November 16, 2009
Posted: November 16th, 2009 05:53 PM ET

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Palin's book will be released Tuesday.
Palin's book will be released Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Sarah Palin's new memoir, "Going Rogue," contains plenty of second-guessing about the way John McCain's presidential campaign was conducted.

But Palin writes that the campaign's biggest mistake may have been not making a greater issue out of Barack Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright.

"I was told not to discuss Obama's pastor of twenty years, Jeremiah 'God Damn America' Wright," Palin writes in the book. "I will forever question the campaign for prohibiting discussion of such associations. All the more since these telltale signs of Obama's views, carefully concealed with centrist campaign-speak, have now been brought into light by his appointments and actions in office."

Though much of the book is devoted to re-hashing the internal squabbles that took place within the McCain campaign, it's clear Palin does not hold Obama in high regard.

Looking back at the first presidential debate in Oxford, Mississippi, Palin writes that Obama won - but only because reporters were smitten with the Democrat. Nine out of 10 reporters, to be specific.

"The debate went on as planned, and John did great," Palin writes. "The postgame analysis in the media, though, was that the coolheaded Obama had won the night, displaying a firm grasp of the facts, while John, they tried to convince voters, had seemed irritable and condescending. Granted, 90 percent of the newspeople covering the debate were liberal."

Filed under: Sarah Palin


Pierre   November 17th, 2009 12:44 am ET

Sarah Palin do have one thing in common our dislike of the Mainstream media. This one of the things that pisses me off about the media, they will run a non-important stoon constant loop. Like Sarah Palin who cares that she wrote a book and those that do will buy that crap. Everyday the media puts her in the news and for what she lost the election for McCain.So do us all a favor CNN and the other networks drop the palin stories and get back to real journalism and real hard hitting news.

paul k   November 16th, 2009 11:48 pm ET

Just shut up alreday!!!!

60's survivor   November 16th, 2009 11:04 pm ET

John did poorly Sarah. sorry. but he was very disoriented and unfocused

darth vader hates me   November 16th, 2009 11:03 pm ET

Poor sarah, let the past be the past. You lost and then you quit. What does that say about you? You and the other republicants are all the same, can't finish what you start!

Wanda   November 16th, 2009 10:51 pm ET

CNN what is with the love fest between You and Palin. Give it a rest already !

Joseph in Los Angeles   November 16th, 2009 10:50 pm ET

The only thing the McCain campaign did wrong was to choose Palin as the running mate. She killed that ticket all by herself.

noblsht   November 16th, 2009 10:49 pm ET

Sarah Palin is rouge, and a target of liberal media and professional politions. let her speak, don't analyze, interpit, or sumarize, just report, the media will be more credible, and let the public make their own opinion. Reporters, and analysts are sounding rediculous..
The lady is smarter than most give her credit for. polls,& analysts are full of it, tainted, bias, and paid for their services by special interests.
Joe the plummer made more sense than most of larry Kings guests. What have the elete Polititions done for the working american? Bank
Bail Outs? Union deals? Chicago politics? Joe Bidens history with Credit Card Lobbysts??? Please, our Government is full of Crooks, and Morons. Sarah may need a little polishing, but She'll clean up well, because she is not tarnished,let her ideas be heard. maybe washigton can learn from them.

Charlene   November 16th, 2009 10:42 pm ET

Next election we'll have to question everything in Palins life.....afterall, she's fair game now.

Beth   November 16th, 2009 10:41 pm ET

We could have made an issue about her pastors, too – like the one who protected her from "witches".

juniebug   November 16th, 2009 10:38 pm ET

Attacking Rev. Wright more vigorously would have opened up Palin's connections to her church in Alaska to more scrutiny. I suppose she would have complained loudly about that. With Palin it's always been fine to attack her opponent, but don't turn it around and attack her.

uhav2bkiddinme   November 16th, 2009 10:36 pm ET

If you look at Sarah Palin objectively, you see a very popular and effective Governor of Alaska. She really has a proven track record of being a very capable governor. Her comments are not totally off base and I think its a shame how she was demonized by the left and the press because she is a woman

On the other hand...   November 16th, 2009 10:29 pm ET

Sarah Palin was exactly correct here about the media getting wrong analysis of the McCain-Obama debates. The only one Obama beat was Bush and that's only because President Bush was not there to defend himself. Otherwise Obama would have lost 2 debates at once.

I don't know yet how she treats the VP debates in her book, but she absolutely slaughtered Biden and then again the media made it sound like he did okay. He was completely out-debated. That's just not his forte'.

russell   November 16th, 2009 10:24 pm ET

You know the worst thing about hte media , you don't critize a Palin enough , quitting in the middle of her first term as governor to sell a book and make lots of money , but what happen to the citizens of Alaska , I geuss poor ole Sarah decided to say the hell with the people of Alaska ,I'm gonna go and make some money , now CNN it seems you don't offer up enoughn critizism on Palin , but you sure as hell print enough stories to make her look like she's miss perfect....

Nick in LA   November 16th, 2009 10:20 pm ET

Palin / Bachmann 2012

You Go Girls!

JonDie   November 16th, 2009 10:16 pm ET

So how come no one ever made a big deal of the fact that Sarah Palin's pastor, an abusive bully, drove a woman out of town for being a "witch" who supposedly used witchcraft to cause car accidents?

Palin: Just like a "Christian" living in a glass house to hypocritcially throw stones.

By the way, re: Going rogue, isn't that the term we usually use for Iran and North Korea? Why is Palin do proud of being associated with these countries?

NC Hot Shot   November 16th, 2009 10:16 pm ET

Does Sarah have an axe to grind with the American people? Why is she still drooling over the fact that she is not the winner? Her coming out on that stage with the lipstick on a pig has been our punishment for the last 11 months. Pandora is out of the box, unleashed, running wild and it looks like there is no end in sight for Sarah. What did we do to deserve this punishment CNN?

Zion   November 16th, 2009 10:16 pm ET

I will forever question the media intentionally minimizing her association with the Alaskan Separatist Group where she was actually a speaker. How are you going to run for office and want to seceed from the union?

Karen   November 16th, 2009 10:12 pm ET

Can you imagine the dysfunction in the white house if MCain would have one? Good grief....this is unbeliveable. She is too immature to hold any political office.

John   November 16th, 2009 10:10 pm ET

So I guess 90% of the reporters were wearing signs that said "I am a liberal". She quotes that statistic twice so it must be true. What a tool!

Tony   November 16th, 2009 10:08 pm ET

Remember what she said "Not retreating, I'm reloading". As a republican I am too – making sure Sarah is in the game center, left, right so my guys can have at her clown show.

John and gang we must destroy this idiot b/c she has truly become a republican terroist.

GJ   November 16th, 2009 10:04 pm ET

90% of subjective facts are made up on the spot.

PNWjim   November 16th, 2009 10:03 pm ET

You can say what you want and after you lie so much you may actually believe what you say, but the rest of us saw the smart vs the not.We saw how you would not answer straight questions in your debate.
BOTTOM LINE YOU WILL NEVER WIN AN ELECTION IN THE U.S.A. ANY ELECTION OTHER THAN HEAD OF HATE ON FOX NEWS.

Linda   November 16th, 2009 9:58 pm ET

Palin,
Baby,
Palin!!!

Big John   November 16th, 2009 9:56 pm ET

Your book is very soon to be debunked, it's already started with the lies you told about the McCain camp...Sarah the quitter, you're an embarrassment to real Alaskans.

kd   November 16th, 2009 9:54 pm ET

Most of the many Palin stories on the Ticker are closed for comment so I guess I'll leave my two bits here...

I'm guessing Paris Hilton is upset that Palin seems to have taken over for the empty, no-news/in-the-news media creation of the moment. Certainly no substance. At least Paris Hilton doesn't take herself seriously.

