02480nam a2200385u 4500 MeVbMML 20250709152425.0 160504s2011 nyu b 001 0beng d 2010046795 9780312601867 DLC DLC AJM pcc n-us-ak n-us--- F910.7.P35 D86 2011 973.931092 B 22 Dunn, Geoffrey. 21462 The lies of Sarah Palin : the untold story behind her relentless quest for power / Geoffrey Dunn. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2011. 458 p. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-445) and index. Prologue: Political fictions : the lies of Sarah Palin -- pt. 1. Alaska. Wasilla -- Juneau -- pt. 2. America. Hail Mary -- Uncivil discourse -- Rogue -- pt. 3. Alaska. Cold comfort -- Unraveling -- pt. 4. America. The absence of fact -- Epilogue. Based on more than two-hundred interviews--many of them with Republican colleagues and one-time political allies of Palin's--and more than forty-thousand pages of uncovered documents, Dunn chronicles Palin's troubling penchant for duplicity in grim detail, from her dysfunctional childhood in Wasilla through her contentious run for mayor and her failed governorship of Alaska. He also provides the shocking inside story of her betrayal of running mate John McCain during the 2008 presidential campaign and her self-serving resignation as governor in July of the following year. Dunn deftly places Palin in the American tradition of right-wing demagogues--from Huey Long to Joe McCarthy--and details her troubling obsession with Barack Obama as it fuels her own political ambitions and a potential run for the presidency in 2012 Palin, Sarah, 1964- 21463 Palin, Sarah, 1964- Ethics. 21464 Women governors Alaska Biography. 21465 Governors Alaska Biography. 21466 Vice-Presidential candidates United States Biography. 21467 Presidential candidates United States Biography. 21468 Deception Political aspects United States. 21469 Alaska Politics and government 1959- 21470 United States Politics and government 2001-2009. 15451 United States Politics and government 2009- 21471 ddc BOOK 2937 2937 0 0 ABELJ abelj B 2016-10-26 0 B PALI 36009 2016-10-26 26.99 2016-10-26 BOOK