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Need a Sarah Palin Fix?
November 13, 2009 10:01 AM
The book comes out on Tuesday but the Associated Press has a copy now. Sarah Palin “Going Rogue” is her take on the campaign, on the media, on her family, on it all.
Here are some excerpts from the Associated Press:
On the Campaign:
“Confirming that there was substantial tension between her advisers and McCain's, Palin bitterly details how she was prevented from delivering a concession speech on election night, how she'd been kept "bottled up" from reporters during the campaign and prevented in many ways from just being herself. She also contends she was prepped to give non-answers during her debate with Joe Biden.”
On the Media:
“She writes that she was shocked Couric had asked her which newspapers and magazines she read; given what she called Couric's lack of knowledge about energy issues, Palin wondered whether she should have asked the news anchor what she read.”
On Election Night:
“Palin laments that she wasn't allowed to bring up loads of family members to the stage while McCain gave his election night concession speech, having found out minutes earlier that she wouldn't be permitted to give her own speech.”
November 13, 2009 | Permalink | Share | User Comments (27)
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The title of Sarah Palin's book says it all, Going Rogue. By definition, a rogue is a cheat, a fraud, a con-artist, a charlatan, a scoundrel, and a liar. And the media seriously want to elect a rogue AKA a liar for president.
The word "fix"is an interesting one. Back when I was a teenager a "fix" meant a dose of heroin, opium, cocaine, or some other narcotic.
So anyone who gets a "fix" from a rogue entrepreneur, AKA drug dealer like Sarah Palin must be a real "dope."
Posted by: William Joseph Miller | Nov 13, 2009 10:35:42 AM
Palin wondered whether she should have asked the news anchor what she read.”
Too bad she did not do that. Now that would have been rogue and effective.
Posted by: jenny | Nov 13, 2009 10:49:20 AM
Yay for Sarah!
As long as Palin is the morally and intellectually bankrupt, religious extremist, lunatic fringe, dishonest, idiotic Face of the Republican Party, America is safe.
She is a female George Bush and that must strike terror into the hearts of sane Americans.
Posted by: Doppelganger | Nov 13, 2009 11:59:15 AM
Hey Doppelganger I think you may be playing with your Dollywagger too much because it's now effecting your brain function not just your eyesight anymore.
Posted by: Noz | Nov 13, 2009 12:37:38 PM
Noz.......speaking from first-hand experience? It's called psychological projection. Says more about you and your fantasies than about me. God loves you.
Posted by: Doppelganger | Nov 13, 2009 2:19:20 PM
I don't know about that Doppe, my fantasies have more to do with the hope of an intelligent open minded electorate.
Obviously you are not included in that subset of humanity evidenced by what you first posted.
Posted by: Noz | Nov 13, 2009 2:25:03 PM
Sarah was SHOCKED Couric WHAT DO YOU READ? She couldn't shake herself from the dismay to answer a perfectly benign question? How about just thinking about WHAT YOU READ?
Yep, PREZNITDENTIAL material, that Palin is, alright!!!
Posted by: DEO | Nov 13, 2009 3:04:29 PM
...and SINCE WHEN is going ROGUE a good thing?
Sarah doesn't read the dictionary either.
Sarah Palin/Fabio 2012!
Posted by: DEO | Nov 13, 2009 3:06:04 PM
Couric's question was stupid. It was intended to show bias depending on whatever Palin's answer was....and no other Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate has ever been asked such a stupid question.
I love how the middle of the day (lunch hour here) folks who come on and write things about Palin that are cruel and just downright childish appear to be the ones who aren't out working.
I then notice how the discourse changes once all the conservatives get home from work and come on.
Posted by: Steve | Nov 13, 2009 3:42:48 PM
John McCain wanted to "run" for president, not "be" the president. That became abundantly clear when he picked Sarah Palin as a running mate. Her presence on the ticket insured his defeat. The excerpts from her book show how childish and immature she is. "Rogue" will end up to be an appropriate title.
