Sarah Palin praised the late John McCain as an “American original” after his tragic death on Aug. 25 at the age of 81 — but insiders revealed to The National ENQUIRER that their 2008 run ended in angry screaming! Even as Palin mourned the man she praised as a “maverick and a fighter,” she also told the UK’s Daily Mail that her old running mate had “some strange people around him and..disloyal people.” That troubling statement follows Palin blaming staffers for when the dying senator from Arizona published his final memoir, and admitted in “The Restless Wave” that he never wanted the Alaskan governor as his Vice-Presidential running mate in 2008!
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Palin originally said that she was shocked after McCain wrote that he considered choosing her as his VP candidate to be a "mistake." The bombshell memoir claimed that he had been influenced by insiders who had pushed Palin over former Senator Joe Lieberman. “My gut told me to ignore it,” McCain wrote of their suggestion, “and I wish I had.”
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Despite that gut feeling, McCain soon hit the campaign trail with his new running mate.
Cindy McCain didn't hold back in her own disdain for Palin's presence, but her husband stayed above the feud. But that all changed, said insiders, as it became increasingly obvious that
Barack Obama would be heading to the White House!
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The senator and the governor had more than one screaming match that left her in tears, divulged a Palin insider, saying: "After the first fight, she left in tears and cried more when she recounted the fight
to her husband Todd. Another fight left her crying, too, when she and John exchanged angry words over why she hadn't done better when she sat down with
Katie Couric."
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The disastrous interviews with Katie — then the anchorwoman at CBS News — happened just weeks before the Nov. 2008 election. " John said she hadn't followed his adviser's preparations for the interview," said the Palin insider, "and it left her eye shadow running down her cheeks," said the friend.
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Palin also told the source that she blamed both McCain and his wife for the leaks right before the election, with one McCain adviser quoted by a political Web site as saying Palin had turned into a "whack job." The insider said that Palin ended up convinced that both "McCain and his wife hurt and humiliated her."
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But while the insider says that Palin still has "tales aplenty," the governor-turned-pundit was keeping them to herself until McCain's death. Palin simply called the new reports a "perpetual gut punch," adding: "I attribute a lot of what we’re hearing and reading regarding McCain’s statements to his ghostwriter or ghostwriters."
Palin originally said that she was shocked after McCain wrote that he considered choosing her as his VP candidate to be a "mistake." The bombshell memoir claimed that he had been influenced by insiders who had pushed Palin over former Senator Joe Lieberman. “My gut told me to ignore it,” McCain wrote of their suggestion, “and I wish I had.”
Despite that gut feeling, McCain soon hit the campaign trail with his new running mate.
Cindy McCain didn't hold back in her own disdain for Palin's presence, but her husband stayed above the feud. But that all changed, said insiders, as it became increasingly obvious that
Barack Obama would be heading to the White House!
The senator and the governor had more than one screaming match that left her in tears, divulged a Palin insider, saying: "After the first fight, she left in tears and cried more when she recounted the fight
to her husband Todd. Another fight left her crying, too, when she and John exchanged angry words over why she hadn't done better when she sat down with
Katie Couric."
The disastrous interviews with Katie — then the anchorwoman at CBS News — happened just weeks before the Nov. 2008 election. " John said she hadn't followed his adviser's preparations for the interview," said the Palin insider, "and it left her eye shadow running down her cheeks," said the friend.
Palin also told the source that she blamed both McCain and his wife for the leaks right before the election, with one McCain adviser quoted by a political Web site as saying Palin had turned into a "whack job." The insider said that Palin ended up convinced that both "McCain and his wife hurt and humiliated her."
But while the insider says that Palin still has "tales aplenty," the governor-turned-pundit was keeping them to herself until McCain's death. Palin simply called the new reports a "perpetual gut punch," adding: "I attribute a lot of what we’re hearing and reading regarding McCain’s statements to his ghostwriter or ghostwriters."
