Originally Posted By mawnck Either this is a real hatchet job, or ... WOW! >>The intensity of Palin’s temper was first described to me in such extreme terms that I couldn’t help but wonder if it might be exaggerated, until I heard corroborating tales of outbursts dating back to her days as mayor of Wasilla and before. One friend of the Palins’ remembers an argument between Sarah and Todd: “They took all the canned goods out of the pantry, then proceeded to throw them at each other. By the time they got done, the stainless-steel fridge looked like it had got shot up with a shotgun. Todd said, ‘I don’t know why I even waste my time trying to get nice things for you if you’re just going to ruin them.’ ” This friend adds, “As soon as she enters her property and the door closes, even the insects in that house cringe. She has a horrible temper, but she has gotten away with it because she is a pretty woman.” (The friend elaborated on this last point: “Once, while Sarah was preparing for a city-council meeting, she said, ‘I’m gonna put on one of my push-up bras so I can get what I want tonight.’ That’s how she rolls.”)<< >>When John McCain decided to pull out of Michigan, a decision Palin disagreed with, Recher and Palin hatched a plan one day to make an early-morning drive to Michigan anyway. The Secret Service, becoming aware of the plan, asked the McCain campaign what it should do. The answer came: “Shoot out the tires.”<< >>On the road, Palin gives “prayer warriors” regular shout-outs. ... The term “prayer warrior” describes a person who offers a specific kind of supplication: asking God to direct an unseen battle between forces of light and darkness—literal angels and demons—that some Christians believe is occurring all around us. A leading member of Wasilla’s Church on the Rock, the non-denominational evangelical congregation where Palin sometimes attends worship, confirmed this understanding of the term. When Palin thanks prayer warriors for keeping her covered, she is thanking them for calling on angels to shield her from demonic attacks." >>“This whole hunter thing, for Sarah? That is the biggest fallacy,” says one longtime friend of the family. “That woman has never hunted. The picture of her with the caribou she says she shot? She got out of the R.V. to pose for a picture. She never helps with the fishing either. It’s all a joke.” The friend goes on to recall that when Greta Van Susteren came to the house to interview Palin “[Sarah] cooked moose chili and whatnot. Todd was calling everyone he knew the day before—‘Do you got any moose?’ Desperate.”<< Much, much more (it's long) at this link: <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2010/10/sarah-palin-201010?currentPage=all" target="_blank">http://www.vanityfair.com/poli...Page=all</a>
Originally Posted By ecdc This is the second lengthy profile they've done on her in as many years. I'm guessing it'll have the same impact on the average American. Zero.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan While it's a juicy read, I have to question the number of unidentified, anonymous sources. The author of the article explained on CNN that he wished more people would go on record, but it came down to either publishing the info with anonymous sources or not publishing it at all. I just don't think running an article on someone without naming some names is right, especially when it includes a lot of conjecture about what is or isn't going on in their bedroom. I don't think things like her temper tantrums and such are so far fetched. In a snippet of her getting into a little exchange with a lone protester, you can see the barely concealed contempt when the woman reveals that she's a teacher. "Oh, a TEACHer..." Palin says. But why won't people go on the record? What is the fear about? If the best the writer of the piece could get was "a friend who knows the Palins well" or "a top member of a Wasilla church" and so forth, that leaves an awful lot of room for just making stuff up.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "This is the second lengthy profile they've done on her in as many years. I'm guessing it'll have the same impact on the average American. Zero." Yeah, I'm going to agree. It's not like stuff like this hasn't come to light before, but she's got her fans and they won't see any of this as true. Especially, as K2M points out, the author couldn't get named sources. Things just wander into gossip territory when you have "a friend of the family", "a neighbor", etc. Granted, if this stuff is true, it's pretty damning, but since nobody will come forward, it's hard to actually say this is all true. Also...some "close friends", huh? They have no problem throwing the Palins under the bus without giving their names. Maybe they could have said "soon-to-be ex friends" or something.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt >>The friend elaborated on this last point: “Once, while Sarah was preparing for a city-council meeting, she said, ‘I’m gonna put on one of my push-up bras so I can get what I want tonight.’ That’s how she rolls.”<< That made me laugh out loud.
Originally Posted By mawnck For what it's worth ... (and I agree about the anonymous sources BTW, especially the "no one would talk to me and here's what they said" thing) >>"The worst stuff isn't even in there," Michael Joseph Gross said on "Morning Joe" Thursday. "I couldn't believe these stories either when I first heard them, and I started this story with a prejudice in her favor. I have a lot in common with this woman. I'm a small-town person, I'm a Christian, I think that a lot of her criticisms of the media actually have something to them. And I think she got a bum ride, but everybody close to her tells the same story."<< >>Gross added that he takes exception to criticisms that he wrote a "hit piece" against Palin. "I started this with every good intention toward her," he said. "I was just shocked and appalled at every step at what I found. And I wrote this story sort of against my will. It wasn't what I wanted to write, it wasn't what I wanted to find. It was what was forced on me by the facts."<< <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/02/vanity-fairs-sarah-palin-_n_703412.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...412.html</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Wow, she sounds like a terror. This part really stood out for me: >>Asked about Palin's political future, Gross said it depends on what the media lets her get away with. "If we decide to let her keep lying and getting away with it, she's gonna still be around," he said. "But if we start returning to the standard that a politician has to talk with people, and a politician has to tell the truth, then she's outta here, because she can't stand up to that."<<
