Here's Bailey on CNN on Tuesday. "She loved to play the victim. What's sad is that people who believed [in her] like I did ... they fall for that and don't ask tough questions." Read CNN's account of the interview here.
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ORIGINAL POST:
Frank Bailey, the aide to then-Gov. Sarah Palin whose memoir of those years, "Blind Allegiance," went on sale Tuesday, has been making the media rounds today promoting his book. Up online first is the transcript of a live Q&A conducted at the Washington Post website, in which Bailey said he hopes Palin will read his book.
I do not hate Palin, I guess I hope that she could bring herself to read Blind Allegiance herself and OWN the reality of who she became. It is sad in a way, someone with IMMENSE potential, much of it wasted on fame and chasing the limelight.
On the emails to and from Palin that form the basis of Bailey's memoir:
It is difficult to argue with her own words. They tell the story.
As for why Bailey wrote the book:
I knew on the long drive that we describe towards the end of Blind Allegiance, when I felt compelled to tell my story, that this would be tough. I have lost friends, some of which I admire deeply, but I hope that someday they will see the truth as well. ...
This book shows how someone can worship a person, ultimately doing things that they know in their heart are not right. I strayed from the values that I was raised with, and the book shows my journey from hope, through tough times, and back to hope again.
Bailey started the week with an Associated Press interview; see the AP video coverage here.
Palin's camp has made only a token effort so far to counter Bailey's accounts of events, telling Politico his memoir belongs on the fiction list.
Important warning about e-mails purporting to be from the adn.com staff.