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NEWS ABOUT: Going Rogue

Going Rogue stories: 26 news summaries

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 Unofficial Index to Going Rogue 

Palin memoir doesn't have one, so...

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's memoir, Going Rogue, doesn't have an index. So Slate has generously provided one. Some key references:
  • Alaska: "robin's egg sky of," page 2.
  • Books: cookbooks and the Bible, page 15; Animal Farm, page 27
  • Cap and trade: an "environmentalist Ponzi scheme,
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She Tells Rachel Maddow

 Palin Book All 
 'Fabrications': 
 McCain Aide 

In Maddow interview, Wallace points to 'bizarre fixation' on past

(Newser) - Rachel Maddow’s show has surely been the locus of some Sarah Palin bashing, but last night it got its ammunition from an unlikely source—her handler during last year’s campaign. Nicolle Wallace is not happy about her characterization in Palin’s Going Rogue, and gave an interview... More »

 Palin Memoir: 
 I Inspired 
 Obama's 'Change' 

Palin suggests Dem's '08 adviser lifted Alaska strategy

(Newser) - Sarah Palin believes she might deserve some of the credit for President Obama's victory but not in the way some people in the McCain camp would have it. In Going Rogue, Palin points to her campaign for Alaska governor as having used the "Change" theme and suggests she may... More »

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HIPPIES STRIKE BACK

SF Store Gives Palin Profits to Help Save Alaska Wolves

100% goes to foundation fighting aerial hunting

(Newser) - A bookstore in San Francisco—probably not a locale Sarah Palin would consider “real America”—is donating all the profits from the sale of her book, Going Rogue, to an Alaska foundation that, among other things, helps to protect wolves from the aerial hunting the ex-governor ardently supports.... More »

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Going Rogue: What Reviewers Are Saying 

Same old Sarah: 'ever optimistic, weirdly ungrammatical'

(Newser) - Most reviewers agree Sarah Palin's Going Rogue is intriguing—mostly for the swipes at the McCain campaign and what Palin writes about her life off the political stage. Some takes:
  • The book is "a crackling read of grudges recalled, and settled, in her favor, a rewriting of the
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Her friends, foes, frenemies

 A Guide to Going Rogue 

Find out who gets bloodied in Palin's book

(Newser) - It's the read all of Washington has been waiting for, but, alas, it has no index. Lest Sarah Palin's friends, foes, and frenemies be forced to read it all the way through to see how they made out, Politico's Jonathan Martin and Andy Barr offer a guide: Friends
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GOING COY

 Palin to Walters: 2012 
 'Not on My Radar,' But... 

'If people will have me, I will' do something in 2012

(AP) - Sarah Palin says that a 2012 presidential bid is "not on my radar," but wouldn't rule out playing some role in the next presidential election. "My ambition, if you will, my desire is to help our country in whatever role that may be, and I cannot predict... More »

BOOK REVIEW

'Sarah's Not Retreating, She's Reloading'

Going Rogue shows Palin as smart feminist with eye on presidency

(Newser) - The Sarah Palin who emerges on the pages of Going Rogue is a far cry from the "prejudiced, dim-witted ideologue of the popular liberal imagination," Melanie Kirkpatrick writes in the Wall Street Journal . Kirkpatrick finds a "nuanced" politician "capable of mastering complicated issues," and a... More »

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TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Clinton: Karzai on the Hot Seat 

White House 'will expect more,' focused on defeating 'those who attacked us'

(Newser) - It's time for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to put up or shut up, Hillary Clinton said today, underscoring the White House's heightened expectations of Kabul. "We are expecting there to be a major crimes tribunal, an anti-corruption commission," she told This Week, adding that the original Afghan... More »

SUNDAY TALK SHOWS

 Clinton: 
 I'll Have 
 Coffee 
 With Palin 


Secretary says maybe she could change ex-gov's mind on some issues

(AP) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she would be happy to talk to Sarah Palin over coffee. In an interview for broadcast today on NBC's Meet the Press, Clinton says she's never met the onetime GOP vice presidential hopeful and former Alaska governor and thinks it would be... More »

