Sarah Palin expresses sadness concerning the departure of a longtime Fox News reporter. I think her memory may be failing her.

This Facebook post links to a rather mournful piece about the now departing Carl Cameron over at Young Conservatives.

However the fact that Palin seems upset about this departure seems odd considering one of Cameron's most famous on air moments. This was a piece from literally RIGHT AFTER the 2008 election, when Nicole Wallace, Steve Schmidt, and others were revealing behind the scenes info about Palin to the media that was shocking to the national audience but all too familiar for Alaskans.

Later of course all of these stories came out in the book "Game Change" which went on to become a great HBO movie of the same name.

But this interview right here was the very beginning of the de-mytholization (Yes I realize I made that word up.) of Sarah Palin.

After this there were numerous books, and of course blog posts, that literally destroyed the last remnants of Palin's lies and myths about her life, family, and career.

So yeah I guess I kind of mourn the loss of Carl Cameron on Fox News, but I have no idea why Palin would feel the same. 

Nicolle Wallace on when she realized, that Sarah Palin realized, that she was over her head during the 2008 campaign.

Here are some quotes courtesy of TPM:  

"There was a moment shortly after I met her where I realized that she realized that she was in over her head," Wallace said. "Just watching her sort of shrink under the enormity and the scrutiny and the hot bright light of our national political process." 

"We should be happy when anyone wants to go into politics," the former GOP strategist continued. "We are really hard on our politicians and we should be happy when people want to jump in and do that." 

Williams asked whether Palin was a "crier." 

"No, I've seen George Bush more, cry more often than I've ever seen - no, no, she wasn't a crier," Wallace said. 

Williams then delved into Wallace's strained relationship with Palin. 

“I think she was really disappointed with the way she was being handled by the entire staff and I think I was a fair scapegoat,” Wallace said. “I was one of a very small circle of people helping her. And the decisions in hindsight weren’t good ones for her. I mean she didn’t look good. So it was fair to be mad at a staff person, that’s your job." 

"But there's nothing you can do as a staffer when you sort of lose the confidence of the principal and that's what happened through the course of the Couric interviews," Wallace continued.

That quote about not crying totally matches up with what I have been told about Palin.

Her go to emotion is anger, not sadness.

And Wallace is very magnanimous to suggest that it was fair for Palin to scapegoat her for Palin's own failings. That is another go to tactic of Palin's, to blame other people for her inadequacies.

I think this might be an opportunity to revisit exactly WHY Palin was so devastated by the loss in 2008.

I have heard from a number of people that she literally did not believe for a minute that she and John McCain were not going to emerge victorious. Therefore everything that was happening in Alaska, and the questions about Trig's parentage, and any scandals that might attach themselves to her or her family were going to be wiped away by the shear excitement resulting from the election of the first woman to the vice presidency.

One my new sources told me that Sarah "Does not think ahead. She simply does things and expects the details to work themselves out."

So with that in mind perhaps it is understandable WHY Palin was so upset that she was not being treated with great respect, and instead was being forced to answer the kinds of questions that as Governor she had always delegated to her subordinates to answer, and then being ridiculed for her ignorance.

Make no mistake, coming back to Alaska was a sign of failure. And she simply could not stand failing so publicly.

That is why scenes like the ones portrayed in Game Change happened. And why her appearance and mental health have continued to decline in the years since.

Essentially this brawl in Anchorage is just one more example of the public getting an up close and personal look at her failure. This time as a parent.

No wonder they are trying to hard so spin this in such a way as to make them appear to be the innocent victims.

RNC Chairman, Reince Prebus, tells Morning Joe that he ONLY wants moderators that are "actually interested in the Republican Party and our nominees." Also considers doing debates on talk radio.

Courtesy of Mediaite:

After Priebus claimed that there was a porous division at best between NBC Entertainment, which is producing the Hillary miniseries, and NBC News/MSNBC, Brzezinski pointed out that he had no problem appearing on her MSNBC show. “My point is you expected an honest and fair conversation here, even though we’re a part of NBC,” she said. “You understand there’s a difference. 

