Sarah Palin launched her media tour to promote this week’s release of her book Going Rogue: An American Life by telling Oprah Winfrey that when she first heard of her daughter Bristol’s pregnancy, “Were we giddy-happy to be grandparents? No.” She said she “rewrote” the McCain campaign’s press release about that subject, but that she was overruled. This “annoyed” her, as did the McCain staff’s “makeover” of her and her family right down to the clothes they wore and the food Palin was advised to eat.
On the spotlight placed on her family: “I was naive to think the media would leave my kids alone.” She said Barack Obama enjoyed a “double-standard” in that regard, implying his family was left alone.
Oprah showed home-movie-quality film of Palin going to a gym work-out at home in Alaska, and preparing for Halloween with her children. In a voiceover, Palin said, “It’s nice not to be handled, if you will” — boy, does that McCain campaign still rankle her.
Over the course of the hour, Palin was coy regarding the vetting she received by the McCain staff: “I thought the only skeleton in my closet was that I got a ‘D’ in a college course.”
She was frank: “The economy tanked under a Republican administration and unfortunately for our ticket, we represented the status quo [at a time] when people wanted change.”
And she was withering and self-righteous on the subject of Levi Johnston: “I hear he goes by the name ‘Ricky Hollywood,’” she said sarcastically, but turned serious in referring to his current “media tour” as “aspiring porn,” and that he hasn’t seen his son Tripp “in quite a while.” By contrast, Palin said her 19 year-old daughter Bristol “has Tripp 24/7.”
Regarding her famous Katie Couric interview in which a clip showed her unable or unwilling to name a single newspaper she read, Palin told Oprah, “By the time she [asked that], I was already so annoyed… There were hours of tape that were shot… and I felt that no matter what I say, it will be twisted.”
Palin also referred to Couric as “the perky one… with all due respect.” Huh?
Asked whether she has plans to run for President in 2012, Palin deflected the question by saying her son Trig would “be entering kindergarten” then.
Oprah than said, “Would you even tell me if you were?”
Palin fixed Oprah with a steely gaze and smile. “No, I wouldn’t,” she said.
The Palinpalooza continues tomorrow morning, with Barbara Walters grilling the author on Good Morning America.
She may not “want to sit down and shut up”, but the rest of us would appreciate that.
Agreed!
Nobody cares anymore. She’s irrelevant, hypocritical, and rather uneducated. Please, go away.
Say the people that took time to read the post and then commented on it…That’ll show her!
Palin’s a joke, if she’s thinking Pres at any time. Anyone who thinks she’s qualified in any way needs to have their head examined
And you guys think obamas policies and Harvard education are working for us? You need to have your head examined! You wait…The disaster this administration is making is COMING! And he won’t e able to blame it on anyone but himself….No one will buy his inherited crap then.
It was nice to see someone who can talk articulately with out a TelePrompter and not misuse words like “inhalator” but I in fairness realize having been the Governor of Alaska gives her an unfair advantage in know how many states there are.
Lets face it.. Obama may be prettier than Bush, but off the Teleprompter he is not any more articulate.
In response to a previous response…I love Sarah Palin and find her to be a breath of fresh air. I would love to see her run for president. I guess according to “some” I need to have my head examined…well examine away!!!!!!!
Uh, we have a community organizer for Pres. Yeah I’d say she will be more than qualified by then and still better qualified than he is.
looks/sounds more like a cartoon than previously
I’ve been watching Oprah since her show started. She slipped several times and showed how much tougher she can be when someone is not an Obama Drone! How sad, Oprah had a chance to give journalists a boost since so many folks find them so distasteful!
I see people driving around my town with “Sarah!” and “Palin 2012″ bumper stickers all the time. I can’t wait to move.
If people (including EW) would leave Palin, Gosslin, and Prejean alone (that is, not report anything about them), they would quickly fade into obscurity. And that would be awesome.
I couldn’t agree with this MORE!! Please…who really wants to read about these media whores???
Apparently YOU DO. cause you defintely choose to click the little sidebar on this SARAH PALIN story….Sarah Palin did indeed face a complete double standard during her run as VP. Her family was the bud of everyone’s jokes even David Letterman, her PERSONAL EMAILS were hijacked, her appearance was compared to a pornstar (really?!), and even after the campaign she was continually attacked and having lawsuit upon lawsuit filed that even when she wasn’t in the wrong still had to pay for a lawyer to continually represent her. Sarah Palin did a great job as a running mate. especially with all of the ridulous opposition she faced.