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(Newser) - Sarah Palin's book is already a sensation, and she hasn't even appeared on Oprah's couch yet. No question it will sell, but what other purposes might it serve for the self-styled rogue Republican, Andy Barr wonders in Politico . Herewith, his benchmarks to measure the book tour and media frenzy:
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 Limbaugh Loves 
 Palin Memoir 

Right wing's leading light heaps praise on new book

(Newser) - Introducing into the public discourse the possibility that he has never read a book about policy, Rush Limbaugh today described Sarah Palin's forthcoming memoir, Going Rogue, as "truly one of the most substantive policy books I've read." He continued, "This woman, Gov. Palin, clearly is... More »

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OPINION

Truth-Twisting Palin Just Gets More Dangerous

New 'author' irresistible to both right and left: parody editors

(Newser) - Sarah Palin remains a major player on the national stage because "neither the left nor the right can get enough of her," write Richard Kim and Betsy Reed, the editors of Going Rouge, the parody that comes out the same day as the former Alaska governor's memoir,... More »

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 10 Juiciest Going Rogue Tidbits 

From what she left in (Couric sniping) to what she left out (an index)

(Newser) - The moment America has been waiting for is almost here—the release of Sarah Palin’s memoir Going Rogue is just days away! For those who can't wait, Azaria Jagger of Gawker details the 10 juiciest tidbits that have leaked so far:
  • John McCain: Palin claims his campaign
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 Levi Gets Off 
 Scot-Free in 
 Palin Book 

Not a word after Johnston threatens to spill Sarah dirt

(Newser) - Sarah Palin rips up John McCain and his campaign team in her new book, but retracts her claws when it comes to her near-son-in-law. In fact, her 413-page tome doesn't include a single reference to the daddy of her born-out-of-wedlock grandson, according to AP . Palin has repeatedly skewered Playgirl model... More »

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 Palin Slams 
 Katie Couric 
 in Book 

Calls her 'badgering' and biased in her memoir

(Newser) - The Sarah Palin details are rolling in fast and furious. Some nuggets gleaned from the AP 's advance look at her new book and her taped interview with Oprah today:
  • She writes that Katie Couric was "badgering" and used only "gotcha" moments in their campaign interviews because
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Palin's Book
Will Settle Scores With McCain Aides

Details dribbling out;
5 'very long' chapters

(Newser) - Can't wait to find out what's in Sarah Palin's Going Rogue? It's not out until next Tuesday, but Mark Halperin has some info at his political blog at Time. The book has:
  • The names of McCain aides she believes undermined her candidacy.
  • Lots of scorn for the media.
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A VOID FILLED

 Palin Makes Twitter Comeback 

Gov will return to 140-character musings for book tour

(Newser) - Currently unemployed politician Sarah Palin will return to her prolific tweeting career for her upcoming book tour, reports the AP . The erstwhile governor quit both her post and Twitter feed simultaneously earlier this year, but announced on Facebook last night that she'll again provide devoted and scornful followers alike with... More »

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 Palin's Book Retainer: $1.25M 

'Going Rogue' goes on sale next month

(Newser) - Harper Collins paid $1.25 million to Sarah Palin as a retainer for her upcoming memoir. Given the early buzz on pre-orders, she'll likely pull in more once Going Rogue goes on sale next month. Financial disclosure reports from her final 7 months as governor also note that Palin took... More »

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 Rogue Anti-Palin Book Coming 

Essay collection uses similar art, title

(Newser) - Look out, Sarah Palin fans. If you’re not careful when you run out to buy Going Rogue: An American Life, the ex-governor’s memoir, you might accidentally grab Going Rouge: Sarah Palin, An American Nightmare. A Palin-bashing essay collection from the editors of The Nation has pilfered... More »

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