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Fact-Checking Palin's New Book
Sarah Palin’s long-awaited memoir may have gone rogue from the facts, according to the Associated Press’ advance look at her book. The former vice-presidential candidate depicts herself as someone who is frugal with taxpayer money when traveling and who rejected donations from powerful corporations, the AP says, but her record indicates otherwise. The former Alaskan governor stayed at a luxurious New York City hotel with her daughter in 2007. She says her gubernatorial campaign took mostly small donations from first-time givers, but more than half her war chest came from people and PACs who gave at least $500. And she blurs the lines between the Obama stimulus plan and the federal bailout that President George W. Bush signed. She implies that Ronald Reagan repealed the “death tax” (he didn’t). She says she stood against conflicts of interest, but pushed for a special zoning exception so she could sell her family’s $327,000 house. The book “has all the characteristics of a pre-campaign manifesto.”
Plantagenet
If only the media would pay this much attention to the Obamacare bill we might find out what is in them too!
yankeechamp2009
if you bothered to read real sources instead of foxnews you'll get all the answers u want.
escomments
Really!!
All 2000 pages of that piece of Socialist Bull S--t. And who has done any kind of investigation of whats in that bill?
How about, NO ONE!
Maye the AP should take a look at that instead of performing an anal exam of a politician who isn't even in office!
piktor
Plantkin -- Palin is a confirmed liar and all you come up with is "Obamacare".
Read the 1,900-plus page Health Reform bill and then give us your learned opinion.
Now, about Palin's lies, we're waitin' reverently for Nov.14 to start the long list of your Alaskan goddess' wooly distortions and gravity-defying Christian platitudes.
thetone
.......muttered yankee as he combs through his Satuday night live archives. Don't forget Olberman, Maddow, and Matthews. You lefties are terified of this woman, admit it. Her book is a smash hit before it even hits the shelves. Millions upon millions will be reading it. AP and the rest of the liberal msm are in full damage control mode.
piktor
"Her book is a smash hit before it even hits the shelves"
Yeah, the smash hit is now selling for $4.97.
thetone
4.97 huh picdork? Can you confirm that? Or is that just another typical 3rd grader type response so typical of the leftwing doofuses?
gak001
I found it online, new and hardcover, for a mere $9.99.
TheTone - you righties have no appreciation for irony, do you? (Go look it up). You made fun of piktor's screen name like a third grade bully before claiming he made a third grade response, then finishing up with some more name calling. Are you parodying right wingers or are you just mentally deficient?
gak001
I found it online, new and hardcover, for a mere $9.99.
TheTone - you righties have no appreciation for irony, do you? (Go look it up). You made fun of piktor's screen name like a third grade bully before claiming he made a third grade response, then finishing up with some more name calling. Are you parodying right wingers or are you just mentally deficient?
piktor
ton -- glad you asked:
http://bit.ly/QzMWt
thetone
you're right picdork, I stand corrected. But you didn't mention the $40.00 subscription that is eventually charged to your credit card. Good work for a dork though.
piktor
The $4.97 are good for 200 one-sided ass wipes or 400 two-sided ones. You're stuck with the garbage subscription, though.
yankeechamp2009
thetone.......muttered yankee as he combs through his Satuday night live archives. Don't forget Olberman, Maddow, and Matthews. You lefties are terified of this woman, admit it. @@@@@@@@ TYPICAL PUKE COMMENT. WHY IS OLBERMAN, MADDOW AND MATTHEWS ALWAYS MENTIONED WHEN IT COMES TO DEMS?? WHAT MAKES U THINK WE LISTEN TO THEM? SEE THATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND REPUB'S. YOU WORSHIP FOXNEWS WHICH ARE ALL COMMENTATORS. WE DEMS WATCH REAL JOURNALISTS--ANDERSON COOPER, KATIE COURIC, RICK SANCHEZ AND SO FORTH.