“But I’m not going to have you moderate the Republican debate,” Priebus said. When Nicole Wallace asked why not, he continued, “Because you’re not actually interested in the future of the Republican Party and our nominees. That’s not a slam on you, Mika, but I have to choose moderators that are actually interested in the Republican Party and our nominees. It’s not going to be NBC, if they continue to go forward with this miniseries.”


So to be clear, Prebus only wants moderators who are Republicans.  Which begs the question "What kind of Republicans?"

Because let's face it, there are extreme differences within the Republican party. And a moderator who would be very understanding and sympathies toward Ted Cruz, is going to be muhc less so toward Chris Christie or Marco Rubio.

So if Prebus is really trying to find moderators who would be fair to all participants he would in fact be better served by members of the press who take their jobs seriously, and remain ABOVE partisanship, rather than members of Fox news or Breitbart's necrophiliac fan site.

Which by the way is what we have always expected from our moderators.

And by the way what happens to the eventual candidate when he reaches the general election and has to debate Hillary the Democratic candidate? After being treated with kid gloves, and having their ass kissed, how will they deal with a REAL journalist asking real questions?

And just in case you think that "Rinse Twice and Prebus" is merely upset about the Hillary documentary and will back off of this point eventually, here is where he said might be an appropriate venue for the GOP debates:   

“Chairman, what do you think about a talk radio debate, where maybe I get together with my buddy Sean Hannity and maybe a Mark Levin, and we interview some of the candidates?” Tantaros asked. “Because the base I think would like that.” 

“I actually think that’s a very good idea,” Priebus agreed. “I mean, there’s a lot of good people out there that can actually understand the base of the Republican Party, the primary voters.”

Talk radio?  THIS is the place where Prebus thinks his candidates will be protected from undue scrutiny?

Let's face it, this is NOT about the Hillary movie. This is clearly telegraphing conservative fear that once America gets a look at the clown car of candidates this year they will launch them off the stage.

Talk radio, the next thing he will suggest is that reporters send their questions via telegraph and then they will answered by carrier pigeon.

Nicole Wallace discusses the movie "Game Change" with Rachel Maddow.

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By the way despite what the Palin-bots will say about people on the McCain staff NEVER seeing the side of Palin depicted in the movie, I have it on good authority that that is not true.

However to protect their own futures in politics, or due to some lingering loyalty to John McCain they remain off the record, though many of them DID reinforce what Schmidt and Wallace shared with the authors of the book Game Change with the screenwriter and director of the HBO movie.

It is worth noting that this movie brought in HUGE numbers over the weekend.

The HBO movie “Game Change” drew 2.1 million viewers Saturday night at 9 PM, making it the most watched HBO original movie in eight years. That does not include replays, which boosted the viewership even higher. Over the course of the entire weekend “Game Change was viewed by 3.6 million viewers.

Not too bad for, to use the Palin-bots desired label for the film, an "historical fiction."

Let me also share that my friend Geoffrey Dunn let me know that the movie has also caused his book "The Lies of Sarah Palin" to see a resurgence in sales as well, and as of this posting is among the top twenty of Amazon's Political Leader Biographies. 

Thank you Sarah for helping to garner so much attention for the movie, and by reflection so much positive attention for Geoffrey's book. Couldn't have done it without you!

P.S. Let me also take a moment to provide a link to a presentation that Nicolle Wallace gave on March 30, 2011 at Rutgers University, in which she does INDEED state that she was told "the daughter is seven and a half months pregnant" which of course later was changed to five months pregnant. (Go to about the 10:25 mark on the video for the statement.)

I would very much like to see somebody (Rachel?) sit down and really ask Nicole Wallace some very pointed questions about Bristol's pregnancy.

Such as did the fact that Bristol's due date changed by two and a half months send up any red flags?

What was going on under that dress during the convention?

And did she ever see Bristol not bundled up where her belly looked odd, or seemed to have changed shapes? (I will avoid any questions about breast size, though to be honest that confuses me as well.)

I know that is very unlikely to happen, but you have to admit it would be a riveting interview. And like I said before I think the most revealing part of the Sarah Palin story revolves around her relationship with her eldest daughter.

