The Mudflats

Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics

Going Rogue: Page by Page (A Resource and Links)

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 [...]
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Chapter Five – The Thumpin’

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 [...]
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Chapter Four – Going Rogue (Part 3 of 3)

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 [...]

Chapter Four – Going Rogue (Part 2 of 3)

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 [...]

Rogue Nuggets – The Second Course

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 [...]