Ex-NC-Pub   November 16th, 2009 9:54 pm ET

How about the witch doctor that appeared at her church and cast out her demons?

gary davis Harbor Oregon proud american   November 16th, 2009 9:51 pm ET

SHE should forever shut her idiot mouth . and go some place ..with the rest of the small group of idiots that follow her . the republican party created this mess now they can clean it up. but it doesn't look like the conservative republicans are about to get bit in the butt with Palin doing everything they didn't want any republican to do . also they are splintering the party into many smaller political groups . so there goes the republican party base.. down the toilet :)

gary davis
harbor oregon
proud of the president
laughing at the palin republican mess

Tony   November 16th, 2009 9:48 pm ET

We need to stop responding to these articles about SP. We all know she is dumb, with a mouth full of lies and will not run again she can't handle being called out. She just loves the attention and it was proven last year when she accepted. This woman is not worth our time any longer..... Her long 15 minutes has gone and past – JM and the boys have not "retreated" THEY ARE "RELOADING" and her ghostwritter and First Dude know it..... TOO MUCH DIRT HAS BEEN GATHERED AND WILL BE USED AGAINST HER IF SHE EVEN TRIES TO RUN AGAINST THE GOP IN 2 YEARS.

RMc   November 16th, 2009 9:43 pm ET

Palin is the embodiment of evil. Total "wolf in sheep's clothing," claiming to be pure and righteous but causing nothing but division, hatred and negativity. She is not Christian, she is not pure of heart. She is self-righteous and self-serving. Look, listen and learn...

Greg in Denver   November 16th, 2009 9:41 pm ET

Mommie! Mommie! Make it STOP!!

Sherry   November 16th, 2009 9:41 pm ET

Palin is crazy

Ann - MO   November 16th, 2009 9:39 pm ET

TO all the Media outlets... Sarah continues to get "softball" questions and continue with her outlash of the media outlets but all keep her front and center – she is laughing at you guys for free media attention and Advertizing her stupidity daily. The "O" interview and "BW" interviews are not fit to watch. The "O" interview was the same – simple talking and ramblings as usual.

Someone needs to step up to the plate and ask her some real questions about all the lies she continues to sprout out and no one and I mean no one has corrected her once...Well AP and she whines about that because she doesn't care for facts.....!

Patricia Dickson   November 16th, 2009 9:38 pm ET

I dont blame Palin because i dont hold Palin in high regard too so its goes both ways we must not forget all the names palin call Mr Obama

beth   November 16th, 2009 9:37 pm ET

Blah, Blah, Blah......do you ever shut up? Go take care of the Clampett, oops, Palin children and maybe they won't end up 'turning to porn' HA HA HA like your ex son-in law to be. Maybe, they, ll be more like your good Christian friend Carrie. Or better yet, maybe they'll be just like their mom, a sociopathic liar.

snowflake   November 16th, 2009 9:37 pm ET

This book is a crock! Save your money, folks! Make a donation to the VA, the families of Soldiers, children of the War, or some other charity!!!

jumbo   November 16th, 2009 9:36 pm ET

of course she was right on wright... just look at our pres bowing down like a scrub women to the emperior,,, that makes me want to puke....she was right about bowobama,,,

tee   November 16th, 2009 9:34 pm ET

this women is too dumb to understand that......MCcain himself.....and dumbo herself was associated with questionable revs,preacher,evangels or what ever you want to call them....she would have made things worse.

M. I. Johnson   November 16th, 2009 9:33 pm ET

"Death Panels" Palin continues to claim victimization for her self. Yell liberal and all faults and incompetency are forgiven. What is becoming increasingly clear is that she is averse to telling the truth and is obsessed with staying in the limelight. She would probably not believe that Obama does not hold her in high regard.

Obama 2012!   November 16th, 2009 9:31 pm ET

PLEASE run for president in 2012, Sarah! LOL!

Your campaign will disgust and horrify me, and a lot of money will be wasted, but at least you'll help keep Republicans out of the White House another four years. You might very well be an unwitting force for good!

/Looking forward to Obama's second term as president

Marie Laveaux   November 16th, 2009 9:30 pm ET

Gee, I watched that debate too, and MCCain was condescending and irritable. So, she's sorry she didn't get to use Rev. Wright to attack Obama...well she sure made up for with the palling around with terrorist mantra. I"m glad they shut her up as much as she claims they did, I couldn't imagine the damage she might have done if they had really let her out of the kennel.

Ken in NC   November 16th, 2009 9:29 pm ET

WOW Sarah Palin just didn't get any of the memos. She didn't have what it took to be VP. She was a boost in the beginning to the campaign but she quickly became the dead weight that pulled John McCain's campaign down the tubes.This woman has blamed everyone in this country for the loss except the one she sees in the mirror.

Andrew   November 16th, 2009 9:26 pm ET

That woman is such a delusional idiot. She talks as though the rest of us don't have access to the media and the internet and won't check the facts on what she's saying, b/c she lies nearly constantly. What a complete joke of a politician.

What scares me is that people actually believe and support this fraud.

DeeJam - Los Angeles   November 16th, 2009 9:24 pm ET

Whatever! John McCain won the debate? That's a joke. And as far as going after Obama using Wright – that was already done and the voters looked passed that. McCain figured correctly that he ought to run on his own merrit. It just wasn't enough.

Jay T.   November 16th, 2009 9:23 pm ET

You have your own pastor issues, Palin. Have you seen the exorcist style, vodoo ceremony she participated in? That doesn't match any accredited Catholic or Protestant ceremony of which I am aware.

jim   November 16th, 2009 9:22 pm ET

Old news!

Obama 2012!

Bill Mitchell   November 16th, 2009 9:12 pm ET

CNN has just plain given up on reporting the PARTY AFFILIATION BREAKDOWN of their polling because with every poll they question fewer and fewer republicans in order to get the final result they desire.

The latest joke is when their poll claims that only 20% of Americans are Republicans and then, instead of admitting their sample is BS, they express how horrible this is for Republicans that there are none of us left.

At the same time, Republicans destroy Democrats in two major elections, DOMINATE the NYTimes Bestseller List and FoxNews continues to dominate all other cable news media 2:1.

That is one heck-of-a 20%!

(Meanwhile, both Rasmussen and Gallup state that there are about 33% Republicans.)

From CA to GA and back   November 16th, 2009 9:09 pm ET

"I will forever question the campaign for prohibiting discussion of such associations. All the more since these telltale signs of Obama's views, carefully concealed with centrist campaign-speak, have now been brought into light by his appointments and actions in office."

I will forever question the McCain campaign for trying to destroy America with by their appointment of such an unqualified nitwit – SP.

Richp   November 16th, 2009 9:06 pm ET

I am not impressed with the friends the current Obama administration has, you are judged by who you associate with.
Palin is clean, not tainted by those clowns in DC, at least not yet.

Denna   November 16th, 2009 9:05 pm ET

You were told not to make an issue of Rev. Wright because he wasn't really much of an issue. The man is a minister, not a policy maker. He carries no more weight (no pun intended) than Rush Limbaugh. Rush and the Good Rev. Wright really should team up for a joint radio show. The money these two could make on the haters on both sides. If you are going to run again, I would recommend that you stow the racism in your back pocket. It didn't help you the first time. America is growing up, unfortunately for you.

Tommy   November 16th, 2009 9:05 pm ET

There she goes again using those children as props... Why are her children there? Why are her 2 school-aged daughters not in school? Will she ever stop using her kids as props? She is raising them to be irresponsible flakes just like her

Lysh   November 16th, 2009 9:05 pm ET

Dear CNN,

While I understand that consumers gorge themselves on this garbarge (Palin headlines), do you think you could act with a little restraint and not COMPLETELY saturate your website with Palin headlines? In doing so, you're taking your journalistic standards down the road on which Fox and MSNBC reside. Visiting your website and seeing Palin plastered everywhere makes me NOT want to come back.

Ted:Canada   November 16th, 2009 9:05 pm ET

CNN

PLEASE!

TAKE THIS GARBAGE OFF!

IT MAKES THE US people look real STUPID

Poor Obama is travelling around the world and trying to restore America's credibility.

Seriously – Palin is a threat to US intellegence!!!

I know! I know ! she can see Canada from Alaska.....

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!

ofingle   November 16th, 2009 9:04 pm ET

Sarah Palin is a beautiful woman; however, she does not have much substance between her ears. She needs to let the past go and live her life is peace and tranquility in Alaska with her beautiful children and her handsome husband. Her forte is NOT POLITICS NOR EVEN TALKING POLITICS.

