siege is so it worked to their advantage when they hadn't expected might. >> host: with regard to sarah palin deride if the palin candidacy thrust the question of sex is delete the sexes and back in the spotlight it was with a twist. her good looks or problematic in their own right drawing attention that could be superficial seen as positive but it was a liability in political terms. >> guest: so interesting. obviously her attractiveness was part of her appeal. it's what caught everybody's i yearly on. remember the buttons at the republican convention, a hot vp buttons everybody thought were funny and fun. very quickly the, the nickname karabell farby started to take off and it was of course the nickname from alaska, she tried to play with and make fun of but it didn't really work for her and what i found in talking to a lot of strategists after the campaign was over was this is a well-known phenomenon in politics that women who are very attractive to of crossed a threshold of attractiveness to her levels of the beauty queen level can suffered in the minds of voters as not being up for the jo

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and sarah palin represented the common-day person.bama had machines behind them. it was all theatrics, and that is what most of the campaigns are anymore, theatrics. host: tom, do you think that sarah palin should or will run in 2012? caller: i think she will try, when she announced her vice presidency, the press had set up lawyers to find anything. it will be insurmountable to overcome the press and the liberals on their attack on her. host: but what is the difference of someone like sarah palin and you can go back to dan quayle that was relatively unknown or back to 1984 when geraldine ferrell, was there any difference? caller: not that much difference, but there was no old money behind her, and knew the nuances, a word from new york, that those people know the besñtricks of the game. host: good point. guest: i want to correct the caller, i am not calling sarah palin a bimbo. the point i was making is that people called her a bimbo in the campaign. i have taken a sympathetic look at her in this book i have written. host: and her bei

. >> sarah palin's book tour, she had a lot of support. tapulted not only the number one on theamazon list, but the leading candidate for presidency. >> sarah, power house. best political theater, south carolina's republican governor. mark sanford was reported missing over the summer. his staff said he was backpacking. in reality, he was having a tryst with a lady. okay, worst political theater, pat. >> another south carolinaen, congressman, joe wilson, yelling you lie at president of the united states during a joint session of congress. bad theater. >> is that carolinian? >> yes. no french kings there. >> the worst political theater. the august town hall meetings masquerading as the real america, when they were taken over by a minority of a minority, yelling and shouting a ab centis. >> and they were racist? >> oh, come on. that is absurd. >> monica. >> that was his best political theater, worst political theater? what political theater? i lost my train of thought. >> this was, yes, this was when the white house passed out those white lab

and sarah palin represented the common-day person.is a person that was a mayor of a town and got involved in a governship because of her own work and what she had done.@@@@@@ @ @ >> i think she'll try. when she anoupsed her vice presidentsy, the press sent up 40 lawyers to try to dig up every little thing. it will be insurmountable for her to overcome the press and the liberals on their attack on her. host: tom, to be fair about this, what's the difference between sarah palin who was thrust on the national stage or you go back to dan quale or back to 1984 and geraline ferarro. is there a difference? caller: not that much difference. it is a new person coming onto the scene. there was no old money behind her. this was an individual that didn't have any old money, old politics behind her that knew all the nuances -- which i'll use a word from new york -- that those people know the trick to the game. >> i want to correct the caller. i absolutely am not calling sarah palin a bimbo. i made the point people called her that. i actually take

john mccain's chief campaign strategist, steve schmidt, had a major role in choosing sarah palin. before the republican convention, john mccain thought he'd be running with joe lieberman. schmidt told us why mccain pivoted from lieberman to palin. >> steve schmidt: roughly up to a week before the convention, we were still talking very seriously about senator lieberman. but once word leaked out that he was under serious consideration, the blowback was ferocious. >> cooper: "ferocious" because many conservatives thought lieberman was far too liberal. schmidt says they feared the republican convention might reject him. mccain couldn't risk that, so they needed a last minute replacement. so, suddenly you're in a jam. >> schmidt: we were. >> john heilemann: that's the state of desperation they're in as they sit down with mccain that sunday night over a dinner of deep-fried burritos and say to him, "what about sarah palin?" >> cooper: john heilemann of "new york" magazine and mark halperin of "time" covered the campaign, and spent the last two years interviewing some 200 political inside

