Top Ten Outrageous Sarah Palin Stories Oprah Will Have To Address

As reported yesterday, Sarah Palin will make her Oprah debut on November 16, one day before her already best-selling book Going Rogue is released to the public. We, also noted yesterday that the lack of Oprah's presence during the 2008 political season (she removed herself after publicly declaring support for Barack Obama) was particularly felt after Sarah Palin entered the race and it became clear she was perhaps not equipped for the role of vice president. That said, it's clear that Palin is hoping to relaunch her political career with the release of her memoir this November so no time like the present!

Palin has done only a handful of interviews since she and McCain lost the election last November, most recently appearing on the Today show in June with Matt Lauer to respond to David Letterman's late night joke about her daughter. But it's been a while since she's been on the hot seat (read: Katie Couric) and there's certainly plenty to talk about! In an effort to help Oprah prepare for her interview we've compiled a top ten list of of outrageous questions about Sarah Palin that will need to be addressed.

Baby Daddy Levi In The Centerfold

1. Oh Levi. In the last few months, while Sarah Palin was locked away furiously writing her memoir, Levi Johnston, father to Palin's grandson Trip, has been enjoying most of the Palin spotlight. Johnston has taken his 15 minutes of fame as an opportunity to bare all: first in a long piece in October's Vanity Fair and now, in the more literal sense of bare, as an upcoming Playgirl centerfold (maybe).

Who's Your Mommy: Palin and the Trig Birthers

2. Calling Andrew Sullivan and the Sarah Palin birthers! Ever since Palin stepped into the national spotlight in August 2008 there has been persistent speculation as to whether she is truly the mother of her youngest son Trig or whether the baby actually belongs her daughter Bristol and Palin's merely claimed to be his parent as some sort of cover-up. Levi hit on the sensitive subject again in his first-person VF piece. It remains to be seen if Palin mentions it in her memoir, but if she's considering another run for public office it's absolutely fair game for Oprah. Below, a typical birther vid.

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Comments

[xango xango]

I like to know how much actual person to person Palin has had with her followers. Not MUCH...She hasn't met with them any more than she met with those in her administration while she was Governor. Poof*** the Governor disappeared onto her porch in Wasilla. She doesn't do people, "much".

She's proven to be a no show and thinks that she's above the people that are in these groups that follow her. Thank goodness her popularity continues to tank.

I don't think we will have to worry about her filing for anything, she's got too many gates in the baggage section of that wagon train. IShe's in a better place for the GOP because Alaska is a huge but small state and people are coming forward with new stories. Maybe Oprah could line up a Levi interview and another with Frank Bailey?

[KayJay90]

I hope Oprah's research team has been apprised of this MacNicol article and the many helpful informative comments following. I'm sure they are real eye-openers.

[KathrynLW]

Great article! It was interesting that internet pictures, articles and MySpace accounts related to Sarah Palin and her family were scrubbed around August 29-30. I saw lots of pictures and MySpace accounts myself that disappeared soon after Sarah was "unveiled" as the VP nominee.

Thanks for your article.

[KathrynLW]

Other questions to ask: Whatever happened to those 75+ boxes of cards and gifts sent to Sarah last year that her father, Chuck Heath, discussed. He said that some werer at his house and he was helping open them. What kinds of gifts did they receive? What did they do with all the duplicate baby clothes and gifts?

What is the status of the state investigation into the legality of the trust fund? Did the issues related to the trust prompt the creation of the new fund (Stand up for America)?

Ask Sarah to explain her understanding of First Amendment rights. She seems to have a unique interpretation of the First Amendment.

While you're discussing the constitution, please ask her to explain her understanding of the role of the Vice President and the Senate.

[tcastillo]

Thank you. Also, what happened to volinteer work for disabled children? The other questions are a waste since the answers will be the same lies over and over.

[sjones66]

Good point, because she finally disclosed her gifts and she had like 12 items listed- homemade afghan, pot lickers, pot stickers, fridge magnets and bump its.

But many times they regaled us with stories of how their garage was stuffed to the gills with gifts for the grifter.

I'm sure the IRS has their eye on her; after all, last year, she had the same "mistakes" as Dacshle did on his taxes. Of course, the Repubs don't care about it when a Repub does it. But man, they can't get enough when it 's a Dem.

"I wasn't aware that the free car I had needed to be disclosed...or the per diem I got was taxable..."

Yes, the rest of us pay tax on that Sarah, esp when we don't spend it on anything because we're in our own homes because we're too lazy to go to work.

[toocoldout]

I suspect SP will have strict ground rules on what Oprah can ask her.

[tcastillo]

Or she will quit in the middle of the interview

[swe123]

The excuse Palin used when she quit as Governor was that she could do more for Alaska outside of being an elected official. I would like to know what has she done for Alaska other than write a book and make a speech which made her a lot of money? And if she "doesn't need a title" to get things done, why does she continue to refer to herself as Governor?

[sjones66]

apparently, she also quit as Mayor after a recall was started against her in her second term. And then she quit the Oil and Gas Commission (which she was on as a "citizen" --lay person, not an energy expert). Then she quit as gov.

Whatever she does next, you can be sure she won't finish it.

[Archivist1000]

I visited Oprah's website and posted these questions I would like her to ask Sarah.

What would YOU like Oprah to ask?

1- How much OIL does Alaska produce NOW and how much would Drill Baby Drill 'really' produce? (I know, but Sarah won't know)

2- It's been said that you are not a 'thoughful' person. What do you think that means?

3- When you went into premature labour with an at-risk child, what were you thinking when you decided to fly from Dallas to Seattle to Anchorage then drive to Wasilla? Wasn't that reckless?

