The Real Story Behind the “Rogue” in Sarah Palin’s New Book.
[This story is cross-posted at The Huffington Post]
“Going Rogue,” is the title of Sarah Palin’s soon-to-be released memoir. It’s cute, it’s catchy and it will sell some books. The 400-page tome will hit the shelves on November 17th, with a massive first printing of 1.5 million copies. And each one of those book jackets is another jab at two of the many casualties of the Palin administration in Alaska.
Politico reports that the phrase has its roots in an Oct. 20 story by Slate’s John Dickerson, with the lead: “Has Sarah Palin “gone rogue”?”
But those of us who live in Alaska, and who have been following this story from the beginning know the real root of that phrase, and will understand the ugly irony of Palin’s title.
During the ethics investigation of Sarah Palin now known as “Troopergate,” that phrase became seared into the collective consciousness of Alaskans. Palin’s spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton used that word referring not to Palin, but to the former Commissioner of Public Safety Walt Monegan. Palin had pressured Monegan to fire her ex-brother in law Trooper Mike Wooten whose nasty divorce from Palin’s sister had left bitter feelings. Monegan refused to fire him, and was subsequently dismissed by the governor, leaving the Department of Public Safety without leadership, and leaving many Alaskans with a bad taste in their mouths.
In a stinging press conference, Stapleton said that Monegan, a particularly well-liked and respected public servant, former police chief and ex-Marine had displayed “egregious rogue behavior.” Stapleton, who had been a respected news anchor before her association with Palin, suffered withering criticism from Alaskans on both sides of the political spectrum. Alaska is a small town. Monegan was no “rogue,” everyone knew it, and the use of the term disgraced her.
What had Monegan done, according to the governor, that earned him this brand? He had planned a trip to Washington D.C. to seek funding to help combat sexual assault in a state that leads the nation in that category. Rogue, indeed.
In September of 2008, Alaskans for Truth held a rally in downtown Anchorage. More than 1500 Alaskans showed up to protest the administration’s handling of “Troopergate,” the insinuation of the McCain campaign’s attorneys into Alaska’s Department of Law, and the outrageous behavior of Meg Stapleton, then Attorney General Talis Colberg, and Palin herself. One of the speakers at the rally was Betty Monegan, the mother of Walt Monegan, who carried a sign referencing the outrageous accusations made by the Palin administration.
But Monegan was not the only one to stand accused of being a “rogue.” Mike Wooten, the infamous ex-brother-in-law was called a “rogue trooper” and Palin said he was a danger to her family and to the public. She made it clear that in no uncertain terms that being a “rogue” was not a good thing. These accusations were soundly refuted by Steven Branchflower, an independent investigator hired by the bipartisan Legislative Council to investigate Troopergate.
“I conclude that such claims of fear were not bona fide and were offered to provide cover for the Palins’ real motivation: to get Trooper Wooten fired for personal family reasons,” Branchflower wrote.
The Branchflower report states Todd Palin used his wife’s office and its resources to press for Wooten’s removal, and the governor “failed to act” to stop it. But because Todd Palin is not a state employee, the report makes no finding regarding his conduct.
The bipartisan Legislative Council, which commissioned the investigation after Monegan was fired, unanimously adopted the 263-page public report…
The Branchflower Report was to find Governor Palin guilty of abusing her power as governor under the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act. Attorney General Talis Colberg would ultimately resign his position, and Todd Palin and several administration officials would be found guilty of contempt of the Legislature for ignoring subpoenas.
Trooper Mike Wooten ended up with a desk job because Palin’s accusations that he was a “rogue” and a danger to the public had brought about threats that made it impossible for him to work out in the open as a trooper, despite the findings of the Branchflower Report.
Walt Monegan was denied a request for a due process hearing before the governor-appointed Alaska Personnel Board to address reputational harm because of the insults he endured from an administration who chose to call him a “rogue.” That’s the same board to which Palin filed a complaint against herself, and was subsequently cleared of wrongdoing.
And now Sarah Palin apparently hopes to make the term “rogue” impish and endearing, and hopes it will help her sell a lot of books. But that term is no such thing to many Alaskans. It wasn’t “cute” when it was used as a finely sharpened tool in the Palin toolbox, used to malign the characters of those who stood in the way of her power scramble to become the Vice President of the United States.
She may have fooled her ghost writer, and the folks at Harper-Collins, and she may fool many of those in the Lower 48 who will wait on line for their copy of “Going Rogue,” but she will not fool Alaskans.
I’m glad it is the 17th. One day later and I would have to share my birthday with the book.
She is a piece of work. I was wondering where I had heard that phrase before. *Impish and endearing* she is not.
I salute you & look forward to your book report, AKM. 400 pgs I will not have to wade through.
Perfectly said! Rogue sounds so impishly cute till you remember the way Palin used that term to savage anyone who got in her way…
Cute? Not so much….
Incidentally, I wonder how McCain feels about how her ‘goin’ rogue’ cost him a chance at the Presidency?
Sarah Palin is a fcking fraud.
