Yes, I read Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue – An American Life.  I read it from cover to cover, including all the words.  Why would I do this?  Am I an unabashed masochist?  No.  The answer, my friend, is that I did it so you didn’t have to.  My own copy is marked up in various [...]

(Cracks knuckles and rubs palms together briskly) We are about to knock off the last agonizing chapter of the hardcover $19.97 bologna sandwich that some rogue calls a book. Ready?  Let’s go. Page 383 The drive to Fairbanks for the abdication ceremony was “magical”. The motor home was “filled with coffee.” A bunch of local [...]

The second-to-last chapter.  There is light at the end of this long long tunnel.  It reminds me of the escape scene from Shawshank Redemption.  Only I’m not yet to the other end of the pipe… Page 341 Everyone wanted her to run for Senate against Lisa Murkowski who was vulnerable because she got the job [...]

Page 292 Before the debate a campaign consultant made a comment about her weird vocal inflections. She’s been talkin’ the same way for 44 years and she’s not going to change now. “Besides, I thought of all the money Tina Fey was making imitating me; I didn’t want to screw up her SNL thing by [...]

Page 254 (Posted previously in sneak peek) A TV station in Alaska was willing to spend any amount to get a local reporter on the scene of the nomination to ask “simple, softball scripted questions,” but the campaign wouldn’t allow it. She was hoping the national media would pick up on the simple softball scripted [...]

I have not mentioned until now that each chapter begins with a quote. But this one, I have to share. It may not mean much to you if you have not already waded through the first three chapters, but here it is. I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and [...]

Pages 153-164 AGIA and ACES (Alaska Gasline Inducement Act and Alaska’s Clear and Equitable Share) I’m going to let this one lie, because you could basically write a book about it all on its own. It’s particular to Alaska, and it’s wonky. Good people fall on both sides of this issue. Some people I know [...]

Once again a great beginning. Page 105-106 It’s the middle of winter, and ten degrees below zero. It’s nighttime and it’s dark. It’s Thompson Pass on the way to Valdez. Driving is “treacherous” and this area has very little traffic, hazardous conditions, and an average snow dump of 50 feet in the winter. Sarah Palin [...]

Here we go with chapter two. (Deep breath) Page 63 First sentence – “When I first got into Wasilla city politics, I wasn’t even sure how to pronounce the mayor’s name.” So, what do you suppose the mayor’s name was? Wojciechowski? Finnbogadottir? No, actually it was Stein. Pronounced the regular way. John Stein. You know… [...]

God is mentioned twice before the first word of the first chapter.  Once in the dedication and once in a quote. Page 1 The second sentence of the book is a rollicking good piece of prose for William Shatner! “With the grey Talkeetna Mountains in the distance and the first light covering of snow about [...]

Up until now, I had been relying on anonymous friends to send me rogue pages from Sarah Palin’s new book by email.  I’ve been sharing little rogue nuggets with you, getting you in shape for the real thing.  And today is the day.  Going Rogue hit the shelves.  Yes, I bought a copy, and yes, [...]

Digested your first helping of rogue nuggets yet?  It helps if you wash them down with a nice tall glass of Maalox.  All ready for a second helping?  Got yer mavericky dipping sauce and your stack of napkins?  Alrighty then.  Grab your knife and fork (do not use them on yourself no matter how desperate [...]

Well, thanks to my fairy godperson, I’ve landed the motherlode of Going Rogue pages, and have served you up a tasty breakfast smorgasbord of easily digestible Rogue nuggets. Let’s start with the most revolting quote: “There was a bright spot in Philly, and his name was Joe Lieberman.” It will be hard to top that [...]