NOW WHY WOULD US LEFTIES BE TERRIFIED OF THIS WOMAN? WE DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT HER. THATS WHY SHE CONSTATNTLY DRAWS ATTENTION TO HERSELF..NOONE GIVES A CRAP ABOUT HER. WHY SHOULD WE SHE'S DONE NOTHING FOR THIS COUNTRY. CAN U NAME ONE THING SHE DID THAT POSES A THREAT TO THE DEMS? BESIDES LIE ABOUT DEATH PANELS? JOE THE PLUMBER??? THE WOMAN RAN A PRESIDENTAL ELECTION USING A NON-PLUMBER SCHMUCK AS HER MASCOT. AND THIS IS SOMEONE WE SHOULD BE AFRAID OF? SHE QUITS A JOB THAT HAS NO ISSUES. ALASKA IS A STATE WITH 700,000 PEOPLE AND U HAVE SENATORS THAT HANDLE CITIES WITH 2 MILLION PEOPLE AND U DONT SEE THEM QUITTING. OH WE'RE SCARED LOL. FOOL.
yankeechamp2009
HOW MANY OF U PALIN WORSHIPERS KNOW THIS?---> August 4, 2008, In a speech given in Lansing, Michigan, Senator Obama called for the completion of the Alaska natural gas pipeline, stating, "Over the next five years, we should also lease more of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska for oil and gas production. And we should also tap more of our substantial natural gas reserves and work with the Canadian government to finally build the Alaska natural gas pipeline, delivering clean natural gas and creating good jobs in the process."
Governor Sarah Palin responded to the energy plan put forward by the presumptive Democratic nominee for President, Illinois Senator Barack Obama.
"I am pleased to see Senator Obama acknowledge the huge potential Alaska's natural gas reserves represent in terms of clean energy and sound jobs," Governor Palin said. "The steps taken by the Alaska State Legislature this past week demonstrate that we are ready, willing and able to supply the energy our nation needs."
I BET ALL OF U THOUGHT PALIN WAS THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ALASKA/CANADA PIPELINE. THATS BECAUSE FOX TELLS U THIS AND PALIN GOES WITH THE FLOW. THIS WAS OBAMA'S PLAN WHEN HE WAS STILL SENATOR.
BUT GO AHEAD LIVING YOUR LIES, SHE CANT CAMPAIGN SAYING SHE DID THIS OBAMA WILL WIPE THE FLOOR WITH HER. SHE HAS DONE NOTHING! AND DEM'S ARE TERRIFIED OF HER? LMAO.
yankeechamp2009
piktIor Now, about Palin's lies, we're waitin' reverently for Nov.14 to start the long list of your Alaskan goddess' wooly distortions and gravity-defying Christian platitudes.//////// Pikitor your post leaves an impression that Dems are gonna attack this woman and we just cant wait til Nov. 14th. Noone is attacking her as today is the 14th and i already watch the news on "left wing media" as you call it. But why, if someone on the left DOES criticize her, do u think it is to demean her?? Thats not how Dems work. Why dont you ask yourself if Palin did anything to be criticized for? Cuz I'm sure there are a few you can come up with. LIke her "death panel" saga she started. Did you know that Palin herself sponsored the same exact thing?? Here's a little surprise for you---> "On April 16th 2008, then Gov. Sarah Palin endorsed some of the same end of life counseling she now decries as a form of euthanasia. In a proclamation announcing "Healthcare Decisions Day," Palin urged public facilities to provide better information about advance directives, and made it clear that it is critical for seniors to be informed of such options:
The proclamation states:
WHEREAS, Healthcare Decisions Day is designed to raise public awareness of the need to plan ahead for healthcare decisions, related to end of life care and medical decision-making whenever patients are unable to speak for themselves and to encourage the specific use of advance directives to communicate these important healthcare decisions.
WHEREAS, one of the principal goals of Healthcare Decisions Day is to encourage hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, continuing care retirement communities, and hospices to participate in a statewide effort to provide clear and consistent information to the public about advance directives, as well as to encourage medical professionals and lawyers to volunteer their time and efforts to improve public knowledge and increase the number of Alaska's citizens with advance directives."
