Posted on 03/31/2010 5:05:34 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
Sarah Palin’s Real American Stories special premiering tomorrow night is continuing to draw controversy today (also, we got a sneak peek of the show).
First it was LL Cool J, and now representatives for Toby Keith are speaking out about their surprise regarding the country star’s inclusion in the show.
According to HitFix:
Keith, who says he’s a registered Democrat, was not told about the usage of a past interview for Palin’s program. “We were never contacted by Fox,” his rep tells Hitfix.”I have no idea what interview it’s taken from.They’re promoting this like it’s a brand new interview. He never sat down with Sarah Palin."
Well we knew he wasn’t interviewed by Palin, but he is a significant part of the special – and more so than LL Cool J (and Jack Welch). His story is narrated by Palin.
But Fox tells us they did contact several members of Keith’s team to make them aware that he would be part of the program, including Elaine Schock, his publicist, who spoke with a Fox News producer, and the USO, where his manager is on the board. An insider tells us Welch wasn’t contacted either – and as far as we know, is happy with his part in the show.
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Big deal. He supports commies.
You are talking to a person there doesn’t necessarily like Palin...rintense, no doubt this is a backhanded slap at her
All of this is just posturing.
Both were well aware of what was going down, but are scared of rejection by the ‘inclusive’ liberal entertainment industry.
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Toby is an idiot and smokes too much pot with Willie.
As silly as it was of FOX to use old footage for a program like this I really don’t blame them or Sarah Palin. Frankly I think Toby Keith and LL Cool J need to stop being drama queens and get a grip.
Agreed. The two wussies are afraid if a tape of them appears in the same hour as Palin their liberal buddies won’t like them anymore.
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“Why would she put Dems on and pretend like they are “real Americans”????????”
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To corral more Democrat voters into the real world.
She will be getting some of their votes you know.
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I really doubt Palin picked who was going to be on the show.
FOX takes credit for that. Not wise.
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“Come on FOX we see all kinds of great Americans on FOX, why was it so hard to find a few real American stories involving real people who are not cowards?”
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What is going on here is an attempt to make Dem voters feel more comfortable voting for a Republican.
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Not going to happen at all. Either they renounce communism and vote it out. Or they vote for it.
All that is going on here is a travesty. Palin only looked to be a narrator here.
OK, you lost me. Why would someone, anyone agree to host a show, but let someone else have editorial content? You don't think Palin asked for and receive editorial control? And if not, why not?
Doesn't Oprah or Barbara Walters, or Sean Hannity & Mike Huckabee for that matter, have final approval with respect to guests and editorial content? Why would it be any different for Sarah Palin?
You’re getting slow on the uptake.
This kind of stuff has gone on for ages.
Palin’s going downhill. Fast. First McCain and now a big fat WTF!
I might believe that if all the guests were live. I am not seeing that. She probably agreed to be a host for past interviews.
She needs to dump this stuff and focus on the people who will vote for her. All this stuff does is create a circus.
Who gives a rats ass about Toby Keith or LL Cool J anyway?
I don’t consider these two characters great American stories.
Good point. Touché. And gives me some insight as to why I'm not personally the biggest Hannity fan. He's an "enabler" here -- a little "Oprah" lingo there for you.
I am tired of your pathetic insults. You are a fool. Get a life.
Your uptake has had a plug in it for quite awhile.
Sarah Palin simply had to campaign for McCain, as did Scott Brown.
Please....it is politics for crying out loud.
WHO is this toby keith whom you speak of??? Did his 15 minutes pass already???
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