Richard Simpson   November 16th, 2009 9:03 pm ET

Diva McCheapshot is one of the most dangerous figures in America today, full of ideas with no intellect to back it up. The constitution would be under assault like it was under Darth Cheney. It never ceases to amaze me that 25% of the population think shes presidential material. Can you say "useful idiots?" Her 1950's Pollyannish approach to problems will undoubtedly fail. But not to worry; Republicans are experts in assigning blame for their created messes to Democrats. It's just amazing to me how 25% of the people eat and relish that slop handed out by the likes of Fox and Rush/Beck.

Perusing-through   November 16th, 2009 9:03 pm ET

OF COURSE SARAH PALIN DOES NOT HOLD OBAMA IN HIGH REGARD :-)

President Obama beat her in a fight without having to take the low road as Sarah so often did. President Obama allowed that lipstick wearing pit-bull (her own description) to waddle in her own concoction of skunk puke, while Obama and Joe Biden glided into victory on that historic night 4-November-2008.

AJ   November 16th, 2009 9:01 pm ET

The bigger question is how did this white trash piece of human garbage ever get elected Governor of AK and will McCain ever admit what a huge blunder it was to choose her as his running mate?

SamSunny   November 16th, 2009 8:58 pm ET

If someone tried very hard, they could not come up with a worse V.P. selection than John McCain did. This "so-called" Christian woman wants to blast Obama by accusing him of running around with terrorists and secretly setting up Rev. Wright's anti-American viewpoint in the White House. Yet, she presents herself as pure of heart and soul. Good Grief.

evman   November 16th, 2009 8:58 pm ET

It's amazing what an idiot this woman is, she's sickening. She's a quitter, and a liar, and she doesn't respect a man who not only became the 1st Black President in American history, but is a Constitutional lawyer, and helped poor people in Chicago, and has more intellect and logic in his pinkey than her whole body. SHE is the one who doesn't get respect, and it's coming out that she accused AP of lying about various things, but that has proven 100% INCORRECT. Her Couric interview was a disaster, not because of Couric nor McCain's campaign team, but because SHE was the one that opened her mouth !!! And put both feet in it !!!

Sarah, get lost...

Palin who?   November 16th, 2009 8:58 pm ET

because we are all saying this is not news, it amounts to two hundred posts, until we realize this, there will always be Palin articles, even though she is a nobody

step away from the keyboard, move on to the next article

Paul   November 16th, 2009 8:50 pm ET

"Obama's views...have now been brought into light by his appointments and actions in office."

Any chance la Palin went into a bit more detail on what these supposed extremist views and actions have been? Or is she still unable to shrug off the unfortunate right-wing burden of dealing with a fantastical imagined world of a red Dem menace instead of the real one of compromise and rational debate?

And as I recall the post-debate discussions in the media, most tried to talk up McCain–it was the viewers' polls that proclaimed Obama the winner.

Sarah is going nowhere in politics unless she can offer more than boiler-plate rightist platitudes. The ability to think for oneself is vital.

bawana   November 16th, 2009 8:49 pm ET

blah blah blah,,,yap yap yap,,,like in south park,,rumble rumble rumble,,who cares?go away please

robert   November 16th, 2009 8:49 pm ET

i dont hold o'scuma in high regard either...

the demos tried to pull of a marxist takeover of america like their pal hugo chevez did down in venezsuelia...

they actually thought they could pull off their facist far left hi-jacking of america..........

right now any republican is better than a facist far left commie democrat.........

peace..........

Houston Mom   November 16th, 2009 8:48 pm ET

At least Levi Johnston is cute. Sarah Palin has nothing of value to offer other than more Republican hypocrisy. Lord knows we have had enough of that for the last decade to last us all a lifetime.

Perusing-through   November 16th, 2009 8:48 pm ET

Peter Hamby (CNN): ". . . it's clear Palin does not hold Obama in high regard".
– -
Duuhhh! Peter, what do you expect? It does not matter to Sarah Palin that President Obama is a Christian – - – just as hypocritical Palin claims to be. What matters to Redneck Palin is that Obama is everything good, wholesome, and respectful for which Sarah is not. Obama is a Harvard graduate with intelligence, wisdom, and compassion for all people. Sarah is a hateful arrogant airhead that cannot string together an ad-hoc conversation that includes a complex thought.

We Won Get Over It   November 16th, 2009 8:44 pm ET

I think I am as qualified as she is to make a point. And I will forever question the fact that McCain chose such an out and out airheaded nobody to be his running mate. She is the worst person in the world to have been selected.

What right does she have and what reasoning, since she is as stupid as crap to say anything about anybody. But then the dumber you are the more republicans and the "media" love you.

tonyt   November 16th, 2009 8:43 pm ET

Everybody Else Was The Problem, No Not Me, I'm Ms Perfect.
Remember Me, The Wink, The Smile, The Buss Words, Ms Good Ole Gal. Who Doesn't Read!
I Wonder If She Read Her New Book..............Blame Blame Blame!

And They Want This Quiter To Run For President.......Pleassssse!

Anonymous   November 16th, 2009 8:36 pm ET

When will this woman ever take responsiblity for the things she said and did during the campaign......it's bad enough that she makes excuses for herself but now she is making excuses for McCain.......she hated the meda then and now that her book is out she is going to hate them even more........

jim atmadison   November 16th, 2009 8:36 pm ET

So in Sarah Palin's opinion, the McCain – Palin campaign wasn't sleazy enough? Yeesh.

tonyt   November 16th, 2009 8:36 pm ET

Palin Stop Blaming Others For Your Short Comings!

You Weren't Ready And It Showed!

You Were Running For VP where's Your Back Bone!

You Quit, Blame Yourself! You Can Dish It, But Man Are You So Weak!

Wiomen Up, You Weren't Ready!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dark days   November 16th, 2009 8:36 pm ET

Sarah Palin is to CNN what Paris Hilton is to the National Enquirer.
When will CNN give it up? When will they realize people don't care about her anymore?

Everybody but CNN understands why they're losing viewers. Enough already.

Tony in Maine   November 16th, 2009 8:35 pm ET

Palin continues to play to the basest of the right wing base.

My prediction – Palin/Beck on the Teabagger Party ticket in 2012. They will draw 12% of the vote.

dromad   November 16th, 2009 8:33 pm ET

seriously? is she really this dense? she wants to drag Obama's religious affiliation into the light...so what, the same can be done to her? she has been affiliated with a church that is by no means mainstream or 100% patriotic. this lady really has no clue.

Barbara   November 16th, 2009 8:32 pm ET

This woman is vindictive, vile, and vitriolic. She needs to just go away.

President Obama rightly ignored her in the campaign as she was not the Presidential candidate. Out of respect, however, he did ask that her children as well as his own be off limits. Certainly, he could have brought up Sarah's previous unconventional religious affiliations, along with her and her husband's assocation with a group working to secede her "wonderful Alaska" from the America she supposedly loves.

I'm sure he would have won that debate had it become an issue.

Sour grapes willl never make a good wine. Sarah can only manage an awful whine, which is shrill at best.

Houff   November 16th, 2009 8:31 pm ET

Whether it is Palin or anyone else, the level of outright hatred many here have is truly disheartening. No one seems to be able to disagree without insulting and attacking those on the other side. It is particularly true with Sarah Palin.

Seems to me that if you truly thought she was bad for the Republican Party you'd be praising her in hopes that she'd rise in the party, making her an easy election target. The venom spewed in here suggests that maybe there is more fear and concern than many would like to let on.

Wnbresn   November 16th, 2009 8:29 pm ET

Gee if McCain had run his campain the way Sarah wanted him to he would have probably been the only candidate in history to come up with zero votes....

usualone   November 16th, 2009 8:27 pm ET

It is tiring to read that reporters were smitten with President Obama. Those that liked him at the time saw his intelligence being demonstrated. Ms. Palin has to look at her own performance and stop blaming everyone but herself. She has only Sarah Palin to blame. The reporters did a balanced job but that is useless air to those who won't give him a chance.

