They lied about a lot of what happened. Several of the people that were there called them on it. Jason Recher- who was a senior adviser on the VP staff and has worked for Palin since, said “If she was like what they portrayed her to be, I would have quit in an hour.”
And the guy that advised her on foriegn policy said that the map scene was fake. He said he used maps even on McCain- that is the way that he works. He said she wasn’t stupid at all- he was there to merge her views with McCains- not because she knew nothing. Said that she asked smart questions, trying to take in McCains foriegn policy views. (I think I’d rather she didn’t.)
lol
A necessary evil under the circumstances.