WASHINGTON (CNN) – A former senior campaign adviser to John McCain is rejecting Sarah Palin’s claim that she was billed for the costs of vetting her before she was selected as the Republican vice presidential nominee.
Palin’s book “Going Rogue” is set to hit the bookstores next Tuesday, but the Associated Press reported the claim Thursday after purchasing a copy of the book before the sale date. The AP reported that Palin writes about the legal fees she began to accumulate after returning to Alaska once the campaign ended, most of which were the result of having to defend herself from ethics charges.
The AP said that Palin writes about receiving a bill for about $500,000 from the McCain campaign to pay for expenses relating to the vetting process that took place before she was named as the vice presidential nominee.
"That is one hundred percent untrue," said the McCain official, who would only speak on the condition of anonymity in deference to McCain. "All those bills are from her personal attorney Thomas Van Flein, mostly relating to the Troopergate investigation and other ethics investigations. It is not legal to pay for those investigations out of general election funds, even if the campaign was so inclined."
Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton would not confirm the accuracy of the AP report.
"The book remains embargoed," Stapleton said in an e-mail to CNN. "The Governor will appear on Oprah first to discuss the book's contents.”
The Oprah interview, which was taped Wednesday, will air in its entirety next Monday. The memoir officially hits stores the following day, and Palin kicks off her much-anticipated book tour in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Wednesday.
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Does anyone think you would get the truth from either of these camps?
ok now here we go...this is just the start of the back and forth sniping.
And we care why? She's a beauty queen–ENOUGH.
The Governor will appear on Oprah" ... the Palin staff can't even get that fact right! Palin is the former governor of Alaska because she quit in the middle of her term! If you follow closely, nothing is ever Palin's responsibility: not her daughter's behavior (abstinence only?) not her answer to the Couric interview, not her lack of knowledge about what the VP actually does ....
I'm sure McCain's campaign didn't charge her for the vetting – since there was little to none! Woman? check: now let's start counting the voters who were Clinton supporters.
Is she capable of telling the truth ever? About anything? She lies even more than Bush/Cheney and they lied 98% of the time.
I'd be interested in finding out how AP got an advanced copy. How much money was involved? Who had access? Etc.
I'm sure there'll numerous comments about how the RNC/McCain campaign didn't vet very well all things considered.
But then, I don't think McCain's senior campaign people ran a very good campaign either. If anything, I think they tried to set her up to blame her for their own failure.
What would be REALLY funny – if there's no mention of it in the book at all.
Why does Palin's spokesperson keep calling her "the governer"? The last I checked, she quit and NO LONGER deserves the title.
Let the "Diva" pay. Screw her! She's attempting to garner ALL the news media coverage she can..and the goofy media outlets are pandering to her and BORING us with UN newsworthy articles about this also-ran. Please..give me, give us break. Put this useless individual BEHIND us.
First of all, I know weaves, and this woman has on the fakest, phoniest weave on the Oprah Show. She looks like death warmed over for the billionth time. She should go hibernate in Alaska, but instead she's hoodwinking the American public, trying to sell her books, that everyone knows she didn't write and can't even read.
I'm done–on to bigger and more important things. Sarah is a loser (as evidenced by the 2008 election), and she will be a loser for eternity.
To Sarah: Go sell desperate somewhere else, I don't have time for it.
She is a liar and a cheat - prefect credentials for a republican hopeful. Stop it already with the palin stuff.
Perhaps if we catch her in enough lies everyone will FINALLY realize what a joke she is. Not a funny joke, either.
Typical Palin, trying to hide her legal fees under McCain's campaign funding, how stupid can one be. I can just hear Palin or her husband Todd giving orders to just bill it to McCain's campaign, I won't be dealing with that stuff in Alaska anymore because I'll be VP". Same as she billed for her clothes and her families clothes, travel and didn't get away with it. You betcha there will be much more to come.
I would have to go with the McCain said for once on this one.
CNN is shoveling this crap when the President of the United States surrounds himself with Maoists, Stalinists and a variety of other totalitarians.
CNN's collapse relative to FOX is the result of not following the real stories. The rape of America by Mr. Obama.
Does missy never tire of playing the "victim"?
We are.
I'll make a bet that this will not be the only challenge to this tome.It might be worth borrowing from the library {I SURELY WOULDN'T PAY FOR IT] just to see what she and her ghost writer came up with,It will be ,at best, repetitious as we;ve heard it all before , and not much of it bears repeating., oh well, Believe me, she is the least of our worries. She's not going anyplace and you can" take that to the bank."
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Sarah Palin wouldn't know the truth even if it bit her on her rather shapely rear-end.
What a mess
Its true in Palins world so thats all that matters. Since when has little things like the truth ever stopped this loser. A lot of people say that CNN needs to stop reporting on the stupidity of this idiot but they cant. America has a very short memory. If Stupid er Sarah went away for a few years when she does come back to run for election no one will remember what a lump she is. By constantly reporting every day the crap she spews they are just helping America. I am saddened that even still there are people that believe she walks on water.
Gonna have to side with the McCain spokesperson here. If only because I truly believe that Palin was never vetted, thus not needing to bill her for the service.
Idiots dominate American politics as well as American media.
Palin Lie? Never – it must be the liberal media and the democrats.
The AP said that Palin writes about receiving a bill for about $500,000 from the McCain campaign to pay for expenses relating to the vetting process that took place before she was named as the vice presidential nominee.
What vetting process?
Going Rouge: Read it and find the truth.
To me $500,000 is a lot of money. I can't imagine either getting a bill for $500,000 and "forgetting it" nor could I imagine feeling that someone owed me $500,000 and then forgetting about it.
Either someone is lying or the Republicans are so rich they can forget about money. Personally my money(if I had any) would be on the lying but ya ever know.
Palin/Prejean 2012, "Hookers with a heart of gold"
Here is a REAL story you can do, CNN. If a backgroung check had been performed by any U.S. security organization how many sensitive jobs would Obama been eligible to hold ? Check around on that one CNN. Could he have gotten a job at the FBI, the military, the CIA ? Find one CNN that Obama would have qualified for. He has so many terrorist connections his job application at any of these places would have been laughed at. But CNN worships him everyday by its absolute failure to investigate ANY red flags about this guy.
