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Vanity Fair: Sarah Palin the Sound and the Fury

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Sarah Palin the Sound and the Fury | Politics | Vanity Fair


Extremely well written piece by a small town Christian who originally set out to write about how the Media gave Sarah a bad rap, but the facts he uncovered demanded that he tell a different story -- that of a mean-spirited vindictive phony who lies in almost a pathological manner.

I know to Sarah fans, this type of story is like Krytonite, but give it a read and get to know the real Sarah Palin.


The hunting/fishing thing was the one aspect I did actually believe about her, but finding out it's all bull**** too, I guess I'm not surprised.
 
I wanted to get a better understanding of pathological liar and I came across this:


Sadly, it fits.
 
In fairness, that's pretty much every politician, especially the ones with leadership aspirations.
 
TacticalEvilDan said:
In fairness, that's pretty much every politician, especially the ones with leadership aspirations.
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That's funny, those were my thoughts right after I posted. Thought I've known a few local and state reps that made politics a part-time gig--they were all about service and not power. Maybe only the sociopaths get to the National Level.

The level of lies and deception in Palins life is disturbing--mostly because so many people see her as something she's not.
 
TacticalEvilDan said:
In fairness, that's pretty much every politician, especially the ones with leadership aspirations.
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Exactly. I'm no fan of Sarah, but let's be honest, you got to play the game.

I believe Obama sold his Chrysler 300 for his ford hybrid right before entering the election cause he wanted to seem green for his base. I'm sure there's plenty of other examples for damn near every politician out there.
 

In fairness, molding an image (by trading cars) as compared to outright fabrication of one's personal story (as described in the Vanity Fair piece) are pretty far apart on the sleaze scale.
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
fits who? Sara or the thread starter? :lamo
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I didn't write the article. If you have comments about the facts/accounts contained the the article, I'd like to hear them.

Vanity Fair is known for rigorous fact-checking and vetting of pieces that it publishes.

I heard the writer interviewed this morning, and he came off very credible and w/o an agenda.
 



Of course you did, the article meets your preconceived notion about your nemesis. :shrug:


vanity fair is a left wing rag of dubious accuracy, but because its liberal, you believe it unchallenged. :shrug:



http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2010/09/even-left-wing-amanda-coyne-from-far.html


oops, seems they lied and you bought it.
 
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liblady said:
oh rev.......you're much smarter than sarah.
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I'm not a fan of palin, but it seems there is a core group of mouth foamers here who if not crying about beck, they are attacking Palin. :shrug:
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
I'm not a fan of palin, but it seems there is a core group of mouth foamers here who if not crying about beck, they are attacking Palin. :shrug:
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Hrm, we need a new boogieman. HOW ABOUT THE KOCH BROTHERS?
 
the article's author, on MSNBC this morning, appeared to have genuinely reversed his take on palin after compiling the facts
he presented that his intent was to illustrate the unfair reporting to which sarah has been subjected
by reading the article you will see that was not what he found
... and yes, maybe his acting skills are superb
 
Vanity Fair doesn't like sarah palin? I'm shocked!

hazlnut said:
I didn't write the article. If you have comments about the facts/accounts contained the the article, I'd like to hear them.

Vanity Fair is known for rigorous fact-checking and vetting of pieces that it publishes.
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Oh really?


Hear that? Something that VF reported as Sarah Palin herself bringing up was never even mentioned in her presence. VF actually just copied the story from an overseas news outlet without checking it. Great reporting.

But wait, there's more:

Saying anything about Palin, cont'd - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com


The VF article claimed that Palin used her down syndrome son as a prop at a rally, then as soon as she left, she dumped the kid off on a nanny. Here's what actually happened:


Two separate stories from the article have been affirmatively debunked, each of which would have been caught by the most basic fact checking. For most people, that's a bad thing. For those who get all hot and bothered at the prospect of anything negative about Sarah Palin, it might be forgivable.
 
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ReverendHellh0und said:
Of course you did, the article meets your preconceived notion about your nemesis. :shrug:
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How would you know?

You didn't read it.

FAIL !!! *** FAIL !!!

BTW -- what did you think of the more flattering parts where writer talked about her ability to connect with individuals? Connect with an audience?

Oops, didn't read it.:3oops::3oops:

:failpail::failpail:
 
Moderator's Warning:
Any more personal banter at each other will result in infractions and thread bans. Stick to the topic at hand.
 
hazlnut said:
Fair enough, NYC? Ben Smith brings up TWO whole anecdotes--where there MAY be another side to it?

One... Two....

And what else?

Better keep googling...
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He points out two major journalistic errors in this "well researched" article. Like I said, that won't matter for some people.
 
I hope she runs for POTUS, that will be fun to see her and Mitt Romney fight each other.
 
RightinNYC said:
He points out two major journalistic errors in this "well researched" article. Like I said, that won't matter for some people.
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I'm sorry, but I believe you're incorrect. I read the Ben Smith politico piece and he made some points about two anecdotes that may have been blown out of proportion. Again, that's going by his sources.

The two version of the stories, one less-bad than the other, breaks down to "they said-they said." Palin's handlers have decided to keep reporters away from her, which means people doing pieces on her have to rely on interviews with people that have known her or have worked with her. When several people repeat the same story it's perfectly fine to put it in the piece. I have no doubt everything in the Vanity Fair piece can be backed up by background and sources. But like witnesses to a crime, people may tell extremely different versions of what they saw.

Steve Schmidt's 60 Minutes interview echos what was in the Vanity Fair piece. I'm not how many different people have to come forward and relay what their experience with Palin was like before her admires get a clearer picture what she's like behind the scenes. I would hope that an open-minded reading of the Vanity Fair piece, which touches on the good, the bad, and the ugly, would be helpful.

What I find interesting is that instead of clarifying specific stories and giving her side of things, Palin decided to insult the writer in a vulgar childish way on the Hannity show. Why doesn't she clarify the different stories with her version?
 

And like I said, the errors won't matter for some people.
 
RightinNYC said:
And like I said, the errors won't matter for some people.
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I don't see what errors you're referring to. -- There's multiple versions of the same story.

And if only two of the anecdotes are in questions, what about the rest of the article?
 
OT but they have lost my respect by having frigging Lindsay Lohan on the cover and I will probably NEVER buy this mag again in my life.
 

Giving Beck the day off from your mouthfoaming rants?
 
Here's Palin's reaction to what I assume was the vanity faire piece:


Nice sexual imagery.

And, I thought she was a journalism major???

Does she realize 'Deep Throat' was an anonymous source?? -- people agree to talk to a journalist on the condition of anonymity. And that means they had multiple sources telling similar versions of the same story.
 
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