**SO NOW, BECAUSE SHE LOST THE ELECTION, SHE FIGURES SHE CAN ATTEMPT TO KILL OBAMA'S PLAN BY CALLING IT A DEATH PANEL? IS WAS A GREAT IDEA WHEN SHE ENDORSED IT, BUT NOW THE SAME PLAN WILL KILL GRANDMA?? AND U GET MAD IF SOMEONE CRITICIZES HER? WHEN U DO IT IT'S FREEDOM OF SPEECH. SORRY, THE GOLDEN RULE DOES NOT APPLY TO REPUBLICANS.
flyoverland
Maybe next time she should get Bill Ayers to ghost write her book.
piktor
yankee -- Part of my comments are predicated on style and/or sarcasm. Fear has nothing to do when discussing Palin. A book "written" by an Alaskan grifter with political ambitions is making the rounds. It is a fair topic of public discussion.
yankeechamp2009
thetone 4.97 huh picdork? Can you confirm that? Or is that just another typical 3rd grader type response so typical of the leftwing doofuses?/////////// YOU REPUBLICAN RETARDS ARE A DISGRACE TO OUR COUNTRY'S INTELLIGENCE MAN THATS WHY WE DEMS TAKE PRIDE IN INSULTING YOU FROM FROM YOUR MOTHER'S ON DOWN. YOU TAKE THE TIME TO CALL SOMEONE A PICDORK, A LEFTWING DOOFUS, AND A TYPICAL THIRD GRADER, BUT YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE 20 SECONDS OUT OF YOUR PATHETIC LOSER RACIST STUPID LIFE AND GOOGLE "SARAH PALIN'S NEW BOOK". CUZ IF YOU DID YOU WOULD GET ABOUT 2,500 LINKS ALL TELLING YOU THAT HER BOOK IS FIVE BUX U MORON. "Normally you have to wait until the public displays pretty strong disinterest in a book before you can pick up the hardcover for $4.97. But thanks to Richard Scaife's right-wing Newsmax.com, you can get Sarah Palin's book for that low price -- and it hasn't even been released yet."
AND THIS IS WHY YOU'RE NOT GONNA WIN 2010, 2012. YOUR STUPIDITY IS SPREADING ACROSS AMERICA AND NOONE IN THEIR RIGHT MINDS ARE GOING TO LISTEN TO YOU LAZY ASS ILLITERATE DIRTBAGS. THIS IS WHY GLEN BECK AND THE ENTIRE FOXNEWS CREW FEED YOU WHATEVER BULLSHIT THEY WANT TO TELL YOU BECAUSE THEY KNOW YOU'RE SO STUPID TO LISTEN TO A COMMENTATOR THAT U WONT DO ANY RESEARCH TO SEE HOW MUCH THRUTH THERE IS TO WHAT THEY SAY. SO IT LOOKS LIKE TO THE REST OF THE WORD, "THETONE", THE ONLY PICDORK, DOOFUS, AND TYPICAL THIRD GRADER IS YOU A$$HOLE!! http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=sarah palin's book is $4.97&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
yankeechamp2009
piktor yankee -- Part of my comments are predicated on style and/or sarcasm. Fear has nothing to do when discussing Palin. A book "written" by an Alaskan grifter with political ambitions is making the rounds. It is a fair topic of public discussion.@@@@@ WHAT ARE YOU A FREAKING BRAIN-DEAD VEGETABLE?? PALIN A GRIFTER?? I HOPE U KNOW SHE RESIGNED TO AVOID MEDIA ATTENTION ON HER CURRENT FEDERAL INVESTIGATION CONCERNING AN EMBEZZLEMENT SCANDAL AND USE OF A WASILLA SPORTS COMPLEX BUILDING MATERIALS FOR HER HOME. I HOPE U KNOW SHE NEVER GAVE BACK THE $27 MILLION FOR THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE PROJECT AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PALIN AND POLITICAL AMBITIONS?? WELL U MAY HAVE A POINT. SHE SURE QUALIFIES FOR SOME REPUBLICAN POSITION BASED ON THE MERITS I JUST MENTIONED.
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n--Y--johnniegyankeechamp2009
thats a wonderful response for someone who is telling me to grow up. You get so irritated because an article about Palin is posted that brings out the truth about her. But it doesnt seem to bother you the one bit when Palin lies her ass off about death panels and grandma. Shouldn't she be working right now? How about telling her to get a job I have a business that's more than a job. Death panels for Palin's son as if a millionaire would even consider govt healthcare...she got ypu and so many idiots going and what makes it more hilarious is that you make us normal-minded ones the losers lmaorofl.
keepakeeper43
@yankeechamp2009
johnnieg
So True.