She stood on many stages and lied, why not lie in a book?
What a bullet we dodged !!!!!!!!
Wish she would stay home and take care of her kids.
It's no surprise that this woman can't even get the facts in her own book straight. If she was an honest politician, she wouldn't have ethics investigations, or the bills that come with them. It's one lie after another with this crackpot!
If you price it by the sheet...It's not much more than toilet paper...
cnn please stop writing article after article about sarah palin.
well somebody's lying. either way, it's a Republican...again.
Methinks the lady (well..) doth protest too loudly...
Idiots say she's not qualified or stupid.
She was more qualified than Obama and definately smarter than Biden.
This is hilarious. Now they eat of their own. The GOP has arrived to cannibalism. And this woman wants to run for the WH in 2012 ?
Palin can't even get this straight...I still can't decide if she's a liar or just a dunce. Same problem I had with Bush until it became obvious that the answer was both.
You'd think she'd have learned that facts can be checked... But maybe she's still waiting for her reality check to arrive in the mail.
Dumb as a box of rocks.
Anything to sell a book.... CNN keeps egging her on.
When has something being untrue stopped any of those right-wing nuts?
Why, Oh Why Would anyone buy this book. It is just sad what America turned into when Bush and Repub's were in power. It's sad to think there are enough people out there who care about this person and what she has to say. I understand that conservatives are not free thinkers but, really.
Well what else but lies can you expect from this person . She makes em the tea baggers eat em up.
"The Governor will appear on Oprah..." – Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton
So now she's the Governor again?
Now that she needs the weight of a title she shirked?
Wow...i'm not a fan of Palin's, but did this fool really think he'd have any credibility if he spoke on the condition of remaining anonymous...come on now.
A lie is also know as a palinism
If McCain could just turn back the hands of time....
I think the leadership of the Republican party, whether it is Mike Steele or JOhn Bohener or John McCain or whoever, needs to come out and disavow themselves of any connection to this unethical, uneducated, stupid moron. If the Repubs think she is going to help them in the upcoming elections, I predict continued landslides in favor of Democrats.
Palin isn't "The Governor" anymore, so I don't think her spokeswoman should refer to her as such. She gave up that right when she quit mid-term.
Does any one really care? Its her book and she can write it any way she wants
I am sick and tired of this woman. If she is all the Republicans can produce as a viable candidate...consider me a democrat . Please enough is enough already.
No wonder this woman is always in a legal jam. She says stuff that is just not true. Really CNN and all the rest need to stop giving her 15 min of fame. Someone has to question the publisher as well for even printing this garbage.
My family is boycotting Oprah's Palin showing PLUS the next two weeks of Oprah's shows, in protest that Oprah would put Sarah Palin on Oprah's famous couch....for any reason.
Palin's self-aggrandizing memory. I sure wish Levi J. would start shoveling that dirt he has on her so she would shut up and crawl back in her cave.
Give me a break. I'm on the floor laughing...
The Sarah Palin Show Rocks! >wink<
So we knew she was a liar just with the "death squad" thing.
Palin and Prejean are both idiots to think the public can't see through there lies and hypocrisy. STop giving them any more time. They are disgusting.
Why is the american media stll mentioning this woman ? She is not
important and never will be. Doesn't matter how many books some ghost-
writer is going to spread in her name. Or do some Joesixpacks need more
education in geographie ?
And this is a surprize?
Palin's a liar, I certainly believe the McCain staffer.
Again, why would anyone expect anything else out of this supposed Christian's mouth except a lie. Even her own party knows it. I wonder of James Dobson ever had second thoughts about cramming her down McCain's throat?
Her book would sell better if it had vampire's in it.
How can 500,000 = 5 minutes of vetting?
She seems to have a problem with lying.
She lies???? I'm shocked!
Actually, it may not have been her. Perhaps it was the person
who actually WROTE the book. She has still yet to master the
English language.
I know I'm not inhalin' any Palin. Stunts your growth...
she wolf lying???.....how could that be??.....a lesson to her followers: you looked on the outside and fell in love, however, on the inside, only bread crumbs..keep up with your adoration...
Palin/Bachman 2012 – I'm with stupid
Big surprise. Truth and Palin are both five letter words; that's all they have in common.
When can a claim be anything other than 100% untrue or true? It's true or untrue. There is no middle ground. I could really care either way what she said. But when an official says something like that it makes me feel he is lying. Almost like a double negative. "I don't see nobody in Russia from my house."
and for all of you who voted "McCain/Palin" should be ashamed of yourselves!
just think of how these bickering fools would have dug us into an even deeper hole than what Karl Rove started!
it's going to take Obama's first term to patch that one up!
The fact that so much investigation was needed in order to concider her for the nomination should have been a clue to Mcain that she was going to be a problem for his run at president. I sure wish that Mcain would not have brought her on to the national political stage. She has been nothing but an embaressment to herself and the republican party since she was chosen as a vice presidential candidate.
The picture shows Dumb and Dumber. And those mental twinkies that come on here to actually defend and worship the empty rightwing principles of Dumb and Dumber are Dumbest.
Now wait a minute.... Sarah, and her fellow neo-cons are better than everybody else and ya just better be careful cuz ya know ya mitght just get mistaken for a moose and maybe get shot.
Typical Palin behavior. Doesn't get her facts straight and blames everyone else for her problems. Did she reaaly expect the Mccain organization to cover he legal expenses in Alasjka ?? I certainly hope the Republicans run a better organized candidate for president in 2012 than Sarah.
Why am I not surprised. Everything that comes from this womans mouth is a mistruth.
Go back to the wilderness Sarah. Your days of fame are well and truly over.
Really? This is news? Find me a Republican who's telling the truth, about anything. That would be news!!
Hey Sarah. You and Carrie Prejean make a perfect couple You are both attractive, both full of yourselves, and both liars. When I see either of your names the word 'bimbo' comes to mind. You betrayed the citizens of Alaska, who voted for you by then turning around and resigning. Effectively you are saying 'well, that was fun, now let's see what else I can get up to.' That is a direct insult to your former constituents. What makes you think that anyone would want to see you run for ANY other office?
