"Going Rogue": The 18 Biggest Falsehoods In Palin's Book

Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" hits stores Tuesday. But can you believe what you read? Check out these statements, contradicted by the facts or by other people on John McCain's campaign, and see what you think.

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Talking about the book on Oprah, Palin said there was no family vote on the vice presidency. She told Sean Hannity in 2008 that she had held a vote.

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[Actongue]

02:56 PM on 02/04/2010

They missed one of the biggest whoppers of them all

2 months before "Tasergate" came to light Sarah publicly thanks Walt Monegan for doing a great job for Alaska and Alaskans and doing the job she wanted him to do.


http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5779112

Palin Praises Fired Commissioner

Now before you Sarah lemmings start whining that it is ABC first you need to check the facts. All they
did was cover the event not comment on it so it is not biased.

Palin's words Verbatim.

"I want to publicly thank Walt for having his heart in the right place and his efforts too."

If Walt was doing such a bad job and spending out of control she would not have reassigned him . She would justifiably fire him. By reassining him she tried to cover up and take him out of the tasergate mess she put herself and her family in.

Additionally, The Palin family and the Heath Family where present when Wooten tasered his stepson so approved of it and even laughed when he was tasered and fell to the ground. His stepson asked to be tasered to know what it was like and the taser was set on training mode.

Most ten year olds are curious as to what their dad or step dad does for a living and it is no different then teaching your ten year old how light fireworks or to properly and knowledgeably handle a gun.

[ekimnedrab]

02:44 PM on 01/22/2010

AudioSlave
show me how to live

[Hammerofthor]

07:00 PM on 01/21/2010

In fact, there are no falsehoods in Sarah's magnificent bestseller, "Going Rogue". There are interesting political anecdotes, and beautiful vignettes of Sarah's life in Alaska.

[Actongue]

02:30 PM on 02/04/2010

The title is the first falsehood

It needs to be relabeled Going Rouge An American Lie

Just because you are unwilling to accept the fact she lies throughout her book and that it is everyone's Fault but her own does not make her words true.

[fj1200]

11:54 AM on 12/26/2009

God Bless Sarah. She is everything Americans are looking for. Honest, nonpartisan, attractive, smart, tough and humble. She’s gotta be doing something right because she has played these wackos obsession with her beautifully. Americans now love her more than ever. hahahahahahahaahhaahahahahahaa

[mudkitten]

03:10 AM on 01/04/2010

I rate that whopper a 10!

[hischagal]

01:09 PM on 01/04/2010

Yes. Sarah Palin is the most honest politician and human being that ever graced the national stage in our great christian country. She has shrewdly blocked all media at her book signings and she has the right to do so since the book stores are on private property.

When she decides to run in 2012, and I think she will, she won't be so well -insulated. The media in the last election were merciless towards Palin, but now that we know more about her, it will be far worse than ever. As a candidate she will be under a microscope unlike anything she has previously experienced and it's going to get tough.

And why: because she is a vindictive, ignorant demagogue, who has a boundless penchant for lying, who lacks qualifications, is grossly incompetent which had lead her to quit her governorship mid -term, is horribly opportunistic, selfish and greedy and believes that making money is the most important thing in her life, even in light of the fact that she earns her money based on lies and deception. I am happy to say, she will be ripped to shreds.

I can't wait to watch.

[CommonSenseMom]

09:09 AM on 12/26/2009

Sarah Palin is now a business. She knows that the more outrageous and oppositional she is the more money she will make.

Her beliefs do not drive her....her pocket book does. She is now a money making machine and she knows it. The people who support her make her money...but the people who oppose her make her filthy rich. We are all sucked in to her scheme. The more controversial she is the more rich she becomes.

Don't be stupid.

Sarah Palin knows exactly what she is doing, exactly who she is scamming and she is LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK.

[sippewissett]

10:53 AM on 01/06/2010

I agree. Palin QUIT the goernorship so she could get her book ghost-written before the publisher's deadline. Pure and simple. It was a money play, though she played "the victim card" at the time.
And it's credulous, ill-educated folks that she is sliming. Anyone with half a brain can discern her game, but there are many "real Amerikuns" who love self-pity and fake populism in their "leaders". Mercifully she's not OURS.

[AMCarter3]

03:24 AM on 12/24/2009

Webster's Dictionary:

Webster's Dictionary:

Main Entry: rogue
Pronunciation: \ˈrōg\
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1561

1 : vagrant, tramp
2 : a dishonest or worthless person : scoundrel
3 : a mischievous person : scamp
4 : a horse inclined to shirk or misbehave
5 : an individual exhibiting a chance and usually inferior biological variation

[CommonSenseMom]

09:10 AM on 12/26/2009

I'm pretty sure that her "inferior biological variation" lies between her ears.

