Sarah Palin's Longtime Aide Pens Tell-All Book

By PopEater / Wire Services Posted Feb 20th 2011 12:42PM

We know her as a reality TV star, author, Bristol's mom, GOP darling and 'SNL' comedy muse. But for years, Frank Bailey knew Sarah Palin simply as: the boss.

Once Palin's trusted Chief of Staff, Bailey is breaking ranks and planning a new tell-all memoir-- according to a new AP report out of Juneau, Alaska -- based on his "thousands" of personal e-mails from his tenure working for the former Alaska governor, who was was inaugurated to the state's highest office in 2006 and abruptly resigned from the job in 2009.

A draft of the book, tentatively titled 'Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of our Tumultuous Years,' has leaked to reporters, with excerpts circulating the Internet. Meanwhile, Bailey's team deny involvement in the leak.

The manuscript allegedly states that Palin, before resigning as governor, wrote to Bailey and another aide, "I hate this damn job."

Palin's attorney did not respond Friday to news outlets' requests for comment.

Bailey rose from campaign volunteer to top administration official, and was a key figure during the 'Troopergate' scandal that captivated voters during Palin's failed run for vice president on John McCain's 2008 ticket. Bailey allegedly made the phone call trying to get a man fired -- a man who had been though a nasty divorce with Palin's sister; Bailey later became the target of an ethics investigation.

This is not the first time Bailey has taken a crack at telling his story. In 2009, he tried writing a Palin tell-all titled 'Renegade: Palin's Hatchet Man,' but the project fizzled.

"Since leaving the Governor's office," Bailey's book agent now says, via email, "Frank has been forced to reconsider his actions on Palin's behalf, in terms of his deep Christian faith and his allegiance to her as the standard-bearer for the conservative causes he still champions."

Regarding any leaked material, co-writer Ken Morris says unauthorized drafts are preliminary and subject to copyright protections, but confirms that he and Bailey (along with blogger Jeanne Devon, a frequent Palin critic) did "tons of research" for the tell-all tome.

Morris told EW.com this weekend, "This is a fact-finding, truth-reporting endeavor....The source data for this book comes from Frank Bailey's experience and his own email accounts."

Devon, also a co-author on the book, calls Bailey "one of the few true Palin 'insiders.'" Known as AKMuckraker in the blogosphere, Devon says the writing team is "shocked and horrified" by the leak of their draft, "but the toothpaste is out of the tube, as they say."

In promoting the manuscript, an agent for Bailey describes his insights as "more necessary than ever, as the public will seek to learn as much as possible about the woman who seems to have her sights set on the national stage."

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Sunday 20 February

By ed baggett

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If you think you've had a bad year, consider the fate of the poor idiots in South Carolina. Two visits to the state...Sarah Palin to push republican Niki Haley into the governorship..and last week.... Michelle Bachmann who called South Carolina "a GOP paradise"...With the blessings of these 2 yahoo's What else could go wrong ? hahahahhaha

By GEORGE

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CHECK THIS MANS OFF SHORE BANK ACCOUNTS - SOMEBODY IS PAYING HIM BIG BUCKS TO DO THIS, IT COULD BE A LIB.( THEY ARE HORRIFIED OF THIS WOMAN) BUT MORE THAN LIKELY ANOTHER REPUB. THAT WANTS TO KNOCK HER OUT OF THE RACE IN 2012 - THERE IS A JUDAS IN EVERY CAMPAIGN AND MONEY ALWAYS SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS ESPECIALLY WITH MY GREEDY AMERICAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

By Politics Watcher

He's just another opportunist trying to make money off Sarah Palin. How do we know what he says is true? We don't! That's why I don't read books written by former employees. They spice it up to sell and half of it is B.S.

By tim

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Sarah hubts caribou while todd hunts beaver.

