You wont believe the behind the scenes stories as told by close personal aide, frank bailey. Alaska to release sarah palins emails the new york times. I found frank baileys story fascinating and credible. Palin in her 2006 gubernatorial campaign and through her stint as governor, depicts palin as. Manuscript of former palin aide frank baileys book leaked.
Frank baileys manuscript and how it helps to prove that. But bailey countered that she lost the fire to serve as governor as her term drew to a close. Bailey and the palins to paint a starkly negative portrait. Frank bailey speaks out on tellall book about sarah palin. Frank dailley is the main writer of this book with material added by the other two named authors. According to the ap, blind allegiance to sarah palin.
The daily beast s shushannah walshe gets her hands on a leaked manuscript. Frank bailey was once one of sarah palins closest aides, but he turned on her and wrote a tellall alleging, among other things, that palin broke state election law in 2006. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading blind allegiance to sarah palin. Blind allegiance to sarah palin book by frank bailey, ken morris. Palin tellall writer frank bailey investigated by alaska. Frank bailey has written a tell all book about private matters that should have stayed private. Its an unfiltered look from a wellknown insider at the shady dealings of a woman who aspires to be the next us. I have known for some time that bailey was writing this book, and i also knew that it contained some very damaging emails from todd, sarah, and various palin insiders, as well as some behind the scenes information from frank bailey who seemed to know just about everything that palin herself was desperate to keep secret. Bailey wrote in the book that he and his coauthors put together the manuscript with the help of more than 60,000 emails he sent or received while working for palin. Frank bailey born 1970 is a former aide to then alaska governor sarah palin, and the principal author of blind allegiance to sarah palin.
Blind allegiance author frank bailey promised that his book would uncover the horrible scam that sarah palin perpetrated on alaskans when she lost sight of her promises to the state and sold. Palin and her aides had walked through the hotel doors again and again in order to allow a. Sarah palin teases long island association that she is still thinking about running in 2012 plus. Blind allegiance to sarah palin, by former staffer frank bailey the. Chris matthews knew sarah palin was very good on stage but was most interested in learning from frank bailey, author of blind allegiance to sarah palin. Ive read the manuscript and agree that baileys thoughts on sarah palins pregnancy. The books manuscript was leaked to alaska dispatch, which posted tellall book by expalin aide leaked to media. Blind allegiance to sarah palin paints a scathing portrait. The book wont be out until tuesday, but sarah palins team is already pushing back hard against former aide frank baileys blind allegiance to sarah palin, telling politico that the. Looking back on it, bailey said he strayed away from his christian faith while working with palin. Frank bailey speaks out on tellall book about sarah palin huffpost. Frank bailey was a key aide to former governor sarah palin. A palin ally, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, confirmed that bailey and palin corresponded and that the former aide had access to palins passwords and her email account.
Palin tellall writer frank bailey investigated by alaska attorney general. In the book, bailey writes that he let his aspirations for palin as a reformer against a corrupt political landscape get the best of him. A memoir of our tumultuous years kindle edition by bailey, frank, morris, ken, devon, jeanne. Sarah palin exposed by tellall book blind allegiance. Manuscript by aide paints unflattering picture of sarah palin. The aps sins of omission and commission on baileys tellall book on governor palin. Once palin was elected, frank became deputy director of the palinparnell transition team and later director of the state of alaska office of boards and commissions. The leaked manuscript of a book by former palin aide frank bailey asserts that the alaska governor was petty and broke state election law in her 2006 gubernatorial campaign. Former palin aide publishes nasty andor totally honest. Frank bailey joined sarah palins campaign for governor of alaska in its earliest days, showing up at her shabby headquarters in anchorage with a paintbrush, toilet bowl cleaner and hammer in november 2005 and becoming part of her rag tag team, as she fondly dubbed her original inner circle. Once palin was elected, frank became deputy director of the palin parnell transition team and later director of the state of alaska office of boards and commissions. He has written a book unpublished about his time with palin while she was governor.
This explosive, upclose view of sarah palin comes from frank bailey, an innercircle confidant who shares surprising information about how sarah dealt. The book wont be out until tuesday, but sarah palins team is already pushing back hard against former aide frank baileys blind allegiance. Blind allegiance to sarah palin, by frank bailey, ken morris, jeanne devon, narrated by holter graham, produced by simon and schuster audio, downloaded from. For example, how did such an emptyheaded ignoramus become the governor of alaska in the first place. But the palin ally said that the content should be viewed through. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. The books value lies in its upclose peek into the mind and motives of a highly visible politician who manages to cloak her essence. In an email, devon said the authors had absolutely no part in the. Bailey himself, who was, for quite some time, a palin true believer, but who apparently loses his faith at some point in the book i have yet to reach.
Frank baileys book blind allegiance to sarah palin. There are a few to choose from but the one that i want to focus on with this post is the assertion that baileys book quashes gossip about trig. Bailey has an axe to grind and abandoned truth in his book. The book is based primarily on 50,000 emails bailey saved over the years. Bailey wrote in his book that todd palin recruited him to go after trooper mike wooten, saying its time to get st, done, and its us, frank. In spite of this, and what he describes as campaigns by sarah palin over the years to tear down others who have crossed or confronted her, he stuck around. Lessons from frank baileys tellall sarah palin book technology has already enabled some appalling bad manners and reckless behavior. A memoir of our tumultuous years, bailey explores such key events as palins gubernatorial victory, troopergate, illegal coordination with the republican governors association, neverbeforerevealed scandals such as a judicial appointment as payoff for a favorable child custody ruling for palins sister, the vice presidential campaign and the bizarre vetting process, and palins resignation. Technology has already enabled some appalling bad manners and reckless behavior. Bailey wrote in his book that todd palin recruited him to go after wooten, saying its time to get st, done, and its us, frank. Lessons from frank baileys tellall sarah palin book. On tuesday, bailey accused author joe mcginniss, who has been working on his own palin book, of leaking baileys manuscript to the media.