which gop insider called sarah palin a reckless choice as john mccain's running mate? >> thank you. >> why elizabeth edwards ripped off her blouse in a rage? how bill clinton broke down over media coverage of hillary. >> i'm not playing your games today. >> the so-called conspiracy that led to barack obama's candidacy. blowing the lid off back room politics next on "larry king live." >>> all right. stand by. >> good evening. welcome. i'm soledad o'brien sitting in for larry tonight. let's take a look at the excerpt from "game changer" that ignited the political firestorm around harry reid. here's what it says in part. >> joining us tonight to discuss reid's comment, his apology and all of the fallout are jeff johnson from b.e.t. james carville joins us tonight as well a democratic strategist and tear ray wall joins us, contributor to the daily caller.com a new political news website and the former deputy editor of the washington times. angie giles is here with me. nice to have all of you. >> thank you. >> let's get to it. nancy, since you're here. what's your reaction

and sarah palin represented the common-day person.on that was a mayor of a town and got involved in a governship because of her own work and what she had done. and hillary clinton and barack obama had machines behind them. it was all theatrics, and that is what most of the campaigns are anymore, theatrics. host: tom, do you think that sarah palin should or will run in 2012? caller: i think she will try, when she announced her vice presidency, the press had set up lawyers to find anything. it will be insurmountable to overcome the press and the liberals on their attack on her. host: but what is the difference of someone like sarah palin and you can go back to dan quayle that was relatively unknown or back to 1984 when geraldine ferrell, was there any difference? caller: not that much difference, but there was no old money behind her, and knew the nuances, a word from new york, that those people know the besñtricks of the game. host: good point. guest: i want to correct the caller, i am not calling sarah palin a bimbo. the point i was m

look, joy behar, they've never met anyone like sarah palin. they have never left manhattan or hollywood. >> they're far left people. i don't mind that. but their criticism is to dumb gut, though. it's just -- can't you be a bit more sophisticated. >> you don't understand why someone would disagree with their assumptions, so they must be illiterate. but i'm sorry, it's very hard to watch a clip when you have sandra bernhard and joy berhar. >> why? >> it burns my retinas. it's worse than water boarding. >> i don't object to the not liking the governor because liberal are not going to like governor palin. >> they truly have never met anyone like her. >> it's not funny, it's just nasty and it's dumb. pinheads and patriots on deck. elvis, it's his 75th birthday. >> i was born standing up, and talking back. ♪ my daddy was a green-eyed man. >> i'm evil, yeah. that's next. right back. >>> time for pinheads and patriots. it is elvis' 75th birthday and while the singer had a turbulent lifestyle, there is no doubt he brought joy to millions of people. be

no one has asked me about that and what i love about that is, this was sarah palin's sister's act husbandew, 10-year-old nephew, made death threats against sarah palin and her sister's father and then in addition to infractions on the job-- drinking on the job and so forth. normally what with the liberal perspective be on this? normally that would be a lifetime tv for women, made-for-tv movie. you have the access into tasered this on making death threats against the father. i think normally liberals would take the woman's side on that but here suddenly for the first time ever the left's position was always trust the cop. always believe the cop. they never believed cops but in this case the guy who tasered, not undisputed that the tasered the 10-year-old son and by the way liberals will say i will pick my on left, right, the 10-year-old asked to be saved-- taser. what if the 10-year-old said, i would like to know what it's like to be shot in the leg. >> host: in the death threat to the father. this manned should be-- >> guest: no but it is the hypocrisy of the left that is so stunning in t

let me pick up one thing she said about sarah palin and the coverage.rah palin, from your reporting, was consumed with how she was being pursued in -- how she was being perceived in alaska during the election. guest: she was never very much involved in national politics. very few in the national political or media life had dealings with sarah palin. she was new. we talked to these national operatives in the mccain campaign and other people around sarah palin who to this day are the only people we know who have had exposure to her behind-the- scenes to see what she is like when she is not on tv or giving a speech. they met with sarah palin, two of mccain's advisers, mark salter and steve schmidt. they did not know her bridge was a stranger to them. one of things they discussed with her late in the meeting was the importance of her understanding that even though she would remain the sitting governor of alaska, she needed to understand her focus needed to be on the the national campaign. she was basically an appendage of the campaign and would not get back

