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Sarah Palin: the best of the Going Rogue leaks
Portrait emerges of Sarah Palin as a wise-cracking, vegan-loving victim of John McCain’s ruthless campaign team
On the eve of the the release of Sarah Palin's memoir, Going Rogue, journalists who have got hold of early copies have been leaking the content copiously. And almost every leak is met by one Palin's political enemies claiming she's misremembering the facts - or just plain lying.
Over the weekend, Steve Schmidt, who managed John McCain's 2008 campaign for the US presidency, described Palin's book as "revisionist and self-serving fiction", asking: "Why is the bald guy always the villain?"
Meanwhile, the respected political blogger Andrew Sullivan yesterday published 31 lies he says Palin has perpetrated, which are "proven by incontestable evidence in the public record".
But far from damaging Palin's reputation, the attendant publicity - which includes today's appearance on Oprah - seems merely to be helping Palin on her way to a 2012 presidential bid.
Here are some of the more interesting leaks:
On Steve SchmidtPalin complains of several brushes with McCain's 2008 campaign manager. In one, he took her to task for her views on evolution:
"'But your dad's a science teacher,' Schmidt objected.
'Yes.'
'Then you know science proves evolution,' added Schmidt.
I said, 'But I believe that God created us and also that He can create an evolutionary process that allows species to change and adopt.'
Schmidt winced and raised his eyebrows... But I felt I was on solid factual ground."
On Katie CouricApparently, Sarah Palin only agreed on her disastrous interview with Couric out of pity. Palin says McCain aide Nicolle Wallace told her Couric needed a career boost:
"'She just has such low self-esteem,' Nicolle said. She added that Katie was going through a tough time. 'She just feels she can't trust anybody.'"
On the 'President Sarkozy' prank callAt one point in the presidential campaign, Palin took a call from a radio presenter pretending to be the French president:
"He's got to be drunk, I thought. I didn't want to offend the president of France, but this was getting stupid. I kept thinking, surely, someone will pop up and say something like, 'OK, the five minutes are up,' but the call just went on and on and on."
On the 'first dude', Todd Palin"That day in sunny Texas when the divorce rumors were rampant in the tabloids, I watched Todd, tanned and shirtless, take the baby from my arms and walk him back to the ranch house so Trig could nap while I made calls. Seeing Todd's blue eyes smiling, I chuckled. Dang, I thought. Divorce Todd? Have you seen Todd?
On Saturday Night LiveSarah Palin claims she wasn't allowed to "dish it out" to liberal actor Alec Baldwin when they appeared on the comedy show:
"The bigwigs haggled back and forth over my appearance with Alec, the writers sending down some lines where Alec was basically supposed to perform a comic dissection on me. Then I was supposed to passively take his arm and stroll offstage.
From a political messaging standpoint, the campaign could see that wasn't going to work. We put our heads together and sent the producers a counteroffer: Alec would still get his barbs in, then I would say, 'Hey Baldwin, weren't you supposed to leave the country after the last election?' Uh... no, producers said."
She also explains why she refused to shake fellow guest Oliver Stone's hand. "Unbelievably," she writes, the director is "a supporter of communist dictator Hugo Chavez, who in a 2006 speech to the United Nations referred to the president of the United States as 'the devil himself.'"
On vegansSurprisingly Palin, who is a supporter of the practice of shooting wolves from aircraft, would be a willing host to vegetarians, according to an excerpt published by the Huffington Post:
"If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore: If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat? I always remind people from outside our state that there's plenty of room for all Alaska's animals - right next to the mashed potatoes."
On Hillary ClintonMSNBC leaked an excerpt which promised the prospect of a coffee summit between the leading ladies of the left and right:
"Should Secretary Clinton and I ever sit down over a cup of coffee, I know that we will fundamentally disagree on many issues, but my hat is off to her hard work on the 2008 campaign trail."