Which by the way is why you STILL see occasional attacks against Mercede in the comments section even if the post has NOTHING to do with her.

Game Change tweets.

"No the movie is lies I tell you, all lies!"

I am just now becoming fully awake, after emerging from my slumber with what apparently is a Game Change hangover, which includes a rather significant headache and eyes that won't focus properly. (At least I don't have a Mike Tyson tattoo on my face or a tiger in my bathroom,)

So I am still gathering my thoughts and hopefully a little input from others before I write my review.

However the long and short of it was that I found it amazing. It inspired within me a very visceral and emotional response that I actually found somewhat fatiguing.

In my humble opinion Palin is finished, and there is NO credible news organization, or political organization,  that will EVER take her seriously again. And yes it was very accurate. VERY accurate.

Anyhow here are my tweets from last night, which of course were my impressions in real time to the movie as it unfolded.

Finally Alaska gets to see Game Change! 

Don't do it McCain! Ya dumb shit! (This in response to McCain first being presented with Palin as a potential running mate.)

How did Schmidt NOT see that she was a psycho? (Julianne Moore captured Palin's somewhat psychotic look early in the film, which I thought should have chilled Schmidt to his very core.)

"It's God's plan" says Palin in response to Schmidt's observation that she is unfazed by her pick as VP candidate. Scary stuff! 

Uh oh! There goes the other shoe! #GameChange (This is when the campaign starts to learn that Palin's assurances that there was nothing troubling in her background is demonstrated to be complete mooseshit.)

"I have been asked when her amniotic fluid started leaking." Response, "When did it start leaking?" #gamechange (I LOVE that it was the two authors of Game Change, Mark Halperin and John Heileman, who were shown posing THAT particular question.)

Cold as ice to Levi. Well THAT part is certainly accurate #gamechange (The look that Moore's Sarah Palin gave Levi when he was trotted out to make Bristol look like less of a tramp, should have rendered him impotent for the rest of his life. Icy cold exchange in the film.)

A Fraud is Born! #gamechange (This as Palin takes the stage at the convention.)

I think Nicole Wallace is starting to smell brimstone. #gamechange  (In the film it seems to be Wallace that first notices that Palin might not simply be unprepared, but in fact a lunatic.)

I think it is great that Palin wanted to maintain a close relationship with the head of the British government, the Queen. #gamechange 

$60,000 to hold a poll to see if Palin's reputations was slipping in Alaska. It was. #gamechange (Palin INSISTING that the McCain campaign check her popularity back in Alaska to see if it was slipping. She was clearly upset that without her back in Alaska to urge her people to hack the polls, that the truth about our feelings toward her might be revealed.)

Palin ignores Wallace to focus on her Blackberry. Followed by incredible paranoia. Perfect representation! #gamechange (Palin is nothing if not perceptive to how others are responding to her, and she was clearly picking up on the fact that Wallace was having doubts about her abilities, if not her sanity.)

Makeup room freak out, right before Couric interview! Yikes! #gamechange (Wiping makeup off and claiming that she looked fat. Now THAT'S the Sarah Palin we know.)

Couric interview! Oh yeah, that's the stuff! #gamechange (Clearly I loved this part!)

"Has it occurred to you guys that she might be mentally unstable?" From this Alaskan, "You betcha!" #gamechange (This is Jamey Sheridan, as Mark Salter, stating what should have been obvious to all.)

Wow, that debate between Palin and "O'Biden" just took on a whole new significance for me. #gamechange (Realizing that the campaign essentially scripted all of her responses ahead of time, explains a lot for me.)

"I so don't want to go back to Alaska" The feeling was mutual. #gamechange 

The debate provided the electrical charge that powered up the Frankenstein monster. #gamechange 

And the war hero John McCain learns to fear the creature that he helped to create.#gamechange (McCain expresses concern that she might turn on HIM. Even more frightening than spending five and a half years in a POW camp in Hanoi, is the idea of Sarah Palin putting him in her crosshairs.)