let me pick up one thing she said about sarah palin and the coverage.ting, was consumed with how she was being pursued in -- how she was being perceived in alaska during the election. guest: she was never very much involved in national politics. very few in the national political or media life had dealings with sarah palin. she was new. we talked to these national operatives in the mccain campaign and other people around sarah palin who to this day are the only people we know who have had exposure to her behind-the- scenes to see what she is like when she is not on tv or giving a speech. they met with sarah palin, two of mccain's advisers, mark salter and steve schmidt. they did not know her bridge was a stranger to them. one of things they discussed with her late in the meeting was the importance of her understanding that even though she would remain the sitting governor of alaska, she needed to understand her focus needed to be on the the national campaign. she was basically an appendage of the campaign and would not get back to alaska until there --

hillary clinton, sarah palin, and what it will take for a woman to win. so ann, welcome. full disclosure, we have known each other a long time and have been friends for a long time. i did get an early peek at the book. but it is an amazing read. and let's start with an overview. the 2008 campaign, you had hillary clinton came so close to getting her party's nomination, sarah palin, the gop's first vice presidential nominee, and yet you argue 2008 was not a great year for women in politics. explain. >> well, look, we don't give points for second place in this country. we don't say john kerry came in second place for the presidency. hooray. that was historic. so i think it was folly for some of us in the wake of 2008 to say it was the year of the woman. because they both lost. and at the same time they also lost after undergoing a really rough time in first the primary for hillary clinton, then in the general election for sarah palin. they exposed some of the problems that i think any woman who's going to run for president going forward is going to experience in terms of ha

. >> sarah palin's resignation from the governorship of alaska. >> best counter attack?again with a best-selling book. facts? who needs them. >> really brilliant because she invigorated the republican party in a way i've never seen it ever. it was like this revolution. >> a great visceral vitality about sarah palin. >> i think she's just an amazing populist. from a purely tv standpoint sarah palin is gold because she says whatever she wants to say and winds up blaming liberal media. >> she's a dynamic, exciting woman, but as president when life and death decisions for the entire world are involved i would be quite frightened of having her there. but quite frankly, i'm frightened of having mr. obama there, too. >> as to family matters, worst almost in law, levi johnston who fathered a palin grandchild and dropped his pants in the pages of "playgirl." >> levi let it all hang out johnston. he's a genius. >> worst bad girl, meghan mccain who posted a late-night photo of herself online, but she gets the best response to critics saying "i have always embraced my curves and wil

but just barely beating sarah palin. someone about as politically different from her as you could possibly imagine. >> you know, it's so interesting. sarah palin came out of nowhere onto this list. she's never been named before to the most admired list. it's an open-ended question so the people we survey can say whoever they wish. you know, it's essentially a tie. hillary clinton at 16%, sarah palin at 15%. given the margin of error that is a tie. most of the people who named hillary clinton were democrats, but virtually everyone who named sarah palin was a republican. >> the other thing that i find really interesting is that we talk about our politicians. we complain about our politicians. we saw their numbers plummet as the economy plummeted. and yet, as someone who shall remain unnamed in this building said to me when they looked at the feel male side, where's mother teresa when you need her? i mean, it is interesting that both of the most admired are politicians. >> you know, it's a big change generationally, too. th

let me pick up one thing she said about sarah palin and the coverage.was being pursued in -- how she was being perceived in alaska during the election. guest: she was never very much involved in national politics. very few in the national political or media life had dealings with sarah palin. she was new. we talked to these national operatives in the mccain campaign and other people around sarah palin who to this day are the only people we know who have had exposure to her behind-the- scenes to see what she is like when she is not on tv or giving a speech. they met with sarah palin, two of mccain's advisers, mark salter and steve schmidt. they did not know her bridge was a stranger to them. one of things they discussed with her late in the meeting was the importance of her understanding that even though she would remain the sitting governor of alaska, she needed to understand her focus needed to be on the the national campaign. she was basically an appendage of the campaign and would not get back to alaska until there -- unless there was some sort of na