Clinton, meanwhile, told the same channel's Meet the Press: "Absolutely would look forward to having coffee... I've never met her... I'm ready to have a cup of coffee, and maybe I can make a case on some of those issues we disagree on." ·
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Most people are not vegetarians. That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever read.
Of my family, friends and acquaintance circle, I know two true vegetarians. They don't eat any meat. Other people I know who believe they are veggies will not eat meat. They will eat fish, eggs, and drink milk. To me true vegetarians are actually vegans, and believe me, I do not know many.
I have to agree with Sarah, I would certainly have vegetarians over for dinner and I would make them salad. Since most vegetarians donâ??t hesitate to lecture us carnivores for our lifestyle, I would freely tell them why I chose to eat meat. I would drill them to death about their lifestyle choice and then eat a lovely roastâ?¦..right next to the mashed potatoes!
"the thousands who turned out for her book signing in Michigan.." and Shrub was elected in 2004 despite four years to see what he was like. That's the problem with a soi-disant democracy - esp a country where 70% believe in angels, UFOs, alien abduction (perhaps they think they're the same thing?) and fewer than 10% hold a passport.
Hey, maybe vegetarianism stops people understanding plain English idioms. Palin's got more brains (opposite of less) - not more brains opposite of fewer. She's got more guts as well. And, no, most people are not vegetarians in the sense that they would choose not to eat meat. Lots of poor malnourished people would love to eat meat if they could afford it, and as the developing world becomes more affluent then they will eat more meat. Meat is good for you.
How many brains has Palin got?
Most people are vegetarians.
Weird, subversive world, eh?
In spite of all your efforts Palin's book is a big success. All those who hate her must be really annoyed at the thousands who turned out for her book signing in Michigan where she started her tour. Some came overnight and stayed in the cold, and this is just the beginning. I know now why you are all so afraid of her. People really like her, she is genuine unlike all the fakes in politics today. Right on Sarah, may God bless you and yours, none of us are perfect.
"...she's got more brains..." No, that's not a joke. Palin is at least her own woman, but Obama is a mere puppet, a tool in the hands of the liberal left. As for jokes, well-balanced people and communities know how to laugh at themselves and absurd things that might be attributed to them. Bitter and twisted people, those with a chip on their shoulder, and single issue fanatics usually can't. The line "If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?" has been around for YEARS. I've heard it several times over the years. You can see it on T-shirts etc in America. Vegetarianism is a pretty weird, even subversive idea in many cultures, so these kind of comments are to be expected. Get over yourselves.
"...she's got more brains..." is that a JOKE too?
If a vegetarian told her JOKE it might make some sense, but how is it remotely funny when a meat-eater spouts it?
Please explain.. or is it that us mere single-brained people lack the intelligence to understand such humour?
i am impressed by Palin. A lot of comments are a reflection on the writers. She appears to me to be a formidable lady and will become better
Hey, she's got more brains and a lot more experience than the present incumbent in the White House. You just don't get it, do you? You are mocking her, but the joke's on you. "If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat? I always remind people from outside our state that there's plenty of room for all Alaska's animals - right next to the mashed potatoes." That's what we call a JOKE, guys. Get over yourselves.
Don't laugh at Palin, the average US citizen needs someone to vote for that they can understand. She would win if she ran for President on the grounds that she appeals to all those molluscs with the vote.
Couldn't agree more with Neil. But the nightmare continues and it's a mistake to dismiss the stupid as a joke, after all, Bush got elected and he's well short of the minimum IQ to be called sentient, so why not this ludicrous bitch? Perhaps a new campaign to elect a mollusc next time. At least they leave wolves alone.
"If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?" - that really is one of her best yet. Roll on 2012 - she is Obama's best hope of assuring himself a second term!
This witch is undoubtedly the stupidest life-form on Planet Earth. There are molluscs who are brighter than Sarah Palin. The idea that this insane harridan could have held political office in the USA is truly terrifying.