The original manuscript for the book features the Joe McGinness interview of Glenn Rice. In the interview, it is revealed all the questions were "leading questions".
Rice answered about what he recalled with his Alaska visit in 1987 and never said anything about sex with Sarah Palin. Not a single remark about one night stand or whatever.
The author McGuinness drew his own conclusion without complete verification and that's not what you do if you're writing a book and submitting it to a publisher. You can' just come out and say it happened when you just don't know if it did or not.
It's one thing for you or I to draw a conclusion as readers but an author can't afford to do that at all. It makes him illegitimate right off the bat..
The bottom line is, McGuinness can't come out and declare a liaison between Palin and Rice based on what Rice told him. McGuinness *wants* to tell the world they they had sex but the evidence just isn't there.
Lastly, why in the world would Sarah Palin ever want to comment on all this stuff, one way or another? It's not worth it to her and would be foolish to even slightly acknowledge the book.
PS: I just want to say, this conversation isn't about politics. It doesn't matter if you like Palin or not. This isn't a discussion about Republican/Democrat, ideology. It's about the integrity of authors and how information is gathered and books written.
Rice answered about what he recalled with his Alaska visit in 1987 and never said anything about sex with Sarah Palin. Not a single remark about one night stand or whatever.
The author McGuinness drew his own conclusion without complete verification and that's not what you do if you're writing a book and submitting it to a publisher. You can' just come out and say it happened when you just don't know if it did or not.
It's one thing for you or I to draw a conclusion as readers but an author can't afford to do that at all. It makes him illegitimate right off the bat..
The bottom line is, McGuinness can't come out and declare a liaison between Palin and Rice based on what Rice told him. McGuinness *wants* to tell the world they they had sex but the evidence just isn't there.
Lastly, why in the world would Sarah Palin ever want to comment on all this stuff, one way or another? It's not worth it to her and would be foolish to even slightly acknowledge the book.
PS: I just want to say, this conversation isn't about politics. It doesn't matter if you like Palin or not. This isn't a discussion about Republican/Democrat, ideology. It's about the integrity of authors and how information is gathered and books written.