Sarah Palin needs to go away! She has had virtually everything coming to her. Come on now. She is fake and full of it. Keep it real. Something Palin supporters have a problem doing! Lord knows we can go and on about her.
BTW Natalie–it’s “she was the butt of everyone’s jokes”, not the bud. That cactus is far from a bud…
Natalie, her emails weren’t “hijacked”. She was using a general email program for State emails (which is very much against the rules) in an attempt to shield them from the open records act. She has to retain a lawyer in regards to the “lawsuit upon lawsuit” because she WAS in the wrong (i.e., repayment to the State for travel expenses). Those citizens had every right to expect more from their governor. Now Palin is on a media tour to rewrite history. Already their are dozens of documented inaccuracies in her book (www.factcheck.com) and it is becoming more than apparent she had no regard for the truth- and THAT is very scary for one you would consider to be President.
Yes, because the former vice presidential nominee is on the same level as a couple with 8 kids and a reality show and a ex-beauty queen.
pretty much
Umm, actually, that particular VP nominee IS on the same level as “reality” show nimrods. And she is an ex beauty queen.
lol, sadly, yes.
I’d say yeah, that’s about right
Yes, all three are pretty much the same – sad but true.
Palin has no understanding about domestic or international concerns. She preaches about family values and abstinence. However, look at her daughter. Don’t attack her children?! She is living in denial!
I’m annoyed with Sarah Palin. Make her go away.
nope
You’re all a bunch of liberals. Go Sarah!
I’m not pro-liberal. I’m just anti-stupidity and pro-grammar.
Hows Obama world treating you? Sometimes it takes an “average person” to understand common sense issues. I think Obama would have made a better actor than president. At least Sarah Palin is real.
Sarah Palin is as fake and dishonest as they come. Even all that hunting she does turned out to be completely a lie. There is nothing real about her.
rachel- maybe you should have watched the interview. that was addressed.
watching this interview gave me many answers i’ve been looking for and redeemed my opinion of Palin quite a bit. i liked that she was willing to admit that she was not perfect, and i LOVED that Oprah gave her the chance to explain everything. this also redeemed Oprah quite a bit in my book. all around, great show.
Yeah, it is shocking how well she can do when she has had the most part of a year to come up with her responses to all of these questions. Which were all so obvious she would have to be a complete fool to not have prepared for.
Palin showed that she could not think quickly when the questions aren’t pre-planned and the answers are not vetted by a team of PR people and professional writers.
Obama’s world…I think you mean the Bush’s post-apocalyptic remnants of a world, that Obama and his administration has to try and repair. Obama is not the reason we are in the state that we are…that would be the previous administrations 8 destructive years and war.
There is nothing “real” about her. She lied – and clearly lied – her whole way through that interview. Does anyone believe that she is inviting Levi to Thanksgiving dinner? It’s Katie Couric’s fault she doesn’t read? The only Palin kid I heard about is the one who got knocked up – which was news because of Palin’s stance on such things, so to compare Bristol to the Obama kids is ridiculous.
Hey Adam, Obama’s world is treating me just fine. The economy is slowing improving (because did you really think it would take just a couple of months to fix–no one promised that), the world is happy to deal with us again because we are articulate and respectful and look at your stocks 1 year from Obama’s inauguration–bet they’re much better than they were January 09, before the darkness ended. Reagan put this country into a tailspin an GW did it again & yet so many of you think those were “good times”. Delusional!
And a President saying that a policeman “acted stupidly” without having the facts is good grammar to you?
I’ve been watching Oprah since her show started. She slipped several times and showed how much tougher she can be when someone is not an Obama Drone! How sad, Oprah had a chance to give journalists a boost since so many folks find them so dishonest.
Please tell us how ‘Obama’s World’ has had any negative effect on you?
Yeah, Sarah Palin is real… stupid. Does Sarah appeal to you because her IQ is on the same level as yours? Can’t handle an intelligent president? Need a bimbo instead? MMk then.
proper grammar is for tools!
“You’re all a bunch of liberals” Is that all you can come up with? That’s the equivalent of “It’s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve”. The standard dumb response of the feeble minded.
wakeforce, you’re awesome! thank you for coming up with a smart response!
not a lot of these people get it when it comes to true values and intelligence, they’d much rather sit and let everything sort it out by itself. it’s sickening.
My conservative friends are completely embarrassed by Palin and don’t support her.
Of course they don’t, because the woman is clearly an idiot and supporting her merely because she is a fellow Republican is just as idiotic.
