By Lingfeng Li

Vanity Fair recently published an 8-page scathing feature on Sarah Palin.  In it, Palin is portrayed as a duplicitous, self-serving politician/self-marketer.  The reporter provides examples of Palin’s temper (one anecdote describes Palin’s fights with husband Todd as violent, the two tossing canned food items at each other with such intensity that their stainless steel refrigerator was damaged), and explores the controversial relationship between Palin and groups like SarahPAC and Conservatives4Palin.  Palin is also described as an all-around mean-spirited lady, yelling at campaign volunteers and refusing to thank the kitchen staff at an event.  Her speaking engagements, apparently, must come with deluxe hotel accommodations.

It seems that Vanity Fair is a tough crowd for Palin, as they also recently published an article dissecting Palin’s wardrobe expenses from her 2008 VP campaign.  That article alleges that Palin used campaign funds for personal purchases — clothes for daughter Bristol, etc. — and expensed them to the campaign.