In the end Nicole Wallace could not bring herself to vote in the 2008 election. Palin made her fear a McCain presidency. #gamechange (One of the most powerful scenes in the movie.)

Schmidt "Tell her she's not fucking speaking!" #gamechange (In response to Palin's REPEATED attempts to get on stage and give her very own concession speech.
She simply refused to take no for an answer.)
I was simply blown away by the movie.
And as for its authenticity, well here is what Nicole Wallace had to say about that.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Well, the Palin campaign didn't like it. How true to life? 

WALLACE: Well, true enough to make me squirm.

As I can well imagine. Out of all of the major players in this movie Nicole's character seems to have the most difficult time rationalizing her support of Palin, and then McCain. In the end becoming so disillusioned that she cannot even cast her vote for the ticket that she had worked so hard to support.

Of course the Palin-bots are arguing against the facts like always.

Personally I think it is too late.  The cat is out of the bag, it ran into the road, and is now splattered against the grill of the Palin family Escalade, to eventually be scraped off and plopped onto Sarah's head for some future Fox News interview.

In other words the damage had been done and, despite the spin, it was done, as always, by Palin herself.

Tomorrow's "Game Change" day! And in celebration I present a special interview with author Geoffrey Dunn.

Like many of you I have been hearing ALL kinds of contradictory information about the movie Game Change.

Some have said it eviscerates Sarah Palin, while others claim that it is sympathetic toward her and will make people feel sorry for her. 

Her people have been attacking the film, which convinced me that THEY at least think it is bad for Sarah, but then Julianne Moore has repeatedly stated that she felt sympathy for the person who she was asked to portray, which made me worry that she would fail to adequately represent the mean girl side of Palin that most of us have come to know all too well.

All in all it left me somewhat confused.

Then I received an e-mail from my friend Geoffrey Dunn, author of the book "The Lies of Sarah Palin. The Untold Story Behind Her Relentless Quest for Power," suggesting that we do an interview, since HE had already seen the movie.

Seven seconds.  That's how long it took me to type out my response, "You betcha!"

Here is that interview:

Immoral Minority: Geoffrey, it seemed you took a sabbatical from writing about Palin after your book, "The Lies of Sarah Palin" was published. It is very nice to see you back over at the Huffington Post these days, is this in response to the increased interest in Palin and the movie "Game Change," or were you always planning on taking a break and then jumping back in at a later time?

Geoffrey Dunn: With Palin, as you know Jesse, there are no plans [laughter]. And after the publication of my book I felt a need to get away from that subject for a while. I think that I wrote two really important pieces about Palin in the last six months. One for the Anchorage Press called “Palin Redivivus” about problems with Frank Bailey’s book. And another for Firedog Lake entitled “Blood In the Snow” about the shameful attack on Joe McGinniss by Janet Maslin of the New York Times . Covering Palin is a bit like swimming in a cesspool—there’s no way to avoid the stink. So I took a long shower. But with the renewed focus on Palin because of Game Change , I felt as though I needed to get back into the fray. Huffington gives me a much huger audience than anywhere else. They feature my work. And with all the pushback from Palin & Co. against Game Change (the movie), I felt that I needed to come to its defense in terms of its portrayal of Palin as an extremely disruptive force on the campaign. And I will be writing several more pieces about Palin, Game Change and some of the larger issues this all raises about what I am calling “the pornography of American politics.”

IM: There has been much talk that the HBO movie Game Change might in fact portray Sarah Palin as more of a tragic figure, or garner sympathy from the audience for how she was treated by the McCain campaign. What are your thoughts on that possibility?

Dunn: Superb read on your part. But I’ve now watched Game Change twice. One of its missteps is depicting Palin as a “victim,” which of course she was not. At best she is a victim of her own psychological pathologies and delusions. And Bristol’s and Todd’s depictions will be a hoot to anyone who has ever encountered their energy in Alaska. I will be telling viewers to re-watch that footage of the family in Homer while they were filming Palin’s unreality show or the footage of Todd and Sarah at the airport in Valdez. But let me tell you, Julianne Moore absolutely inhabits Palin — and she has her crazy-angry-delusional persona down to perfection. It took me only a few blinks of an eye to fall into her character, and like you, I’ve watched far too much real Sarah Palin footage to be healthy. But Moore captures Palin for what you and I know her to be—a dysfunctional, mean-spirited woman driven by anger and revenge who is out only for herself. That is the ultimate portrait of Sarah Palin that emerges from Game Change . It’s devastating.

