Hey everyone....below are a few quick clips from my one on one interview with Sarah Palin Wednesday in Grand Rapids Michigan. There is much more on the way but this gives you a little taste.
On the double standard for conservative Christian politicians:
Palin: I do absolutely notice that some of the conservative Christians who are members of Congress or who are serving in state legislatures, yes it seems like certainly like the leftist media treats them a little bit different. There are some double standards. It gets kind of frustrating, but at the same time I think it makes us work harder. I think it forces us to be clearer and more articulate in what are positions are.
On forgiving her enemies and those who spread rumors about her and her family:
Palin: My momma's heart breaks when the kids are attacked so it is through a lot of prayer and a lot of reliance on prayer warriors all across our country though praying God's hand of protection over my kids. ...These are probably some lonely people, some shallow people who want to take a shot like that. And we need to pray for these people for one and we also need to keep things in perspective.
In the book she asks people to consider inviting God into their lives:
Palin: Give it a shot, put your life in God's hands and see what He's going to do for you, and He will reveal for you, too, these providential happenings throughout your life that surely can not be coincidences.
Brody: You realize when you say things like that the liberal media, people within the liberal media, they're going to blow a gasket.
Palin: Okay, this is what's going to happen, too. CBN, you guys are going to be Googled all over the place, and the liberal media will take things out of context. So lets just kind of acknowledge what's going to happen here. Their heads are gonna be spinning. So be it , though. Let's get some truth out there. Lets get some candid talk about a person's faith. That's part of what I'm all about and I don't hesitate to let people know where I am on it.
Reacting to Nicole Wallace who says Palin hated her from the beginning of the campaign:
Brody: She said on the Rachel Maddow show last night that Sarah Palin has hated me from the very beginning.
Palin: That's not true at all but I have gone a year with a lot of Americans having a lot of questions about the media strategy in the McCain campaign and this was my opportunity to answer those questions. This is how it worked, this is why we did the Katie Couric interview instead of doing an interview with maybe someone who would be more objective and perhaps not have an agenda. So I just laid it out and answered the questions.
But no it's certainly not a book seeking vengeance or any kind of vindication. It's answering questions that people have asked of me. And after a year of a lot of false reports out there, I'm excited to have the truth out there.