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Palin Writing Pal Hails From Partisan Fringe

Co-author Vincent's earlier books skew religious, conservative

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 1, 2009 8:43 AM CDT

(Newser) – The woman who co-wrote Sarah Palin's bestseller-before-it's-published memoir Going Rogue has been palling around with some pretty roguish types herself. Lynn Vincent has co-authored books with a journalist with a penchant for racist rhetoric and a disgraced general, and has herself written that Barack Obama is the "minority survivor" of the "black genocide" (abortion). But Politico also sees a "lively writing style and deep roots in evangelical Christianity" in Vincent's books.

Vincent wrote Donkey Cons—a look at criminality in the Democratic party from the days of "ruthless killer" Aaron Burr onwards—with Robert Stacy McCain, a former Washington Times editor who once wrote that ordinary people find interracial romance "revolting." Other memoirs Vincent has ghostwritten include that of Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin, a former Special Forces chief who was ousted after he appeared to frame the war on terror in terms of Christianity vs. Islam.

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Sarah Palin attends the 16th annual CLSA Investors' Forum in Hong Kong last week. (AP Photo/CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets, Jeff Topping)

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luvroks

Oct 2, 2009 3:37 AM CDT

I hope u r kiddin. She couldnt possibly even write a page from a recipe book without 4 aides and her daughter Bristol. do you remember the couric interview...i felt do bad for her because it just feels weird to me to see another woman be so empty in the head on national television. talk about a lack of a brain stem! you cant write a book if you dont read anything.

luvroks

Oct 2, 2009 3:32 AM CDT

I have a crush on you Dr!...lol....:-)

OWLWOMANXXXX

Oct 2, 2009 1:09 AM CDT

I was surprised....I don't think that I am the only one who was under the impression that she was the only author.....so how gullible am I????

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Palin Writing Pal Hails From Partisan Fringe