IM: Is there anything that you uncovered during your research for your book that you had hoped would make it into the movie?

Dunn: Most of what I uncovered during my research for the book made it into the movie, especially about Palin’s dysfunction and duplicity and betrayal. What the film really misses the mark on is all the prelude to Palin’s selection. It makes it seem as though Palin was discovered by McCain advisors while Googling for a woman candidate. That’s such a distortion of reality that I will focus some attention in the next few weeks responding to that narrative. Sarah Palin did not fall out of the sky. She was angling for that nomination from the moment she was elected Governor of Alaska. And there were right-wingers like Bill Kristol pushing her candidacy. In June of 2008 Kristol said knowingly twice, on Fox News, that Palin was going to get the nod. People inside the McCain camp—most notably Rick Davis—had their eyes on her for a long time. I tell this story in detail in my book, far more than Game Change (either the book or film), and if readers are interested in this issue I strongly suggest that they read my section of the book that deals with this vetting and selection process.

IM: We know how Steve Schmidt and Nicole Wallace view Sarah Palin these days, however many others who participated in the McCain campaign have remained relatively silent. Why do you believe that is?

Dunn: I mean, Nicolle Wallace described Palin as “cuckoo for Coco Puffs.” We know how she feels. Schmidt is far more careful, but he has clearly stated Palin is “unfit for the presidency.” Some of those other McCain operatives, like Rick Davis, are still closely associated with John McCain. Other’s like Jason Recher are still on Palin’s payroll. And the others are simply afraid to go on the record. I spoke to several people from the McCain campaign who are afraid of Palin. As you know, Palin’s minions are a vicious lot. They have gone after Schmidt. And they will go after Game Change . But I think the film will solidify in the public’s mind how dangerous and irresponsible the Palin selection really was. That’s why the Palin pushback has been so hard. This film will seriously push down Palin’s favorability ratings even further—and they are already astonishingly low.

IM: From what I can glean from the trailers for Game Change it appears that most of the responsibility for the choosing of Sarah Palin is laid at the feet of Steve Schmidt. Do you believe this is accurate? Or even fair?

Dunn: Rick Davis was in charge of selecting and vetting the VP process. He did a shitty job. And to be fair to everyone, McCain wanted Lieberman. But when the word got out they were going with Lieberman (blame Lindsay Graham for that), the rightwing nutbags who adore Palin threatened to walk out of the convention. So Lieberman was viewed as a fool’s move. That left Mitt Romney (who McCain disliked), Tim Pawlenty (who has the charisma of cardboard), and Palin (who they knew nothing about). They wanted a woman—a “game changer”—so they went with door Number Three. They initially got a huge boost and then a huge crash with Palin. Could they have won with either of the other two? Who knows? With Palin? Never. Never ever. She’s poison to any campaign. Just ask Joe Miller. Anyway, the “fault” if you will for the selection of Palin falls squarely on the shoulders on Rick Davis. The Davis character is minimized in the film, but remember Davis was busted during the campaign for being a lobbyist for Freddie Mac? Sound familiar? Anyway, Schmidt takes the fall for this and it really is unfair to him. But he’s a big boy and he will survive and thrive. He has as much integrity as anyone I’ve ever met, inside or outside of politics. The dramatic arc of Game Change is about him confronting his conscience re Palin. He knows he helped to create a monster on the landscape of American politics. 

IM: Since you have already seen Game Change, you lucky dog, is there anything that was left out that you really wish had been addressed?