Llplo99
Gee, plantass, if you don't know what is in the healthbill why do you always have some partisan comment about the subject? Are you saying you open your mouth about stuff you know nothing about? Can't imagine that.
yankeechamp2009
you know today on the news it was discussed that Sarah Palin discusses her daughter Bristol. She says that she did not know Bristol was sexually active before getting pregnant.
Now who starts all this?? Is it the Dems? Maddow? What necessity does Palin have knowing that alot of people will buy her book to talk about Bristol's active sex? And hey it's her book she does what she wants..But then don't throw a tantrum when a joke is made about her daughter because she is the one that exploits them. She does it to herself. But FOX, the devils that they are, will turn around and say that the Dems are attacking her and her family. She's exploiting her daughter AGAIN this time talking about something that I'm sure Bristol did not want printed. She doesnt seem like the Paris Hilton type where she's proud to screw around. So you want the media to mind their business when it comes to Palin but Obama doesn't pick a woman to play a freaking basketball game and FOX right away making this top news for the month. Thats okay right? So u see, what is your problem when you republicans get called racists?? Dont u think that approving Obama bashing for a basketball game but catching a heart attck when Palin is criticized is not a sign of bigotry?? 'dont say nothing about the whites but its ok to bash the black man? you gotta be smoking some potent crap.
Carole65
500 hundred dollar donations? That is a shocking amount of money for a gubernatorial campaign. She stayed in a luxurious New York hotel during the last presidential campaign? WOW! This is getting lurid.
Whoever wrote this for the associated press should go back to journalism school. Palinphobia is spreading rapidly. There must be a psychotropic drug to ease the rage
njtaylor2001
500 dollar donations and nights at lux NY hotels by themselves are no story. But for someone who consistently made herself out to be a small-town, blue collar, PBR-drinking working woman, it highlights her hypocrisy and her special ability to "make stuff up."
escomments
Her hypocrisy?
The official name of the Democrat party is Hypocrisy.
Jim Carrey, who probably makes 20 million a movie just came out with the problem with America is Capitalism and Greed!
I don't see any of these Hollywood Liberals giving away vast amounts of their fortunes to charity or volunteering to to give it to the IRS.
He is not the example, he is the rule for your average America hating Democrat!
SocialSecretion
Wanting to change policy and society, but in the meantime living within the rules and norms of that society is not nearly as bad as saying that you ARE one way, when the facts show that you are indeed not that way. Follow?
thetone
Meanwhile the Obama's stayed at the nearest Motel 6. Gimme a break. I would love to know the figure on the millions of dollars spent to try and tear this woman down. Meanwhile Michelle O orders out for her 400 plus dollar midnight snacks and you lefties don't bat an eye. And we can discuss the cost of her 23 member staff. Outlandish for a first lady, but you're too lost in your swoon for this piece of garbage, and your fear of Sarah, to even notice.
elldeen
@thetone: So are you calling Michelle Obama a "piece of garbage"? Then what does that make you? Geez, you're so damn full of hate - and you need to get some professional help. Seriously.
thetone
My apologies elldeen. Did not mean to insult garbage that way.
gak001
Oh escomments - accusing others of hating America when your hatred for those who disagree with you is so ironically unamerican.
Your statements are irrational - no logic at all. Do you think it's reasonable that millions of people "hate" America so much that they would try to change its government to improve the lives of millions?
thetone
Your so called millions gak, are fast becoming the minority, and shrinking daily, while our numbers continue to swell. Beginning to think Obama's election was a blessing. The people have been asleep for so long but are finally waking up. That's why his numbers slide daily. Healthcare reform, ah the very subject that led to the aswhooping in '94. Any bets on 2010?
gak001
Keep thinking that, theone. History is not on your side. Progress may be slowed, but it is never halted.
escomments
Oh gak001, Bless your heart.
You are so wrong headed that you can't even see and more importantly, don't care what the unintended consequences of all of this Social Tinkering will do in the name of improving the lives of millions!
Just blind faith in your Socialist leaders.
We have multi-millionaires ten times over decrying capitalism. Oh what a terrible country we live in that we need to fix it.
The Hypocrisy of it all!