Period.
Trust me…she did not fool us (who did not drink the Kool-Aid) in the lower 48…my ‘fear’ and amazement of her getting as far as she did, was the trigger that brought me to blogs like this one.
I posted this on an earlier thread and then it jumped to a new one.
The Department of Reduncey Department.
A Fan From Chicago Says:
September 28th, 2009 at 3:04 PM
Moving the publication date up from Spring to November 17 is interesting. Is her star fading and they’re trying to milk it before the holidays?
My first thought was that date had some cultural significance for The Religious Right (like Waco and Oklahoma City had for those guys.)
Whatever. The good news is that she can’t do a Book Tour on Facebook (which we now know is investigating threats against the President) She’s going to have to come out from behind where she’s been hiding and do some interviews. They can’t all be on FOX.
The View? Larry King. Jon Stewart. Colbert?
Wishful thinking. Somebody’s going to trip her up.
Did I just say Trip?
OK…. now I’m lost. In the complaint against herself she was found not guilty of any wrongdoing???
Yes. She filed a complaint against herself to the Personnel Board while the other Legislative investigation was going on. Legislature found her guilty. 3-person governor appointed board found her innocent. Go figure. AKM
I posted in the previous article.
Will be off to HuffPo to do same.
Websters
Rogue
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1561
1 : vagrant, tramp
2 : a dishonest or worthless person : scoundrel
3 : a mischievous person : scamp
4 : a horse inclined to shirk or misbehave
5 : an individual exhibiting a chance and usually inferior biological variation
Thanks AKM for being brave enough to take one for the team. I utterly refuse to spend one dime on this delusisional peice of fiction!! Yuck!
Stop…I can’t take anymore….
AKM… I tried your hyper-link to Betty Monegan in your post because I wanted to see what she said.
The link says ” Page Not Found ”
Should be fixed now. Sorry about that. AKM
delusional
A Fan From Chicago Says:
September 28th, 2009 at 3:04 PM
Moving the publication date up from Spring to November 17 is interesting. Is her star fading and they’re trying to milk it before the holidays?
You just might have something there! I thought the Spring 2010 date was to supposedly help Reps in the mid-term election. Evidently someone might agree with me that it won’t, and they are going for the earlier date – yeah, for the holiday market = the $$$.
Too funny that the word “rogue” was used. But, as AKM said, not too many, outside AK and this forum will catch the irony.
good zinger AKM. excellent time to bring up the real story behind “rogue”.
ha! but palin just peed in her pants.
I’m surprised she didn’t name it ‘rouge cou’ which is her bastardized take on ‘redneck’ in French ~ and the name of her broken down limited liability company.
Her book will wind up next to where Glenn’s already is… on the fire sale table at your local Kroger’s.
September 28th, 2009 at 4:04 PM
OK…. now I’m lost. In the complaint against herself she was found not guilty of any wrongdoing???
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Yes.. After the Branchflower report found her guilty and our pathetic Legislature decided to do nothing further about it, she decided to file a complaint against herself with the Personnel Board who are all friends and appointees of hers. They of course found her not guilty of any wrongdoing and released their report election day, so she could go around telling everyone she was innocent.
It was a total fkn joke and a fraud which also helped to obscure the fact she never released any medical records either. The “letter” from her doctor was also released that day. Geez, couldn’t she get a letter from her mommy too
7 VernD Says:
September 28th, 2009 at 4:04 PM
OK…. now I’m lost. In the complaint against herself she was found not guilty of any wrongdoing???
You got it right. She, as Governor, filed an ethics complain against herself before a board appointed by the Governor. So their finding of no wrong doing was a counter to the Branchflower findings. And cost the state about 800K of I remember right.
That then opened the flood gates to ethics charges by half the population of Alaska against her.
Sarah chooses to be a living Soap Opera who writes her own bad script as lead villianess.
Loud organ music at this point.
“And now to return to “As The Stomach Turns.” (Carol Burnette Show.)
I remember a reference to SP as going rogue, during the campaign. Didn’t some campaign workers call her a diva and a rogue? Tina Fey as Sarah, said something like, “OK, I’m gonna go rogue right now”, then showed a t-shirt with Palin 2012.
Funny how the things SP accuses people of, she herself does exactly that thing. When someone else does it, it’s wrong, but when she does it, it’s ok. This is a classic NPD symptom.
BAM! (ala Emeril). You hit the nail on the head with that one, AKM. I’ll have to admit, even though I’m Alaskan through and through, I did not immediately think of that connection. BUT, after reading the whole post, when I hear the title of her book I can only think of it in terms of those associations.
Her administration indeed had it out for him (and anyone who defended him) and liked to bandy about colorful words such as ‘Rogue’ when vilifying their enemies. Maybe her next book could be called “Frivolously Asinine”.
Marnie, you beat me to the punch! I was going to post the same info, but you saved me the trouble.