Limbaugh is a liberal   November 16th, 2009 8:26 pm ET

Yes, I'm sure future GOP candidates will take campaign advice from Palin, a person who didn't even understand or even know the previous president's policies, and she couldn't even hold onto the governorship of one of our least populated states. She's a loser and a quitter!

MARK   November 16th, 2009 8:25 pm ET

The Palin haters have their hands full this week. She is everywhere and I'm loving it. Her fresh, honest and upbeat tone are what we need now.

Sean   November 16th, 2009 8:25 pm ET

And that's exactly why Palin shouldn't be allowed near another campaign. She has nothing of substance to offer. Only superficial, irrelevant, frequently dishonest fear-mongering and smearing of her opponents. None of those qualities is what I look for in a leader.

You're so right, Sarah!   November 16th, 2009 8:24 pm ET

It was this kind of farce propagated by the liberal media during the primaries and campaign - that turned me away from the Democrat Party forever!

Hilary   November 16th, 2009 8:23 pm ET

CNN's infatuation with Sarah Palin is disgusting. Most of the stories on this ticker are about her!! I'm not visiting this site anymore.

abcdefg   November 16th, 2009 8:22 pm ET

I will forever ? the American media and there diservice to America people during the 2009 Prez campagne

Right Leaning Independent   November 16th, 2009 8:19 pm ET

I think that all the facts in this particular story seem to be accurate to me! Obama is a radical like Wright. Wright hates America and "GD"s our great country. Obama falls right in line and he has apologizes to the world for the wrongs he believes America has perpetrated against them. Well Obama does not speak for me when he did his apologist tour! I also agree that McCain held his own in that debate and there was no clear winner though you would not know that based on the liberal media including newspapers!! Speaking of debates, where is that scalpel Obama discussed in the debate that he was going to use when cutting out earmarks and waste in bills????? Seems to me that he is more like a drunken sailor on a spending binge rather than a finely skilled scalpel operator!!!

Dale   November 16th, 2009 8:18 pm ET

Reality has a well known liberal bias. ;)

YM   November 16th, 2009 8:14 pm ET

When do you guys stop talking about this idiot. It is an insult and degrading for CNN to west its air time reporting what an irrational moron says and thinks.

Tim E   November 16th, 2009 8:12 pm ET

I really don't detect much difference in Palin and Wright. One is as closed minded and narcissistic as the other. But one did serve in the U.S. military, in combat, under enemy fire, and thus EARN the right to criticize. The other, of course, was BORN with the right and had it protected by the other. I would truly love to see a bonafide debate between Wasilla Sarah and Jeremiah "GDA" Wright. She'd learn what a great debater is really all about.

NotFooledTX   November 16th, 2009 8:12 pm ET

Does that mean your voodoo priest is also up for discussion.? That's part of your problem ms palin, you're too stupid to know what you don't know – especially social grace and decorum.

C'mon CNN – enough of Palin already!

Democrat No More   November 16th, 2009 8:11 pm ET

Of course she is right. McCain deserved to lose because he held his tongue on Obama's associations with Rev. Wright, ACORN, Bill Ayres,
Tony Rezco, and the rest of the Chicago thug machine. Even Hillary Clinton hinted about Wright, Ayres, and knew about his hidden school and birth records. We are witnessing a greatest conspiracy fraud committed against America by the Democratic National Party. Obama's ACORN/SIEU thugs overran the Democratic Primary Caucuses causing Hillary to lose. Then the DNC machine bosses made their choice for him. 2010 and 2012 can't come soon enough to get this bower in chief out of here.

Aaron   November 16th, 2009 8:10 pm ET

Go away crazy lady

Larry In L.A.   November 16th, 2009 8:05 pm ET

Um, OK Governor. Maybe you should have. But there is also the issue of your own church with its visiting clergy and speaking in tongues and claims that his laying on of hands and madeup givbberish healed people and lowered crime. Would the average American citizen be any less concerned with that than Rev. Wright's outrageous remarks? At least I can see why Wright is somewhat nuts...

D. D.   November 16th, 2009 8:05 pm ET

She really didn't get it. President Obama did not attend that church as regularly as one might had expected. He never gave the ten percent and I wonder will she Tuesday to her church. Maybe there was something on Mc Cain or on her she had forgotten that some others had confided to Mc Cain or his team and they feared it might become headlines.
All's fair in love and war and politics is war even if you have not noticed.
She makes the money and so is Levi as well as Dr. Wright. It's about the dollars and the extreme behaviors and comments. Those three should be on a program together.

One Very Angry American   November 16th, 2009 8:02 pm ET

If I didn't know about Todd Palins associations with a Radical Alaskan Group that wanted to succeed from the United States I probably wouldn't be as mad as am......

This woman is the biggest HYPOCRIT I have ever seen in my life..!

And I use to think that she was pandering to people that hate based on RACE....

But after reading her views on the Presidents appointments and how she connects them to Rev Wright, it's clear she's subtly inferring that the Presidents appointments of Blacks in his cabinet is synonomus with Rev Wright....

I'm not a hateful person, but this woman invokes such ANGER in me that I've never felt before....

The Presidents cabinet is a reflection of American Society, it's funny how no one had a problem for the last 200years of White Presidents with mostly White Cabinets, somehow this is okay.....!

KJL   November 16th, 2009 8:02 pm ET

Let's discuss Reverend Muthee, who did the anti-witchcraft thing on Sarah Palin.

Boyd Phillips   November 16th, 2009 8:01 pm ET

Such a crybaby!

Liberal4Obama   November 16th, 2009 8:01 pm ET

The biggest disaster for John McCain was choosing Sarah Palin, it was all downhill from there.

AJ   November 16th, 2009 7:59 pm ET

I would like to read the book myself thank you.

How smart is Sarah......   November 16th, 2009 7:59 pm ET

well, she made about $ 1.5 million this month between her book and speaking engagements.

If you are one of the people who think she's not smart, please post how much you made this month.

Amy Noir   November 16th, 2009 7:57 pm ET

Honor and respect, never raise dirt. Rather discuss Substance.
I salute McCain service for the country and he got it right.
Palin Please go back to Alaska. United we stand

fred   November 16th, 2009 7:55 pm ET

oh please! Sarah Palin judging Obama's pastor over his religious views is beyond hypocrisy! She's not exactly a mainstream Christian in her views either. I'm not sure what she was doing in Alaska when Hillary's campaign blasted Rev. Wright all over the media for months, but we all knew all about Rev. Wright long before Ms Palin came along. It was Obama's race speech that put that to rest and took the high ground.

America elected Barack Obama as President knowing full well all the arguments about the Rev. Wright flap...her lame excuses are like nails on a chalkboard!!

fred   November 16th, 2009 7:53 pm ET

Palin is becoming the charlaton of the extremist party !

S.B.   November 16th, 2009 7:53 pm ET

Who cares what she thinks? Although I am not a big fan of John McCain, his biggest blunder was in picking her as his VP nominee. I happened to watch the speech in which Rev. Wright used those words
on PBS, and they were, of course, taken out of context. He was implying that over the years the U.S. has made some huge mistakes in its treatment of Indians, blacks, and other minorities something that almost everyone agrees is true. But maybe Sarah Palin thinks mistreating non-whites, religious minorities, and the disabled is an okay thing to do.

I am the Not-So-Great and Powerless Wizard of Rush   November 16th, 2009 7:47 pm ET

When faced with taking one of two roads, Sarah demanded that McCain take the low road – stay classy, Sarah.

Mark   November 16th, 2009 7:46 pm ET

It's amazing to me the amount of hatred people have for this lady. While I completely understand and agree with people's concern about her apparent lack of experience for the job of Vice President of the United States, I really can't understand the hatred for her. As far as I can tell, she's really been quite pleasant to everyone she's spoken too (if a bit sarcastic at times). So I just don't get it.

Shirley In California   November 16th, 2009 7:45 pm ET

ATTENTION: Please join me in Citizens Against Palin Stories (CAPS) . Do not respond. Ignore her. She will dissolve (just as the wicked witch did on the Wizard of Oz) – go back to eating moose stew and barbecuing fox burgers.

