Palin Book Roils Former McCain Aides

Steve Schmidt Says "Going Rogue" Is a Work of Fiction; But Others Remain Silent as They Look ahead to 2012

(CBS)  This is going to be a big week for former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin as her highly anticipated book hits the shelves. Some of the book's allegations have already sparked new controversies - and opponents are firing back, as CBS News correspondent Randall Pinkston reports.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's new book will not be released until Tuesday, but, it is already generating the kind of controversy that Palin brought to last year's presidential campaign as Sen. John McCain's running mate.

In "Going Rogue" Palin reportedly criticizes McCain's senior staff for allegedly pushing her to be interviewed by "CBS Evening News" anchor Katie Couric; that interview produced a series of exchanges that dogged Palin throughout the campaign.

In an interview for the Oprah Winfrey Show, Palin accused McCain's campaign staff of misleading her about her performance with Couric.

"The campaign said, 'Right on, good, you're showing your independence. This is what America needed to see. It was a good interview,'" Palin recalled. "And I thought if you think that was a good interview, I don't know what a bad interview was, because I knew it wasn't a good interview."

Steven Schmidt, McCain's chief strategist calls Palin's account "fiction."

Other former McCain aides are refusing to speak publicly. But political strategists say they are not so concerned about what happened in the last election. They're looking at 2012.

"They need to hit back and this is about getting contracts for the next election cycle and lining up candidates in the future," said Politico reporter Andy Barr.

Palin, who resigned her post as governor of Alaska, refuses to say whether she will run for the White House in 2012. One former senior McCain advisor said, "This is not the book you write if you want to be president of the United States."

Still, Palin may have reason, for now, to dismiss her critics. She's been reportedly paid more than $1.25 million for the 400-page book. Plus, she's polling well among likely Republican presidential candidates in 2012.

[bundye]

Pray she doesn't run for President....

[tibu987]

GOODBYE SARAH.......

[Omni-Present101]

1/2 Term Governor, Sarah Palin is a Quitter, Money Hungry, Bright Lights, Attention Seeking...


Hollow, Floating, Bubble.
___________

CBS should be talking about Condoleeza Rice and Lisa Murkowski for President and Vice President of the USA, they Both have National and International Experience and Keenly Astute on Law.


Yet CBS and the Mass Media Machine, Concentrates on this Hollow, Floating Bubble.

A Bubble is Beautiful to look at, but Very Easy to Burst, such is the Case of Sarah Palin.

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[kansas1946]

You know it is really pathetic, the quality of American's that the Republican party latches onto as idols. Joe the Plumber, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Carrie Prejean. Most of these folks couln't make the "most likely to succeed" list in high-school. Hell, some of them probably had trouble graduating. The only prerequisite for a Republican hero is nastiness. Amazing.

[ajvw]

cBS is certainly selling a lot of books for her

[Omni-Present101]

Yeah, 7.00 a Pop !!

1/2 Term Governor, Sarah Palin is a Quitter, Money Hungry, Bright Lights, Attention Seeking...


Hollow, Floating, Bubble.
___________

CBS should be talking about Condoleeza Rice and Lisa Murkowski for President and Vice President of the USA, they Both have National and International Experience and Keenly Astute on Law.


Yet CBS and the Mass Media Machine, Concentrates on this Hollow, Floating Bubble.

A Bubble is Beautiful to look at, but Very Easy to Burst, such is the Case of Sarah Palin.

_________________

[chrisbieber]

partisan fratricide....and partisan obliviousness to the BIPARTISAN installing of Empire and the Surveillance State on American Citizens.and those hapless victims of US GOVERNMENT intervention.

the tireless "Me Too!" socialism of the Republican Party since at least 1982 and the TEFRAA tax has been breathtaking(ly) duplicitous in the face of pretty faces and freemarket and libertarian RHETORIC...just look at the growth of government...since the "Contract ON America" and all the Demo-lite wannabees...and the bankruptcy and sprawled out empire and death all over the world...and the GOP LEGALLY greased the skids-layed the groundwork for THIER Strong Leader and HIS statism.

Thanks guys...despite Palin's generally free-market RHETORIC she is unfortunately another shill for the Hegelian Right and ITS statist rhetoric(good example is militarist warmonger McCain and his Party shills..then AND now)...and defense of ITS statist RECORD.

[lmartink]

Palin is a legend in her own mind. She is a celebrity.

[endurorob_5]

10 comments on the health care story, 21 comments on the elledged racism story, and 166 comments on the Palin story. Amazing. You libs just cannot help yourselves can you?

[mountainstates1]

And yet your commenting on Palin's stupid book, too... typical right wing nut.

[endurorob_5]

Not commenting on her book. Commenting on libs obsession with Palin. Haven't even read the story.

[lmartink]

At least I'm not stupid enough to be Conservative.