But, thanks for setting me straight on the hate America thing.
grannydee
wow, carole65, you really must try and get a grip. Palin continues to present herself as a woman concerned with blue collar, everyday Joe kinds of people. She is really a shill for the liars and hypocrites that populate our political system. I'm not talking about a particular party, I'm talking about the religious fanatics, who would/do kill those who dare disagree with them, but are the biggest liars of the bunch.
thetone
And where does the muslim kook murderer that shot up 56 people, killing 13, fit into that category? You're party has so far tiptoed around him and defended him, nothing more. Who are the religious fanatics you are talking about? You're deranged and babbling.
ap2008
"She stayed in a luxurious New York hotel during the last presidential campaign? "
Uh....Palin was running a presidential campaign in *2007*? How come we all missed that?
hfb1053
OK so Plant (of course) and Carole65 like Sally. Not all of us do. She is so two-faced and her lies come as easily as say, Carrie Prejean. She just does it without the sex tapes. Palin likes to pretend she's everywoman and that is very disturbing. And, the facts are the facts. She says one thing and then it comes out that isn't the truth. So, now you like liars?
Carole65
Liars are in the eyes of the beholders, wouldn't you say. There are plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle, male & female, who have the remarkable ability to stretch the elasticity of truth.
contrary55
Let "truthiness" prevail, eh?
Granite
Nice try at deflection. So if other politicians lie then its okay for Sarah to lie too? You did not address Palin's lies. Lies are not in the eye of the beholder. Your so-called argument does not hold water.
Frenchmanaz
True Carole65, but few have lied so deeply as to have come this close to the second most important job in this country, when they were neither competent to hold that position or deserving.
Yes she was picked and yes, I can understand how anyone put in that position could be swept off their feet by the thought. If she was truly smart, she would have now chosen the humility route whereby she admitted that she wasn't prepared ( being prepared and intelligent are different ).
Instead her ego tool over long ago and for every self entitled comment that streams out of her little brain into the public domain, we who never trusted her, here that ding ding ( a la state fair ) as a new target circle replaces the last one we shot down.
What is most unnerving is that her supporters feel that her perpetual defiance against the rest of us, who are not smart enough to recognize how brilliant she is , is the way to win our hearts& minds or votes.
Anyone with an ounce of intelligence knows that America loves an underdog. If SP had shown some genuine humility, admitting that it all happened so fast and that it was probably best that she was given more time to hone her skills for such an important position, then I would bet my house that she would have garnered a great deal more respect from even we, her detractors. Let's be clear that playing the victim does not count as humility.
Fortunately that shipped sailed long ago so my house is safe.
I wouldn't let this woman watch my 8 year old let alone allow her to be two steps from the oval office. I am happy that she is so narcassistic, defiant and hateful, because I am left completely devoid of any sympathy.
Just cause SP wears a suit, instead of a wet tshirt and a thong, it doesn't make her any less of a bimbo. I am just relieved that all of the smart women in this country were given enough time to see SP's true colours that they weren't able to act on this first instinct in the voting booth.
Almost all politicians are snakes and liars so we, the public, are left basing our decisions on the candidates who we believe are only moderately self serving and evil. SP does not qualify.
hfb1053
What Frenchmanaz said - that pretty much sums up my response to Carole65. Just because there are plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle that are liars doesn't change the fact that Sarah Palin is also one. You made that sound like she gets a pass for her lying because others also lie. No, no, no. We're talking about her now (see Granite's response).
whipmawhopma
hfb1053 - It's sameful the way you doubt Saint Sarah of the Church of St George of Latter Day Republicans.
hfb1053
whip - I'll try and hold that thought. LOL
PD1769
Lying is the new "God's honest truth"! Are you surprised?
Why is the fact that her ghost-written book is full of holes a news item? What else would you expect from a half-term governor turned Facebook blogger and book-hocking grifter? You really think there's a political future for a woman who wants cash upfront to read talking points into a lectern mic, and whose daughter got knocked up by a scumbag getting paid for posing in Playgirl?
This is not a credible politician. It's a fucking episode of Jerry Springer.
hfb1053
PD1769 - Great analogy re: Jerry Springer. Her life is a kinder, gentler version of that show. Good point.
labman57
This book was rushed to press so rapidly that it's no surprise that little fact-checking was done.
Palin has burned her bridges with the RNC in order to make a quick buck. Her fan base may well still adore her, but her modest viability as a legitimate political candidate will be forever tarnished as a result.
SkillzMilloy
Agreed. This is a big money play and nothing else.