Palin, Prejean, Rush, Hannity, et al.:
Biggest group of liars, con-artists and hucksters, American politics has ever seen.
Palin / Prejean 2012
Real women with real values.
Obama doesn't stand a chance.
The AP reported that 1/10th of the $500,000 worth of attorneys fees were for the McCain campaign, not the entire amount. The exact amount may not be the issue, but if you are quoting another new source it is best to get the quote correct.
I do not believe Sarah Palin was billed for vetting by the 2008 McCain campaign . That would have been been pretty cheap by any political campaign standards . When you are writing a book called Going Rogue , it should not surprise anyone that the comment was written because Mrs Palin really believes herself to be independent .
Apparently, Palin is not only a quitter that wouldn't quit, she's now been relieved of being the rogue on the team of mavericks. I guess if one is conservative enough, fantasy & reality need not coincide. May she walk the bride to nowhere!
Can someone in the Republican Party please take this woman under his or her wing and teach her at least to be a half-decent liar? It must be so embarrassing to have such a lightweight be your most prominent representative. Can't Rush help her somehow?
This book is a work of fiction.
Sarah Palin made something up? Shocking! This has never happened before!!
Sarah Palin is a very well known liar so this is nothing new. What do you expect to read in this book except for lies. I am sure her cult followers will say everything is true but as usual she will be caught in more lies.
How shocking! Palin lied again? This woman just keeps spewing out the lies and seems to think everyone is as stupid as her. If anything they vetting process was horrible, had a better job been done this train wreck never would've occurred. But of course she has her loyal following who believe every hateful and "cover her own behind" untruth she tells.
The problem was that the McCain Campaign did'nt spend ANY money to check her out. Had they spent some time/money to do so, she would'nt have been selected.
Looks like she expected the campaign to pay her attorney for the legal problems she got herself into as the governor, not the candidate!
He had to have told to bill the campaign by her, they merely sent those bills back to her.
The picture shows Dumb and Dumber. The rightwing mental twinkies who defend and worship Dumb and Dumber are Dumbest.
I wish people would realize this woman has NO intention of ever becoming POTUS. She is a celebrity and has found her niche to mine the gold. It's all about the money, honey.
Why does a McCain official have to say the claim is untrue. I think if John McCain was the "maverick" he claims to be then he would have came out and said it himself. I think he has forgotten where he has come from.
What a Conservative LIAR, profiting but yet citing these Conservative fools to believe she is conservative, now thats LAUGHABLE. liar
a snake and a liar... just like her cohort Carrie Prejean, the vindictive has been beauty queen.
And they both call themselves "Christians."
Typical CNN bias. I just read an excerpt of her book. Sarah Palin is quoted as saying, she was billed for 10% of the $500,000. ($50,000) for V.P 'vetting'.
Please print a correction.
Truman said it, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."
Palin should never have been launched into the national political arena because she could not stand the heat. This assertion in her book, if true, is more evidence.
(As if we needed more proof after she showed that she wasn't a quitter by quitting as governor.)
I GUESS "GOING ROGUE" MEANS LYING UNCONTROLLABLY.... Are any of us really surprised?
It doesn't surprise me that she is lying, she has always lied. Her appeal is to the lowest part of people. Those who hide their fear of others being different, or need to feel above others by rapping their beliefs in either being "A Good American" or "Christian" What also doesn't surprise me is that this disclosure won't change anything.
Like most everyting else Miss Paline say's. Lies are a staple with this woman. How dumb can you be to stay stuff like that that can easly be found out. Oh I forgot the base she speaks to very rarely bothers to research anything said and just blindly follows the wingnuts.
Sarah Palin couldn't tell the truth if her LIFE depended on it. She is one of the dumbest, most inarticulate creatures on earth! Why can't we just send this thing on a bridge to nowhere?????
She will do anything to get publicity for her book. I would never want to see her on any republican ticket.
LOL! The quitter that just won't QUIT!
Sarah Palin lied?? SHOCKING!
Vetting Fees and death panels...who lives in an alternate reality me or Palin?
I am so SICK of the GOPers and their LIES!!!! Thank God for President Obama. Just imagine if McCain and Palin would have won! That would have been a complete nightmare! But don't blame Palin, she's only doing what she knows best- LIE. It's the Republican way.
Listen and believe in this woman at your own risk. She is a walking jihad.
I thought the McCain campaign paid for not vetting her.
Wow – Palin is some piece of work! Sending her legal bills to the McCain campaign – but then again, she took a housing allowance from the State of Alaska when she was living in her own home.
Values? Morals? Intelligence? Character? This woman is completely devoid of all of them!
I'm sure she'll just say this is another example of "gotcha" journalism.
Gotcha – as in "cotcha in another lie".
"The book remains embargoed," Stapleton said in an e-mail to CNN. "The Governor will appear on Oprah first to discuss the book's contents.”
Don't you mean EX-governor Ms Stapleton? Remember Sarah QUIT.
Or is she still pretending (among other things) to still be in office?
GRAND ODD PARTY is dead
Just copy to here the comments from the previous Palin ticker article. Anything that even remotely mentions her sends the tax and spend, do nothing, live-off-the-government liberals into a foam-at-the-mouth, irrational furry.
OK, all together liberals, throw a fit!
The way the McCain campaign used this woman is despicable - a successful yet relatively unknown governor - who was picked because McCain needed someone "different" and "provocative" to save his sorry ass (and he/we knew that he NEVER stood a chance considering the slobbering love affair of the press for Obama).
Notwithstanding his credentials, McCain's own boring personality was spiraling this race down,down, down - simple as that.
After Obama's convention "Las Vegas show," who would EVER have watched boring McCain at HIS convention if it weren't for Sarah! And McCain knew it!
THAT is the kind of country we are - we want to be entertained rather than informed! And we're now paying dearly for this delusion.
McCain's campaign staff failed him miserably!!!!!!!!!! So now they go after Sarah?
As for me, I believe Sarah over McCain's campaign staff any day. She has/had remarkable guts and gave it her all! As for McCain - SHAME ON YOU!