If she (or anyone in her camp, esp. that phony “author” she engaged) actually knew the true meaning of the word, it wouldn’t have been used. It’s going to be interesting listening to and reading the reviews, too, for this work of what surely will be surely fiction and fantastic ramblings. Or did someone at Harper with a fine sense of humor suggest the title?
But the ignoramuses probably thought McCrook had a copyright on the word “mavericky.” : )
13 tigerwine Says:
September 28th, 2009 at 4:13 PM
A Fan From Chicago Says:
September 28th, 2009 at 3:04 PM
Moving the publication date up from Spring to November 17 is interesting. Is her star fading and they’re trying to milk it before the holidays?
I’m thinking the same thing. Murdock realizes she is untrainable (wonder if he approved the title and its his joke on Sarah.)
The more she talks the more absurd she becomes, he wants his investment back tut sweet.
PS: I guess the title “Going Brogue” was already taken
20 Grandma68 Says:
September 28th, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Marnie, you beat me to the punch! I was going to post the same info, but you saved me the trouble.
If she (or anyone in her camp, esp. that phony “author” she engaged) actually knew the true meaning of the word, it wouldn’t have been used. It’s going to be interesting listening to and reading the reviews, too, for this work of what surely will be surely fiction and fantastic ramblings. Or did someone at Harper with a fine sense of humor suggest the title?
But the ignoramuses probably thought McCrook had a copyright on the word “mavericky.” : )
I bet half the Mudpups went to the dictionary, just to be sure.
Oh and shhhhh. Whispering – AKM doesn’t want to hear the work M……. ever again.
Isn’t it kind of Sarah to give us a new word to replace it????
Hee. Hee.
I hate her! I hate her! I hate her! I hate her! Ahhhhhhh I feel better now.
Unfortuneatly there are a few Alaskans who still love her and will buy her book. My aunt is one of them. She can’t understand why I don’t like the twittering fool and won’t listen when I try to explain. (sigh)
On another note, Thanks AKM for the update and for keeping us informed. I for one won’t spend a penny towards her ghost written book.
Nice. The book title is announced and already mudflats has completely rebranded it. Unring that bell, $P!
Now for “An American Life”. Think Ira Glass will have anything to say about that? (Of course, she just nicked it from Ronnie Reagan.) http://www.amazon.com/American-Life-Ronald-Reagan/dp/0743400259
It’s a constant double-standard, upside-down world with Palin. She went rogue on the VP campaign trail; and, now, I suppose, she’ll try to say choosing not to fulfill her Gov’s oath (being a quitter) was an adorable rogue move.
This could backfire if the attempt to redefine rogue fails. How about some t-shirt slogans?
Rogue Commissioner Monegan
Rogue Trooper Wooten
Rogue Quitting Governor Sarah
I know you creative mudpuppies can come up with some better ideas.
This reminds me of the teabaggers, using the word without looking up the meaning. Idiots! Any bets – now that the “smart” people provided them with a definition – they will change the title? Oh, just leave it BLANK – SP does not need no stinkin’ titles, remember?
she’s a effing freak, and palin, you can’t have it both ways. I still don’t believe she’d be stoopid enough to name her book that.
Meant to add: Even the title is plagiarized!
Between the actual definition of “rogue” in the dictionary and AKM’s brilliant connection to Troopergate I’m having a lmao moment. Teehee! I wonder if the title will be changed after she reads all of this?
She forgot. There is no way that she wants anybody to be able to bring all that up again. Plus, I know she’s not smart enough to ‘do’ irony.
So, a short term memory lobotomy IS required to be a Repubic these days?
and they STOLE Reagan’s “An American Life?” If we are vetting the title and have found all of this idiocy, poor AKM is going to have to do a post on EVERY page in that book.
I wish Monegan and Wooten would sue the sh*t outta her.
I wish Monegan and Wooten would sue the sh!t outta her.
I’m starting to like the idea that she equates herself with Wooten, both are abusive. =)
I have to think that 99 out of 100 people when they see that title scream..
TINA FEY !!! Nobody associates it it with $arah. My Gawd!! .. how clueless are they. But… you can stop the Promoting now $arah.
In case you hadn’t heard… you already helped Tina win the Emmy Award… the voting is over. You can …..’ put a fork in it.’
{ You know she watches Desperate Housewives } Bree is her Favorite.
Besides AKM’s copy… You know David Letterman will buy a copy too.
NO WAY she leaves THAT chapter out. She was a ” victim “… Again.
And how soon before this Book announcement makes it into Dave’s monologue Jokes. I say tomorrow at the latest. Set the VCR
I remembered that she used the word “rogue” with regards to Mr. Monegan as soon as I read the last post. I love what you’ve done with this post.
Oh, and by the way, I still prefer “Sarah: Vain and Simple”
You complement her calling this a ‘tome’, AKM. She’s tomeless.
Bet the title changes before the rollout.
Here are a few things to keep in mind about the book as you consider your purchase.