the 2008 campaign, hillary clinton came so close to getting her party's nomination, sarah palin the gop's first vice presidential nominee and you argue 2008 was not a great year for women in politics. explain. >> well, look, we don't give points for second place. we don't say john kerry came in second place for the presidency. hooray. that is historic. it was folly to say it was the year of the woman because they both lost. at the same time they lost after undergoing a really rough time in first the primary for hillary clinton and general election for sarah palin. they exposed some of the problems that any woman who will run for president is going to experience, harsh treatment, ridicule and credentials exposed off the bat. >> there was a moment when hillary clinton broke down in tears on a conference call with some of her staff. explain what happened? >> well, as you probably remember during the campaign there was a rival cable network, one of the anchors said chelsea clinton had been pimped out. she was calling the donors and superdelegates. when the word got back to the candidate she e

let me pick up one thing she said about sarah palin and the coverage.h palin, from your reporting, was consumed with how she was being pursued in -- how she was being perceived in alaska during the election. guest: she was never very much involved in national politics. very few in the national political or media life had dealings with sarah palin. she was new. we talked to these national operatives in the mccain campaign and other people around sarah palin who to this day are the only people we know who have had exposure to her behind-the- scenes to see what she is like when she is not on tv or giving a speech. they met with sarah palin, two of mccain's advisers, mark salter and steve schmidt. they did not know her bridge was a stranger to them. one of things they discussed with her late in the meeting was the importance of her understanding that even though she would remain the sitting governor of alaska, she needed to understand her focus needed to be on the the national campaign. she was basically an appendage of the campaign and would not get back t

there were a lot of jokes about sarah palin's lipstick and what is the difference between sarah palinnd i thank and muslim extremists, lipstick so headline after headline dozens and dozens of headlines in the two days between her speech and obama saying about how you can put lipstick on a pig. >> host: you wrote about kathleen parker ian "guilty" and some of these that turn so viciously on sarah palin. >> guest: suddenly conservatives we have never heard of become the spokesman, that is right all the tv shows that won't have me on. i cannot be a conservative spokesman by you attack right-wingers and your phyllis schlafly, your ronald reagan we incarnate. have you ever heard of this kathleen or kathy parker? nobody ever heard of her before. >> host: she certainly became a media favorite. we all know how that works. you turn on your own and suddenly-- >> guest: yes or be a complete embarrassment like another example is that i brought up in the context of the total media of blackout on the john edwards having an affair on his cancer stricken wife. for months there i had to get my news fr

[cheers] >> the next vice-president of the united states, governor sarah palin! >> according to a recent u.s.a. today gallup pole, hillary clinton and sarah palin just about tide as the most admired american woman, president obama most admired man. mark, biggest political story in the decade? >> biggest political story in the decade is the united states losing our optimism and our confidence. i mean, we went into this decade with the biggest surplus in the nation's history. we'll come out of it with the biggest deficit in the nation's history. we went into it upbeat, we go out of it bogged down in two wars and being urged into a third by some people. you know, it's been been a decade that can't be over quick enough. >> biggest political bonehead play of the decade? anybody have a nominee? >> yes, i do. and it's not a funny one. it's the invasion of iraq. that is a mistake that will haunt us for a long time. it cost us a lot of blood and treasury. and ends up with a country that we say is democratic and -- this is a country now where christians are being persecute

. >> the press focused on firsts, nancy pelosi becomes the speaker, sarah palin gets the g.o.p.od, and barack obama makes history. plus, a big tragedy in virginia, a big ripoff, and a big scandal at walter reed all next on news watch.  >> let's begin this segment with a look at the top five stories of 2007. nancy pelosi becomes the first woman ever elected speaker of the house of representatives. a federal jury convicts i lewis scooter l scooter libby, former chief of staff. a shooter at virginia tech kills 32 people. a highway bridge over the miss misriver collapses during rush hour. the top media story of the year at walter reed army medical center after "the washington post" launches an investigation into the mishandling of reports of soldiers injured in iraq and afghanistan had received poor treatment there. that story was such a surprise, judy. i mean, people like to think that our soldiers at least for all of their sacrifices are getting the best carry and the media blew the lid off it. >> it was a great piece of reporting at "the washington post." i

