Will Quitter's aide's tell-all be dismissed the way Levi's is?!1

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/05/23/politics/main20065278.shtml

Ex-Palin aide writes scathing tell-all

.... "In 2009 I had the sense if she made it to the White House and I had stayed silent, I could never forgive myself,'' Frank Bailey told The Associated Press. ....

The Alaska attorney general's office has said it's investigating Bailey's use of the emails. Executive ethics laws bar former public officials from using information acquired during their work for personal gain if the information hasn't been publicly disseminated.

Billed as the first Palin book by a former aide, "Blind Allegiance'' bolsters the perception of Palin as self-serving, while casting Bailey as her enforcer willing to do the dirty work, no questions asked. ....

"Getting Sarah to meetings and events was like nailing Jell-O to a tree,'' Bailey wrote. On the campaign trail and as governor, Sarah went through at least ten schedulers, with few lasting more than months. Nobody wanted the job because Sarah might fail to honor, at the last minute, the smallest commitments, and making excuses for her became a painful burden.'' ....

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1. Johnston's book hasn't been published yet

Can't dismiss something that hasn't happened.

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2. He did interviews (Vanity Fair?) that were tell-alls & around here

he has been dismissed as being a money grubber. Absolutely nothing that he said has been shown to be not true. Off the top of my head, that:

* Quitter said she couldn't believe she had a "retarded" (her word) child.

* she ranted how much moohlah she could make and was losing out on by staying on as governor,

* her kids fended for themselves for breakfast and getting dressed,

* she never fished, fileted fish, or shot a gun,

* she and Tawd were constantly talking about divorce,


But this is just off the top of my head.

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3. As I recall, those statements got a lot of play/He made all the interview rounds

Johnston's book won't be released until September. The shot of the cover and the title were released last week. It didn't get a ton of play but then, he wasn't posing in his Nazi hat like Glenn Beck.

As for this book by former aides of Palin, I really don't think it will be ignored. I think the more important point is that the general public has grown weary of Mrs. Lady ex-governor.

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4. But to stick to the point of contention, despite that Levi made the media

rounds, my impression (I don't have the numbers) is that here at DU he is mostly dismissed, along with being dismissed by chat show hosts.

As for Quitter having wearied the public, well, there have been plenty of tiresome jerks who came back to resume being pains in the neck: Tricky Dick, bad actor RAYGUN, Shrub.

And when Tweety admonished California Dems who wanted to FIGHT Swartzenegger during the recall by dishing the dirt on him, saying, "THEY'D BETTER NOT!1" we saw what letting creeps get away with their stuff leads to.

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5. Anything's possible

People have short memories but they love a train wreck and Mrs. Lady ex-governor is the embodiment of such a thing.

My point of contention was that your OP claimed Johnston's tell-all was dismissed when in fact, it hasn't been published yet. No biggie. :)