Documents show Palin focused on image: fake TV interview, ghostwritten op-ed

[PoliticalTiger]

If your idea of an engrossing tour through American history is reading 24,000 pages of emails from Sarah Palin's first two years as governor of Alaska, then set aside some time this weekend. A free, searchable, online archive of the former governor's public records is online now at msnbc.com.

That free, public, searchable archive is now complete, with 12,045 documents and 24,361 pages, hosted by msnbc.com at http://palinemail.msnbc.msn.com. Though it took more than two years for the state to release the emails, on paper, they were returned to electronic form in just 12 hours. We're live-blogging the release at Open Channel, even as citizens in Juneau continue on Saturday reading the documents. The Twitter feed @openchannelblog has updates, with the hashtag #palinemail.

Among other glimpses into her time in office, the emails read so far show an inexperienced governor focused as much on burnishing her image as on crafting public policy. Palin helped to write and rewrite an op-ed column to be submitted under a friend's name about controversy involving a state-controlled dairy. She did a fake TV interview with the answers written by her staff already on the teleprompter for her to recite. Even as she signed on with the McCain campaign, she urged her staff to put out some statement under her name every day, so Alaskans would know she was still focused on the state.

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Those who enjoy tweaking President Barack Obama for using a teleprompter may note this email: On March 20, 2007, Gov. Palin's staff was setting up an interview on natural gas issues with Energy TV from Canada. Here's how the interview was conducted: Her press aide, Sharon Leighow, asked the questions, and the answers were posted on a teleprompter for Palin to read. Then the fake interview was uploaded by satellite to Energy TV. "You're awesome," the governor told her staff. "You're all awesome. What a day..."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43281157/ns/...0fk0YcgfkV

[jaxx]

I've been reading some of these as they pop up on twitter. Palin is a manipulator.

[There Is No Spoon]

Air-headed troll has helped destroy what was left of the "moderate" republican. Perhaps we should thank her - lol.

[Andy823]

(02-24-2012 02:25 PM)There Is No Spoon Wrote:  Air-headed troll has helped destroy what was left of the "moderate" republican. Perhaps we should thank her - lol.

Yes thanks to her the republicans are making fools out of themselves this year trying to kiss up to the teabagger movement that fell in love with the grifter from Alaska. She took her brand of "crazy" and fueled the 2010 take over by the tea party of the republican party, and as you stated, destroyed the "moderate" wing of their party.

So yep, I say thanks a lot Sarah, and keep on with your destruction of the GOP!