1) The title has typos – its supposed to be “Going Rouge: Gimme A Red Chinese Wife”
2) It’s 400 pages but the print stops on page 266 (about two thirds of the way through)
3) 1.5 million copies will be printed and delivered immediately to the teabaggers who “participated” in the 9/12 march on Washington DC in their invisible suits (btw – they all look like clones of Glenn Beck and Michelle Malkin)
4) The paper it is printed on is 100% Alaskan Old Growth Timber
5) The book has a secret timer and it plumps up between March 28th and April 18th every year, only to suddenly resume its former slender shape at 12:01 a.m. April 19th
6) The pages are embossed with an imprint of Seven Mountains and Four Horsemen
7) When you open the cover, a nifty little gizmo plays phrases like “Youbetcha”, “Bless your little heart”, “Thank you for the spayshul blessing Pastor Murthee!”, and my own favoritie, “Tawd, you get back in this house this INSTANT!!!”
9) Any unsold copies will be distributed to Alaskan Native villages in lieu of heating oil vouchers and firewood
10) If you buy it, Sarah bakes you cookies
Obviously, The Rogue pilfers from a variety of sources, as noted from the astute posters above. Not an original thought in that empty head. She must believe that plagiarism is flattery. And she would have so fit in with the thieves of the 16th century, uneducated and illiterate as they were. She has nailed herself to the public cross of criticism with her own hubris.
Thanks to poster “Dean Booth” at wonkette. http://comicbooth.com/images/going_ragu.jpg
LMAO!
Need a good laugh–http://www.cricketschirping.com/jsmarkov/palin.html
I book marked this quite a while ago and finally got around to reading it. Be prepared to take some aspirin or a stiff drink afterwords.
A fan from Chicago said The good news is that she can’t do a Book Tour on Facebook (which we now know is investigating threats against the President) She’s going to have to come out from behind where she’s been hiding and do some interviews. They can’t all be on FOX.
Is the Facebook thing true…googled it but didn’t get much….could you help me with this…I’d like to know more about the Facebook thing…
Thaanks so much
Sorry-
http://www.cricketschirping.com/jsmarkov/palin.html
Ok, wonder if Lynn Vincent would be interested in the link to BreePalin?
excellent post, akm! I hope to see it on huffpo!
It’s there. There’s a link at the top of the post. Clicks and comments over there will help send it to the top. She shouldn’t be allowed to have that word. Not after using it to savage people. AKM
I suspect the “rogue” was an idea from someone not in Alaska who was making a play on the GOP elephant, as in the well-known phrase “rogue elephant” (when the bulls go into Musth. Maybe Palin is a moose musther? Ask Brian if he goes to the Kusko 300.)
Much better phrasing than “off the reservation” which has enjoyed an unfortunate revival of late.
Maverick is a cow as Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub explains–
Great post, AKM.
When I heard her title, I immediately thought of the phrase “rogue nations” being bandied about with respect to having nuclear weapons. Not a pleasant or helpful association I would think for the budding authoress.
Regardless of her intentions for the name, the whole “rogue” descriptor is actually a dog whistle for her base who are:
-the racist rebels who want the Confederate flag waving on State capitols
-the paranoid white supremacists building their militias against the coming onslaught of Obama’s “socialism”
-the tea-baggers with their roguish townhall obstructionism;
-the fundies who want to take their Christian America back even as a jihad
-the KKK, Aryan Nation, Neo-Nazi-Skinhead lunatics ’cause “rogue” is their proud middle name
-the Second Amendment do-or-diers; the birthers, tenthers, Census freaks ad nauseam…..
all of these groups are disaffected, aggrieved, professional victims who think they are going rogue against the United States Government.
Nothing cutesy about it. It’s one more call for rebellion by an extreme right-wing nut called Palin.
Her BRILLIANT handlers just had to give the opportunity to dredge up all of the Troopergate stuff and all the other stupid stuff she pulled. CLASSIC! Thanks for the entertainment!
Well, it could be worse. The ghostwriter could have misspelled rogue and the title would have come out Going Rouge, and it would be all about lipstick instead of politics. Or something.
get this post on the Huffington !!!! PLEASE !!!
It’s there. Link at the top of the post. AKM
Maybe the reason all the pictures were pulled from the website was so they could be put into the book. That would take up 200 of the pages.
48 sandra in oregon Says:
September 28th, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Maybe the reason all the pictures were pulled from the website was so they could be put into the book. That would take up 200 of the pages.
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Even more if its sold as a colorbook set with crayons included.
Whoo…do I hear tone in this post and is that sparks that I see blazing from your finger tips, AKM. What can you say even with professional people to work with she still is able to make a fool out of her self. So sad and if she did get any “work” done I still think she looks mannish.
Rogue.
The character who sucks the very life force from others with but a simple touch.
http://images1.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Rogue-x-men-905182_1280_1024.jpg
Rather fitting, but perhaps still too kind?
Haven’t read all comments… sorry if this is a repeat… but has anyone thought about have ng a book burning or contacting the libraries to have this thang BANNED???
rofl,
but not really… trash like that belongs in the burn heap… sheesh
Well, third time is a charm they say. She has finally branded the correct person rogue.