I don't think she has any ambitions. It is smart, cash in your chips when your stock is high. Why wait for it to drop.
andrew0823
Saint Sarah of Wasala is not an author, she's not a governor, she's not an intellect. She's a mistake on John McCains record. If she was an averga lookinh young lady she wouldn't jave gotten this far I'm afraid.
xlntcat
Palin is a 45 year old grandmother not a young lady and when she doesn't make those regular visits for Botox and fillers, she is an average looking 45 year old.
SocialSecretion
That's true. I've never thought she was all that attractive. I guess maybe if I was over 40 I'd see it.
Llplo99
I don't think she is attractive at all.
memo02
I trying to understand what is the problem for some people to keep blocking the truth, are you doing some money, doing that ?,...
nortonclybourn
I trying understand why for people who no can speak English make comments here what they saying?
SocialSecretion
This is the WORLD wide web after all. It is free for all to use and to comment where they please.
tolatetocry
Huffington Post wants conservative books on a serperate best-sellers list.
Fox news is faux news
Sarah 's not a gov, Sarah didn't go to Harvard, Sarah's too pretty, Sarahs not smart enough, Sarah's white trash,
Sarah's didn't write her book boo hoo
who care's
FIRST printing 1,500,000!
AlanD2
I'm betting there won't be a second printing, tolatetocry.
winston1
Arianna wants conservative books on seperate best sellers list. Does this have to do with her hating her ex husband. I wish they would to this, we can compare who has the biggest pile of books.
janet1003mn
FACT CHECK:
Arianna does not "hate" her BISEXUAL, CONSERVATIVE, REPUBLICAN (Did I mention he's bisexual? and conservative? AND Republican?) ex-husband. He is, in fact, a regular blogger on Huffington Post and has been since December 2006.
As the parents of two daughters, the Huffingtons aren't really allowed the option of wallowing in hate for each other. Not if they love their daughters, anyway.
AlanD2
On the other hand, Janet, Winnie is allowed to wallow in hate, as she/he/it usually does here in DB threads.
RightofCenter
The AP had close to a dozen "fact checkers" assigned to this book. I wonder how many they had assigned to either one of Barry's TWO autobiographies - because, at the age of 45, he just couldn't fit it into one autobiography.
Granite
Well, when you accomplish more things you can write longer autobiographies. Did you really want the hard hitting day to day descriptions of overseeing Wasilla? Do you really want the gritty details regarding the installation of new traffic lights?
Sarah Palin's biography is a mere 5 chapters because she has done sooooooo much! HA!
thetone
What in the Hell has Obama accomplished? I have been asking that question ever since I first heard his name, and have yet to get an answer. I've read this thread back and forth twice, along with multiple such hate sites for months now. and have yet to see a substantial fact regarding Sarah. Generalizations, nothing more. Willing to guess the majority of you libs' knowledge of this woman came from SNL.
FACTS PLEASE!!
SocialSecretion
Well thetone, the fact is she lied or at least REALLY stretched the truth in this book. Did you read the article?
Now if you're talking about going back throughout the election, I'd need a bigger forum for all the typing I'd have to do.
thetone
Excellent dodge Social.
SocialSecretion
Well, if you're too dense to get it by now, then why would I waste my time spelling it out for you once again?
xlntcat
Don't read much do you. The Audacity of Hope is in no way an autobiography but he did write it himself and won a grammy for the audio version.
wiseone
Let's digress for a moment. McCain made a decision to find a female running mate to counter his black/white competitors and possibly pick up what he perceived was Hilliarys women supporters. The waman he chose was Sarah Palin, a virtually unknown Governor from one of our smallest states. The choice was not based on the brilliant and remarkable record of Sarah. No, she was just available, the less people knew about her the better. Sarah is only doing what most of us would do when an opportunity arises, take advantage of it. She wants to be rich, she's on her way. To succeed in this country you have to be in the right place at the right time, have a little charisma, be ambitious and things will go your way. Sarah may not be good for the country, but she knows what some of us want her to be, and that's what is going to make her wealthy.
AlanD2
Sarah may be very good for the country if she runs for President in 2012, wiseone.
