The WTF Article Of The Day

Sarah Palin stated in her book the reason she did the Katie Couric interview is because a McCain staffer said she has “low self esteem” and Palin felt sorry for her. (Long pause– fierce side eye)- WHAT?

Of course, the McCain staff is denying this completely– but the thing I am attempting to wrap my head around is, why would you agree to an interview JUST because you felt sorry for someone– Did you forget that you were running for VP. This woman is an idiot:

Palin claims in her new book that she agreed to sit down with Couric partly because she felt sorry for her, after senior McCain adviser Nicolle Wallace told her that Couric suffered from self-esteem problems. It’s understandable that Palin would try to deflect blame for the interview: It was a disaster that hastened her unmasking as unqualified for the presidency.

“It’s not true,” the McCain adviser I just reached said, laughing heartily at the claim. “It’s ridiculous.”

The adviser also provided more details on the strategy the campaign adopted with Palin and the press, saying they feared making her available to groups of reporters because of her incompetence.

“She lacked the knowledge base to stand in front of the press corps that was traveling with her and answer questions,” the adviser said delicately. “Because of the success of the convention speech, the feeling was that she should be exposed to as many people as possible directly, not through a media filter. The way to do that was to do interviews with the anchors.”

“The truth is, she refused to prepare for the Katie Couric interview,” the adviser continued. “She refused to engage in any preparation. And it was a disaster.”

Palin’s lies are so transparent, but I welcome more stories and actually hope she runs and wins the republican nomination in 2012– guaranteeing Obama four more years.

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