An upcoming tell-all on Sarah Palin authored by a former top aide alleges the Republican firebrand despised her job as governor and broke campaign election laws in 2006.
According to the Anchorage Daily News, a 500-page manuscript authored by Frank Bailey was leaked to several Alaska media organizations over the weekend.
The book reportedly describes a Palin deeply exasperated with her political opponents and the heightened attacks she faced after being tapped to be the GOP vice presidential nominee in 2008.
“I hate this damn job,” Bailey says Palin wrote in an e-mail to him shortly before her resignation in the summer of 2009.
The yet-to-be-published book was leaked to the media and widely circulated over the weekend. It also alleges Palin flagrantly violated campaign law when she closely collaborated with the Republican Governor’s Association on a campaign ad in 2006. Because of the RGA’s status as a 527 organization, the group can only support candidates independently and are barred from coordinating on strategy.
According to the Daily News, Bailey joined Palin’s political team in 2006 and had been in her in her circle until her resignation as governor. He had previously declined all media requests regarding his perceptions of his former boss.
CNN Political Unit
