| Anxious to meet the once candidate, the eager Reporter traveled to the cold North Country. An in-depth interview ensued. The conversation "started early and ended late." Mister Ziegler, an objective Journalist, attests to the fact that he has consulted with "a lot (of) big-time "celebrities." He adds, "Sarah Palin was the most prominent" person he ever spoke with. Yet, he sincerely avows, "she was also by far the nicest, most sincere and, seemingly, honest subject that I have ever questioned."
Of course, the self-proclaimed "fan," confesses he was at the Republican Convention. He heard Sarah address the massive audience publicly. He considers the speech, the performance, to be, "by far the finest he has ever personally witnessed." Yet, he explains, now, as a documentary filmmaker Ziegler thinks himself a cynic. Hence, he decided it was vital that he see for himself what Governor Palin was really like.
Hence, he arranged for a private meeting with the former Vice Presidential candidate at her house. New mother, and daughter Bristol Palin greeted Mister Ziegler at the door. She was polite and led him into the abode. Her mother, the gracious and did he mention gorgeous Governor also greeted him. However, Sarah was not yet put together. Therefore, she excused herself and told the crew to make themselves comfortable. As Ziegler assessed, when a person visits the Palin family, they quickly realize everyone and every aspect of their lives is "absolutely real and everything about them seems 100% sincere." Certainly, Sarah Palin is.
Once the cameras rolled, the interviewer saw Governor Palin just as she is. She sniped. She snipped. She said exactly what was on her mind. When asked of Katie Couric and the series of on screen conversations, Sarah expressed her disgust for her handlers.
I knew it didn't go well the first day, and then we gave her a couple of other segments after that. And my question to the campaign was, after it didn't go well the first day, why were we going to go back for more? And because however it works, you know, in that upper echelon of power brokering in the media and with spokes persons, it was told to me that, yes, we were going to go back for more. And going back for more was not a wise decision either.
Sarah Palin was noticeably annoyed as she reflected on what for her had been an awful experience. Then, seconds after she shared her disdain for poor decisions on the part of the campaign, she was given the opportunity to watch Katie Couric speak of the same situation.
CBS Correspondent Couric wondered why other Journalist had not asked the Vice Presidential candidate questions she had posed during their dialogue. The former Mayor of Wasilla, Palin proclaimed in disgust, "Katie, you're not the center of everybody's universe."
Admittedly, the lovely lady, who would have been America's Vice President had she possibly, been of another "class," or so she believes, said, "I was just too flippant in my answer back to her."
However, the Governor surmised, a glib attitude did not keep Sarah out of the White House. The Alaskan Chief Executive explained; "Had I been chosen perhaps to run as a reformer on the Democrat ticket, you would have seen an absolutely different, and I think, if you will, a much prettier profile of Sarah Palin and the Palin family and my administration."
Perhaps, we would have, although, many, but not filmmaker Jeff Ziegler, say, thankfully, we will never know. That is at least not for another four years. By then, Sarah Palin will have surfaced again and again. America will have a better sense of who Sarah Palin is. The country may conclude as the documentaries Director, Jeff Ziegler did. "I now know that Sarah Palin is exactly who I thought she was. I also know now, with morally certitude, that the media assassination of her, her character and her family was one of the greatest public injustices of our time and I am totally justified in devoting my life to correcting the historical record."
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