 Dunn: Hey, I do feel like a lucky dog to have seen it. And since I was worried about it, actually, I was very very pleased with the film. As I said, it contains a brilliant performance by Julianne Moore—she will receive many awards—and it goes after a deeper story about the truly vulgar nature of American presidential politics. That story is larger than Palin. But no matter how the director and writer and HBO try to spin it, Game Change presents an absolutely devastating portrait of Palin. I was moved and shaken by it. And I know this Palin turf as well as anyone. It was still a revelation. But yes, there is one thing I wish that would have been in the film. I really wish they had included the scene near the end of the campaign with the French-Canadian comedians pretending to be Sarkozy! Moore could have pulled it off. Whenever anyone makes the argument that Palin was prepared for the presidency, I ask them to go back and listen to that interview. I analyze it in great detail in my book. But, damn, it’s not in the film. C’est la vie! 

IM: What do you predict Palin will be doing in the next five years? Do you believe her political career is over, or do you think she has any hope of rising from the ashes?

Dunn: She’s done in Alaska. She certainly had her eyes on that 2014 Senate race, and now she hasn’t got a shot. Zero. Cooked. And she really has no place in real American politics, either. I say “real” because Sarah Palin has become a punch line and a laughingstock. She’s a joke. She holds a very small—albeit intense—niche in the American political discussion, and if she stays at Fox News (where my sources tell me she is not well-loved) she will continue to have a presence. But it is marginal at best. She’s had zero impact on the 2012 race. As soon as Todd endorsed Gingrich, Newt’s prospects sunk. People are interested in Palin, but they don’t take her seriously. It’s truly pathetic to watch her talk about the possibility of her being selected at a brokered convention in Tampa. That’s why she really wants the battle to go on between Romney and the anti-Romney forces. It’s all about her. She didn’t have the guts to run. She didn’t have the political traction. At the end of my book, I liken her to the Wizard of Oz, all smoke and mirrors, “hiding behind a phalanx of curtains and screens with no direct accountability, pulling her levers and turning her wheels to create a fraudulent illusion of power and influence.” She’s nothing more than a snake-oil salesman. She’s a fraud. And the American people have caught on. 

IM: And finally, on a personal note, how is your family? Is Tess's singing career starting to take off? The rest of the family doing well?

 Dunn: We’re all fine. Tess’s career has really taken off since you saw her play at that party in Anchorage [during the summer of ‘09]. She just had a new album release and has been a cover-girl on a couple of mags. Her new album is killer. She’s going to be on the Warped tour again this year. Dylan’s doing great as well, playing basketball and baseball. But they are all very tired of Sarah Palin. Very, very tired of her. Enough already. I agree. 

Well that is great to hear Geoffrey, I am VERY impressed with Tess's success, though of course I knew she would be a star when I first heard her sing in Anchorage almost three years ago now.

And thank you for this great interview my friend, it definitely went a long way toward calming any feelings of concern I, and some of my readers, had about this movie.

So folks get your popcorn ready because we are only a day away from, in Geoffrey's words, "an absolutely devastating portrait of Palin."

Sounds like "must see TV" to me!

David Frum gives a truly compelling review of the HBO movie "Game Change."

Courtesy of the Daily Beast:

They begin as pure operatives, concerned only to win and ready to accept Palin on that understanding. “My job is to give political advice,” says Schmidt in the film’s very first scene, a cleverly reconstructed 60 Minutes interview. “We needed to do something bold to win the race.” 

“This is a fantastic rollout, Steve,” is communications adviser Nicole Wallace’s coolly appraising reaction to the deftly stage-managed introduction of Palin to the country. What matters, or so the professionals at first believe, is the presentation, not the person. One red-state governor must be pretty much like another—right? 

The professionals soon discover their mistake. “I don’t even like to say this, but has it occurred to you guys that she might be mentally unstable?” asks one staffer about the woman the McCain campaign proposed to put next in line to America’s nuclear codes. As they come to know Palin, the campaign professionals begin to feel an awakening of conscience: first qualms, then fears, and finally revulsion—not for the campaign, not for their careers, but for their country. They supported McCain because they saw him, in Schmidt’s words, as a statesman and national hero running against a celebrity with no major life accomplishments. In hopes of reversing adverse poll numbers, they yoked a great man to a running mate who was not merely unworthy, but dangerous. 

