NY Times review of her book, Going Rogue.
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The most sustained and vehement barbs in this book are directed not at Democrats or liberals or the news media, but at the McCain campaign. The very campaign that plucked her out of Alaska, anointed her the Republican vice-presidential nominee and made her one of the most talked about women on the planet — someone who could command a reported $5 million advance for writing this book.
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... She pretends no particular familiarity with the Middle East, the Iraq war or Islamic politics — "I knew the history of the conflict," she writes, "to the extent that most Americans did." And she argues that “there’s no better training ground for politics than motherhood.”
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Ms. Palin suggests that she and her husband, Todd, are ideally qualified to represent the Joe Six-Packs of the world because they are Joe Six-Packs themselves. "We know what it’s like to be on a tight budget and wonder how we’re going to pay for our own health care, let alone college tuition," she writes in "Going Rogue." "We know what it’s like to work union jobs, to be blue-collar, white-collar, to have our kids in public schools. We felt our very normalcy, our status as ordinary Americans, could be a much-needed fresh breeze blowing into Washington, D.C."
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Elsewhere in this volume she talks about creationism, saying she "didn’t believe in the theory that human beings — thinking, loving beings — originated from fish that sprouted legs and crawled out of the sea" or from "monkeys who eventually swung down from the trees." In everything that happens to her, from meeting Todd to her selection by Mr. McCain for the Republican ticket, she sees the hand of God: "My life is in His hands. I encourage readers to do what I did many years ago, invite Him in to take over."
As has been mentioned by some in the media it's interesting how she loves to criticize the mainstream media, yet is now using that same MSM to promote her book. Ironically, the MSM loves her and seems quite happy to promote her book, too.
I don't know what this world is coming to, but if Sarah Palin and Lou Dobbs end up as the leading Republican candidates for the presidency of the United States--oy!
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Seriously? To me that is stunningly naive. I have often wondered, would this woman be so popular and worshipped by so many in the GOP if she was an average plain Jane, maybe even unnattractive?. Would she be so regarded by a percentage within the party. Personally, I don't think so......just my random SP thoughts....