By N2

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NEVER TRUST A RAT. FRANK BAILY IS A RAT. HE HAS THE OBLIGATION OF CONFIDENTIALITY. A REAL MAN OR WOMAN WOULD NEVER TALK OUT OF SCHOOL. BAILY IS ANOTHER NAIL IN THE COFFIN OF TRUST AND LOYALTY. NOT SAYING PALIN AND HER "MEDIA IS LIFE", ATTITUDE DONT DESERVE IT, ITS STILL NOT RIGHT TO SNITCH.

By angieb09

LOL this should be fun to read.

Monday 21 February

By Nancy

Dear True Blue....afraid of Sarah Palin?? Don't think so. But I don't need to buy this guy's book to know what she's made of. She has the maturity of a nasty high school girl who will make your life a living hell if she doesn't get her way. Because she's so ill-informed about national and international issues, she spars with her opponents by spewing insults that make no sense at all and that show her lack of depth. Having said all that, I pray that she's the Republican nominee for president. I'll stay up round the clock if I have to to watch the debate with the Democratic nominee.

By ruru

It is time to stop all this junk, it is not about the democrats nor the republicians, it is about the Americans people. We all know that Sarah is about money, it is time to stop wasting time on junk. She only open her month to criicize --it is time to state some facts about how she will solve problems and not just wait to say something negative about others people actions. It is pitiful.

By alice robinson

well, it just goes to show "strike while the iron is hot"...even he knows her bubble is bursting and he might as well get the extra money while he can

By elvira walker

Well, well, well. The shyte has finally hit the fan. I wondered when someone was going to open the closet door to reveal Ms. Palin's skeletons. You can "betcha" if someone is always bringing other people down, they sure as hell have something terrible to hide. Has anyone noticed that her faceis beginning to show signs of stress. That's ok She made enough money off of the public to get a face and brain lift.

By avl14

She is just as nuts as the rest, she just found a new way to market herself.

By woodie kirkwood

Why don't we stop writting about Sarah Palin and maybe she'll get old, dry up and blow away

By Carol L. Ziegler

I noted with some amusement that the story about this book was listed on the AOL front page under "Entertainment News." Exactly. I have no-zero-zilch respect for Mrs. Palin and at the same time no interest in reading the kind of "information" in this book. We may not know all the details but I think we are already quite familiar with anything any serious person needs to know about Mrs. Palin.

By markobuilders

as bad as the dems are the party of palin makes me sick. i cannot belive anybody less then a cave man would ever think voting for that party

By SweetyPy

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Everybody wants to cash in on Sarah Palin. As long as there's suckers out there who'll buy these books, why not! Yellow Journalism-America does it best.

By Sherrill

Hope he addresses her (read: NOT her) child with Down's Syndrome...

By freekybig

An extremist Muslim cleric is planning a March rally at the White House in hopes of sparking a revolution that would turn the United States into an Islamic state. According to the Daily Mail newspaper, Anjem Choudary told a reporter that "The event is a rally, a call for the Sharia, a call for the Muslims to rise up and establish the Islamic state in America."

Sharia is Islamic law, and Choudary says he expects the March 3 rally to draw thousands of supporters. The event will be sponsored by the New York-based extremist group Islamic Thinkers.

Choudary is a British cleric who said insisted that one day "the flag of Islam will fly over the White House" and that Americans "are the biggest criminals in the world today."

By Bruce Bernard

Thank you for calling this 'book' to our attention. The author of course knows quite well that the consistent attacks on Governor Palin have served to elevate her status on the national stage, and now as perhaps the most influential 'politician' in America other than the President. I suspect he and she are much smarter than most of us, if you watch the results!

By Katrina

Dear Mr. Frank Bailey,

1 Thessalonians 4:11

Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business

By the_fool

It probably wouldn't be too hard to get information about Sarah Palin. The media and the Democrats have been trying to pin as much garbage on her as possible - then it will be on to their next biggest fear. If the media and today's journalists were more than cheerleaders for the Democrat party - they too could have books written about them. (Of course the media turns their heads away and tries not to let even a glimpse of wrong doing to get in front of anyone at all if it is a Democrat with any chance that they could be in the elite group with them and be invited to their parties). The author does know that there is a good possibility to make money money money off this book - so - why not?

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