Crazy ass human being   November 16th, 2009 7:44 pm ET

And Obama won the election and is our president. And you are still a stinkin' BIMBO

Senior Lilarose in Oregon   November 16th, 2009 7:41 pm ET

Sarah, hon-ee, who cares what you think, girl?

Anyone who takes six years and five colleges (or is it the other way around?) to get ONE bachelor's degree in JOURNALISM doesn't have much going for her. And that is about the best success you have had your whole life.

Just shaddap, woman!

Wolfe   November 16th, 2009 7:40 pm ET

Sarah Palin needs to question her own strategy, that is if she knows what it is.

Dave in Albuquerque   November 16th, 2009 7:40 pm ET

Well, yeah, fits right in with her general inability to keep out of gutter fights.

Tom   November 16th, 2009 7:38 pm ET

CNN – The All Palin, All The Time Network.

ENOUGH! Just stop the madness.

Over 70% of Americans feel that she IS NOT qualified to be POTUS.

I don't care if you're a Republican, Democrat, or Independent, at some point a woman held in that low regard, WHO QUIT HER JOB as governor, should be IGNORED.

Especially since she has a very tenuous hold on the facts.

Please... this is supposed to be the POLITICAL TICKER...

ENOUGH

GI Joe   November 16th, 2009 7:37 pm ET

Hey – we could have shown the tapes of her having witches exorcised from her body – once was not enough. Run over and over and and over, it could have been fun.

Sarah, Northern Colorado   November 16th, 2009 7:36 pm ET

And to think, had this woman not ruined John McCain's party, he might have chosen someone better suited to the position of VP and won!

I think all of us liberals should thank McCain for his efforts towards supporting the Democratic party.

jmp   November 16th, 2009 7:33 pm ET

witch doctor Palin questions Rev Wright...give me a break..MSM totally disregarded her witch doctor religion practices....she is a racist

Frank, Las Vegas   November 16th, 2009 7:33 pm ET

Here in lies her biggest problem. She thinks that elections are about who knew who, who said what and not about policies, which we all recall she knew absolutely nothing about. All she wanted to do is name call and spread half truths about the other guy. Maybe that's how politics works up there in Alaska, but not on the national scene (although the GOP still tries that tactic). Her lack of depth and unwillingness to even try to learn about national policies, etc. was indeed truly scary. To have someone of her low caliber as a VP was and is the scary scenario. But the American people saw through her (not hard to do) and cast their vote for the correct ticket. As long as the right wing of the GOP continues to follow her off the cliff they will simple be the Republican Group instead of a Party.

Skee   November 16th, 2009 7:33 pm ET

This is a woman who has a Husband that was part of a movement that wanted to succeed from the United States...!

Talk about HYPOCRASY, this woman is truly PATHETIC, does she think that we all don't know about her husbands associations.....?

As I understand it, the campagne manager Rick Schmidt informed Sarah Palin of her husbands associations, and that he wanted to avoid at all cost any mention of it......

But this HYPOCRIT wants to use the nutty and dispicable Rev Wright against the PRESIDENT.......

This woman makes most people extremely angry with her double standards, she's so quick to criticize others but can't stand it when she's criticized......

I can't wait until the day she crashes and burns like the wicked witch that she is........

Tom B   November 16th, 2009 7:32 pm ET

If you want to question associations, perhaps the fact that Sarah Palin is married to a member of the Alaskan Independence Party should have been the only news story for months. Palin is married to someone who wants to secede from the U.S. How much more treasonous can you get?

Carnell From The Motor City!   November 16th, 2009 7:32 pm ET

That Goes To Show You How Pathetic Sarah Palin Is, Reverend Wright Wasn't Going To Win The McCain Palin Ticket Anything. Also Discussing Reverand Wright, William Ayers, Or Tony Rezko Would've Exposed Sarah Palin's Dubious Past As Well.

Charlene   November 16th, 2009 7:31 pm ET

Palin is a fool.

ib   November 16th, 2009 7:31 pm ET

Palin is right on Obama and that's why the far left is so afraid and hates her so much. Go Palin; keep driving them nuts. Priceless.

Tommy   November 16th, 2009 7:30 pm ET

Wow, she even went on Oprah cold. Palin needs a ghost-interviewer.

The interview with O was all fluff....and she still can't string sentences together – even when she continues to talk down on people.... which is her strong point.

David Ottson   November 16th, 2009 7:30 pm ET

You to shall pass. Not soon enough for me however.

Jackie   November 16th, 2009 7:30 pm ET

palin better watch out....she's got ALOT of crap in her closets, maybe she'll agree now that all is fair game? Dumb bimbo.

Observant 1   November 16th, 2009 7:20 pm ET

I don't agree with Jeremiah Wright's statements and do not think that they reflect the views of President Obama. However, as Sarah Palin believes this, is it then accurate to believe that her views are based on
the snake charmer/devil preacher that she has sought protection. I would hate to have her consulting him before making any decisions for the country. Sarah Palin, you should watch what you say and do, so that you don't appear to be as blind and stupd as you apparently are.

I am the Not-So-Great and Powerless Wizard of Rush   November 16th, 2009 7:18 pm ET

So she wanted to play the "guilt by association" card.
She is a sick, twisted, narcissistic, vile, small-minded, ignorant, powerhungry (get the picture). . .

LA Gator   November 16th, 2009 7:18 pm ET

"it's clear Palin does not hold Obama in high regard."

I'll bet Obama is losing a lot of sleep over that statement.

not scared or gullible   November 16th, 2009 7:16 pm ET

She is a typical, right winger who wants to engage in dirty, deceitful politics. Just like everyone on FOX. Remember when McCain said the economy is stable? FOX's Shepard Smith defended that statement by saying "Well, what he meant was..."! Everybody knew he was just trying to blow sunshine up America's backside just like when W. declared victory in Iraq.

Remember how clear it was that McCain lost the debates? When a guest mentioned that, Bill Hemmer said, "I don't know where you get your information from." Fair and balanced? That has to be the funniest and most deceitful slogan anyone has ever thought of. But it really is genius! My own mother-in-law believes that FOX is fair and balanced. I guess it's brainwashing at its best.

I was always an independent until George W. the idiot won two elections. This man can hardly a together a rational sentence. Now, I am a die hard Democrat, and I pray every night that Sarah Palin is selected to be the GOP nomination in the 2012 presidential elections. Palin for president!

Bev   November 16th, 2009 7:16 pm ET

I agree with Palin.....................

The McCain campaign should have DEFINITELY brought up Obama's associations with Rev GD America Wright, William Ayers, Bernadine Dorn, Louis Farrakhan, Raila Odinga, ACORN, Tony Rezko, etc.

The McCain campaign should have DEFINITELY questioned why Obama's college records were not released.

Etc. etc. etc.

James Michael Roberson   November 16th, 2009 7:16 pm ET

What a loser she is.

Roland   November 16th, 2009 7:15 pm ET

Wow Palin, you're so intelligent. Perhaps we should take all comments made and use them out of context. If only you were the VP of the USA, we could finally defeat communism and socialism. Oh and the USSR will finally be defeated!

Owen   November 16th, 2009 7:15 pm ET

can we please push the Palin stories to the bottom of the pile. She is getting old....quickly

reggie from la   November 16th, 2009 7:14 pm ET

I would submit that at ANY time ANY worshiper allows ANY minister or priest control their thinking, they are on the wrong path. Time and education have shown us that we have often been led by megalomaniacs, hypocrites and hatemongers. Shouldn't be surprising that so many are abandoning religious roots. Please don't abandon God, though. However, we as adults (those with a grain of sense) can separate the wheat from the chaff. Furthermore and more importantly, how EVIL is Rev Wright? Did he lie? He seemed frustrated and angry in the over-played PORTION of the sermon. He even cussed. Nevertheless, the President seems even-tempered, even nice. You on the other hand former Gov Palin, don't seem very nice. Ask your mother-in-law.

Rev. W. J. E. C.   November 16th, 2009 7:14 pm ET

The more Sarah talks or write, the more we find out that she really does not have much to say! I suppose that there is enough interest in her book that will keep her talking about nothing of great importance. Does anyone see her as a viable candidate for President of the United States of America?