For those wondering whether November 17th has any significance, have no idea what it means to $arah but here are some events of note that occurred on November 17th.
1991: first TV condom ad aired. It aired on, wait for it, Fox TV
1973: President Nixon tells the AP, “People have a right to know whether or not their president is a crook… well, I am not a crook.”
1965: General Meeting of United Nations refuses admittance of China
1917: Lenin defends “temporary” removal of freedom of the press
And don’t forget infamous terrorist organization 17N
http://www.ahistoryofgreece.com/press/november17terrorists.htm
Hi AKM-
Good piece- ironic.
Frank
All I can think of is Tina Fey in the SNL skit where she and McCain are on QVC and she says “OK, listen up everybody, I’m going rogue right now, so keep your voices down,’’ and offers “PALIN 2012” T-shirts.
AKM~ woo hooo you go girl!!
Great article…
yup
Can you imagine Palin camp tonight wringing their hands? Between this and the Bree thingy, they must be going nuts. It is times like this I really miss the quitter’s tweets! Lol!
Aren’t ‘rogues’ the bad, crazy, dangerous animal in the heard?
If being rogue is a bad thing and Sarah Palin has gone rogue, then being Sarah Palin must be a very bad thing, non?
Meg Stapleton would look nice under a bed of acorns being attacked by wild turkeys… but even those dumb birds would likely turn up their beaks at the prospect.
Well, there she goes being all mavericky again.
There is an old article from Politico.com back in May, with this as the header: Sarah Palin hits Katie Couric, defends John McCain. I think Katie will survive, but I expect by now that McCain wishes she wouldn’t mention him.
An interesting line in the article:
“Palin has not begun writing. But the book will draw on her extensive journaling,”
I would LOVE a peak at her original journals, but would likely have to use the BabelFish translator.
Then the HuffPost article when her ghostwriter was chosen:
Lynn Vincent: Palin Chooses Evangelical Magazine Editor To Co-Write Memoir
Given Vincent’s connections to the Evangelicals, along with this statement in the article regarding her credentials: “Vincent co-wrote the book “Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party” with conservative author Robert Stacy McCain.” ……… I doubt anything nice will be said about Democrats.
33 Visitor Says: September 28th, 2009 at 4:46 PM
I wish Monegan and Wooten would sue the sh!t outta her.
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ditto dat at least with respect to Monegan.
Lawsuits often settle nothing but in the case of Monegan, it would be divine. Wooten is a totally different critter. I have very little sympathy for him despite it being Sarah Palin who was riding his arse.
400 pages, eh?
Large margins for note writing about the 24-font text.
GreatGranny2B, I ran the BabelFish from English to Russian and vice versa (selecting Russian, in honor of being able to see that country from our marvelous mavericky state)…
Guess what it comes back as?
I kid you not… “Going to the cheat”
Hee hee.
BigSlick, great show with the X-Men reference! Palin is disgraceful compared to the real Rogue.
nicely said…lee323…b
Think the title is gonna change… how about this one:
“Sarah Palin: Gone Wrong”
OK, AKM; time to publish this so everyone knows the true meaning of the word. Maybe Shannyn can also, discuss this on the airwaves. Alot of people don’t know that even, SP didn’t agree that the word mean anything good. We have people threatening our President and people are being killed because of her and her rogue buddies.
What’s so rogue about an Alaskan Politician giving oil & gas a 500 million dollar blank check to do nothing? She is really just a typical corrupt Alaskan politician.
Dr Patois #52 points out that Nixon sais he wasn’t a crook oin NOv 17. Here’s the cartoon to go with this
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/sarahpalin/ig/Sarah-Palin-Cartoons/Palin-As-Nixon.htm
Whoa! Ouch! AKM, you go girl! This post is a Bada Bing on the head of a certain someone (who, if she had work done, neglected to work on her hands which tell someone’s age better than a birth certificate if you know what I mean!) if I ever read one!
Interesting point someone made about not being able to do a book tour on Facebook. Does our delusional and very rogue-y former Quitty GINO realize she’ll have to crawl out from under the Internet and actually face real people and answer real questions? Or will they have to be pre-approved also too?
Am finding it hard to believe she’d refer to herself as rogue, that she shamelessly professes it. It’s a contradiction to the religious beliefs she chose.
It’s like saying, “I like rebellion, pushing the envelope, divisiveness, stubborness, creating chaos, and I don’t care what anybody thinks. Nobody is the boss of me.”
“Book Tour” = Greta, O’Reily and Beck. That’s all folks.
Palin speaks out of both sides of her mouth. Whatever sounds good enough for her to get attention. Hypocrite, liar, narcisstic witch….no, I don’t like her, never did from the first time I saw her. She’s creepy.
I keep thinking that these people will start thinking. Or, if they’re not thinking, that they will realize that what they’ve said or done is out there for all of us to see, so perhaps at some point they will stand up and say, “I was naked, but now I see, and I’m getting dressed now”, but it never happens. They just continue to be naked and insist that they’re clothed. I feel like I’m living in an alternate reality (I’m naked).
