", lipstick. So I signed up for the PTA because I wanted to make my kids' public education even better. And when I ran for city council, I didn't need focus groups and voter profiles because I knew those voters, and I knew their families too. Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves. I guess, I guess a small town mayor is sort of like "a community organizer" except that you have actual responsibilities."
On Sarah Palin's big day at the convention, the McCain campaign has been on the offensive, hitting out at what they see is unfair criticism of their vice presidential candidate in the media. After the initial shock of the Republican’s choosing a 44-year-old mother of five with only two years' experience as governor of Alaska, one of the smallest states population-wise in the U.S. The papers and the airwaves have been filled with wall-to-wall stories about Sarah Palin, and the questions about how she'll manage her family, her 17-year-old daughter who is pregnant, and about her youngest child who has Down Syndrome and about high political office. Today, Republican women hit back on her behalf. Women like U.S. Treasurer, Rosario Merlin, who, like Sarah Palin, has been a small town mayor and is the mother of a Down Syndrome child.
"Nobody has questioned Barack Obama why is he running when he has two children at home. But yet they see fit to ask that of a woman. I believe we are better than that. I believe Americans are better than that. I believe that that sexism is no longer tolerated. And I believe that women are completely and absolutely outraged. I am outraged, I am insulted, I am offended. And I know I represent millions of working women, millions of working mothers, millions of women that have children with disabilities. And for the media, and for the bloggers, and for the other side, to even make the comments that they've made, shame on them, shame on all of them."
One of John McCain's advisors put out a statement dismissing stories that before she was selected, Sarah Palin hadn't been vetted thoroughly enough. And John McCain himself has appeared on ABC World News Tonight to defend his choice of running mate.
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