Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin

Blind Allegiance
to
Sarah Palin

 

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Copyright © 2011 by Frank Bailey, Ken Morris, and Jeanne Devon

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Bailey, Frank (Frank Thomas), 1970–
   Blind allegiance to Sarah Palin : a memoir of our tumultuous years / Frank Bailey ; with Ken Morris and Jeanne Devon.

   p. cm.
1. Palin, Sarah, 1964– 2. Alaska—Politics and government—1959– 3. Bailey, Frank (Frank Thomas), 1970– 4. Governors—Alaska—Biography. 5. Women governors—Alaska—Biography. 6. Vice-Presidential candidates—United States—Biography. 7. Presidents—United States—Election—2008. 8. Palin, Sarah, 1964—Friends and associates. I. Morris, Ken (Kenneth Jacob), 1952– II. Devon, Jeanne. III. Title.
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ISBN 978-1-4516-5440-0
ISBN 978-1-4516-5441-7 (ebook)

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To Momma
Your life inspired me to work passionately, dream, and
value those the world had discarded.
Even two days before you left us,
you were fighting for what you believed in.
It's a few months too late for you to share this with us,
but, Momma, the “fiddle fartin'” is done.
I miss you deeply.

CONTENTS

Foreword by Ken Morris

Prologue: I Quit

PART ONE:
Only in Alaska
 

1
   Alaska: Right Time and Right Place

2
   Rag Tags: on your Marks, Get Set, Go

3
   An Honestly Cheap Campaign

4
   Thrilling Chaos

5
   Dark Clouds

6
   Stuck in the Middle

7
   Conflicting Message

8
   A Higher Standard

9
   Nobody Noticed

10
  Tumultuous Victory

PART TWO
:
Victory
 

11
  Some Things Never Change

12
  Sacrificing Everything

13
  Our Double Agent

14
  The Republican Governors Association and Our Limbo Dance With Truth

15
  Truth Optional

16
  Hello, Governor

17
  Job to Nowhere

PART THREE:
Troopergate and Other “Crap Clusters”
 

18
  How Does Firing trooper Wooten Make Us Safer?

19
  Loose Cannon, ticking time Bomb

20
  Attack

21
  Wooten-mania

22
  Accusation Spaghetti

23
  Head over Heels for Sa-rah

24
  Rogue's Gallery

25
  Truth Be Told

26
  If You Go, I Go—Maybe

27
  Imprudently Impulsive

28
  Losing the Presidency: Who's to Blame?

PART FOUR:
Death Spiral
 

29
  Reentry

30
  Sleeping Dogs That Lie

31
  Clowns to the Left, Jokers to the Right

32
  No New Tricks for This Old Dog

33
  Them's Fightin' Words

34
  A Twenty-Ring Circus

35
  You're Never Rich Enough

PART FIVE
:
End Times