[sammiak]

Read the book "Sarah From Alaska" They are saying the same thing as Sarah is saying . I sure will read her book. I also Thank God McCain didn't win as he was so jeaouse of Sarah because she out shined him. What would of happen if they would of won.He and his staffs was already a afraid of her.Yes I voted for him.

[endurorob_5]

msimamaji November 16, 2009 10:45 AM EST

Palin's re-appearance simply makes me glad that I voted for Obama. I wish the media would stop paying so much attention to her because I am getting a serious case of déjà-vu.


Are you kidding. The media pay so much attention to her because she gets so much attention from the libs. If you want her to go away then stop inviting her around.

[sammiak]

So your glad you voted for Obama. Well you didn't get much he hasn't gone nothing so far but to spend money and make the richer, richer.

[endurorob_5]

skyk-2009 November 16, 2009 9:57 AM EST
endurorob_5, you don't find THIS to be interesting? Can you explain what YOU are doing here? LOL I look at this the same way I would anything so outlandish... LOL



I dropped ny because the other stories were not getting any action so I figured maybe I will look at the Palin story to see if maybe that is attracting the attention of the libs, which Palin stories always do, and here you all are. No I don't find it to be interesting and havn't even read the story. Just checking for the usual suspects. Maybe if she decides to get back into ploitics i will pay attention. But for now I find the behavior of the libs towards her to be the interesrting thing and is the only thing that attracts me to a Palin story.

[skyk-2009]

endurorob_5, hey maybe you can convince someone that the party that gave them Medicare to begin with is secretly developing "Death Panels" for old folks... course you'll have to leave out the Neocon Position during that debate won't you? Oh! Hey! How about trying yet again to sell the Republican LIE?? You know the one about Tax Breaks for the Rich trickling down to us below.. about how you will cut spending and balance the budget? No, I don't think it's been long enough to sell that tried old lie to anyone outside the Fringe.. never mind! You just go right on being a Ditto Head and make it up as you go along! LOL

[msimamaji]

While Obama speaks out for human rights in Shanghai, Palin is carrying on with the same she-say, he-say sort of garbage, the stuff of a bad soap opera.

Palin's re-appearance simply makes me glad that I voted for Obama. I wish the media would stop paying so much attention to her because I am getting a serious case of déjà-vu.

[P0STING_AWAY]

by skyk-2009 November 16, 2009 9:48 AM EST
P0STING_AWAY, can you tell me what having money and education has in common? Some of the most uneducated backward people in our history have managed to exploit people and the nation to make a lot of money. LOL

They do not necessarily have ANYTHING to do with each other.
Rush Limpballs, Hannity, Oreilly, Paris Hilton (to use another poster's example) are all wealthy yet dumber than a bag of rocks.
And, depending on how many MORE copies of the Palin book Rupert Murdoch buys,
Sarah might end up becoming wealthy as well.

[endurorob_5]

The libs here amaze me. There is a story abuot the health care bill and a story about claimed racism and this story of someone who they claim to be irrelivent has, by far, taken the liberals attention. As a matter of fact I do not think there has so far been one liberal comment on either one of those.

[skyk-2009]

endurorob_5, you don't find THIS to be interesting? Can you explain what YOU are doing here? LOL I look at this the same way I would anything so outlandish... LOL

[voxpopulus]

Why can Palin's supporters hardly ever spell?

[P0STING_AWAY]

by rbichamp November 16, 2009 9:39 AM EST
We're 3 years from the 2012 election.
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So wait until the fall of 2010 or early 2011. There will be enough potential candidates. Palin has about 2 years to get on the public stage and sell herself. I think a talk-show would be in her best interest. Something during the afternoon or late night.
30% of the country will always hate her. 30% of the country will always support her. 40% (mostly independents) have an open mind as they don't know enough about her. So if she gets out there and they see what type of a person she really is, more will like her than hate her.

DUDE - THIS IS > NOT < A BEAUTY CONTEST. The American electorate already
understands EXACTLY who Palin is and what her capabilities / limitations
are. While I would LOVE for her to be the Repug candidate, the Repug
party will shoot her down. She is pretty, no doubt, but her stupidity
is AMAZING.

[rbichamp]

Again, the stupidity card! And no facts to back it up except a couple of bad interviews where she was set up. Same happened to Hillary but she's OK for president, right? And apparently Barak Obama thinking there are 54 states is OK. Everyone messes up once in a while.

Again, look at Joe Biden! If he's OK to be the vice president and thus one heart-beat from the presidency then there is no argument about Palin's intelligence.

[boatdocster]

Even with ace GOP handlers, Palin could not reinvent herself in 20 years, let alone 2.

Pretty face +5
Dumber than a box of rocks -250

Do the math...