I am shocked. The rogue moron has lied about something?!? Say it ain't so, bimbo!
Why are we giving any space to Sarah Palin . . . she is wacko .. . and the sooner everyone realizes that we will be a better country.
hehehehehehehehehhehehehe..... Man. She's just sooooooo entertaining. I hope she gets that talk show she's gunning for. That would be COMEDIC GOLD.
cnn is so biased its pathetic, nobody takes them seriously anymore
Wow.....Sarah Palin said something that's 100% not true......what a surprise.
And why would anyone be surprised that Palin lied? REALLY!?
Most of the book is probably 100% untrue...given who the author is...
That's it CNN...I've had it! I'm going to remove you from my favorites.
I don't care. This is just more information I ever want to hear about her ever again. Won't she just go away?
So, she's a liar. How is this news?
Sarah you are a pain in the tush!
Palin wouldn't know the truth if it bit her!
Palin Lying? Say it ain't so, Joe! Of course she has a ton of lies in her book. Just like her lies about "death panels", and the government basing health care on a person's productivity. She will say any lie, stoop to any level, to get attention and smear other people. Sarah Palin has no integrity.
Glad someone in the Republican Party is calling out this whack job. I actually LIKED John McCain until this crazy lady entered the picture. HInd sight is 20/20 and I am sure McCain would have picked another candidate. Frankenstein lives. Sorry Oprah, you lost a viewer for lifetime for giving into the ratings game. You could have "gotten" anyone to roll you into another media bonanza, but you compromised to someone who didn't want to meet with you as a candidate, but is happy to sell her book to your viewers. You are as bad as Sarah.
This book will soon be known as the "Conservatibe Manefesto".
Who cares what it says?
Nothing new here.... Palin=Lies... but in this case... Book=Libel..
Palin better save her receipts next time. She might need them.
a phony and a quitter who doesn't tell the truth. that's what we need in 2012!
We all know the book she didn't write will be full of lies......but if your going to defend yourself with any credibility......you need to nix the anonymity...man up or women up....that will shut her up....unless...
Well duh. I question the judgment of anyone who would buy this book given Palin's tendency to disort the truth and out and out lie. Why would you reinforce that behavior by buying her book?
Palin again? Ok, let's hear what a wonderful person this girl is on the blog. Quitting a people's elected position to do non elected work to better the lives of elected people... What am I saying!?! She is in it for the money, you can not justify her words and actions any other way. But the bloggers will try. Have at it.
That's What Quiters Do.........LIE!
Does it surprise anyone that Palin would make a "100% untrue claim?"
Her continued claims about death panels were and are 100% untrue. The tragedy is that if you repeat a lie enough times, some people will believe it. Even when the source is unreliable.
dear Sarah, i REALLY hope you run for the GOP nomination in a few years....the material you give late night comics is priceless...and this will guarantee that i will not have to get out and canvass as hard as I did to get Obama elected! Hmm, I may even send you $10....LMFAO!
loaded with money and is not encumbered by the job as Governor of Alaska.....
She can free wheel it and they can't touch her.....
It's Sarah Palin/Liz Cheney in 2012'
Obama is ONE and DONE. Let's hear the drumbeat.
Do you Americans realize that McCain created a "monster"! You have him and his staff to thank for her. No wonder the United States has no credibility in the world. She will never go away....
Hat trick! 3 stories on Sarah Palin in one day. But, she's irrelevant, right?
People are simply giving this woman too much credit. I don't think she's lying–I think she simply doesn't have the intelligence to know what she was billed for. When she spoke about the Katie Couric interview and claimed that Katie was badgering, she probably thought those simple questions were tricky. This woman has very limited intellect, and everybody is assigning all these motives to her.
She's simply a dolt, people.
As the parrot said in Aladdin, I think I'm going to have a heart attack from not surprise.
Palin lying??? say it 'aint so!!!!
It seems all Sarah Palin does is lie. She's just a big fraud.
McCain you lose my respect when you put this ding bat front and center to watch with laugher.
Didn't you guys know she was a liar.... Duh!!!!!!!!!!! This woman truly is a piece of work in a very bad way.....!!!!
Anyone who reads the book should know it will be full of bull crap and made up stuff!
Gee, Sarah Palin lying? If you want to know for sure, see if her lips are moving it's a sure clue.
And this woman thinks she could be a possible candidate for the President of the United States of America???? In many respects this whole fisaco is a HOOT! John McCain, you know, the one with 12 houses, 5 cars, TONS of $$$$$ cash, and HEALTHCARE COVERAGE FROM THE GOVERNMENT, has now been cast as the LIAR! Because if his staff was the target, John McCain would also be the target of Sara Palin!! It is sooooooooo funny--All of it is about the MONEY!!!! Sara Palin NOW has written this BOOK OF LIES, and is going to make TONS of $$$$$, and take a bus tour throughout the USA, in many of the same small towns she campaigned with John McCain in 2008!!! MY, MY, WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES!! In the meantime, LORD help ALL OF US, should SARA PALIN EVER set foot in the Whitehouse! NONE OF US will ever live to see OLD AGE!!!
There was a vetting process? Hard to believe.
I fear that the truth has never been of much importance to Sarah Palin.
I am concerned about this person's aspirations. If America would ever take seriously any desire on her part for the Presidency of the United States, I would realize that our (once?) great country is nearing its end.
We have become a nation that rewards corruption, mediocrity, dogma, false values, and many other ills. If we continue along this path, the price we pay will be bitter.
Sarah, YOU are such a lier ...... I really wanted to believe in you.
Now all I can think of is the Boy Who Cried Wolf.
I want my money back for your BOOK!
I'm no fan of McCain but don't think Palin would recognize the truth if it walked across her dinner plate so I'm going with his version on this one. The McCain camp needs to come up with some documentation and bury Palin once and for all. McCain started this whole mess by choosing this unstabe nut job. He now needs to finish it.
Palin is a dangerous deceptor of truth, this is really scary people. If anyone takes her seriously, this country is going to the wolves.
Sarah Palin and truth have never been compatible. This is news?
CNN has the story wrong. The bill was for about 50,000 dollars, 10% of the legal bills she had. Still a substantial amount of money.