Jeff   November 16th, 2009 7:14 pm ET

Yes, and John and Sarah really shined in their response to the financial crisis as well!!! That, plus the fact the public finally realized that Bush/Cheney had taken us into a disaster in Iraq under false pretenses (which McCain backed), were the primary reasons McCain/Palin got thumped last November.

The Rev. Wright issue was only resonating with the right wing base of the party ... they were never going to vote for Obama anyway. This is the same reasoning that lead the GOP to defeat in NY's 23rd as well. The Moderate voters willnot follow the road to the extreme right.

But Sarah, you just keep going down the road to extinction ... maybe the party that replaces the GOP will work together with the Democrats to chart a middle of the road course that the entire public would get behind. Its clear that the problems we face require us to work together to forge solutions.

Terry from West Texas   November 16th, 2009 7:11 pm ET

It is great to know that Sarah Palin disagrees with Rev. Wright. So what? This woman has never read the Bible, has no idea what Christianithy is, and is about as qualified to engage in a theological dispute as my dog.

If Christianity is depending on this empty-headed gal for a defense of its theology, the Pope may as well convert to Islam right now.

Susan - Canada   November 16th, 2009 7:10 pm ET

CNN...IF I TAKE THE TIME TO PUT TOGETHER MY COMMENT, IT WOULD GREATLY BE APPRECIATED IF IT WAS POSTED. THANK YOU!

To my southern neighbours.....McCain created a "Monster"! Now you must deal with her.

Trust me...she will never run for President. She is laughing all the way to the bank, with all the "buzz and speculation" out there about whether she will run or not run. She would be stupid to do it...why would she even consider it...she knows that half of the U.S. think she's an idiot. But then every village has one, don't they.....and she's yours!

wasillaswitch   November 16th, 2009 7:10 pm ET

Don't miss this view Sarah go look in the mirror Sarah we want you to view the biggest limbo bimbo of all times .

Willy Brown   November 16th, 2009 7:09 pm ET

Barack Obama's is Jeremiah Wright.
Jeremiah Wright is Barack Obama's.

Lost in Texas FOREVER   November 16th, 2009 7:06 pm ET

I think CNN has proven that Sarah Palin is a viable topic.....so far I have counted more stories about her on the PT than about the president himself. And basically Palin holds NO office, hence no power. This is becoming more of a reality show type situation than anything else. And they called Obama a "rock star", then what the heck is this?

Jack   November 16th, 2009 7:05 pm ET

I will forever question why Sarah Palin was a member of a Holy Roller church that speaks in tongues. She was a member for 20 years.

pc junior   November 16th, 2009 7:04 pm ET

She is doing this becouse of money; Thank 'U' Sarah

Cathy   November 16th, 2009 7:04 pm ET

When did CNN become the Palin News Network??

It is any Wonder?   November 16th, 2009 7:04 pm ET

You may forever question it, but are you really ready to hear what he meant behind it?

Moderate Democrat   November 16th, 2009 7:02 pm ET

Secessionist Sarah Palin thinks someone is un american. Hmmm, shut up bimbo, you're a loon!

Her conspiracy theory would suggest that Bush and his enhanced 'intelligence' (Bush kept us safe, remember your words you retards) along with the CIA, FBI, NSA, ATF, Police Departments across the country, all of our Allies intelligence agencies around the entire planet........couldn't find a SINGLE PERSON that proves Obama a terrorist. But some uninformed village idiot (wasilla village to be exact)...Sarah Palin has a retarded thought (as are all of her thoughts and supporters, RETARDED).....Yea, ok......go back to your planet you MORON(s)!

Pam   November 16th, 2009 7:02 pm ET

Fair that she does not hold Mr. Obama in high regard, most of the country does not hold her in regard either.

pc junior   November 16th, 2009 7:01 pm ET

She is this becouse of money; Thank 'u' Sarah.

wycliffe   November 16th, 2009 6:59 pm ET

This woman is so divisive. I am arepublican voted McCain ticket and will never make that mistake again. I hope she is not planning to run, if she does, I promise, I will stay home..I vow on this day to keep my word.

Linda C in Cal   November 16th, 2009 6:58 pm ET

Thank you, Sarah! We all knew that the MSM, MSNBC & CNN were all in the tank for BO, not to mention the way they also treated Hillary.

Hannity talked about Rev. Wright for well over a year before the MSM even bother to cover it. And that is why those Republicans and Independents who voted for BO are now having buyer's remorse.

Sandra, Atlanta   November 16th, 2009 6:58 pm ET

Sarah,
I'm sure that Obama doesn't hold you in high regard either. It's really amazing to me that everything that happened in the campaign is blamed on someone other than herself. She was the one giving interviews and not being able to answer simple questions. Can we say 'lack of leadership' and not taking ownership of her own shortcomings????

John DUH!   November 16th, 2009 6:58 pm ET

she couldn't touch the Rev. Wright issue because that would point out the fact that Pres. Obama is a Christian being a member of the United Church of Christ. The McCain campaign and the right wingers wanted the undecided voters to think Pres. Obama is an Arab muslim they wanted to tie him to terrorism. McCain/Palin lost anyway so who cares

anita ms   November 16th, 2009 6:57 pm ET

palin please move on with your lifr and grow up! You should indeed run for the 2012 elections and be the nominee so that our wonderful President Barack Obama can be re_elected a 2nd term!

Right wingnuts are a threat to democracy   November 16th, 2009 6:57 pm ET

Sarah was the reason that General Powell supported Obama.

Ron   November 16th, 2009 6:56 pm ET

Maybe Palin could have gotten her pastor to cast the "demons" out of Rev. Wright, or even out of Obama. Who's crazy here?

Have you listen to God lately? ---S Callahan   November 16th, 2009 6:53 pm ET

Nothing personal Sarah, but you need to start really reading Ezekiel, Revelations, and several other Great books from the Bible....while you are busy distracting the population much wrong is taking place....get with it girl

Obama is NOT the great Satan you think...other's are in the path and you are just making it much too easy for the journey. Wake up!

joe   November 16th, 2009 6:51 pm ET

Breaking news!

katiec   November 16th, 2009 6:50 pm ET

And she acted so nicey, nicey on Oprahs show.
What a phoney baloney she is.

Abby   November 16th, 2009 6:50 pm ET

The woman is paranoid, undereducated, and just plain ignorant.

Andy   November 16th, 2009 6:49 pm ET

Palin, quit making stuff up...... Lynn chose the right title for the book of lies.

I can't wait until Levi's book come out.... talking about more of the dama Palin family. Yeap more of your dirty laundry will be revealed.

0 for 4   November 16th, 2009 6:44 pm ET

Wasn't Sarah a journalism major? Why does she think the media needed to convince voters that McCain was not the right man for the White House at this time? It was just not his (or her) time.

No substance, Sarah.

And those of you who think Obama's not qualified to be President....look again....he has almost a year of experience in the job.

Robin in Tampa, FL   November 16th, 2009 6:44 pm ET

There is a reason why nearly 70% of people polled say she isn't qualified to be President, her willingness to use outlandish personal attacks is certainly one of them.

Michael, Gallatin, TN   November 16th, 2009 6:43 pm ET

Seventeen items on the Ticker and eight of them about Sarah Palin? What is with CNN? Have you become Palin's cheer leading squad? Don't you think we've had too much Palin already?

kr   November 16th, 2009 6:43 pm ET

This is not appropriate these ideas like most of yours have been debunked; research before you speak and write or have a ghostwriter write for you facts when you have books published that attempt to destroy individuals characters I do believe that you are one outside your party a very sore and vindictive loser. The last election was classified in either News or Times as being a spaghetti on the wall campaign. To continue to sling mud at this time does no good, for this country has two wars, a bad economy, health care issues and the list goes on. Their are reliable sources on the internet that do just that facts.

