Tell me about a memorable run during the campaign that really stands out. Oh, my gosh, the one that really stands out I'm embarrassed to death to repeat. I went for a run at John McCain's ranch a couple of days before the debate with Joe Biden.My favorite thing in the world is to run on hot, dusty roads. I don't get enough of that in Alaska. So I was in heaven and there were plenty of hills so I knew my thighs were going to just throb.
I like running alone and having the Secret Service with me added a little bit of pressure. I'm thinking I gotta have good form and can't be hyperventilating and can't be showing too much pain and that adds a little more pressure on you as you're trying to be out there enjoying your run. Then I fell coming down a hill and was so stinkin' embarrassed that a golf cart full of Secret Service guys had to pull up beside me. My hands just got torn up and I was dripping blood. In the debate you could see a big fat ugly Band-Aid on my right hand. I have a nice war wound now as a reminder of that fall in the palm of my right hand. For much of the campaign, shaking hands was a little bit painful.
I don't remember news reports about it. Heck no! I made those guys swear to secrecy. And I probably should have gotten a couple stitches. But I was insisting with these guys, "Absolutely not, let's just wash it out." I appreciated how much care they took to help me out. So anyway, I have a little scar on my hand, and I've seen a couple of pictures from the debate or of me waving to someone on the campaign trail with that Band-Aid and I think, nobody else knows about it.
So the Secret Service guys kept silent? They did! And I have this great respect for them that they've kept silent all these months later.
Here's a photo taken just before the debate, found on Getty Images:
Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin waves with a bandaged hand as a result of falling while jogging, as she boards her campaign plane for the trip to St Louis, Missouri. She will face-off with her Democratic counterpart Joe Biden in the Vice-Presidential debate later on October 2, 2008. AFP PHOTO Robyn BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)(H/T to Bree Palin)
Liar, liar, jogging pants on fire!
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That's not all! Sarah Palin tweetered some lies about Emmonak. It appears her Rural Advisor, John Moller, has learned to lie as well. Further details:
Immoral Minority
The Mudflats
Progressive Alaska
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