Fascinating story about the PR consultant behind Palin

[Bill219]

PR consultant helped Palin grab spotlight
Expert pitched 'upstart governor' as a crusader against Big Oil

By Kimberly Kindy

During her first months in office, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin kept a relatively light schedule on her workdays in Juneau, making ceremonial appearances at sports events and funerals, meeting with state lawmakers, and conducting interviews with Alaska magazines, radio stations and newspapers.

But this spring, Palin's official calendar chronicles an extraordinary rise to national prominence. A fresh face in Republican politics, she was discovered by the national news media at least in part because of a determined effort by a state agency to position her as an oil and gas expert who could tout Alaska's determined effort to construct a natural gas pipeline.

An outside public relations expert hired under a $31,000 contract with the state Department of Natural Resources pitched the "upstart governor" as a crusader against Big Oil, a story line that Palin has adopted in her campaign as Sen. John McCain's running mate. The contract was the only time the Palin administration hired an outside consultant to set up media interviews, a function performed in many states by government employees.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27110133/

She is as phony as Bush is

[hlthe2b]

1. What next, a pig ranch in Texas?

:eyes:

[LibertyLover]

3. Nah, a snow machine

camp near Nome.

[Virginia Dare]

2. Too bad she hitched her wagon to the straight talk express..

it's taking her straight into political oblivion.