The real Sarah Palin: An Apostle of Alaska

Newsweek by Jeffrey Bartholet, Karen Breslau, Andrew Murr, Mark Hosenball, Suzanne Smalley, Michael Isikoff, Michael Hirsh, Daniel Stone, Holly Bailey, Lisa Miller, Sarah Kliff, Katie Paul | Sep. 7, 2008 (Special Report)
We know the outlines--the moose-hunting mom who juggles BlackBerrys and kids. But what does she believe? The real Sarah Palin.

John McCain was not her dream pick. Only a year ago, when the republican primaries were just beginning, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told Newsweek that she wasn't enthusiastic about anyone in the GOP field. McCain was languishing at 7 percent in the polls. Mike Huckabee was reduced to playing his electric bass to get attention. Palin, driving with a Newsweek reporter along the highway from Anchorage to Wasilla, said she could understand why the country was ... Full Story »

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Marshall Stern
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 by Marshall Stern - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a poor attempt to define Sara Palin but while it does bring certain facts to light it ignores or stops short on many of them. For example it says in the conclusion that she is a reformer, ignoring the fact that this title is completely undeserved in light of itd own reporting that the supposed acts or reform were all fictitious. It does not examine, at all the fact that she has been grossly dishonest. It refers to her convention speech as "terrific" without pointing out that it was boiler plste Repuclican attack rhetoric and was filled with out and out lies. Unfortunately, these journalists appear to have been succesfully bullied by the McCain campaigns aggressive tactics to go easy on Sarah Palin.

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