Sarah Palin’s Reaction to Game Change is the Real Lesson

For many Americans, Game Change, the movie, made the danger of Sarah Palin as President palpable. In the period of two hours, the movie told the story of a woman who was so poorly vetted that audiences across the country were scarred. People who were “anti-Palin” left the screenings saying that they were more sympathetic to what she went through. It wasn’t that they thought she and McCain should have prevailed in the election, but they realized just how dangerous the nomination of Palin was, and why it was a disservice to America, and to Sarah Palin, personally.   John McCain used Palin for political gain and, by doing so, endangered America.

Everyone, except Palin supporters, validates the accuracy of the portrayal of Palin.

• Mark Halperin, one of the authors of the book, described the movie as “factually accurate.”

• Nicole Wallace, one of Sarah Palin’s top advisers said that HBO’s “Game Change” was “true enough to make me squirm.”

• Sarah Palin said it was a “false narrative.” Palin admitted she hadn’t seen the movie.

• Aides of Palin said it was “sick” and “inaccurate.” They had not seen the movie either.

• John McCain said “It’ll be a cold day in Gila Bend, Arizona when I watch that movie.” He admitted that he hadn’t seen the movie but explained that the portrayal of himself was inaccurate as he didn’t use the amount of “course language” that was depicted in the movie.

• Steve Schmidt, the campaign manager of McCain, has seen the movie, and said: “it’s the true story of what happened over those 10 weeks.”

Here is a video comparing Julianne Moore’s impersonation of Sarah Palin, with actual clips of Sarah Palin. . The uncanny performance of Julianne Moore is a testament to the effort made by the producers of the movie to accuracy.  Game Change taught a lot of people about the 2008 election. The reaction to the movie Game Change, of Sarah Palin, and her staff, teaches other lessons.

1. Sarah Palin is willing to comment on things about which she knows nothing. Even though she hadn’t seen the movie, she said it was a “false narrative.”

2. Sarah Palin aides will disparage anyone, and anything that they perceive as critical of Palin, even if they don’t have the facts. If someone conveys information that they perceive might negatively reflect upon Palin, it must be “sick” and “inaccurate.”

3. Palin, and aides, have suggested that the film was “inaccurate,” but they have totally failed to identify even one scene that was not factually correct.

4. Even though sources like Steve Schmidt and Nicole Wallace are identified by name, and were the people who were the most knowledgeable about the campaign, Palin still claims that the reports are “lies.” Thus even though Sarah Palin may have attacked reporters in the past for relying on anonymous sources, the result is the same. If the report is unfavorable, Palin claims the report to be a “LIE.”

This video is a graphic illustration of the extent to which the producers attempted to accurately portray Sarah Palin. The fact that Sarah Palin considers this to be a “false narrative” is a graphic illustration of the unwillingness of Sarah Palin to admit the truth, if the truth is anything less than flattering.  It’s why Sarah Palin insists on being called “Governor” even though she quit three years ago.  It’s why she portrays herself as “Undefeated” even though she is a loser.