[Archivist1000]

4- Your SarahPac solicits donations from Americans for whom $10.00 is a lot of money. You call yourself a soccer Mom, and one of the little people ... how do you connect that with the Kennedy-esque compound you are building in Alaska today?

5- When you said President Obama was 'palling around with terrorists' .... did you know who Bill Ayers was? Had you ever read about him?

6- Do you know that many of the most famous quotes by Reagan, are also famous quotes by Mao Tse Tung? Have you ever read any philosophers?

7- Katie Couric did NOT imply that people in Alaska had no access to news/book/magazines .. why did you feel the need to rephrase her question so that is appeared condescending, when it wasn't ?

8- Do you think you are as well informed and capable as Hillary Clinton to be President? Do you know what a President does?

[stella801]

Glinnis

Your choice of topics are great. Those along with many contributed by the commenters on this post should keep Oprah very busy! I especially am interested in her shameful neglect of the native issues in Alaska while she was the Governor, and the current money-raising tactics she is using (legal??) and how she is spending that money. It seems there is little or no accountability on that money sent to her Alaska Fund Trust and SarahPac fund.

Oprah! I hope you are reading this!

[richnerd]

I wish Oprah would ask her some basic questions about the United States Government like, how it is structured, what "Checks and Balances" means, who's buried in Grant's Tomb, the difference between the Senate and the House, how a bill becomes law, and whether or not...Swear to God now Sarah, whether she actually thought she was ready to be President if McCain had died.

[sjones66]

And ask her about her statement that she wanted to be President so the Dept of Law would attack bloggers and the press for her. Her notion that any govt agency would work as a hatchet man for her was deeply troubling for the concept of democracy.

[ManxMamma]

As well as the fact that she thought there was such a thing as the 'department of law'!

[sjones66]

Please have Oprah ask about Palin's church:

"# Palin's churches, and her speech as governor at the Wasilla Assembly of God

* Said her proposed $30 billion pipeline project was “will of God” and asked that Iraq war be “task of God”
* Palin spoke at the church as the governor, not as a private citizen; charged the state for airfare and other expenses
* Pastor of Palin's church said people who criticized Bush would go to he ll, and that Jesus was in ‘war mode‘ and favored going to war in Iraq
* Palin's current church trying to get gay people to change their orientation
* Speaking at Palin's church, founder of Jews for Jesus says Jews are being punished by terro rists"

http://www.dailysource.org/palin

[Freesia2]

Those are fair points. They'd make fair questions.

[ProChoiceGrandma]

Oprah, ask Sarah about the 10-5-07 tour with Bristol to the HUB Juneau Christian Teen Center. Do the Google research yourself - this place has connections with Cathy Baldwin-Johnson. This place also has serious connections with some very fanatical religious associations, you know, those Seven Mountains and spiritual warriors types. Curiously, HUB Juneau Christian Teen Center received a $25,000 donation with taxpayers’ money through the generosity of then Governor Sarah. Were personal benefits provided for this donation?? You know how Sarah hates to spend her own money. But I would rather the IRS ask her about that “donation”. That should have come out of her own pocket, not the Alaskan taxpayers.

[2008CaliforniaFan]

Here is a real " simple " question for Oprah to ask.

Why is Sarah always ' begging ' for more money?
Her Fan websites are always telling the Followers... send Sarah money. Conservative estimates say her and Todd had a net worth of about 1.2 Million with property and Investments.....
And that was BEFORE she signed the estimated 7 Million book deal and building that Castle next door.

This is NOT how your ' average Hockey Mom ' lives. She has 3 different Money Collectors.

She has SarahPac but she is not a Politician. It mostly paying Employees salaries.
( SarahPac had some rules violations... about how they were running it )

The AFT Fund has questions about whether it is even Legal but is STILL asking for donations.
Nobody knows how much it has collected as well.
( the Trustee { Sarah's High School Friend } won't disclose that info.. even though she said she would)

And they are setting up a 3rd Money/Collection Fund right now... FOR Sarah. I see a pattern here.

If she can make for one speech what those ' typical American hockey Moms' earn in a year why is there this begging for money.
Who needs this money more ...Sarah in her New Castle or those people being asked to please send her $5 and $10.
Explain all this FREE money. We want to know.

[ferob]

Wish I knew how to make a webpage. I'd like to collect money too.

[sjones66]

"Doctor's Competence or Complicity?

A logical question for sheer safety sake for any delivery - let alone the Governor of the state - would be why then did Dr, Johnson not meet Palin in Anchorage at the Providence facility (where she is on staff) and deliver the baby there instead of an additional hour drive to a local, more out of the way hospital, close to the Palin home with no NICU?

From a purely malpractice perspective this would be suicidal if the facts as we are being told are true, let alone the potential medical consequences to the child.

Dr. Johnson who delivered the child at Mat Su Regional is no longer on staff at that facility. Another odd coincidence since on 2007 she was not only on staff but listed as Medical Director."

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/08/water-breakgate-8312008-new-an.php

[1laingirl]

The pictures shown on the the different websites do seem to confirm the baby story. It is amazing that it has no been confirmed one way or the other by now, which seems to lend credence to the story. There is another website DailySource.org, which has a lot of info on other Palin antics.

[cordyc]

I hope that Oprah asks her about her religious views. It seems like she belongs to a group of churches who want to take over and drive other religions out of our country. I wonder what she thinks of the group who are rewriting the bible to remove the "librul" references? Why don't they respect others religious point of view. Who are her favorite Theocrats? Has she worked with the C Street crowd?

[tel8034]

Expanding on the religious views question, Oprah needs to ask the QUITTER about her witch hunting pastor, especially when the henious acts from the likes of the pastor and his colleagues against children who have been falsely accused of being witches, have been in the news lately.