November 18, 2009 9:34 AM

McCain Aide Nicolle Wallace: Sarah Palin's Claims are "Fiction"

By
Stephanie Condon
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Republicans
(AP)
Sarah Palin's book is based on fabrications, former John McCain adviser Nicolle Wallace has told MSNBC.

In her new book "Going Rogue," the former vice presidential candidate claims that Wallace convinced Palin to do an interview with CBS News Anchor Katie Couric because Couric admired Palin as a working mother. Palin also claims that Wallace, a former CBS political analyst, told her that Couric had low self-esteem.

"The whole notion there was a conversation where I tried to cajole her into a conversation with Katie [Couric] is fiction," Wallace told MSNBC. "I am not someone who throws around the word 'self-esteem.' It is a fictional description."

Furthermore, Wallace said, the interview was set up on the day of the U.N. General Assembly to emphasize Palin's foreign policy savvy -- in other words, the interview was not about the connection Couric and Palin shared as working mothers.

"It was never made as two working gals," Wallace said. "It's either rationalization or justification or fiction."

Wallace took issue with Palin's overall depiction of her as well as her characterization of McCain campaign strategist Steve Schmidt.

"She hated me from the beginning," Wallace said. "I try not to take it personally, the fact is that she wrote a book based on fabrications... This book is a bizarre fixation on things that everyone else has moved on from."

Other members of McCain's campaign staff have disputed the stories from Palin's book. Additionally, factual errors and discrepancies in Palin's claims have come to light since excerpts of the book were released. McCain himself has said Palin was wrong about a $50,000 bill she claimed to have received for the vice presidential vetting process.

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by whogotnext October 7, 2011 11:12 AM EDT
Hey Sarah Palin lovers,

You know what Sarah said about all of you people who donated to her - thinking she was running for president.

YOU BETCHA - GOTCHA - SUCKER

lol -

How stupid, dumb could you have been - she set all of you people up and had you for tea.

I'm loving it
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by RestoreAmerica November 20, 2009 2:09 PM EST
I love to see how liberals see Sarah as such a waste of time--yet they sure do take the time to notice her! hilarious fools-- by the way Obama's not just taking a dip in the polls--he's flatout freefalling. Talk about the greatest lie ever in American history! He will be exposed--the day is coming...
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by kcsteak2 November 18, 2009 6:26 PM EST
Wallace is a liar.
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by tigerrram9 November 19, 2009 12:53 PM EST
No my friend your hero is a liar as explained by the title of her book, Going Rogue. Check out the definition of Rogue and then call Sarah a liar for what she wrote. I hope someone takes her to court to set the record straight.
by NowBeWithThat November 18, 2009 3:52 PM EST
Wallace and Schmidt need to get this.

Sure, it's a whole lot easier to blame Sarah Palin than to admit you ran a mediocre campaign. It tanked because you were divided. A house divided cannot stand.

And ask yourself this... who is going to hire an ex-campaign aide in 2012 who made a name viciously trashing their former candidate? Nobody.
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by NowBeWithThat November 18, 2009 1:39 PM EST
MSNBC is the oracle of liberal left agitprop so there's no surprise they trolled a vicious anti-Palin ex-staffer to throw some shade.

It behooves Ms. Wallace and the other ex-McCain campaign staffers to moonwalk away from Palin cause they're are all looking for work in 2012.
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by watervliet November 18, 2009 1:13 PM EST
PAYBACK ARE HELL!!! THE REPUBLICANS NEVER SHOULD PICK PALIN AS VP NOMINEE. SHE USED THE PARTY TO BOAST HER CAREER AND ALWAYS WILL. TOO LATE!!!
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by grannysunni November 18, 2009 12:43 PM EST
Palin was more qualified to be President than Obama. He has our country on the brink of bankruptcy and has no clue how to get us back on track. I don't believe one word from the McCain campaign crew. None of them supported Palin and many trashed her throughout the campaign. Say what you want about Palin but she's laughing all the way to the bank. There were more than 1500 people in line this morning for her book signing. Clearly, many of you do not understand the joke about the title of her book.
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by Omni-Present101 November 18, 2009 12:51 PM EST
Wrong: Bush-Cheney Policies had this Nation on the Brink Of Tanking. The Recession Began in 2007 ,

Bush Summer 2008: "The Economy's about To Crater"

"This Suckers about to Collaspe"

You [[Dummy]]

Bush-Cheney 2008 Bailouts of...

1. Bear-Sterns

2. Morgan-Stanley

3. Bank Of America

4. Citi-Group

5. Wall Street

6. GM & Chrysler

7. The Two Mid-East Wars and Borrowing 20 Billion Per month for the past 8 Years from Communist-Socialist China, with Interest at 500 Million a Day.

Don't You Remember Dumb Dumb.

Glenn Beck Admitted "Bush Started the BailOuts and he Hated Him for it"

You Tube You Idiot
by Omni-Present101 November 18, 2009 12:56 PM EST
Out of 300 million People in the USA...

1,500 People is an Impressive Number to you..

Jeesh
by Omni-Present101 November 18, 2009 12:41 PM EST
Sarah Palin is Dumber than a Pillow Case Stuffed Full Of Peacock Feathers...

Wait a Minute..

Peacock's Feathers are Smarter Than Palin !!

My Bad
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by Omni-Present101 November 18, 2009 12:35 PM EST
Rogue: A Dis-Honest, Mischievous & Un-Principled Person..Oh My !!
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This is Definitive regarding the character of this Woman.

I don't think she knew the true Definition of the Word [Rogue]

If she Did, surely she would not use this as her Book Title.

She's Dumber than a Pack of Lorna Dune Cookies.
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by Omni-Present101 November 18, 2009 12:28 PM EST
Sarah Palin: A Half Term Governor. Former Mayor of a Town, the Population of 7,000 People, that she Bankrupted, Rates Obama a [4]

Ha Ha Ha Ha !!

A Woman who Quit on the People that Voted for her, to Represent Them for 4 years, Rates the President of the USA...

[[HA]]

A Woman who gave a Gas Pipeline Company Half a Billion Dollars of her Tax Payers Money, to see, if its Possible to Bring Gas from Canada to Alaska and then to the Lower 48 States, not Realizing this Company [[Trans-Canada]] had No Gas to Provide and if the Deal Faulters, Trans-Canada, Pockets the Half a Billion Sarah Palin gave them !!

Yet this Hollow, Floating Bubble of a Woman, Rates the President Of the USA a [[4]]

Now That's Dumb and Audacious as Hell !!

PS: The Heffa Lied last year at the RNC Convention, When said, "Alaska was Building a Gas Pipeline, that would Provide Gas to the Lower 48 states"...

Alert: There's No Such Pipeline in Existence and this Pipe Dream, like the Bridge to Nowhere, is Nowhere to be Seen, Not One Pipe has been Laid and it would have taken 8-10 years, to erect this Monstrosity, not to mention, Big Oil, who Palin Shut Out of the Bidding Process, Owns all the gas Leases, they would Own all the Gas...

The Witch is Beyond [Imcompetent]
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