This would assure Obama of a second term, which would be good indeed for America.
kayjay
Exactly. The Republicans won't run Palin because she could never win -- with 4 more years in changing demographics the Republicans will need someone much more socially moderate and fiscally competent, both in political ability and leadership.
xlntcat
I have always suspected that when those running the campaigned nixed Liberman that McCain went into one of his infamous pouts and didn't care who they chose. The first and most lasting error of a campaign that was one long error was the fact that he chose a campaign staff that didn't believe in his ability to win.
nortonclybourn
Stubborn orneriness--good for getting through captivity, not so good for presidential campaigns.
patriotchick
Let's not forget that Palin was discovered by none other than Bill Kristol, head cheerleader of the "greet us as liberators" Iraq invasion policy.
keepakeeper43
Sarah Palin continues to be the train wreck so gruesome and fatal that we all slow down to look.
More telling is the fact that this silly and dissembling clown has been and is the very best the Republican Party has to offer for the office of President of the United States.
(AlanD2 above is absolutely right. Her candidacy would assure Obama of a second term).
Run!Sarah!Run!
Granite
Who didn't see this coming?
I don't think she realizes the full extent of the problem she has created here. She put this stuff in writing so the next time she needs to alter the truth to fit her needs there is going to be documentation of a previous "truth."
She is extremely short sighted. But she can always come back later and say the publisher altered the "truth" in her book without her permission. That's what she's done with McCain aides. She has been clever enough not to blame McCain directly--just all those damn unsupervised rogue aides!
Everything is somebody else's fault, isn't it Sarah!
The Daily beast needs a new section, Sarah Palin Beast.
WalidMaaytah
America's fascination with Palin is fascinating to say the least. It's got nothing to do with any thing remotely intelligent, or even worth listening to, that she's ever said, for we all know how articulate, well-informed and intelligent she is, and has been ever since she opened her mouth, for the first time, on national TV.
America's fixation on Palin has more, or pretty much every thing, to do with America's shortcomings, shallowness, immaturity and obsession with scandals, trivial entertainment - especially if that person happens to be good-looking and controversial. If Sara were an old hag, you know that we will have heard the last of her as soon as the curtain came down on their failed and disastrous campaign.
For a nation that is supposed to be highly advanced in so many ways, we are way, way down on the list of emotional and social intelligence, and we continue to prove it day in, day out. Only humans, in the animal kingdom, can be so smart, and yet so stupid - so advanced technologically and in many other ways, yet so backward, underdeveloped and almost intellectually retarded.
America, and much of the world - for that matter, for stupidity knows no boundaries and doesn't discriminate, have a lot of growing up to do - and that is scary, as we hold the world hostage, literally, to our haphazard, unwise, selfish and rash decisions and whims; and with all the power we posses, military and economic, God save us and protect us, and the world, from our own dangerous stupidity.
xlntcat
Well stated.
gluteusmaximus
i could not agree more; america's fascination with good looking stupid people is going to lead to a major disaster if this woman is elected to any office where she can do any harm; sarah from wassila thinks the world is a simple place; she is mistaken.....it is very dangerous and complex; i am sorry but the completion over five years of an undergraduate degree from a third rate college and getting elected to office in a hillbilly area that has the population of a small city does not qualify a person for the presidency of the most powerful nation on earth. she is an interesting side show and will in all likelihood self destruct. she will manage to make a fair bit of money doing it. as they say "only in america"
whipmawhopma
"You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination." ~ Charles de Gaulle
thetone
...er,uh, yeah well we did elect B.O didn't we?....
whipmawhopma
thetone - And the choices were what again?
JohnConnughton
Yours is one of the better comments here today. Thanks.
Demsdisorder
Once again i want to thank the fine people of TDB for there coverage of Americas real presedent... Sarah Palin.
hfb1053
And your grammar and spelling are impeccable!
AlanD2
Isn't it a bit impolite to remind Demsdisorder that he/she/it needs to take a remedial English class, hfb1053?
Llplo99
He is not the only one, unfortunately. It is a sad commentary on our educational system or the lack of initiatives in some segments of the population.
periscope
Fact checking Sarah Palin's book is like looking for needles in haystacks. Besides, Sarah doesn't have to tell the truth, after all she's a member in good standing in the right-wing-liars-club, headed up by Flush Limbo, Fake News and assorted other media-whores.
In the Republican Party, the truth is "optional," but no recommended.
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