Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, said she would have a second tilt at the White House “in a heartbeat.”
“I would do it again in a heartbeat,” Palin said during an interview that aired Sunday on Fox News’ “Life, Liberty and Levin” when asked whether she was glad she was chosen to run on Sen. John McCain’s ticket.
“I would have push back harder on some of those who were trying to mold me into something that I was not during the campaign. I would’ve pushed back and gotten more truth out there, but heck yes,” she continued.
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Palin added that McCain “probably” selected her as his running mate for “political, practical reasons.”
“He probably knew they needed someone younger, needed a female and needed a true conservative to balance everything else out and they were smart enough to have chosen someone with a lot of administrative experience. That was my career, it was in administration,” she said.
The former Alaska governor received her share of flak on the campaign trail for multiple gaffes, including telling ABC’s Charlie Gibson it was possible “to actually see Russia from land here in Alaska.” Despite being mocked for the line, Russia is in fact visible from certain parts of Alaska.
