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Sarah Palin lashes media, aides in memoir
Former Republican VP candidate bashes media, McCain, campaign aides
NEW YORK–The rumours are true: The McCain-Palin campaign was not a happy family.
In Sarah Palin's memoir, Going Rogue, she confirms reports of tension between her aides and those of the 2008 Republican presidential candidate, Senator John McCain. The vice-presidential candidate confirms she had wanted to speak on election night but was denied the chance and says she was kept "bottled up" from reporters during the campaign.
Palin also writes harshly of CBS anchor Katie Couric, whom she describes as "badgering" and biased. Palin's series of interviews with Couric were widely regarded as disastrous, leaving the impression of an ill-informed candidate who was unsuited for the job.
The 413-page book, written with Lynn Vincent, comes out Nov. 17. Going Rogue, with a first printing of 1.5 million copies, has been at or near the top of Amazon.com and other best-seller lists for weeks.
The book follows Palin from childhood to her departure last summer as Alaska governor. It includes much of what her admirers, and detractors, expected: tributes to family and faith and patriotism, and attacks against the media and other perceived opponents.
She writes about the "jaded aura" of professional campaign aides and how McCain's entourage limited her access to the media, leading to allegations – unfounded, she says – that she was avoiding reporters.
Palin shares behind-the-scenes moments when the nation learned her teen daughter Bristol was pregnant, how she rewrote the statement prepared for her by the McCain campaign – only to watch in horror as a TV news anchor read the original McCain camp statement, which, in Palin's view, glamourized and endorsed her daughter's situation.
Former Republican VP candidate bashes media, McCain, campaign aides
NEW YORK–The rumours are true: The McCain-Palin campaign was not a happy family.
In Sarah Palin's memoir, Going Rogue, she confirms reports of tension between her aides and those of the 2008 Republican presidential candidate, Senator John McCain. The vice-presidential candidate confirms she had wanted to speak on election night but was denied the chance and says she was kept "bottled up" from reporters during the campaign.
Palin also writes harshly of CBS anchor Katie Couric, whom she describes as "badgering" and biased. Palin's series of interviews with Couric were widely regarded as disastrous, leaving the impression of an ill-informed candidate who was unsuited for the job.
The 413-page book, written with Lynn Vincent, comes out Nov. 17. Going Rogue, with a first printing of 1.5 million copies, has been at or near the top of Amazon.com and other best-seller lists for weeks.
The book follows Palin from childhood to her departure last summer as Alaska governor. It includes much of what her admirers, and detractors, expected: tributes to family and faith and patriotism, and attacks against the media and other perceived opponents.
She writes about the "jaded aura" of professional campaign aides and how McCain's entourage limited her access to the media, leading to allegations – unfounded, she says – that she was avoiding reporters.
Palin shares behind-the-scenes moments when the nation learned her teen daughter Bristol was pregnant, how she rewrote the statement prepared for her by the McCain campaign – only to watch in horror as a TV news anchor read the original McCain camp statement, which, in Palin's view, glamourized and endorsed her daughter's situation.
How epicly stupid was McCain for picking Palin?
How epicly stupid were the people who supported Palin?
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