“In 2009 I had the sense if she made it to the White House and I had stayed silent, I could never forgive myself,” Frank Bailey told The Associated Press.
Frank Bailey Speaks Out On Tell-All Book About Sarah Palin
AP/The Huffington Post
May 23, 2011, 07:42 AM EDT | Updated Dec 6, 2017
A former member of Sarah Palin’s inner circle has written a scathing tell-all, saying Palin was ready to quit as governor months before she actually resigned and was eager to leave office when more lucrative opportunities came around.
“In 2009 I had the sense if she made it to the White House and I had stayed silent, I could never forgive myself,” Frank Bailey told The Associated Press. …
It began with working on her 2006 gubernatorial campaign and continued through her failed run for vice president in 2008 and her brief stint as governor. …
..”Blind Allegiance” bolsters the perception of Palin as self-serving, while casting Bailey as her enforcer – willing to do the dirty work, no questions asked. … ..what he describes as campaigns by Sarah Palin over the years to tear down others who have crossed or confronted her….
When Palin burst onto the statewide political scene…. “We looked at her as … that queen on a horse that could come in and save the state,” he said. “As we started to see that that was not the case, I kept silent and I just kept on working.” …
“Getting Sarah to meetings and events was like nailing Jell-O to a tree,” Bailey wrote. On the campaign trail and as governor, Sarah went through at least ten schedulers, with few lasting more than months. Nobody wanted the job because Sarah might fail to honor, at the last minute, the smallest commitments, and making excuses for her became a painful burden.” …
Bailey claims her heart wasn’t in governing after she returned to Alaska from her failed run for vice president. … She resigned in July 2009. …
Bailey confesses to “a ton of mistakes” and speaks of a return to God….