1. Mediaite
  2. Gossip Cop
  3. Geekosystem
  4. Styleite
  5. SportsGrid
  6. The Mary Sue
  7. The Jane Dough

When The McCain Campaign Vets Palin’s Allegations – Everyone Loses

video
» 11 comments

Picture 8Oh dear. Perhaps the real genius of Sarah Palin’s press tour thus far is that in forcing some of her subjects to come out and disclose what actually happened versus Palin’s version of events she’s actually making them look sort of like idiots. Talk about Catch-22. Case in point: Nicolle Wallace.

Wallace, who gets some prime if not necessarily flattering space in Going Rogue, is the campaign adviser McCain put in charge of Palin. She is also the person Palin taps as being responsible for the now infamous Katie Couric interviews. According to Palin, Wallace “pushed for Katie Couric” because the CBS anchor “needed a career boost.” Earlier this week Palin told Oprah she hadn’t especially been prepped for the interview because it was just supposed to be a “lighthearted, fun, speaking with working moms and the challenges we have with teenage daughters.”

Not so! Wallace agreed to an off-camera interview with Rachel Maddow last night (John McCain has requested that no former staffers do TV interviews) calls the whole conversation “fiction.” She also told Maddow that those interviews, which were in fact taped in front of the UN during General Assembly last year, had been set up to “highlight her foreign policy savvy [in the context of] the U.N. General Assembly. The picture is in front of the U.N. to highlight her expertise and readiness to be Vice President — it wasn’t about two working gals.” Emphasis mine. Now let me ask you, who comes out looking the worse for this disclosure, Palin? Whom, as we are all painfully well aware, was and is not in possession of a great deal of “foreign policy savvy” or the McCain campaign for not only picking her in an insultingly blatant political move, but for thinking they could in such a short period of time convince the country that she was equipped to be one heartbeat away from the Oval Office. No wonder McCain doesn’t want his former staffers on TV. Maddow video below.

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Follow us on Twitter.

Sign up for Mediaite's daily newsletter.

Email Twitter Facebook Digg Reddit Stumble Upon Yahoo Buzz LinkedIn Tumblr Delicious
  • adammathewjones

    Yes, Palin was born in Idaho, not Skagway. I’m sure the Republicans will use that one error to discredit the entire report.

  • adammathewjones

    I hope she gets out of the race I hope she makes McCain look even worse than he looks now and then gets out. From her record, it seems like she hates human beings, hates women most of all, and hates wildlife.

    life jackets

  • TfT

    “Disasterous rollout”? I read that Andrea is reporting on the huge lines (1500 people) for her first book signing, pretty disasterous! HA

    Nicole Wallace turning to MSNBC. Enough said.

  • marigrace

    There are always two sides of a story and sometimes people can see the very same thing but interpert the event completely different.

    Of course Wallace will defend herself. How do we know she is telling the truth?

    This all boils down to who you are going to believe. Palin or Wallace ? I believe both are suspect to embellishments.

  • DWHarper

    Only an idiot like McNicol turns the story around that Palin looks better after her blatant lies in her book. Of course, the McCain campaign was idiotic from the time they picked Palin and then had the task of making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear, but Palin is still an idiot today just like she was a year ago

  • ImNotBlue

    Perhaps the real genius of Sarah Palin’s press tour thus far is that in forcing some of her subjects to come out and disclose what actually happened versus Palin’s version of events she’s actually making them look sort of like idiots.

    Example 1:
    Glynnis states that Palin’s version is wrong (an opinion), and apparently not what “actually happened.”

    Emphasis mine.

    Example 2.1:
    Glynnis highlights the words “expertise and readiness” as the most noteworthy. Why is that? Is it because she’s agreeing with Ms. Maddow’s version of Ms. Wallace’s version of events? Or is it because she believes these are the most (let’s say) humorous words with-which to describe Palin?

    Now let me ask you, who comes out looking the worse for this disclosure, Palin? Whom, as we are all painfully well aware, was and is not in possession of a great deal of “foreign policy savvy”

    Example 2.2:
    And now we know the answer to the question.

    …or the McCain campaign for not only picking her in an insultingly blatant political move…

    Example 3:
    Opinion. Like, very very opinion.

    No wonder McCain doesn’t want his former staffers on TV.

    Example 4:
    Even more opinion.

    This is what I’m talking about. Mediaite allowing it’s writers to post under the cover of a “report,” which is actually a very strong opinion piece. Either Glynnis doesn’t understand the difference between an OPINION and FACT, and Mediaite isn’t bothered by that… OR this is the type of “journalism” they’re trying to push.

  • ImNotBlue

    DWHarper says:
    November 18, 2009 at 11:05 am

    Have you finished eating your shoe, yet? I’m still waiting for that apology. I think it would help your argument to first acknowledge that you were wrong, apologies for it, AND THEN start hooting and hollering… you know, without doing that, it kinda makes you look like an ideological hypocrite. HA!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chuck-Varrick/1170421091 Chuck Varrick

    It’s simply amusing to read McCain’s and loser staff members and their anti-Palin comments.
    John McCain would not have gone as far as he did were it not for Sarah. She did bolster his candidacy somewhat, and he knows it. McCain, himself, blew it because he tried to play the Good Ole Boy role seeped in Political Correctness. He rarely challenged obama and his age and the way he carried himself scared off a lot of voters. So, instead of taking personal responsibility for losing the election, McCain, Schmitt and Nicole Wallace need to blame Palin for their loss so they can save face. Easier to bash Sarah for the loss instead of saying they offered nothing in the way of leadership. Not smart behavior in my opinion. The GOP needs to get a clue and back in the ball game and realize they’ll never win anything with the likes of people like McCain and the rest of his like minded liberal Republicans. Get a clue GOP. Principles and leadership do matter. I think McCain stands a good chance of losing his re-election bid for his Senate seat in Arizona. Would that be a great payday. Conservatives are always labeled mean-spirited when they fight back like Palin is doing now. I don’t see Sarah Palin as ever becoming the President of this country but I do feel she has something to offer in a positive vain. If she didn’t the people like Olbermann, Matthews, Couric and the rest of the zombie left wouldn’t pay any attention to her….the fact they do speaks volumes to me.

  • Fidoohki

    Exactly Chuck!

  • Puter Boi

    It’s all so strange.

    There are people who despise this woman….who make jokes…and worse …about every word that comes out of her mouth. Yet it’s the same people who wait breathlessly until she speaks again.

    Witness Glyniss’s reaction to Palin’s “boring” Oprah interview….

    Now don’t get me wrong…I myself don’t think Ms. Palin has a future in the politics of today…but I am amused at the attacks and the condescension lobbed her way. It’s weird.

    It’s curious.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    What it comes down to is McCain blundered in his choice of Palin.

© 2012 Mediaite, LLC | About Us | Advertise | Self-Serve Advertising | Newsletter | Jobs | Privacy | User Agreement | Disclaimer | Power Grid FAQ | Contact | Archives | RSS RSS
Dan Abrams, Founder | Power Grid by Sound Strategies | Hosting by Datagram