sarah palin is extremely popular, articulate. ran for vice president and has a right to make a case. she generates an enormous amounts of enthusiasm. i took her a baseball game last year, judith and i at yankee stadium in the bronx. democratic territory. and he had a great response. everybody wanted to take a -- even the democrats wanted to take pictures with her. >> larry: it's a good sign. there is a "new york times" report today that hard ford was moved to new york. maybe will run the pry nair against the senator that replaced hillary clinton. we know you can come in new york and won, hillary clinton, robert kennedy and others. can harold ford be a vilible candidate? >> i know harold. new york is a place where we have a history like that. if we were talking about some other state, i would say that is a tough thing to do. it's a tough thing to come in and at least immediately run for the senate. you can't run for governor. but you can run for the senate. gosh, in new york, anything is possible. >> larry: why didn't you run for

. >> the press focused on firsts, nancy pelosi becomes the speaker, sarah palin gets the g.o.p.od, and barack obama makes history. plus, a big tragedy in virginia, a big ripoff, and a big scandal at walter r r r r (announcer) where are people with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis going? ey're discovering the first lf-injectable ra medicine you take just once a month. it's simponi,™ and taken with methotrexate, it helps relieve the pain, stiffness, and swelling of ra with one dose a month. visit 4simponi.com to see if you qualify for a full year of cost support. simponi™ can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious and sometimes fatal events can occur, such as infections, cancer in children and adults, heart failure, nervous system disorders, liver or blood problems, and allergic reactions. before starting simponi,™ your doctor should test you for tb and assess your risk of infections, including fungal infections and hepatitis b. ask your doctor if you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. tell your doctor if you're

. >> bret: with that announcement, sarah palin stunned the political world by resigning as governor ofye last ska. the former vice-presidential nominee later wrote a best selling book and ignited speculation whether she will make a run for the presidency in 2012. back with the panel, steve? >> well, i think the decision to quit was a mistake. it will be a mistake. if she wants to run for office again, people are naturally going to ask the question, is she here to stay? is she going to leave us or opt out of tough and important decisions and i think it's a fair question. i think the overall question for sarah palin is how does she translate the fact that she is a political rock star, it's an overused cliche, but it's exactly what she is. if you've seen her on the stump, she can connect with the crowd the way that nobody i've seen can connect with, with the possible exception of the president. she's ayn credible draw, you saw people standing in lines in freezing rain to get her signature on her book. >> bret: there is palin derangement syndrome in the media. >> no question. she's not goi

is sarah palin viable? >> sure. >> larry: is she the face of your party now?ell, gosh, who knows three years before the presidential election who the face of our party is. sarah palin is extremely popular, she's extremely articulate, she's somebody who has run for vice president and she has the right to make her case to the republican party, which will all happen after 2010. but she certainly generates an enormous amount of enthusiasm. larry, i took her to a baseball game last year. judith and i took her to a baseball game at yankee stadium in the bronx, which you know is democratic territory, and she got an absolute great response. everybody wanted to take a -- >> larry: really? >> even the democrats wanted to take pictures with her. >> larry: that's a good sign. >> yeah. >> larry: there's a "new york times" report today that democrat harold ford who has moved to new york, maybe going to run the primary against the senator who replaced hillary clinton. we know that you can come into new york and win, robert kennedy and others. can harold ford be a viable new

. >>> the custody battle over sarah palin's grandson.gal guy, standing by and cannot wait to take on this one. >>> and now checking some of our top stories -- a new plemp in the wake of that failed bombing attack on a northwest airlines jet christmas day. president obama is officially linking the nigerian national accused in the plot to an al qaeda group in yemen. the president is pledging to intensify efforts with yemeni security officials to stamp out this threat. >>> and somalis trying to kill a danish cartoonist made a court appearance. the 21-year-old sauce spect charged with the attempted assassination of kurt westergaard. police say he was armed with an ax. the cartoonist is known for his controversial depiction of the muslim prophet mohammed wearing a turban shaped like a bomb. >>> and simpson fans wait no longer. you don't have scrabble to fig you are out your favorite show. reaching a deal with time warner cable ending a bitter public battle over fees. they are keeping mum about the details but the deal basically prevents and s

