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The Political Carnival: Former McCain campaign manager: Palin claims 'total fiction'
The Swamp: Sarah Palin 'bottled up' no more: Lid off
AMERICAblog News: Palin on her phone call from the president of France (that was actually a prank)
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No intention of buying the book, perhaps this is why: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/13/sarah-palin-going-rogue-t_n_357571.html 11/29/2009 |
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Shocker! "Regrets...are everywhere in 'Going Rogue'& blame always seems to fall on someone else" http://tinyurl.com/y946khj RT @jamessanford 11/16/2009 |
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Shocker!: "Regrets, indeed, are everywhere in 'Going Rogue.' And blame always seems to fall on someone else." http://tinyurl.com/y946khj 11/16/2009 |
Former McCain campaign manager: Palin claims 'total fiction'
The Political Carnival —
... "Right away, the phones started ringing," Palin writes. "One of the first calls was Schmidt, and the force of his screaming blew my hair back. 'How can anyone be so stupid?! Why would the president of France call a vice presidential candidate a few days out?!'" ...
Sarah Palin 'bottled up' no more: Lid off
The Swamp —
... "Going Rogue is, at its heart, one giant complaint about the conduct of John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign,'' the HuffPost's Sam Stein and Lila Shapiro write. "At the nexus of Palin's grievances lies Schmidt, a character cast as out of touch, overly cautious, and vindictive.'' ...
Palin on her phone call from the president of France (that was actually a prank)
AMERICAblog News —
An excerpt from Sarah Palin's new book. Oh God, she just keeps on giving: By that time I'd received calls from presidents of other countries and our own, and had met elder statesmen and other dignitaries, so it didn't surprise us too much that we'd be speaking with the French leader. 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, "Okay, the five minutes are up," but the call just went on and on and on. By now, I was ...
McCain 'A Bit Disappointed' By Palin Book; Aide Calls It 'Total Fiction'
Politics Daily —
... a book like this, one of them told me. "It's like what's she so angry about? She was picked to be vice president of the United States. She had an exceptional opportunity. Everything is someone else's fault. There's no accountability. It's mean-spirited. But if you look at the record it is what it is." Some news outlets obtained "Going Rogue" before its release. The Associated Press has a fact-check knocking down many of Palin's assertions. The Huffington Post has published highlights along with contemporaneous campaign e-mails that undercut some of Palin's ...
Weekend reading: Copenhagen
Ben Smith's Blog —
Copenhagen expectations slip.
HuffPo does Palin vs. Schmidt.
Schmidt calls it fiction.
Meacham is the anti-Palin.
Health care liberals promise vengeance.
Axelrod goes after Romney on Afghanistan; Romney's been going after Ax on the same topic.
And Obama isn't really the first Pacific president.
Monday Afternoon Dept of McConnell Lies and Such
Page One —
... The smartest and most accurate thing Sarah Palin has ever said: those Atkins bars really are delicious. Especially the cranberry almond. [HuffPo] ...
The Rude Pundit — ... Here’s a bit from Sarah Palin’s new book, Going Rogue: "I moved to go speak with him [a reporter from Anchorage], but a campaign handler grabbed my elbow and said, 'No, no, no ... this way.' A few minutes later on my way out of the building I saw the same reporter and photographer back behind a rope line. ...