[sandrasamnick]

04:10 PM on 12/22/2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUkalcVAXZA

she looks POed at 2:28 at mccain in this video

[Bob Helweil]

02:04 PM on 12/17/2009

Finished reading the book--I could not find the name LYNN VINCENT anywhere. In fact, at the end SP indicated how much she enjoyed writing the book. Although she would like to be considered a compassionate conservative and suggests acceptance of other thinking, she clearly aligns herself with Fox, Limbaugh, Hannity and Mark Levin. Interesting that her father, according to her, is not religious, but she is apparently obsessed with God. Her choice to resign and write the book brought her a great deal of money--I wish she would consult with Jim Wallis as a balance to Franklin Graham.

[Luv2Purple]

11:38 AM on 12/15/2009

I heard this surprising announcement from the Palin camp: "Sarah Palin will IMMEDIATELY QUIT LYING" Not QUIT so much as continuing to try to CONvince us that she's telling the truth as she knows it - as god told her from on high - because Sarah simply knows more than anyone else. So QUIT saying that she's stupid - QUIT telling us about her loving the $150,000 in designer clothes - QUIT misleading real Americans that she is NOT QUALIFIED in any way to hold the office she was picked for because she had T&A + a vajayjay! This dumb as a stone EX HALF TERM QUITTER from wasilla is NOT QUALIFIED to be dogcatcher!

[hischagal]

01:14 PM on 01/04/2010

I would say she isn't even qualified to clean the crap off my toilets.

[AndyB62]

06:54 PM on 11/20/2009

Ya know, I wish the former half governor of Alaska would just stop makin stuff up.

[the weave]

07:41 PM on 11/20/2009

Like AlGore makes stuff up about Global Warming?

[Lincster]

02:17 PM on 11/22/2009

Yeah Al Gore made it up and the entire scientific community is conspiring with him.
You are a fool.

[sippewissett]

10:58 AM on 01/06/2010

Apparently you don't realize how st*pid a posting like this makes YOU look. Al Gore has immersed himself in science for the last decade and has conferred with scientists all over the world. He is simply the spokesperson for a global belief in climate change, not some solitary voice on the topic.

In contrast, Palin (whom these postings are supposed to discuss) can't spell "science", has NO background in science and hasn't acted on climate change which is currently eroding the Alaskan shore and destroying villages, hence is unqualified to discuss climate change.

[espresso4me]

01:45 AM on 11/21/2009

$arah is just wired that way. $he never met a l i e she didn't like.

[mainstreetAmerica]

06:15 PM on 11/20/2009

http://www.dailykos.com/tv/w/002357/

Surprise, Surprise............

[sippewissett]

10:59 AM on 01/06/2010

The surprise is that she left since she was charging to have a photo taken with her. Not like her to overlook a source of $$$.

[cheesecat]

05:39 PM on 11/20/2009

I'm just popping in because I have to share from a stop on Ms. Palin's book tour (in a dark, lustrous red state) last night. She apparently signed books for half an hour, then left. People had been waiting for HOURS. Video on YouTube of a very unhappy crowd. If she is planning to run for Pres (which I very much doubt), p!ssing off your base is not a great way to start.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8mAZhOJIfI&feature=player_embedded

[MorganT]

05:19 PM on 11/20/2009

Is the sarcozy prank really fake????? there's a clip of it on youtube it's freaking hilarious.

[panamarine]

05:12 PM on 11/20/2009

To Sarah it has been an intoxicating wake up from the dooldrums of Alaska. The adoring fans (civilian and political) plays into her egocentrism. She cannot forget the heady days of the campaign--She LOVED it. She was a STAR! How could she go back to that dull job as Governor of a wilderness state? NAH, she smelled the excitement in the lower 48 and the MONEY!!!! What else? Her old tired, oversimplifications and head scratching rhetoric has been refried and repackaged---but same ol'. Quick let's do a book before I fade away.---DONE. Now show me the money. Get back into running for office---Nah, I'm having too much fun being a celebrity and BS'ing the tea baggers. Foreign policy, domestic policy? I get my talking points from FOX news...none of my own. But I know how to parrot it. I am an ACTRESS! Shhhhh, they still don't know or can't see it (My peeps, anyway) --- but like I say: "My Bad." (Yes she said that on an interview with O'reilly). The adoring crowd will get tired of her sooner or later. You betcha.

[sippewissett]

11:07 AM on 01/06/2010

You have captured Palin's narcissism beautifully. As for me, I view her as the perennial beauty contestant, ever in search of the next pageant, but reluctant to conduct the duties of the current "title". It galled Palin a lot that she was only a runner-up in the Miss Alaska contest, but she parlayed that into running for town council, then mayor, then governor...but her actual governance in each position was woefully awful because she was always looking for the next "door" the God would ask her to bust through (her metaphor, not mine). She is superficial, but learned to smile, wink and retain that folksy charm that people thought was natural. However her H.S. nickname of "barracuda" is much more accurate. It's that side of her that makes her dangeous to the nation.

[CanadianBeef]

05:03 PM on 11/20/2009

I see a disturbing pattern to these untruths, even though some are just minor ones. They serve to fabricate one BIG lie, a phony image Palin claimed for herself: that of a fresh, ethical maverick besieged by liberal media and conniving old-school politicians.