i don't think he's sarah palin in pants but he does have some of that same charismatic quality. that combination of nationalizing the race and that personality really drove this and brought him the victory against a, as we all know now, not a very good candidate. >> donna, in speaking today, he mentioned, scott brown mentioned, how bipartisan he was in the massachusetts legislature. do you expect him to be that in the senate? >> i hope so. and i hope president obama reaches out to him. he ran a very aggressive grassroots campaign. i spent time yesterday on the telephone reaching out to voters, urging him to go to the polls. many of them said, you're the first person to call and you're from washington, d.c. he really touched people. he went where they live, where they ate, where they play and where they prayed. it was a traditional old style democratic campaign, a bottom-up campaign. but now that he's coming to washington, d.c., i hope he's not the person who will veto health care reform or job creation or energy, climate change. we need to find republicans who are willing to wor

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and the headline is stars flock to see sarah palin. when is three people a flaw?that's misleading, the headline itself to i don't write about the stuff that fox news had that much because it's kind of easy to do. sean hannity is not a hard target. let's be honest that i would love to go on his show and talk to him, so that was my self-publishing process that was very fun. i would say if there's anyone out there who wants to self publish, just be ready to do a lot of work because i've gained a lot of respect for publishers. if you can find any mistakes in my book, please let me know. it was probably six or seven editing process is. but i'd encourage anybody out there, go for. don't wait. >> help us out here a bit. you've got a booth at the l.a. times festival accu had to put this together did it cost a little bit. how much have you put into it? >> all in all, probably been a couple, two, 3000. to get to this point. i would say if i had to do it over again i would do exactly the same way. i think i would prefer to self publish this book. it's a little bit -- in the

hook, sarah palin is a ratings grabber. i think she is, you know, like a lightning rod in terms of american politics right now. i think people will be fascinated to see what she is like on camera, can she do it? what does she have to say? how well informed is she? you will not only have people who are fans of sarah palin watching? you will have critics of sarah palin watching and examining every word she says because they want to mock her or prove that she wasn't up to it in the latest book that is the talk of the town, all this difference between north korea and south korea and all. that everybody is going to be asking what is going on with sarah palin and is she preparing for a run at the presidency or the senate or whatever. to me, again, i think that management at fox has brought in another superstar. host: what advice would you give her when she is on with bill o'reilly? guest: understand that she is not the star of the show, that it's o'reilly's show. it may be difficult for someone who is a politician, because they'r

john mccain's senior advisor said sarah palin's poor preparation during the debate led one colleague redict what he called a debauchle of historic and epic proportions. steve schmidt says palin was not focused or engaged during preparations and he says she kept referring to her opponent as joe o biden which led aides to come up with her famous question, can i call you joe? documents released by the administration thursday regarding intelligence failures prior to the unsuccessful christmas day airplane bombing had two glaring mistakes of their own. national intelligence director dennis blair wrote that the suspect, quote, boarded northwest flight 153 for detroit. but it was flight 253. and the summary of the white house review said the suspect's father met with the u.s. embassy officials in nigeria on november 18. but it was actually the 19th. and as the u.s. and other countries attempt to implement heightened security measures at various airports as we just saw, our neighbors to the north are focusing on another issue. the canadian transportation agency rule that had air canada must c

[laughter] >> "hoodwinked" will be that sarah palin. if you do that. so seriously, it became an insurance policy. and beyond that, i have a resistant big corporation across the pond you're on point sent us some very nasty letters and is setting us up for a lawsuit. a missionary group i mentioned, did something similar. but we sent them all my backup information, the files i had. i have great backup information. and they went away because they knew they would lose the case and give me a lot of publicity in the process. the way i deal with criticism, a lot of it i just let it go, but if it's straight something like that i will send proof and evidence to let them know what i got back and is all a. it's all very solid. >> before "confessions of an economic hitman" came out, that term was not in use at all. now i was in a bookstore in los angeles earlier today, the person behind the counter said john perkins, who is he? sees the cover of your book which as you and sunglasses, right? and any sort of james bond like those? and says oh, the economic hitman. of