Rob in Detroit Mi.   November 16th, 2009 6:42 pm ET

This dim-witted ding bat is dangerous for the country, everyother word out of her mouth is a lie she wanted to bring up Rev Right isnt she connected to a WitchDoctor who ran a women out of alaska & todd palin is with a group that wants to annex alaska out of the union,talk about being fake this women is fake,i hope she does get the Rep nonmination so Obama could crush her & bring on Cheney!.

Going Fulltime   November 16th, 2009 6:41 pm ET

CNN – when are you going to stop with the every-day-another-drama Palin. Why are you catering to 28% of the Country? I'm going to have to stop coming to this website if this continues. We are sick of it.

sue   November 16th, 2009 6:41 pm ET

wighning sarah bimbo cariboue bambi! this half woman have a big stinking rotten mouth. she is half woman and half devil. why do you rile up people by distotion, twisting facts, wighning and everyone else is wrong, but you and your followers are always right! Trashing other people is un american. woman, obama is our president, and you are a loser and a quitter. thnak God you are not my mother, i would hate to call you , mother is you were! i would probably call you satan, coz satan you are!

Randy, San Francisco   November 16th, 2009 6:39 pm ET

All this Palin coverage is causing a state of ennui in many of your readers. Her book only validates the McCain staff's decision to limit her access to the news media.

jtsilver2th   November 16th, 2009 6:38 pm ET

Maybe they were afraid this would lead to a discussion of Palin's extremist edge religous views and her Assembly of God Pentacostal belief in healing by prayer, etc. And lead to discussion of preachers in her own church and her own little sermonettes. In one she advocates that Alaska is destined to harbor refugess in the end-times. etc.

Maybe this is because the McCain campaign knew that the unaffiliated pacs would be targeting this issue and they could keep the mud off of their hands.

Maybe it'sbecause they knew they had not gained any traction from the issue and it was a waste of time since the voters they needed were more worried about the economy and Obama had skillfully dodged the issue to date.

But on no- Sarah knows best- so why did she put McCain on her ticket anyways?

German,Irish American   November 16th, 2009 6:37 pm ET

She's hit the nail on the head with this one. Anyone who believes that Obama sat in this church for 20 years, calling him his mentor, plagiarizing Wrights' speech by using it for the name of his ghostwritten book Audacity of Hope, and didn't buy into his hatred of American and racism, is either lying, in total denial, or just plain, flat out stupid.

tbus   November 16th, 2009 6:36 pm ET

what a boob! please go away!

Brian from NJ   November 16th, 2009 6:33 pm ET

She is exactly right about this... except for FOX, no one was talking about Obama's association with the fringe leftists... and when Obama finally had to deal with Wright, he made a speech about race and the media fell in love with him all over again! It was a disgusting display... while the media was tearing Sarah Palin a new one, Obama got a free pass and now we are paying (literally and figuratively) for their refusal to do their jobs and ask even one tough question of this guy!

Ndubueze Chuku   November 16th, 2009 6:31 pm ET

What views of Reverend Wright are seen in President Obama's appointment and policies? What in God's name is this dumb woman talking about? She is full of hate and mischievous talk. The earlier this 'intellectually bankrupt' woman closes her mouth and goes back to Alaska, the better for other reasonable Republicans. I can't get why the media is so fascinated with this woman. For a national politician, she is mediocre and dumb.

mjm   November 16th, 2009 6:29 pm ET

Ah...Rev Wright. The hate filled, racist spiritual mentor of our president.

I wonder what LacrosseMom has to say about this guy….Got any Bible quotes for this?

Amazing that how people didn't seem to mind that Obama had this nut in his corner, yet somehow Mitt being a Mormon was an issue for people.

I'll take the Christian right over the hate filled religion of the left any day of the week.

W l Jones   November 16th, 2009 6:29 pm ET

Where were all these people from 1619 to mid 1980s when some thing were a way of life all over this country. Enough said.

Hot Dog   November 16th, 2009 6:28 pm ET

This is one of the most ignorant politician that I have ever seen. I am just amazed at how some one like this could have ever got elected to be a governor. Six years to get a degree in journalism speaks volumes about her intellectual capacity. That interview that she did with Katie Couric proved the former statement to be true.

jana   November 16th, 2009 6:27 pm ET

It makes me question if you can trust her and the Republican party. If she really loved her country, she would reveal it during the campaign and drop out of the VP candidacy. A pity example of politicians who are just actors for the rich!! If you can't run or at least be part of a small campaign team, how would you run a whole nation?! Scary to think they'd be in the White House running the most powerful nation on earth. wow, what a nightmare!!! How low have come the republican party.

Chris - MN   November 16th, 2009 6:24 pm ET

Perhaps she didn't realize that it would only open the door for her own attendance with witch hunting ceremonies at her church.

Betty in Texas   November 16th, 2009 6:24 pm ET

I am so tired of that whiney "they were all liberals" line Sarah Palin uses. The woman is a dunce.
She needs to quit whining and just go take her big bucks from the book deal and go away.... please, just go away.
Surely the Republicans can find someone better than this moron to be speaking on their behalf.
I shudder to think how Sarah Palin would react in an emergency– the dolt couldn't even stand the pressure of the job in Alaska. The thought of her in charge of anything important just scares the sox off me.

Obama perpetual campaign headquarters   November 16th, 2009 6:24 pm ET

In Your Heart You Know He's Wright

Patrick   November 16th, 2009 6:21 pm ET

I am an independent and am amazed at how quickly CNN is to sling mud at Sarah Palin in light of a book release. The woman has not said anything about running for office and here we are one year young into the current administration with the media worried about a conservative potential to the next election. Maybe we should focus on today.

coolchange   November 16th, 2009 6:21 pm ET

Palin is nasty as they come.

She tries to act as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.

I say try pouring some water on her and see how fast she melts.

Centrist   November 16th, 2009 6:20 pm ET

She might not be presidential material, but you must admire Palin for taking full advantage of her sudden and unlikely rise to fame. As long as people are willing to give her this magnitude of attention, she's intent on cashing in. That's being very smart in my book.

B. Bear   November 16th, 2009 6:20 pm ET

"It's always the fault of those pesky liberal reporters. Not me." , she says. How would she know. She can't remember what magazines and newspapers she reads and her television set is permanently locked on Fox News.

ender   November 16th, 2009 6:20 pm ET

Im finnished

No MORE CNN.

The Ticker is flooded with coverage of this train wreack from alaska.

I AM DONE.

GOODBYE CNN!!!!!

chelle   November 16th, 2009 6:20 pm ET

?????????????? Seriously woman – just be quiet. From a person who believes in a 6000 year old earth, you have no place to talk about another person's pastor!!! And what has been so left-wing about any of Mr. Obama's decisions? She's spews the rhetoric of the social conservatives without any examples or facts.

E   November 16th, 2009 6:19 pm ET

OMG this woman is STUPID. Just because the media disagrees does not mean it is a liberal conspiracy. How can it be so liberal when it let Bush Cheney off the hook for egregious law breaking, and spent 2 years examining and villifying every teeny wrinkle on Clinton's pee pee?

Shane   November 16th, 2009 6:15 pm ET

What about your witch doctor priest, Sarah? You are disgusting pig, and your fans are just as trashy & disgusting as you are!!! CNN- you never have any stories on this idiot! Why is that?

Dominican mama 4 Obama   November 16th, 2009 6:15 pm ET

Silly Palin! You should've gone rogue then and bucked their censorship and questioned the Rev. Wright. You are such a diplomat and classy person that I am certain that any aspersions you casted on Obama or the Rev. would've been sublimely subtle. But then again, maybe your brain kicked in and you recalled ALL THE TRASH that the Obama camp would've promptly dug up on YOU. Maybe that's why, in an atypical Sarah moment, you decided to keep your mouth shut and follow instructions. How's that secession movement working out for ya'? And those perky little oil deals? And the Troopergate thing? And the bridge to nowhere? And.........

Diesel   November 16th, 2009 6:14 pm ET

I thought the Media did a good job telling it like it was.
I'm glad I don't live in her fantasy world.

Gary   November 16th, 2009 6:14 pm ET

Palin writes in the book. "I will forever question the campaign for prohibiting discussion of such associations. All the more since these telltale signs of Obama's views, carefully concealed with centrist campaign-speak, have now been brought into light by his appointments and actions in office."

