Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The story behind the title of Sarah Palin's book

Lynn Vincent, Sarah Palin's collaborator on her forthcoming book Going Rogue: An American Life, shared the story behind the book's title with the Wall Street Journal's John Fund:
Ms. Vincent didn't reveal any details about the book, but did acknowledge it will describe Ms. Palin's frustration over her treatment by the staffers she inherited from the McCain campaign after her surprise pick as the GOP vice presidential nominee last year. Ms. Palin was booked on grueling interviews with hostile reporters while talk-show hosts such as Glenn Beck couldn't even get through to her aides. Mr. Beck tells me he was stunned when he picked up the phone one day just before the election to discover Sarah Palin was on the other end of the line. "She explained that she had been blocked from reaching her audience, so she was now 'going rogue' and booking her own interviews," Mr. Beck told me. "I was thrilled she had burst out of the cage they'd built for her and we were finally talking."
Given that history, Going Rogue is, as Fund says, a fitting title for Sarah Palin's book. We doubt that McCain insiders such as Mike Murphy, Nicole Wallace and others who ragged on the vice presidential candidate are looking forward to its release.

- JP

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