sarah palin, rush limbaugh. independents don't like them.wn was able to win independents in a state that is 51% independent. that is what is happening. that's what republicans and democrats need to do to survive. the reality is independents are the largest gr and fasting growing party. >> as a liberal, i take personal offense. >> don't take personal offense. >> i take personal offense. when you see the speaker of the house and the leader standing up on for children's health insurance and helping americans with credit card debt and reducing the interest payments. that is not a liberal agenda. that is trying to help working people in the country. there is no sump -- >> i once but it's a liberal agenda. >> we have done a lousy job with messaging. agree with that. let's fight to bring people together, john. >> larry: david what is puzzlinging to an observer, everybody thinking we need health care reform. since everybody thinks that, bhi can't we get it? >> that's a good question. there was a time when republicans were closer to democrats in agre

what does she say about that red special about sarah palin. >> greta: governor palin seems to have foundher favorite way to express herself. not traditional. facebook you are now speaking to people on facebook are you actually doing this? do you have a staff? >> i have a small staff. no, i'm actually doing it. >> you have a very small staff. >> this morning i post -- last night couldn't sleep, couldn't sleep, kind of burning in me again with this reminder, all you -- i use facebook to remind americans on i'm this book tour. they shout loudly they say we to get this country back on the right track. the things going on now we don't agree with. why haven't congress listening with health care reform? couldn't sleep last night wants to -- wanting to put my thoughts, my heart on paper. posted this morning and facebook. those are my messages. wanted to let the american people know what was going through my mind last night. i want to do something about it. and asking americans too, keep the faith. >> you haven't said you are going to run. in the back of your mine you must think how can i reach t

i was ridiculed last year for supporting john mccain and sarah palin.i was hurt physically and emotionally and the less liberal kid told thed a a -- administration, the head of the school, that i said i was going to assassinate the president, which was a lie. and they said i was part of the kkk, which was, of course, another lie. so they told this lie to make me good get in troubling. >> host: thanks, matthew. >> guest: thank you for standing up for your views. it's tough to be that young and to be unorthodox in the face of left-wing political establishment, which is dominated, obviously, by the government schools and public education, and that's been a theme of my blog over the last year, too. the ways in which the left and the -- the armies they're using, the public school classrooms clo indoctrinate the next administration of obama type community organizers and political activists, and i think it's very worrisome, the extent of that indoctrination, which is taking the form of these obama cult worship videos, which you can find by the dozens on youtub

now back to on the record special about sarah palin. >> greta: governor palin seems to have found herrite way to express herself. not traditional. facebook you are now speaking to people on facebook are you actually doing this? do you have a staff? >> i have a small staff. no, i'm actually doing it. >> you have a very small staff. >> this morning i post -- last night couldn't sleep, couldn't sleep, kind of burning in me again with this reminder, all you -- i use facebook to remind americans on i'm this book tour. they shout loudly they say we to get this country back on the right track. the things going on now we don't agree with. why haven't congress listening with health care reform? couldn't sleep last night wants to -- wanting to put my thoughts, my heart on paper. posted this morning and facebook. those are my messages. wanted to let the american people know what was going through my mind last night. i want to do something about it. and asking americans too, keep the faith. >> you haven't said you are going to run. in the back of your mine you must think how can i reach the peopl

will have not only people fans of sarah palin lodging but critics of sarah palin lodging and examining every word she says because they want to either mock her or proved she wasn't up to it in the latest book that's the talk of the town right now all this business she doesn't know the business between north korea, south korea i think everyone will be fascinating to read exactly what is going on with sarah palin and is she preparing for a run a presidency or the senate, whatever. so, to me again i think that the management at fox brought in under superstar. >> host: what advice would you give her when she is on with bill really? >> guest: understand she is not the start of the show. [laughter] that is o'reilly's show and that may be difficult for someone who's a politician because they are used to being the focus of attention. it's interesting for example in this exchange you allow the guest to speak but if you are dealing with o'reilly part of it is people tune in to watch bill and they are fascinated by his opinions, his thoughts on his arguments and it's almost like the guest is a fo

