Posted on 11/22/2011 11:30:30 AM PST by Southnsoul
Sarah Palin's announcement that she wouldn't run for president disappointed her legions of admirers — but it infuriated Roger Ailes. The Fox News chief wasn't angry about the decision itself. Rather, he was livid that Palin made the October 5 announcement on Mark Levin's conservative talk-radio program, robbing Fox News of an exclusive and a possible ratings bonanza. Fox was relegated to getting a follow-up interview with Palin on Greta Van Susteren's 10 p.m. show, after the news of Palin's decision had been drowned out by Steve Jobs's death. Ailes was so mad, he considered pulling her off the air entirely until her $1 million annual contract expires in 2013.
After the announcement, he called Fox's executive vice-president Bill Shine into a meeting. Shine is the network's principal point of contact with Palin. Ailes told him she had made a big mistake. "I paid her for two years to make this announcement on my network," Ailes pointedly told Shine. Sources described the episode on condition of anonymity, given the sensitivity of the relationships.
Palin is said to have made her announcement on Levin's show because she's been upset that Fox News has given a platform to Karl Rove, one of her principal critics. "She isn't happy with Karl," one Palin adviser told me. "From day one, he hasn't been very nice." Levin had become Palin's biggest booster in the conservative commentariat, and Palin is known for rewarding loyalists, and punishing her detractors.
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They were trying to buy conservative viewers. And they get them................when she’s on.
You are an idiot. Period. You sound so liberal.
Precisely!
Faux prohibits her from speaking on all other networks and cable stations.
That’s why she made such a brilliant choice: TGO! Loyal supporter and radio!
Sarah cares about Sarah and not one other soul...not her husband... not her parents...not her adorable baby son.
She is selfish and obnoxious.
Just my humble opinion, based on 75 years of studying human behavior.
FR mail
She is the flavor of the month and won't last. And she just flushed any chance of going on nanosecond past the moment her numbers drop.
You self-deluded Palin-bots have my sympathy. She already led you on and then laughed in your face once. Like little puppy dogs you take the boot and then wag your tails and yap and ask for more.
Pathetic.
That's crude and vile.
Oh, I don´t know. She masterfully played a whole lot of people for suckers while making a whole lot of money in the process. Me included. ´Wonder if I could resell her book.
You’re liberal. When you repeat the liberal lies about anyone you’re liberal. What the heck are you doing here? And, no, I don’t care how long you’ve been here.
Thank you. I have replied. You’re right and I followed through.
You don’t know sh*t.
You have no idea how hard that I'm laughing.
Holy cow. That’s even more offensive than your last comment.
So much for your credibility on this subject.
Nor you, I. Chester.
"She isn't happy with Karl," one Palin adviser told me. "From day one, he hasn't been very nice."
That's no surprise. Karl Rove's a Romney guy. Most of Bush's guys were Romney guys in 08 over McCain (and many backed Obama over McCain).
Someone hateful has taken over Palladin’s computer. Palladin is going to be awfully mad and embarrassed. Foul langauge and vile posts against all evidence contrary to Palladin’s horrid assertions.
Go take some prune juice and allow that crap to come out the correct orifice.
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