Sarah Palin continues to show that she is a pathalogical liar. Politicians come to expect undeserved attacks from their opponents. But Palin has succeeded in turning most political contacts into enemies, a difficult feat for a trustworthy person.
GPC in LBB
Well, this will be interesting to watch the spin put on this story!
Palin needs a "ghost writer" to write her book. Tells you something about a person who can't even put two sentences together to make any sense. Also, how could anyone think she could figure out the cost of her $500,000 bill, or wardrobe bill, or attorney's bill, or whatever bill she calls it today, if she can't even write her own book by herself. I "BETCHA" she'd have one big unintelligable mess of a book on her hands if she tried. I guess everyone is looking for another "great white dope", I mean "hope".
Palin is out on the frontlines again, more fingerpointing that is not constructive, its time to flip the page since we are in the Obama era.
Let's see a copy of the "bill", who it's really from? She has no clue that without the McCain campaign, she would still be an obscure Governor.
I would rather spend the day with Charles Manson then read Sarahs P's book. Why do the news media find this person so fasinating. What has she really done but be another right winger.
The Mc Cain campaign paid $500,000 for THAT vetting process. Not exactly value for money.
Any Republican who believes this woman represents them positively needs their head examined. What a piece of work.
she should just stick to family life. she is not executive material.especially dealing in the washington areana.she is better giving some good loving.
I sincerely hope that Oprah vets Palin's book thoroughly and digs into the truth, lies and exaggerations that no doubt exist within the pages. Up to this point, Palin has successfully presented herself as the true female narcissist. I await further confirmation when her book hits the stands.
And now here comes the back lash.
I wonder how the GOP in the long-run is going to avoid a schism like the Episcopalians
Mrs. Palin,
It's good to know you're learning how to lie like a republican. Doesn't mean you're any good for the party. I'm no dem, but I could care less if you left my party and took the rest of your crazy Jesus freaks with you.
Could it be that this book will reverse some of the recent GOP gains in national polling?
Palin and Prejean in 2012!
The Hypocrisy Ticket
I think this is a sad situation. There is no way Sarah Palin can "win". I'm sorry she is choosing what looks to me like the "low road". I wish her and her family only the best.
Wow...this book is going to make ugly.
Oh my, oh dear, oh, goodness, there's something UNTRUE in Palin's book? Can it BE???? Gracious, what a SHOCK. I'd be far more surprised to find anything in it that stands up to the truth-o-meter. Yet all the sappy, ga-ga and brainless nitwit Palin supporters will treat every word as gospel and will continue to suppose that the rest of us (the marjority of Americans) are somehow "afraid" of this fictional Powerhouse Palin. Uh-huh. You go right ahead and think so, sweeties, we understand YOU although you have no capacity to fathom us. Or reality....
Is anything she says true? It was reported yesterday that she was claiming this administration put IN GOD WE TRUST along the edges of coins. Actually it was the Bush administration that did that and Bush signed the authorization! I don't know who her speech writer is or where the information comes from, but it seems she reads this stuff, believes it, and then speaks it! Now it looks like it is also written. I will never know what's in her book, because I have better things to do with my money, and I don't have any interest in her fictional fantasies . It's hard to believe that this person continues to be on the political scene! She is totally unreliable as a person having canceled appearences and quitting at will for no apparent reason. If the GOP ever wants to be taken seriously, they should shut her down, if that's possible. They've created a monster and it seems to me the Independents had better watch out. She's headed in your direction!
Sarah Palin told Oprah she was productive. Now we know for certain what she's producing: LIES.
I bet McCain regrets associating himself with this woman. I have a feeling the people in Alaska are glad they don't have her to contend with any longer.
Unfortunately, now we have to listen to her spew her tragic lies, hate, and fear-mongering.
Looks like Palin is working to make Beck seem honest in comparison
Did somebody read the book to Sarah yet?
Sarah Palin said something untrue? That has to be a first for her.
Imagine that, a republican lying ... no wonder she's the future of that party ... she matches the criteria for their leadership ...
So she's really all about accumulating huge sums of money, isn't she? She is the PERFECT Repblican after all.
I don't understand this woman. There is something seriously wrong with her. Power is all she wants & understands!
The amount billed by the McCain campaign in question is $50,000 which is a very long way from "about $500,000" stated in the article.
I think it's more than obvious that at this point, Mrs. Palin, her entire family, and that Levi character, all receive individual, couple, and group therapy – and she can pay the bill for that, too!
Palin is such a superstar!!! Is she the most popular politician ever???
PALIN 2012.
Palin is such a superstar!!! She's the most popular politician ever???
PALIN 2012.
It has been suggested that since Palin holds no political office and is not a spokesperson for any political party that coverage of her should be in the entertainment section. I propose that she be featured in the business section under personal services.
I hope no one buys this book, just wait it will all be presented in CNN's political ticker. You won't have to spend a dime and you'll get the commentaries to the real story here!!! Does Palin think there will be no refuting her statements? Really? Not into drama indeed!!!
Sarah, why are we still subjected to your presence? I am sure the TRUE believers swallow every word as gospel. However, most think you are best suited for a job with the Ministry of Propaganda crowd at Feux snooze. Just think, you, Carrie and Lou can have your own show.You can spend hours decrying the virtues of 1950s America. And lament how all those radicals and brown folks messed everything up. Or, smootch Oprah's kiester and maybe you can land a guest spot cooking with Rachel or doing some analysis with Dr. Fool!
McCain official: Palin claim 'one hundred percent untrue'
So, what's new?
What is the guy's name. If you can't name the source then the source is the liar.
Anything to paint herself as the victim. That's why she's called "The Quitter with the Litter on Twitter".
Well, someone is lying that's for sure. However, I believe the McCain aide because Palin has lost all credibility. And I would have kept her from speaking on election night also considering she made a fool of herself during the campaign.
Tick tock, tick tock...Sarah Palin's 15 minutes are almost up. Can't wait (looking at my watch).
A day or so after her book is released no doubt we'll find many more whoppers... Even Meg Stapleton has one in this report where she referrs to Palin as governor...correction "former governor"....quitter.
Palin=uninformed, resentful, lying idiot.