you will not only have people who are fans of sarah palin watching?you will have critics of sarah palin watching and examining every word she says because they want to mock her or prove that she wasn't up to it in the latest book that is the talk of the town, all this difference between north korea and south korea and all. that everybody is going to be asking what is going on with sarah palin and is she preparing for a run at the presidency or the senate or whatever. to me, again, i think that management at fox has brought in another superstar. host: what advice would you give her when she is on with bill o'reilly? guest: understand that she is not the star of the show, that it's o'reilly's show. it may be difficult for someone who is a politician, because they're used to being the focus of attention. it's interesting, like for example, in this exchange with you, steve, you allow the guest to speak, but if you're dealing with o'reilly, part of it is that people tune in to watch bill. they are fascinated by his opinions, his thoughts, his arguments. it

okay, ben stein, can we see a scott brown/sarah palin ticket in 2012?night. what do you make of massachusetts? >> scott brown is a superstar. i've never seen a person burst upon the national scene so fast and powerfully as this man. says all the right things. he's a great looking guy. got a lot of self-confidence and a lot of modesty at the same time. sarah palin is yesterday's news. a very nice woman and has the right heart on a lot of issues. this guy is a meteor. so bright, it's unbelievable. massachusetts may be a cradle of presidents again. >> larry: mark, he's going to be up for re-election for the senate in 2012. does he go national? >> well, look, i think it's too early. i don't think this election was as much about him as it was about the voters, you know, wanting to express that they have, you know, tough times, high unemployment, high-def s ds and sends a message to washington. i don't know whether it's going to be about him or about the message that was sense out of that election. i think it was mostly the message. >> larry: miss cupp, doesn

i was ridiculed last year for supporting john mccain and sarah palin with the election. was ridiculed. i was hurt physically, emotionally, because less liberal kids told the administration there at the school that i said that i was going to assassinate the president, which was a lot. and they said i was part of the kkk, of course, another lie. they made up his life to make me get in trouble. >> host: all right. thanks, matthew. >> guest: well, thank you for standing up for your views, and it's tough to be that young and be unorthodox in the face of, you know, the left wing political establishment which has dominated obviously, schools and public education. and has been a theme of my blog over the last year or two, the ways in which the left and the armies are using the public school classrooms to indoctrinate the next generation of obama type community organizers and political activists. i think it's very worrisome, the extent of that and doctor nation, which has taken the form of these obama cult worship of videos which you can find by the dozen on youtube, to the e-mai

. >> the cover of your book, you have sarah palin and you have michelle obama and you have hillary clintonwe talked about the hillary clinton. do you want to talk about the other two parties in the story. >> everybody wants to talk about this sarah palin. she has come to this polarizing force. what's fascinating about her is she has filled a void in republican leadership. she's able to carry a lot of weight on issues like she did when she brought up the issue of death panels in the healthcare debate. she raises a tremendous amount of money with her pax and she endorses candidates and to her benefit it leads to kind of a surge in support. she wields a tremendous amount of power but she's cheering for one side of the stadium. she's not appealing to moderates and independents. she has a lot of challenges. michelle obama is stretching the boundaries of what it is to be a first lady. she's a modern woman. very adept at being a mother as well as being a first lady to champion causes. and i think she's going to improve the role of women overall in terms of her professional nature. she was a worki

the remarks about rush limbaugh, sarah palin were mean. they flashed to obama laughing.s him any good. >> i do not think she was a pro that night. a comedian is judged, and i know it was not pro. you get hired and she bill -- she did not fill what they needed. i thought she was kind of funny for a girl. that is a joke, wanda. all she is doing is explaining that. the way i look at her, i thought she would bring in reverend wright. >> i am not a spiritual mentor. bill:"borat" falls on eminem's head. roll it. >> it is losing. eminem, nice to meet you. >> are you serious? are you [beep] serious? bill: can you explain this to me? >> some people like their eminems plain and sum like them with nuts. [laughter] bill: i don't know what that means. why am i laughing? i swear to god, i do not know what that meant. somebody, tell me what that means. >> the whole interrogation torture situation -- barack obama might allow an unnecessary show trial driven by the left. >> i do not think he will go along with that. i have been even had with the president so far, giving him praise when h