Lori in Los Angeles Says:
September 28th, 2009 at 7:40 PM
“Book Tour” = Greta, O’Reily and Beck. That’s all folks.
Lori, you forgot Hannity and Rush Limbaugh.
Ah the book tour is going to be pure entertainment, though.
Pretty amazing, huh, it didn’t take long. She must have “worked” night and day. Then again, she doesn’t really have much history to write up, I mean, exactly, what has she really done in her life except make babies.
This rogue book (bought up by Ms. Palin’s puppeteer) will be given out on foxnews and the whright wing radio stations as call in ‘prizes.’ It will be #1 on the best seller list. For a short time. It will be at the dollar stores by next spring/summer OR in the ‘free box’ at Powell’s Bookstores. I’ll read it then. ‘Thanks but no thanks’ to a purchase price that enriches the coffers this nutty rogue. Also, too, to the ones that support her. Therefore, ergo, ad infinitum. YUCK!
How interesting will her book be? Everything she touches turns to crap. Will she just ” make up stuff? Like she really didn’t leave Wasilla $20 million in debt? She really didn’t cause havoc every day? She really didn’t come home from work often and watch “Desperate Housewives” while sending Bristol and Levi to Taco Bell for a Crunchwrap Supreme? She really didn’t throw her ring in the lake? She really doesn’t have two grandsons? You can go on and on. thsi book will be a total fabrication……ala $arah Style.
Palingates and Bree Palin…..now there is a book!
Can this article get published on Huffington Post or other outlets?
It is cross-posted at Huffington Post. Link at the top of the article. AKM
Just another you can’t make this stuff up moment in the life of Sarah Palin.
I double double dare SP to give an interveiw to Katie Couric or Meet the Press or Rachel or Keith while she is hawking her book! I will pay to be there if she comes out of hiding and do that!! But this coward would never ever do this. Murdoch is bumping his head against the wall, because his best handlers cant get her ready. He just shook his head and said, “Release the damn book as it is and hope nobody ask her queations !!
Rogue –
n.
1. An unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person; a scoundrel or rascal.
2. One who is playfully mischievous; a scamp.
3. A wandering beggar; a vagrant.
4. A vicious and solitary animal, especially an elephant that has separated itself from its herd.
5. An organism, especially a plant, that shows an undesirable variation from a standard.
adj.
1. Vicious and solitary. Used of an animal, especially an elephant.
2. Large, destructive, and anomalous or unpredictable: a rogue wave; a rogue tornado.
3. Operating outside normal or desirable controls: “How could a single rogue trader bring down an otherwise profitable and well-regarded institution?” (Saul Hansell)
v., rogued, rogu·ing, rogues.
v.tr.
1. To defraud.
2. To remove (diseased or abnormal specimens) from a group of plants of the same variety.
v.intr.
To remove diseased or abnormal plants.
Um, you would think Palin would look up the definition of the word but then again she doesn’t know how to use a dictionary. Idiot.
Thanks for the dictionary definitions, rocket.
A picture of Palin as a rogue leader, crammed into a boat with all her followers, everyone paddling round in circles, the current drawing them near and near to the thundering falls…
I’m not sure how anyone can spin the word “rogue” into a positive light-
@BigSlick: Re: your list. You have too much time on your hands, but it does lead to entertainment.
Re: X-men. The thing is, Rogue is one of my favorite characters, because she actually has recognizable human feelings. For that reason alone, QP should be prohibited from using the name in her title.
#52 great on the Nixon reference!
Here’s Hitler hearing about $P’s new title
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WnodEflqIU
(including another bonus x-men reference)
sorry, mistype – meant dr patois #59
Yeah, AKM!!!! That’s telling them like it is. I just wish more of the Sarah fans read Huff Post. This lady isn’t cute, impish, or any other of the sickening adjectives. She is cruel, selfish, self-centered, and nasty. I don’t know how long she has been away from her family while she wrote her three pages a day, but they are probably better off without her around.
Scoundrel sounds about right.
OK, how is this helping Alaska again? I thought she quit being governor so she could better help Alaska.
And, how is this helping her special needs son, who she so bravely carried to term instead of aborting? This was pointed out by the evangelicals as proof positive that she was pro life and a worthy candidate?
Either she has Trig with her and he is not getting the services he needs, or she is leaving him with others for long periods of time.
How does this help either of the above?
Go back to the definition of scoundrel.
I think it is a perfect title for her book.
“Going rogue” is just being a “Maverick 2.0″
Since the mavericky part flopped with her abysmal performance during the election, Palin and her handlers had to come up with some other catchy crap that would conveniently explain her whackjobbery and failures (like QUITTING as Governor). You gotta admit that it sounds better than the psychotic, breathless babbling about “dead fish going with the flow” and “quitting is really fighting.”
Pathetic….An ex-mayor of a REALLY small town who became a quitter ex-guv of a REALLY small state who covers her mistakes by describing herself as “going rogue.” Delusional and narcissistic beyond belief…..Her publishers must be milking her like a cash cow and shaking their heads behind her back.
