Vanity Fair article absolutely eviscerates Sarah Palin. Is THIS where I get to say I told you so?

From Vanity Fair:

The intensity of Palin’s temper was first described to me in such extreme terms that I couldn’t help but wonder if it might be exaggerated, until I heard corroborating tales of outbursts dating back to her days as mayor of Wasilla and before. One friend of the Palins’ remembers an argument between Sarah and Todd: “They took all the canned goods out of the pantry, then proceeded to throw them at each other. By the time they got done, the stainless-steel fridge looked like it had got shot up with a shotgun. Todd said, ‘I don’t know why I even waste my time trying to get nice things for you if you’re just going to ruin them.’ ” This friend adds, “As soon as she enters her property and the door closes, even the insects in that house cringe. She has a horrible temper, but she has gotten away with it because she is a pretty woman.” (The friend elaborated on this last point: “Once, while Sarah was preparing for a city-council meeting, she said, ‘I’m gonna put on one of my push-up bras so I can get what I want tonight.’ That’s how she rolls.”) When Palin was mayor, she made life for one low-level municipal employee so miserable that the woman quit her job, sought psychiatric counseling, and then left the state altogether to escape Palin’s sphere of influence—this according to one person with firsthand knowledge of the situation. The woman did not want to be found. When I finally tracked her down, her husband, who answered the phone, at first pretended that I had dialed the wrong number and that the word “Wasilla” had no meaning to him. Palin’s former personal assistants all refused to comment on the record for this story, some citing a fear of reprisal. Others who have worked with Palin recall that, when she feels threatened, she does not hesitate to wield some version of a signature threat: “I have the power to ruin you.”

This is the woman that I have been trying to describe to the world for over two years.  This is the woman who chased me out of the AT&T Sports Center in Wasilla two December's ago. This is the woman who attempted to destroy my livelihood and had her minions attempt to paint me as a child molester after I wrote the Splitsville post. This is the woman who so frightens the people of Wasilla that when she learns they are talking to a reporter, or book author, or blogger, she can shut them up and chase them into hiding with a simple phone call. This is the woman who has so frightened her closest confidantes that they are terrified to tell the truth about her last pregnancy even though they are terrified of what might happen if she wee to become President. 

For any of you who ever thought I was overstating her insanity, or attacking her character for no reason, read the article.  Read the truth for a change.

I am still reading this so I will come back with updates when I find particularly interesting parts I want to focus on, but I encourage ALL of you to read the entire article.  It is important that it gets read by as many Americans as possible.

Update: I KNEW that picture of her with that caribou was faked!

It still does not quite seem real to most Alaskans that there are all these thousands of people in the Lower 48 turning out for … Sarah. It seems all the more unreal because Palin’s image as an engaging, down-to-earth small-town hockey mom was more or less accurate until two years ago. To be sure, some elements of that image were never true to life. “This whole hunter thing, for Sarah? That is the biggest fallacy,” says one longtime friend of the family. “That woman has never hunted. The picture of her with the caribou she says she shot? She got out of the R.V. to pose for a picture. She never helps with the fishing either. It’s all a joke.” The friend goes on to recall that when Greta Van Susteren came to the house to interview Palin “[Sarah] cooked moose chili and whatnot. Todd was calling everyone he knew the day before—‘Do you got any moose?’ Desperate.”

Update 2: "Spanx girdles?" Why would a woman with such strong abs that she could hide her fifth pregnancy for seven months need those?  Inquiring minds would like to know.

The shopping sprees continued through late October and were not, as previously claimed, mainly undertaken to clothe the family for the unexpected emergency of the Republican National Convention, in St. Paul. The number and range of items purchased for the entire Palin family—more than 400 in total—is mind-boggling. For Sarah, the campaign bought about 30 pairs of shoes, roughly $3,000 worth of underwear (including many Spanx girdles), a pair of Bose headphones costing more than $300, and even her incidentals and toiletries.

Update 3: God I am LOVING this!

In whatever remains of Palin’s inner circle, however, most people are following orders. Some details of the Palins’ private life, however, suggest a reality at odds with Sarah’s image. In speeches, Palin pays tribute to the man she still calls “the First Dude.” One of the strangest passages in Going Rogue concerns post-election rumors that the couple was considering a divorce. “That day in sunny Texas when the divorce rumors were rampant in the tabloids, I watched Todd, tanned and shirtless, take the baby from my arms and walk him back to the ranch house,” she writes, like a frontier Barbara Cartland. “Dang, I thought. Divorce Todd? Have you seen Todd?” Locally, much speculation surrounds the marriage. Some say Todd is henpecked, and others see him as the heavy. One person who has been a frequent houseguest of the Palins’ says that the couple began many mornings with screaming fights, a fusillade of curses: “ ‘Fuck you,’ ‘Fuck this,’ ‘You lazy piece of shit.’ ‘You’re fuckin’ lucky to have me,’ Sarah would always say.” (This person never saw Todd and Sarah sleep in the same bed, and recalls that Todd would often joke, “I don’t know how she ever gets pregnant.”) Whatever the nature of the relationship, Todd is now as much a part of Sarah as Hillary Clinton is of Bill. Whether they like it or not, the Palins, like the Clintons, are probably stuck with each other.

I heard from a source once, pretty highly placed, that one of the reasons that Sarah hates me so much is that my Splitsvile story forced her to stay with Todd. "She would NEVER give you the satisfaction of being right about their marriage."  Perhaps she would like to know that keeping them together was my plan all along.

Update 3: While we are all enjoying one of the most truthful revelations about all things Palin perhaps it is also very informative to see exactly who is claiming the article is a "hatchet job" or coming to Palin's defense in less obvious ways. 

I have learned to keep one eye on some of these individuals who profess NOT to be Palin supporters, yet always seem to give her the benefit of the doubt whether  she deserves it or not. If you do the same you may notice a pattern emerging.