Sorry, this is a big fib on Mrs. Palin's part. When the McCain Ticket announced the governor as candidate for VP, on a Friday, in Dayton, Ohio – they initially reported that she was vetted by the FBI. The following Tuesday, the FBI released a statement that the FBI had not vetted the Gov. of Alaska. Further, the FBI stated that the FBI does not vet political candidates. So, all the Ex-Governor needs to do is present all of the documents that will back this claim. This will all pass – with a wink and a blink!
Sarah palin certainly has an interesting relationship with the truth. Quite frankly, I think just about everything she says ought to be fact checked. She's been proven time and time again to be deceitful. Unfortunately, too many on the right unquestionigly buy what she says. Wake up folks.
uh oh all the LIberals are gonna be out of their minds for the next few weeks. They feel threaten by Sarah Palin. I find it entertaining
Why doesn't she just go away?
The woman is a diabolical liar.
How can you tell when Sarah Palin is lying?
Her lips are moving. You betcha.
She always has Carrie (Miss Innocent) Prejean to back her up.
The problem is that Palin will not be able to give an accurate assessment of this because the book was ghost-written. Even worse is that Palin didn't even read the book so really she really doesn't know anything about this situation. Go figure.
Every body know Sara Palin is lying about every thing.
And why does it not surprise us that Palin said something that was 100% untrue? It's not the first time. The people who purchase her (ghostwritten) book to read the truth about her "going rogue" are 100% naive if they believe they are going to get the truth...and they are going to be 100% ripped off.
It's become obvious to anyone with common sense and even a miniscule knowledge of politics that Sarah Palin has no real political ambition, only the desire to make money at the expense of everyone involved the last presidential bid. If this doesn't speak volumes about her character and prudence, I don't know what would.
I like and respect John McCain, even though I didn't vote for him. And I know this wasn't his decision, but I'll never forgive him for not overriding his handlers and preventing this moron from being inflicted upon the world.
Is this supposed to be a surprise? Just about every out of her mouth is an out right lie, half truth, fabrication or misquote from lack of research.
WOW – already caught in lies before the book is published!! If this is all it takes to get a bestseller – we all should LIE and write a book!!!
MORE TO COME>>>>>> I guarantee it!!
Sarah Palin – YOU LIE!!!
The latest fad to become rich is to write a book about you and fool people to buy it with the premise of some entangled drama. Unfortunately a lot of people bite the bait. Are people’s lives so empty that consider Palin’s life inspirational, or even interesting? Why do people keep feeding these selfish narcissist’s egos by even paying attention to them? Perhaps the day Palin starts caring about people and not her pocket, then she may actually become inspirational. If she cared about people, why is she trying to steal their money with some absurd book full of meaningless anecdotes?
The Republicans, they are eating their own again.
Sarah Palin lie? That guy must be "palin' around with terrorists" to say that. PALIN/OctoMom 2012 !!
McCain you brought this on yourself to blame, and she's not gong to stop until she hurts someone, herself, and she still won't know it. Sad pick out of desperation. Huh!
Who needs "Survivor"...It's much more entertaining to watch these idiots eat each other alive...
GOP: Evolve or die
I wouldn't read her book much less vote for her for ANY office. How dare her give out this kind of information. I wish she would take Levi and head back to Alaska and STAY!
Wait a minute...something Sarah Palin said is 100% untrue?
Nah...You've got to be kidding (sarcasm)...
I'm still trying to get used to the notion the woman knows her alphabet let alone can write a book...
Wow....whoever paid $500K for vetting that woman should ask for their money back. Just sayin'
I believe the McCain campaign: it is obvious that they never vetted her so why send her a bill? LOL!! The idiot wanted the campaign to pay for the legal fees relating to her abuse of power, wow!
Sara Palin is a bold face liar. She claimed President Obama removed "In God we Trust" from the front of coins, only to be corrected by FOX News out of all people!! The Republican led congress voted to move in God we Trust to the rim of the coin in 2005.. Not Obama!! When Palin gets called out by FOX that is bad!!
Oh whoa is me. I'm Sarah Palin and trust me, I've had to pay millions of dollars for all sorts of things because people love to pick on me. Believe it or not, Oprah charged me 100 grand to be on her show. Point is, I'm pretty broke right now so why don't you go ahead and send me money since my life is so hard and I have all these bills to pay. Go America!
Sarah Palin is just pulling a Palin – - making things up.
If the accusor wishes to remain anonymity then no credence should be put into his claim. I will go with Palin all the way. It's not the first time the Republicans have pulled a scam. And I don't even want excuse's from OBAMA supporters who can't even talk must less express themselves without spitting on you.
I hope the Palin supporters will listen to this McCain person and all the other things that add up to her continuing the pattern of deceit and all the other things that have proven true about her. Most likely there are a lot of excellent Republicans out there who can present honest arguments in opposition to the current party in the White House. I like most of the Democrats policies; but we are only a stronger country if there are people who present honest and fair points of opposition. That way Americans really have good choices to make.
people who follow this idiot Palin and who take her seriously are even bigger idiots than she is.
Palin is such a habitual liar she can't help herself. It's really amazing how her followers, fools I might add, buy into her B.S. lock, stock, and barrel. I sincerely hope she gets the presidential nomination for 2012, from whichever party will have her, because Obama will win his 2nd term in a cake walk.
CNN article says.... "The book remains embargoed," Stapleton said in an e-mail to CNN. "The Governor will appear on Oprah first to discuss the book's contents.”
I didn't know she was still a Governor ?????
Of course it's not true.
For it to be true, the McCain campaign would have to have SPENT $500,000 vetting Sarah Palin. As it is, it's evident that they didn't even bother to have someone ask her a few foreign policy questions to see how she'd hold up.
If by some chance they DID blow that kind of money on her vetting, I hope they've demanded a refund...
Get lost Sarah. You are an idiot. And now you wont be there to allow the wolves to be shot from airplanes by the brave people who fly those airplanes and the hunters who pay the large sum of money to kill the wolves in their own territory.
Wow .. another lie .. who would have ever thought that!
If there is seriously ANYONE that would still vote for this person, I feel sorry for them.