Posted by: Dr.JHP | Nov 13, 2009 3:44:08 PM
Many of you are misinformed. Rogue has several connotations in the dictionary. I'm pretty sure the explanation of her meaning is the "Variation of the standard". I haven't read the book yet, have you? Oh right, you guys don't know how to read do you? She is not the normal politician. She is honest, and forthright and transparent in her arguments. But this is why she will never get elected. She is too honest. You all prefer to elect money hungry liars into office.
Posted by: Sharon | Nov 13, 2009 3:56:57 PM
Kudos Sharon.
Hey, I'm undecided about Palin but she does have some things going for her.
She's not a lawyer.
She didn't graduate from Yale or Harvard.
She's a successful self made woman.
I'm interested to learn more about her.
I'm not interested in reading regurgitated leftist brain dead spin.
Posted by: Noz | Nov 13, 2009 4:05:51 PM
Poor Sarah! She has her name on the cover of a book but certainly didn't write it all by herself. I am sure even a cheap computer with spell-check would kick out massacres of the English such as heckova, windin', seeun, thinkin', etc. You can betcha on that. My Websters defines "rogue" as a thieving, wandering beggar or tramp; a cheating fraud. Well, okay, I don't think it fits 100%, but I didn't select the title. Perhaps the few dozen copies that sell will define her actions in a more mundane way. She's peeved because the Republicans wouldn't allow her to speak more . . . Good Grief!
Posted by: clever bob | Nov 13, 2009 4:21:38 PM
C'mon guys. Enuff name calling thanks to our puppet masters. So who wants to spend the afternoon in the closet with Sarah? with Hillary? door1 or door2
Posted by: mr mackeral | Nov 13, 2009 4:36:54 PM
“She is honest, and forthright and transparent in her arguments. But this is why she will never get elected. She is too honest.”
Gotta love how her faithful followers always tout the honesty of Palin the pathological prevaricator and per diem pilferer.
Posted by: WWW | Nov 13, 2009 4:39:53 PM
Steve.."Couric's question was stupid. It was intended to show bias depending on whatever Palin's answer was..."
Couric's question was not stupid. I for one am interested in what the answer might have been. Palin's answer could have shown her character (the Bible, etc.) or her love of her children ("Where the Wild Things Are", etc.), or an interest in politics or humor. If she read a dictionary, she would have known what "rogue" means. Instead, her answer showed her to be unprepared or dis-interested. She has no one to blame but herself. And yet, she blames ANYONE else.
Posted by: CarolB | Nov 13, 2009 5:20:12 PM
No,SHARON, we don't know how to read hence the written banter here.
You may not like WHAT you are reading, and as clever as the remark was, putting sentences together and answering eachother proves we CAN all read....but keep trying, you'll be able to take a swipe that makes sense if you put on your thinking cap and just keep plugging.
Nope, Palin is NOT a "normal" politician, in fact she holds no office at all. Her podium is FB, she can't hold it together long enough to get a website of HER OWN up and running.
No one accused her of being NORMAL, as far as I know.
Posted by: DEO | Nov 13, 2009 5:21:55 PM
OH Steve, You are lucky you have a job these days. How dare you put down the ones who don't. However, I travel around the world and make 2 mil a day on my laptop and can write during the day aby damn time I please. There is an "off" button, use it.
Posted by: TCYB | Nov 13, 2009 5:49:41 PM
“She is honest, and forthright and transparent in her arguments. But this is why she will never get elected. She is too honest.”
Whoever wrote this must get screwed over alot.
Posted by: TCYB | Nov 13, 2009 5:51:40 PM
I watched the Oprah clip. She's a year older, a little more matronly, has a slight droop in the jaw line, and a horrible hairdo-Ms. Sarah's window of minining the right-wing minority window will eventually close. A winking, "you betcha" Granny Palin will not be so marketable to millions of repressed Repub men. Actually, I think she knows that. This is the "Get the Money and Run Book Tour".
Posted by: B.Bear | Nov 13, 2009 6:46:03 PM
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