Oh yeah, and I believe she wrote this. Too many multiple sylable words. You betcha.
All she has to do is roll over in bed to find one of the biggest America haters. Her husband wants to be President of Alaska.

Pragmatic   November 16th, 2009 6:14 pm ET

President Obama was the man running for president .... not the Rev. Wright. IF you want to go into religion ... how about Palin's church where she speaks in tongues or the strange exorcism caught on tape... and not allowed , as a woman, to speak from the pulpit .... being required – by her religion – to submit to her husband ... does that mean the "first Dude" would be the one in charge???

Hendrik   November 16th, 2009 6:14 pm ET

It is clear that Palin does not hold Obama in high regard? This witch is a total unintelligent moron. Read any newspapers lately, SARAH?

The only people who hold this nitwit in high regard are the nitwits that populate the entire putrid Republican party. I hope the party slides into the cesspool it has created for itself.

ThinkAgain   November 16th, 2009 6:13 pm ET

"The postgame analysis in the media, though, was that the coolheaded Obama had won the night, displaying a firm grasp of the facts, while John, they tried to convince voters, had seemed irritable and condescending. Granted, 90 percent of the newspeople covering the debate were liberal."

Once again, Palin doesn't take responsibility for anything negative – she blames "the liberals."

For her information – and everyone else who is also incapable of personal accountability – I have plenty of Republican and Libertarian friends and family who thought McCain came across as a grumpy hothead in that debate, an old man who seemed totally teed-off that Obama was not only a more level-headed person for all to see, but an awful lot smarter.

C. Farrell, Houston, Tx   November 16th, 2009 6:13 pm ET

New Gingrich, John McCain and others have advised that Palin needs to move forward and stop rehashing the past because there is much work ahead for Republicans. Instead of Palin focusing on Obama she needs to focus on her disfunctional family and of course Hillary Clinton has already knocked her out of the box. Palin continues to do more harm to the party than the party itself.

ken   November 16th, 2009 6:13 pm ET

I'm laughing...if all they have is a non brainer like Sarah' the quitter' Palin....bring her on. I am sick of this woman and certainly proud that she is not in my party. That Palin appeal only goes to the worst of political fear. I believe she should have realized long ago she is the most unprepared, less educated...lip stick piece of garbage that a struggeling party could want. If she represents the repubs....they are all laughable.

ThinkAgain   November 16th, 2009 6:10 pm ET

Regarding Rev. Wright, he wasn't running for office, Barack Obama was. And what the McCain campaign understood (and which Palin apparently couldn't get her pretty little head around) is that if they made a big deal out of Rev. Wright, her own pastor would have been fair game.

For those who missed that freak show, there's plenty of video showing not only Palin's pastor speaking nonsense about "demons" and the U.S. involved in a "holy war," the footage shows Palin in the thick of it all, smiling and agreeing with everything that loony-tune said.

Too bad she cant watch "Charmed"   November 16th, 2009 6:09 pm ET

She can make whatever issue she wants out of Rev. Wright. But then will she openly discuss her casting out of witchcraft by her pastor at her church? google palin witchcraft" for vid.

Debbie in VA   November 16th, 2009 6:08 pm ET

You are really on a roll today CNN. Every other article on the ticker is your favorite punching bag. I agree with another poster, where is that article about the President bowing to the Japanese emperor? That's not news but everything Palin has done or has been accused of doing is put on the ticker so the libs can continue to pummel her? The comments from the left are truly disgusting and yet some try to hide them in righteousness. The hypocrisy is unbelievable and most probably don't even care or realize how truly hateful they are to this woman.

SAVVY OLDTIMER   November 16th, 2009 6:08 pm ET

Sarah,.. there isn't enough mascara to hide your lying eyes,... the face that can sink a thousand campaigns,.. the fact is , Palin was an albatross around the MaCain's neck,... when old man MacCain needed a life jacket,... he was thrown a straight jacket,... when he needed a buoy, he was thrown an anchor, ..Sarah was his undoing. This woman is not even worthy, to be on the same stage as Obama.

chat   November 16th, 2009 6:05 pm ET

I don't want to voice my support for Sarah Palin because I do believe it will start another round of vicious attack against her.

Sad for the so called journalists. They never report what this woman did for ALASKA in a short 2 years term. They report and spead the rumors instead.

Carlos   November 16th, 2009 6:03 pm ET

She finally hit the nail on the head.

sara   November 16th, 2009 6:03 pm ET

Sarah Palin...this is what she is about .....Nontruths! Maybe the Obama campaign should have asked about her husband's wanting to susceeding from the U.S.......Bristol's teenage boyfriend sleeping at her home......her former church and 'what her pastor said".......her "trailer parker" lifestyle and so on......Sarah should have acknowledged that "going rogue" on a major national campaign wasn't very Smart..........................especially when she was soooo Dumb from the beginning......She is Unteachable..........and that is Dangerous!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She's a Joke!!!!!!!! //WANTING TO HOLD OBAMA FOR WHAT SOMEELSE SAID IS HER STYLE.....NON SUBSTANCE! CLASSLESS AND A SIGN OF DESPERATION.

Dave   November 16th, 2009 6:02 pm ET

McCain wanted to win on his own terms: a fair fight between two Americans. However, he was not aware that an Illinois state senator runs a campaign every two years and Obama lives on "campaigning" as we realize these days (the campaign continues). Also, McCain did not estimate two factors: "the media" being against him since Obama is "lovable, minority and liberal," and somewhat contradictory, that big business and money people being against him since he is not a "behind closed door deal maker" as Obama was correctly estimated to be!

The rest: debates, Palin, etc. is nonsense!!!! Big money gave it to Obama.

Preston   November 16th, 2009 6:01 pm ET

A lot of people were smitten with her as well ... until she opened her mouth.

Party Purity will never bring Political Power!   November 16th, 2009 6:01 pm ET

The reason the McCrypt handlers did not want you yammerin' on about Rev. Wright, stupido, is because of the tape with YOU and the witch doctor exorcism in Wasilla!

That would have put a crimp in your dupping the "christian" Fable Followers into giving you their pieces of gold.

And McCrypt needed the coins, why else would he have been angry and bitter in the debate?

Deuce   November 16th, 2009 6:01 pm ET

Send all those ?????-????? That you intend to put on trial in New York. To Iraq. They delt with saddam. he was Lynched.. They know how to deal with their own, better than you do,,,

Angy   November 16th, 2009 6:01 pm ET

shut up! what you should be questioning are why are you such a liar. you are no more qualified to hold office than a dog. you are dumb as a stump. wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy out of your league. just go and do what you are doing. trying to make money to be a rich dumb repug instead of a poor dumb repug.

Otto   November 16th, 2009 5:59 pm ET

Woman, know theyself! Only some who are as crazy as you are care to listen to your foolish statements. As ignorant as you are, there is no reason why so much time is wasted on your ignorance.

You book will never be read by me and I don't care how many of your crasy freinds buys them.

single mom   November 16th, 2009 5:58 pm ET

The more I'm hearing – from Palin and the people around the campaign – this was a set-up for failure from the get-go.
And she's right – the media were pushing Obama from the beginning. Obama's MORAL guide for 20 years – Wright – should have been discussed.
I thought Palin was an incredible breath of fresh air. The left-leaning media had a collective heart attack because here was an attractive, articulate, happily married woman who didn't take an aggressive feminist stand. Palin wasn't 'theirs' so they did everything they could to tear her down.

George W. Bush = Worst President Ever   November 16th, 2009 5:58 pm ET

I did not need the media to tell me that John was irratable and condescending. That one was fairly obvious.

Jean   November 16th, 2009 5:56 pm ET

Go Home

ICARE   November 16th, 2009 5:56 pm ET

Rev Wright isnt a problem for me. Obie is just a very tolerant guy who is very lukewarm toward all things.

Ken   November 16th, 2009 5:55 pm ET

There she goes again!!

George W. Bush = Worst President Ever   November 16th, 2009 5:54 pm ET

Democrats did not make a big issue of Sarah Palin's church session with the witch doctor.

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