Let Sarah Palin make her money, she needs it like we all do. Let's see what she does next!
No surprises here.
Leave Sarah alone and let her make her money and let's see what she does next!
Stapleton says that Palin's book "remains embargoed". Which particular meaning of "embargo" is she using in this sentence?
I guess Sarah Palin is still riding on McCain's Crooked Bus Express. Talk about her constant twists, spin and lies to try to make herself out as the "victim". I guess when you're a QUITTER and a marginal journalist, all you do is constantly find folks to blame, blame, blame for your incompetence and lack of integrity and credibility.
What more can you ask for from Caribou Barbie?
Thank you CNN for the all the free Press for Sarah.
Your Liberal friends despise her primarily because they realize that she threatens their Big Nanny Government, "take care of me" desires. The simple fact is that Palin has more intelligence and guts in her little finger than most of the quasi-elitist bloggers on here who viciously belittle her daily.
The clock is ticking for the Dems and their poll numbers continue to plummet while unemployment ascends. Sarah looks pretty good in comparison! Tick tock tick tock!!!
What IS one hundred percent true is Sarah Palin is truly a nut case!
Get your gloves on....it is war for the Palins and the McCains.
IMAGINE IF THESE TWO HAD BEEN you know what ( sends a sick feeling in my stomach)......USA WOULD HAVE BEEN IN BIG TROUBLE!!!!
$500.000 to vett this bimbo? You were robbed.
Palin is untrustworthy.
funny lady... and i don't mean ha ha . it's all about the money with this lady.
The AP disseminates 100% inaccurate information.
Sarah Palin did not claim the bill she received for vetting her was $500,000.00.
She did claim it was $50,000.00, but; not the $500,000.00 as the AP claims!
The intentionally false AP report is just more Bilderberger controlled mainstream media propaganda attacking freedom and liberty loving Americans...
This is the third "ticker" you have posted regarding Sara Pain.
When is this disgusting person going to leave your radar?
PLEASE, PLEASE, DUMP HER!
Paylin would fit right in with Obama. 100% untrue.
Who cares?
Sarah... you should have called your book "Pulp Fiction II"
I feel sorry for anyone pathetic enough to read her book, much less care about what she has to say.
Except for the comedic value.
She said, He said that is all we are going to hear. Who cares? This woman need to shut up and go away. Religion is entirely independent of facts and knowledge and thus should be private not a public matter and a women's body is her's not for politicians( man or woman) to think that they can make decisions for that person so she should keep her opinions to her self even if she thinks different. Mrs. Palin needs to think things out and speak later.
I think that the Republicans should forget Sarah Palin and focus on rebuilding their party and its future. The future of the Republican Party and its leadership must preclude Sarah Palin and any prospect of her running for any political office. Palin has proven that she is not cut out to be a serious political leader. She is merely a distraction and liability for the Republican Party. The party must become a big tent and become tolerant of ethnic diversity and diverse viewpoints. It must be inclusive of both and must be moderate and practical.
I believe your characterization of Palin complaining about $500,000 in legal bills from her VP vetting is itself, 100% untrue. According to the AP copy I'm looking at right now, she says that part of her legal bill was $50,000. Quite a difference, and one that, of course, the McCain camp would deny. Why are the media utterly incapable of reporting anything factually accurate or fair about this woman?
Notice that nothing negative regarding the campaign was Palins fault? The disasterous Couric and Gibson interviews...they were badgering her, and Gibson was looking down on her. Asking what publications your read is badgering? Did the woman realize she was running as a VP candidate of the United States, not the Wasilla school board?
I find her inability to accept responsibility for her ineptitude and lack of knowledge and experience to be stunning.
Fundamentalist Pharisees like Sarah Palin are a scourge on society. No way would I buy her book. I might check it out of the local library, though, for a few laughs.
What a joke
I can not believe Oprah spoke to this attention seeking brain dead female
I LOL every time I read Palins whining that she has somehow been mistreated
Palin is a sad joke that we as Americans must contend with
Much anticipated book tour ????
Much anticipated by WHO ???
Palins Mother ... ???
What an absolute joke ....
She did not even write the book ...
Probably can't read it either
LOL ... LOL .... LOL .... LOL ... What a JOKE ...
This Lady is a waste of bandwidth. Surely there are other more important things for us to deal with in to-day's world.
The ultimate liar strikes again! Does she even no what truth even means!?!?!
These are all facts:
Sarah Palin is a liar.
Sarah Palin is a hypocrite.
Sarah Palin is an ignoramus.
Sarah Palin is a fraud.
Now we have McCain calling Palin a LIAR! Well at least the truth comes out!
Choosing Palin was the worst decision of his life.
Palin is an IDIOT....and now a liar!
Palin has nothing to worry about, if a campaign spent $500k to vet her and couldn't tell she was unqualified for the position, she has a great defense that such a bill was clearly a joke. But what's not funny is how many people actually backed this person for a leadership position despite no qualifications and no international experience, McCain's handlers did well to keep her out of the spotlight because every interview showed how unqualified she was so she really should thank them.
So I guess these two won't be running mates in 2012??? LOL!
What a piece of garbage this woman is. Unintelligent to the max. A discredit of women everywhere.
Both Sarah Palin and John McCain have zero credibility, they might wanna flip a coin to settle on who is telling the truth.
Palin is clearly 'going rogue' from the truth, just like her slightly insane 'death panel' comments.
Anything to sell a book. This woman is totally shameless.
PLEASE stop covering Palin. Half this site is dedicated to this vapid, rambling bimbo who's only contribution is to continue to throw out outlandish accusations. She's not politically relevant.
A short prayer
please lord is there any way this woman will go away, she is one long running joke that is beyond tiresome
I swear lord, I will give up my vices
Come on Palin, we all know it's not true. Why? Because we all know the McCain camp didn't actually vet Palin, therefore, there were no costs associated with the vetting process.
Why is this idiot relevant ?
Does she even know what "vetting" means?
how shocking that she would lie! not as if she has lied before... oh wait, death panels, seeing russia, and pretty much every other thing she has ever said....
Why is she still referred to as "the governor"?
