Sarah Palin did not write Going Rogue. And neither did her ghost writer, evangelical author Lynn Vincent. They may have put the words on the page, but they did not control the message of the book.

It’s obvious to anyone who has been following Palin since before her VP pick that what she has done in this book is to methodically collect every criticism and accusation that has been leveled against her, and then attempted through the book to explain it away either by blaming others or by flat out denial. This book was really written by those that Palin calls the “opposition research.” It’s a strange peek into Palin’s brain that leaves one wondering whether she is a consummate psychological manipulator, or whether she is simply a reactionary who portrays the world she inhabits in her own mind.

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