Bailey, who was palins director of boards and commissions, was put on leave after news of the recording broke, though he claims his actions were with the prodding of palins husband, todd. Juneau, alaska a former member of sarah palins inner circle has written a scathing tellall, saying palin was ready to quit as governor months before she actually resigned and was eager to leave office when more lucrative opportunities came around. On the campaign trail and as governor, sarah went through at least ten schedulers, with few lasting more than months. Frank bailey signed on with sarah palins campaign early on as true believer. In baileys mind, smith must have purposefully played dumb in his diary in the same way governor palin purposefully played dumb in her emails in order to protect himself from the day frank bailey would release an incoherent manuscript that failed to produce substantiated evidence that a wrongful act was committed. Willow palin has announced that she and her husband ricky bailey are expecting twins this winter, eight months after they tied the knot. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The palin critic who filed the complaint tells shushannah walshe why she shifted her sights to bailey. He was involved in the troopergate scandal that beset palin during her participation, as the republican candidate for vice president, in the 2008 presidential campaign. The protagonist, keith mabbut reminded me a little of john mortimers rumpole of the bailey when rumpole calls himself a bailey hack.
Alaska on friday released more than,000 emails from sarah palins time as governor. After the books publication, bailey appeared on tv talk show the view, discussing his observations of palin. Baileys book is coauthored by jeanne devon, who publishes the antipalin website mudflats, and california author ken morris. Once publicly embroiled in a scandal over the firing of palins exbrotherinlaw, bailey said he made a lot of mistakes as an aide and did things he is not proud of.
Former sarah palin aide frank bailey has written a tellall book, which comes out tomorrow. The state attorney general is probing whether former sarah palin aide. Frank baileys book blind allegiance to sarah palin a memoir of our tumultuous years has been leaked, and even after reading the book for just several minutes, and after searching for several key words in the book, its obvious that this 456page manuscript is pure dynamite. A chapter in one of my graduate school textbooks opened with a quote from aaron levenstein that says, s tatistics are like bikinis. Sarah palins ignorance was sufficiently demonstrated during the 2008 campaign, but this book answers the questions that lingered. The state attorney general is probing whether former sarah palin aide frank bailey misused emails for his scathing book, due out this month. Lessons from frank baileys tellall sarah palin book thomas. If youre not a big sarah palin fan, youll probably feel that this book confirms your suspicions about the flamboyant exgovernor from alaska. Blind allegiance to sarah palin and millions of other books are available for instant access. Former palin aides book gets axed november 10, 2009 5. Baileys book is written by an unlikely teamit includes the politically conservative and the politically liberal, as well as mr. Frank bailey born 1970 is a former aide to then alaska governor sarah palin, and the.
The daily beasts shushannah walshe gets her hands on a leaked manuscript of former palin aide frank baileys scathing new book and finds. Tellall book about sarah palin sheds doubt on former aide. Frank bailey was the palin campaign administrator for the successful 2006 primary and general election campaigns. The unpublished manuscript of a book by sarah palins former close aide, frank bailey, has been leaked to the press along with an email from a book agent touting dirt bailey says he has on palin.
Expalin aide rips her in leaked manuscript mcclatchy. In his book, bailey now says the allegation was true. Chris matthews sarah palin frank bailey palin book video. The emails between palin, bailey, and other alaska political figures are quoted at length. Getting sarah to meetings and events was like nailing jello to a tree, bailey wrote. This book is overwritten from the perspective of someone who reads for enjoyment, but it will be a valuable resource for historians. The book, blind allegiance to sarah palin, relies on thousands of emails between mr.
Sarah palin teases long island association that she is. He is accusing sarah palin of the very things he does by writing a book to justify his poor choices he made along the way as one of her aides. The aps sins of omission and commission on baileys tell. Cenk uygur discusses revelations from frank baileys former sarah palin aide tellall book blind allegiance to sarah palin. A palin ally, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, confirmed that bailey and palin corresponded and that the former aide had access to. Blind allegiance to sarah palin audiobook by frank. Frank baileys manuscript and how it helps to prove that sarah palin did not give birth to her fifth child. Former palin aide frank bailey chatted about the contents of the emails, some of which he used in his tellall book blind allegiance to sarah palin. This article is from the archive of our partner frank baileys book about his former boss sarah palin hits stores tuesday, and the book will offer primary documents that could shed new light on. Pollutico reports the book wont be out until tuesday, but sarah palins team is already pushing back hard against former aide frank baileys blind allegiance to sarah palin, telling politico that the purported tellall belongs on the fiction shelves. Former aide slams palin in leaked tellall book manuscript. Palin has not officially announced whether she will seek the gop nomination for president, but recently admitted that she continues to have the fire in the belly to run. No question, i wouldnt have read the book were it not for mr.