Always hate being the first to comment, usually it is not even considered by CNN...but, here goes! The majority of Americans know Palin to tell lies, incite riots or try to, due to her hate mongering and neanderthal beliefs. Her ethics are non-existent as pertaining to herself anyway, although she would very much like to lay down the law for every other American citizen to follow, at the expense of the women of America, who are really at risk from her rantings. I am not a McCain fan, but I do believe his/them on this one....this lady is all about money...absolutely no substance. As for her legal fees....too bad, too sad...she made her bed and now she can just lay in it as far as I am concerned. As for Ophra....hmmm...I will have to wait and see...did she handle this no-brainer with kid gloves, or did she go for the truth?
Ho-hum, more "stretchers" from the queen of the tale tellers.
Palin lied?
Only if her lips were moving.
Just as in the campaign, she is making up stories as she goes
Sheesh, advance publicity by telling tales out of school! What will they think of next? Maybe we can get Ann Coulter to write a nice review. Sell this one next to the tabloids at the checkouts and leave the literature section untainted with this muck.
Palin lies about everything else, so why not this? Ethics charges? No kidding... She's lucky she's not in jail. Hey Sarah... beauty is fleeting, but stupid is forever.
She's a silly woman. Why would anyone believe her, or the person who wrote "her" book?
Actually, most of Palin's legal debt accrued from the ethics complaint she filed against HERSELF regarding Troopergate, in an effort to secure an outcome that would be favorable to her (unlike the Alaska Legislature's investigation into her abuse of power).
The other complaints were handled and paid for by the State of Alaska.
I have said it before and I'll say it again, this is an evil, lying, hypocrite, so called Christian woman.
I still can't believe old man McCain picked her and even worse, people voted for her. She's a joke!
Palin has always been a liar and will tell even bigger lies to try to get more fools to buy her joke of a book we all know she did NOT write. When will America ever realize this woman is a total moron who has NO values, spreads hate, racism, and has abandoned her family to feed her pitiful ego.
Let's all boycott Oprah's show with Palin on it. Haven't we had to listen to her lies and stupidity long enough??? She in no way represents the vast majority of intelligent women in America. She's a national embarrassment.
Does anyone really care about Sarah Palin's views on anything? If so, they must be more interested in form than substance (no pun intended).
This fits with state-controlled media's obsession to destroy Palin at every turn. We know, however, that "unnamed McCain sources" are useful tools desperately trying to shift blame from their and their impotent candidate's incompetence and onto Palin.
Note to CNN: The more you keep trying this lame game, the more transparent your shameless bias and agenda become.
In the interview with Oprah, Palin is quoted as saying she had a bad interview with Kathy Couric. Yet, in her book, she states Couric was biased and badgered her. Her problem among a host of issues is that she takes no accountibility for her own actions. She blames everyone else.
Seriously?! Someone actually thinks Palin can be truthful? McCain's campaign needed have bothered with the debunking of Palin's claim. Everyone already knows she's incapable of telling the truth.
Hey Sarah! Quit makin' things up! It's getting far too easy to catch you in your lies. You can laugh all you want at Oprah's questions, but you are a liar down to your conservative core.
I am shocked that someone would accuse Palin of being untruthful... absolutely shocked!
What a surprise – another lie from Palin. We have come to expect nothing but lies and temper tantrums from the GOP and they never let us down!
I have a feeling Palin's book contains plenty of lies or half-truths. I really think this lady belongs on "Entertainment Tonight," and not in the political arena. Her actions go from weird to bizarre, and she speaks the truth only when it's a convenience. I would not trust anything she says.
Palin, who?
So who do you believe? The old, senile guy or the looney, can't remember answers Sarah? It is a difficult decision isn't it? That's what Americans thought on November 4, 2008 and why we're so lucky that Barack Obama won the Presidency.
Palin is a liar. Nothing she says is true. Only idiots will buy her book.
Sarah Who? I sure hope she's the republican nominee. That would be the final nail in the coffin.
Come on the lady is a liar and would say anything to sell a book. You would have to be a complete Idiot, without a life to read it.
I understand the anonymity and I can respect that but it only enables Ms. Palin to continue to lie. I believe that she is lying in reference to this and many other things that are in this book. I do know that a lot of people including the media will be buried under the bus. The only thing that she needed to add to her bus was 2012 and not try to be deceptive. To get to be president you need to offer more than a bus tour; she has done nothing since her VP candidacy but a tour to Hong Kong and write on her facebook in opposition to Obama who inherited a plateful. Sooner or later the truth always prevails. The whole world does not lean to the far right.
Did Palin's spokesperson just refer to her as "the governor"?
Are we trying to make the public forget she QUIT that post for cash?
This is the usual CNN trick: formulate the headline that puts Palin in the worst possible light.
If they liked Palin, it would read something like this: "McCain Campaign Denies Billing Palin".
Sarah Palin has suffered a lot of criticism from people everywhere, but people need to give her some credit. She was elected to a Governorship which only a select number of people have ever done! She was also selected to be VP of the most powerful county in the world! So show a little respect and understand that she has accomplished more in her life than most of us will ever do! Also I think that we will see a very different Sarah in the years to come with no restrictions from McCain! Can't wait to read the book and am very glad she is launching it in GR!
Hmmm....integrity....McCain or Palin? I'm going with Old Navy.....McCain doesn't have to make a name for himself with all the hype, Palin however....
so if i understand this correctly: Her position is that she's miffed at (allegedly) being billed for the vetting, which should've uncovered all the unsavory stuff she did in Alaska, prior to her interviewing for the position for which she was grossly unqualified? Just wanted to make sure i got that straight.
Stapleton said in an e-mail to CNN. "The Governor will appear on Oprah first to discuss the book's contents.”
Does a Governor who quits her elected position still have the title of "Governor?' Just asking..
Standard operating procedure for Pailn with her nodding acquaintance with reality. Hey, when I was Governor of Alaska, I didn't behave like that. I gave everyone their own yacht and flew the entire state to Hawaii every year. Yeah, that's it. And I always tipped big, really big.
CNN is at it again blasting Palin. Give us something new. Try that on Mrs. Obama or Hillary. See what happens. CNN is too liberal. Post this.