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Published: September 11, 2008 10:58 am    print this story   email this story   comment on this story  

Local Republicans attend 2008 convention

By Jim Richardson
Pauls Valley Daily Democrat

Anyone who watched the coverage of the 2008 National Republican Convention could tell it was certainly charged with excitement.

And smack dab in the midst of all the political fervor were Garvin County Republican Committee members and Wynnewood residents Allie and Sharon Burgin.

“I am chairman of the Garvin County Republican Committee and my wife, Sharon, is a Fourth District Committee Woman on that same committee,” Burgin said.

“There were 41 delegates and 38 alternates from Oklahoma who went to the National Convention in St. Paul and my wife and I both went there and served as alternate delegates from the Fourth Oklahoma District.”

As Burgin explained it, serving as an alternate delegate at the convention not only allowed them a chance to show support for their political party, it also provided them with an opportunity to make their voices heard on major decisions.

“Only delegates are allowed to be on the floor but sometimes they don’t want to or can’t be on the floor and that’s where the alternates come in.

“Our seats were up above the convention floor but delegates came up and gave us their badges to use and we spent more time down on the floor as delegates than we did up in our seats,” Burgin recalled.

“You have to be on the floor to be able to vote and one of the things we got to vote on at the convention was the confirmation of Sarah Palin’s nomination for vice president.”

When asked about his forecast for the upcoming election, Burgin said he believes the Republican candidates’ chances are looking very good on both a state and national level.

And if Garvin County is any accurate indicator, Palin’s rousing speech at the recent Republican convention could have provided the key to her becoming the very first female vice president of the United States.

“McCain has a fairly good lead in the poles right now and I don’t think he will do anything to jeopardize that.

“McCain is anti-big government spending and his foreign affairs credentials are impeccable, and I really feel the McCain – Palin ticket will prevail in Oklahoma and they will win the election,” Allie noted.

“Since returning from the convention, people are coming out of the woodwork to help me with the campaign in Garvin County and I think it’s because of Sarah Palin. She has strong family values and the speech she gave at the convention energized a lot of people.”

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Pauls Valley residents Sharon and Allie Burgin are shown on the floor of the recent Republican National Convention as both served as alternate delegates for the state of Oklahoma. They also took along a copy of the Daily Democrat as they posed for a photo during the political action. None/ (Click for larger image)

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