And then David Axelrod had to open his big mouth….
CNN’s ticker provided the following blurbs from the King of Astro Turf David Axelrod concerning Sarah Palin’s book.
“Going Rogue,” the forthcoming memoir of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may already be a bestseller but the former Republican vice presidential nominee won’t be getting a royalty from one Democratic politico.
Instead of purchasing his own, Obama adviser David Axelrod tells CNN he will borrow the much anticipated book from another veteran of the Obama campaign.
“I think I’ll borrow [former Obama campaign manager David] Plouffe’s copy,” Axelrod said in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union, “I don’t see why we both have to buy one.
“Once he’s done with it maybe he can summarize it for me or lend it to me and I’ll give it a look.”
Asked whether he thought President Obama wants to read Palin’s new book, Axelrod chuckled and said “I think the president’s pretty busy right now. I don’t know that that’s on his immediate reading list.
“He’s reading reams of papers related to the many issues that he has to confront so I’m not sure that will be at the top of his list right now.”
This is not the first time that Axelrod has expressed a lack of interest in all things Palin. Back in July, on the eve of Palin resigning as Alaska’s governor, Axelrod said he did not spend time thinking the former Republican vice presidential hopeful’s next move.
“I can tell you with absolutely honesty,” Axelrod said in July, “that when I sit around with my political friends . . . there’s very little or no discussion of Sarah Palin.”
“And I really have no idea what Gov. Palin is going to do,” the Obama aide told CNN Chief National Correspondent John King. “She’s entering private life now. We wish her well and it’s up to her to decide what role she’s going to play in the future. She’s got plenty of advice, I’m sure. She doesn’t need mine.”
TRANSLATION:
The last thing that President Obama needs is to be reminded of Sarah Palin, he can barely sleep now worried about what she is going to say about him next (personally I hope she says something about him learning how to stand for the National Anthem, that would be good).
And whenever David Axelrod starts out a sentance with “I can tell you with absolutely honesty” watch out for the the lightning strike from heaven. Although he may be telling the truth when he says “that when I sit around with my political friends . . . there’s very little or no discussion of Sarah Palin.” But that would only be because they are afraid to speak the name.