[skyk-2009]

Oh THIS is just what America needs. A brain dead Wacko who sees the moving of the phrase "In God We Trust" on a Coin as a giant conspiracy of the PRESENT Administration.. Never mind that the LAST one made the decision! ROFLMAO Who in their right mind thinks this pathetic loser could stand up against the attacks we are seeing against this President.. no WORST? I can assure you that the Next Republican to take the Oath of Office will face as bad or maybe worse and from DAY ONE, as was the case here. No she's better off the butt of late night jokes and a lot of fun!

[P0STING_AWAY]

by rbichamp November 16, 2009 9:18 AM EST
?????
Is that your liberal way to try to win an argument? Haha.
You probably used that same logic when voting.

No - I was pointing out how ludicrous your statement was.
Now run along - your tea is probably getting cold and the LAST thing
a tea-bagger needs these days is cold tea.

[Omni-Present101]

Told You, even when this Napoleonic Princess is Challenged or Questioned, she Believes, she's Beyond Questioning..

She's a Hollow, Floating, Bubble...Period, End of Story.

The Half Term, Mass Media Seeking and Money Hungry Governor

Sarah Palin is Dumber than a Pack of Lorna Dune Cookies...

Wait a Minute, that's an Insult to Cookies that have some Nutritional Value, whereas Sarah Palin has [None]

Forgive me for Slighting Nabisco Corporation and its Lorna Dune Cookies.

Please
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Former Alaska Governor lashed out at the Associated Press Sunday for doing a fact-check on her memoir, "Going Rogue."

"Amazingly, but not surprisingly, the AP somehow nabbed a copy of the book before it was released," she wrote on her Facebook page. "They're now erroneously reporting on the book's contents and are repeating many of the same things they spewed during the campaign and afterwards. We've heard 11 writers are engaged in this opposition research, er, "fact checking" research!"

The AP reported that Palin's account often contradicted her record as well as current events. Her depiction of the McCain campaign is also frequently at odds with internal campaign emails.

[rbichamp]

That's what I mean about liberal criticism.

Let's see how liberals attack someone.

#1. Have a far left website post a BS story or comment about a person they want to attack.

#2. The left media (NBC, Huffington, etc) will use that website as a source and write a negative story about the person being attacked. They defend their story because they saw it was reported by this left wing website.

#3. Damage is done. Most are too busy to read the whole story and just read the headlines or the first paragraph. Take Huffinton for example. All their headlines are so left wing biased. Then you read the story and wonder how the story reflects the headline.

#4. After the story is proved false, they print a retraction in page 65 or somewhere in the very back. Most don't see this.

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[Oregon_State_OSU]

Good For Sarah Palin taking Trash on Captain McSplatter Pants former Aides.

The first smart thing that Sarah has done in 2 Years.

[pjk12354]

So, Sarah Palin thinks she was forced by the Republican Party to do an interview. The party knew what Sarah still doesn't get........that the American people need to know where a candidate is on issues. This is something Sarah Palin still does not understand. I'm an independent who does not give a damn about party issues. I want to understand a candidate before I make a decision to vote. I need to know the issues over the image.

[rbichamp]

Well said. And maybe more important to me is whether promises tat are being made will be kept.

Is this candidate saying this just to get my vote? or will they actually do what they say?

[P0STING_AWAY]

by rbichamp November 16, 2009 8:52 AM EST
Fox is fair and balanced compared to most of the media. They have a conservative side as well as a liberal side. Look at the people that work there. Probably 40% or so vote Dem and maybe 40-50% vote Republican that works at Fox. Then look at any other network like NBC, CNN or BBS. There, about 95% vote Democrat. You have no balance........................................
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YES - I AGREE and
UP IS DOWN
RIGHT IS LEFT
GOOD IS BAD
PALIN IS SMART
etc

[rbichamp]

?????

Is that your liberal way to try to win an argument? Haha.

You probably used that same logic when voting.

[P0STING_AWAY]

by 50BMS13 November 16, 2009 5:14 AM EST
rbichamp
Good post. Enjoyed reading it. There is so much hate towards Palin that it keeps the flame for her alive. She scares the left for some reason or other. I haven't figured it out yet. But you are right, she wouldn't be counting on the votes that hate her. She does indeed have a chance.

A CHANCE? FOR WHAT? TO LEAD THE REPUGS ..... DOWN THE TUBES?????

[pjk12354]

Let me see if I have this correct............Sarah Palin, a vice-presidential candidate, feels like she was forced to do an interview......well pardon me! I like to hear from a candidate before I make a decision on who to vote for. I'm an independent & really don't give a damn about party loyalty. If Sarah Palin expects to be taken serious as a national candidate........she had better start doing interviews, answering questions, and letting the American people know who she really is.

[laxboy10]

All she does is blame others. Either McCain aides or the liberal media. She couldnt even make up the name of a newspaper when katie couric interviewed her and somehow its the media's fault.