I come from a family of conservatives. My non-scientific poll shows the anti-Palin sentiment running about 10 to 1 in a decisively red state.
Thank you! I appreciate the compliment.
I understand the need to promote her book which which maybe at best a commercial success, but it is not filled with much substance. However, for someone who claims to not want media attention, she seem to gravitate toward it at every opportunity. She seems to never have anything of substance to say except for the updates regarding her family. When asked during her interview with Oprah about the state of her marriage, she spoke about daily activities that need doing and nothing about how she and the “first dude” love each other. But I guess in politics, “what’s love got to do with it.”
Thanks AJ for stating everything I was thinking. I also wanted to tell John that I am one of those people that wish she would go away but do continue to read the posts about her. Not sure what that means.
AJ, how much of the book have you read? How do you know that “it is not filled with much substance.”?
AP posted a partial list of the lies in the book, things that could be easily checked and proven wrong – quite amusing.
“The Palinpalooza continues tomorrow morning, with Barbara Walters grilling the author on Good Morning America.”
A grilling on GMA -plueeeeeeze. She hasn’t had to answer a good question since the election season. It will just be a puff piece for a marshmellow person.
she’s so stupid….she’s scary
Ken Tucker is a retard.
Seriously? That’s your comment, TiredOfIgnorance?
That’s what he wrote, isn’t it?
I was anti-Palin during the election season and through when she resigned from her governorship. Honestly, the interview opened Palin up and she was allowed to speak candidly and truthfully about herself. I feel like if the McCain team and the media had allowed her to be herself initially, most haters wouldn’t exist. The interview definitely changed my opinion of her, and she is an interesting woman.
ok but then why would she let the McCain team violate her values and judgements?
And you’re a tight ass, Republican with no aspirations than moving from your couch to your refrigerator to keep fattening yourself up!
Wow, Jane, you swallow whatever’s put in front of you, don’t you? You must be very popular with the boys.
Palin is right – Katie Couric is perpetually ‘perky.’ The campaign managers mismanaged Palin horribly. She could have energized real Americans – by that I mean Americans who live in ‘fly-over’ country, had to work their way through college and take more than four years, and didn’t go to, gasp!, Ivy League schools. Sarah Palin became something politically without the help of an old-boy network or currying favor with the liberal left media. And that drove mainstream media crazy.
Are you implying that the people in the coastal states aren’t real Americans?
I always crack up when people don’t call Americans who live on the coasts real Americans. Most Americans live near the west/east coast.
I live in Iowa and most people here recognize her as the phony she is. Having said that, I think that attacking her kids was wrong, but I also think that however wrong it might be, that is something to be expected. How could she have not known? Even if she did, how could she explain that her actions since the election loss have been helpful? I am not in Govt politics, but I work in a school with politics and you have to watch what you do and everything you say. Anybody with common sense could have handled this situation better.
Or that everyone who supports the president went to Ivy League schools? Cause wow, if you think that, you are reallllly deluding yourself.
Palin didn’t work her way through college. And it took her 6 years to graduate because she kept randomly transferring. And also because she’s not that bright. But hey, if that’s what you choose to look up to, go for it. Kinda sad that you can’t set your goals a little higher than that though.
I live int he midwest, in a rural area, and am horribly offended that this woman is associated with people like me. She is stupid and a liar. A hypocrite of the first order for certain and would love it if everyone would stop comparing her to everyday Americans. I do not know a single person as horrible as she is.
She is not stupid; rather she came across intelligent and honest. Go Sarah, you did a fine job! You just cannot please everyone!
Unfortunately, most of what she says is untrue (but please feel free to believe what you want if it makes you feel better).
What’s scary for me is that the Palin on the campaign trail was her on a leash…I do not want to see or meet the real Palin.
Well at least we know she can please 28% of people.
Three seconds in and I stopped the clip. The fact that she couldn’t remember the names of newspapers in Alaska should prove that this broad should have nothing to do with journalism!
If you had actually listened to the interview, you would’ve seen why she didn’t name-drop media outlets.
Either way, it would have been nice to hear that when the original comment was made, not when she’s trying to make herself look good so the public will buy her book.
Oh, shut up! She is stupid! Therefore, you must be stupid to believe in her in any form!
Yeah, but it was a stupid reason.
The interview changed my opinion of her. Maybe she can make a greater contribution elsewhere…
I wouldn’t want her to be my president but her skills and ambitions are admirable.
well said!