Once this book announcement was made somebody was quick at work.
This clip was modified with sub-titles just today. That’s FAST!
It’s pretty creative and funny. I see there are some other clips just like it as well under the same category that others have posted.
{ video clip Title }
“Hitler is informed about the title of Sarah Palin’s book”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WnodEflqIU
Ironic article at http://crooksandliars.com/
They have a mock cover of the book with it titled “Going Rouge” and the fact that it is announced during BANNED BOOK WEEK.
The photo looks like she’s got double bumpits on top of her head.
This follows her ‘only dead fish go with the flow’ quitter comments. She plans to go upstream against mainstream sane and logical folks. She knows she made millions after idiot McCain branded her with the Mavericky label and know she is self-dealing a new label-Rogue. She figures when Babygate and other scandals come to light-she can just say that she was the ‘chosen’ one who had to do some rogue things and bulldoze over good folks for a higher calling-mainly fortune, fame and glory of a title but no responsibility or ethical obligation to citizens. poor foolish Palin fanatics who put any faith in her-wise up at breepalin blog, palingates or palinsdeception.
Saw this at HP and just wanted to add here, swallow any liquid before reading.
Going Vogue: The Lies and Tweets of a Nieman Marxist
the hypocrisy takes my breath away. i would never buy or even read her book. too many lies. i’ll have to rely on the mudflats blog to keep me up-to-date. best ever blog.
400 pages? I’m wondering how many sentences there will be? Probably one/page.
Is she really THAT stupid? Did she not bother to pick up a dictionary before insisting that she title this book?
rogue (rg)
n.
1. An unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person; a scoundrel or rascal.
2. One who is playfully mischievous; a scamp.
3. A wandering beggar; a vagrant.
4. A vicious and solitary animal, especially an elephant that has separated itself from its herd.
5. An organism, especially a plant, that shows an undesirable variation from a standard.
adj.
1. Vicious and solitary. Used of an animal, especially an elephant.
2. Large, destructive, and anomalous or unpredictable: a rogue wave; a rogue tornado.
3. Operating outside normal or desirable controls: “How could a single rogue trader bring down an otherwise profitable and well-regarded institution?” (Saul Hansell).
v. rogued, rogu·ing, rogues
v.tr.
1. To defraud.
2. To remove (diseased or abnormal specimens) from a group of plants of the same variety.
v.intr.
To remove diseased or abnormal plants.
Good point. I don’t think she’ll really fool all that many people. I think the people who buy it will be fans of hers already and would have bought anything she put out there. I think the book will come out, excerpts will get out and the “best” parts (for lack of a better term) will be written up and people will have access without having to buy the book. I’ll bet lots of copies will be sold to her fans right off the bat, and it will end up in the sale bin in a couple months. I couldn’t resist writing and poking fun with titles myself; that she used “Going Rogue” because “Goin’ All Mavericky” was probably taken (McCain?) A shame that perfectly good trees were wasted for this “memoir.” Look forward to the fact check!
AKM – dead on. The Huff Po article will circulate quickly because it resonates. You put in to words what many of us had garbling in the back of our throats or stuck in an acid reflux pool as we fumed. Thanks for that. It helped release some of the pressure and direct it somewhere useful.
Marnie @9 – How in the world did her editor and publicist manage to miss the Webster’s definition for “rogue” I’m quite sure that will be trotted out more than a few times once the book is launched. Really, REALLY poor choice of words. (but then again, when it comes to Palin, that’s par for the course) Guaranteed that writers and talk show hosts are already making notes for articles, comedy bits and cartoons to have ready after the book’s debut.
Tina @16 & Emily Horton @52 re: “rouge cou” – An anchor on one of the morning news shows announced the title of Palin’s upcoming book as ” Going Rouge”. Took a moment or two before getting the correction but he decided that “going rouge” was a better title, afterall.
@92 Norwegian Blue and HIG @96 – Thanks for the Hitler/Palin video! Lifted my morning!
I’m just so disgusted that this is coming out on my birthday. yuck.
Sadly I seem to know all the 20% who are totally in love with Queen Quitter.
Good post, but just to clarify the true meaning of things, Walt Monegan is NOT
an “ex-Marine,” he’s a “former Marine.” There is a difference, eh ??
I think intellectual inconsistency is one of her hallmarks, so it’s no surprise.
Can’t wait for the dingbat book tour.
She’s rabid. gah
I glanced at some pro palin blogs, after reading that she is as wildly popular as ever to the republican and fundy base. They love her in Florida. Though so far I haven’t heard of her going to any other republicans aid.
She looked very strange in her Hong Kong airport video. Skin all stretched, greased and shiny. Pulled tight. Must have had a strong chemical peel.
Seems they think she is persecuted. (But anything or anyone who trashes Obama is dead right.) One woman says Sarah would be sitting in the White House taking care of our problems, and not flying off to Denmark like Obama.
The very thought of this woman sitting in the White House in any capacity makes my flesh crawl.