Some of the best acting in the film is in the looks of unspoken dread that flit about the faces of Sarah Paulson’s Wallace and Harrelson’s Schmidt as they react to Palin’s wilder and wilder provocations. What have they done? And if this campaign somehow wins—and Palin is put within reach of the presidency—what might they have done? 

In the end, Wallace confesses she could not bring herself to vote for the ticket—and Schmidt is left to wrestle with his conscience before the 60 Minutes cameras, gallantly casting aside all self-excuse and self-deception. “You don’t get do-overs in life,” he says in the anguished voice of a man who wished one did. 

Is this film accurate? I asked Schmidt directly. “I felt as if I were having an out-of-body experience as I watched,” he said. In other words: yes.

You know as I read this I thought, "If I did not know ANYTHING about the campaign of 2008, or read the book Game Change, or knew what I know about Sarah Palin herself (I know right?), this review alone would be enough to compel me to watch this movie.

Essentially, despite what the Palin-bots and various critics have said, this movie is NOT the story of Sarah Palin.  It is the story of Steve Schmidt, Nicole Wallace, and the other McCain operatives who believed they were getting a rare, though unrefined gem from up north only to discover to their dismay that they were dealing with a heavily lacquered moose nugget from the meth capital of Alaska.

I already have my popcorn ready, and in six days I plan to have a GREAT night of television.

By the way Palin is still ragging on this movie, and essentially telling people it is not worth their time.  As if we needed another reason to make watching this a priority!

SarahPAC releases video in desperate attempt to counterbalance truth revealed in HBO's "Game Change."

And along with this video depicting the response of people to Palin BEFORE they got to know how ignorant and screwed up she was, spliced together with tape of Steve Schmidt and Nicole Wallace, while still on the McCain payroll, desperately trying to bail water to keep their floundering campaign afloat, SarahPAC also released this e-mail which says in part:

We have warned viewers of Game Change’s distortions–based upon the description and reports from people who have viewed the film, HBO must add a disclaimer that this movie is fiction.

Yes like the screaming of a few dozen diehard Palin-bots is going to make HBO relabel this movies as fiction. Hey, maybe it would help if everybody at the Sea O'Pee all held their breath at the same time? Worth a shot.

And then later in the e-mail they add this.

SarahPAC’s latest video, Game Change We Can Believe In, shares the true story of the 2008 Presidential race, the same story that millions of Americans witnessed. It is a story of a gutsy, Washington-outsider taking politics-as-usual by storm, the story of a spirited reformer who refused to conform to establishment norms. Governor Palin left her home state of Alaska with an 80% approval rating to electrify the nation overnight with commonsense conservative solutions. 

After working with Governor Palin, former McCain campaign adviser Nicolle Wallace described her as “a once-in-a-generation politician who just has that something. She electrified our race. She has inspired our party.”

Yes Nicole Wallace described her as a "once-in-a-generation politician" when all they knew about her was what  Googling her name had revealed to them. But then they met her, and got to know her and become appalled by her, well THAT is how a movie like Game Change comes about.

And I am tired of the 80% approval rating getting tossed around all of the time. She, along with Frank Bailey, Ivy Frye, and others, rigged those polls just like the C4P folks did to keep Bristol in DWTS until the end.

Nothing, and I do mean NOTHING, about this woman in authentic.

And that poorly edited You Tube video is not going to do anything to change people's understanding of that fact once they see "Game Change."

But hey nice try anyway!

By the way HBO has written a letter completely backing up the factual basis for this movie.

Like I said, the Palin-bots can bitch and moan until their throats are raw, but the facts are irrefutable. This should work out as well for them as the "blood libel" video did for Palin after Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot. These people NEVER learn!

Is this the Fox news fantasy of how Sarah Palin should deal with her critics?

(H/T to Phil Munger.)

Now as it turns out this is a bit of comedy from the Tonight Show, but Fox just aired it without attribution which gave the impression THEY had created it.

Now if I had seen it originally on the Tonight Show I probably would have laughed, it IS well done and kind of funny in that context, but having Fox play it followed by the laughter of one of their so-called "serious" journalists sort of gave it a different vibe.

Your thoughts?