Oh in my tour through sites I stopped at Celtic Divas. She has a great cartoon of a smiling, wrinkle faced Murdoch with a lipstick in his left hand, holding a pit bull with Sarahs lipsticked head on the pit bull carcass, on a leash, saying “Good Girl!.”
We can look forward to an interview and book plug (review) in the Faux Street Urinal, I betcha. Also,too.
Even a rotten apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree.
Good work Mudflats. Like a bad case of acne you’ll get rid of Palin soon enough. This neighbour still loves Alaskans despite Palin.
I’ve been out of town for a while… does Levi’s counterpoint come out now?
This is a hilarious “excerpt” from SP book. I am sure this is what her notes to her ghost writer looked like before they cleaned her up and tried to make her words look all pretty.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-wyskida/exclusive-the-first-excer_b_302442.html
#104 @NIN – yes, my dear mudflatter, Palin IS that stupid!
Thank you for the definition post! I think it’s poetic justice that the title of her memoir describes her so well.
Going…Going…GONE!
Icky poo spit.
Obamanos!
#114 @ lilly: You know, isn’t it crazy to hear people trash the President when he is flying to Denmark to promote CHICAGO – a US city, last I checked? Their hypocrisy really is astonishing. And you are right – ANYTHING President Obama does is wrong to them.
They make it seem like it’s the ONLY thing President Obama does. Yet – when he appeared on the Sunday talkshows to explain his healthcare reform, the whole kit and kaboodle of them threw back their heads and howled. I believe Peggy Noonan described it as “boorish”.
There is no truth in some people. None at all. No truth, no honour, no dignity and certainly, no intellectual consistency. Therefore – that is why they are Palin Super Fans. You HAVE to be this way to endure the never ending torrent of lies and detestable vitriol pouring forth from this odious woman.
(I’ve clearly been reading my thesaurus today! hahahahha)
Do you think she was thinking of this when the title was concieved?
http://www.cityofheroes.com/goingrogue/en/about.html
Going Rogue
A male that allows a transexual man to fck him hard in the ass, yet still claims to be straight.
Chris: dude, why is Hobbes walking funny?
Ted: I think he got too drunk last night and ended up going rogue.
Chris: oh no, not with that tranny!!!
Just read this – apologies if it has already been mentioned here – it is one of those where you will be ROFLYAO !
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Best Bill Maher line of the week: ”
Asked about her favorite part of Hong Kong, Palin said it was when he climbed the Empire State building.”
I’m in the lower 48 and I know what rogue means and I know what she did and I hope her books sell to few.
Friends the base of the republican party will buy this book. The only problem can her base read.
I see a carshow spokesmodel gig for SP!
Here’s the CNET review of the 2009 Nissan Rogue SL :
“The word “rogue” is usually applied to people and things that break from convention and do the unexpected. Rogues catch you off guard with their speed and stealth. However, the vehicle that Nissan calls “rogue”–the 2009 Nissan Rogue SL FWD, to be exact–is a decidedly average, small, crossover SUV. No surprises here.
The Rogue’s tall SUV stance, mushy suspension, and all-season tires respond to corners with a good deal of understeer and body roll. However, if you keep the CUV well within its small performance envelope, the Rogue is a pretty good cruiser.
In sum
Although the Nissan Rogue’s name implies that we should be surprised by it in some way, the reality is that it just barely manages to meet our expectations for a small SUV in its price range.”
Just had to laugh.
The question: “What magazines and newspapers do you read?” is NOT “gotcha journalism”.
Katy Couric is, like Larry King, is NOT a “journalist”. They both serve up “softball questions”. The very fact that her innocent question caused Palin so much discomfort speaks volumes.
Any normal person would tell the truth (or lie a little to sound smart): “I read the NY Times, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, etc, etc,.”
Palin (deer in headlights look): “Uhhhhhhh, I read ALL of them.”
Couric: “Which ones specifically?”
Palin: “Uhhhhhhmmmmmmm, ANY of the ones THEY put in front of me.”
Anybody with an IQ over 50 can tell that Sarah Palin is a lying idiot.
that Palin woman (“the Quitter”) is a moron and her so-called supporters…………………………………pathetic.
Maybe the title is a misprint.Maybe she meant “Rouge”.You betcha.
Nice article, tell’s what to expect from “Going Rogue”. When I first saw the title I thought she had just spelled Rouge incorrectly.
RE: post #114 – I’d also wondered about that picture of Palin in HK. It looks like Palin has gotten a new face indeed. All waxy and shiny and non-wrinkled in a strange plastic way. Over-zealous Botox or face lift? You be the judge.
Way to point out the irony of it all, AKM. Bravo.
Don’t they shoot rogue elephants?
Urban dictionary is even more disrepectful of Rogues. Look it up.
By the way the NYPost reports that the lecture circuit is not interested in booking the woman at 100,000. Too divisive, plus they quote someone in that field as calling her a “blithering idiot” with nothing to say of interest.
Google it up. LOL.