September 26, 2010

Going (More Than) Rogue: Sarah Palin and the Pink Elephant in the Room

By Jan Whitt
"How's that hopey-changey stuff workin' out for ya?"  Sarah Palin's parody of Barack Obama's presidential campaign slogan elicited enthusiastic applause and a roar of laughter during a February 2010 Opryland Hotel engagement (Klein 21), and the trademark question has delighted her supporters many times since. Certainly, the size and exuberance of Palin's fan base help to explain the popularity of her memoir Going Rogue: An American Life (2009), which, according to HarperCollins, sold 700,000 copies during the first week (Barbour n.p.).Writing her memoir was such a priority for Palin that she cites it as one of the reasons she resigned as governor of Alaska seventeen months early. Palin wasted no time writing and publishing Going Rogue, completing the 413-page book in approximately four months (Fitzpatrick n.p.) with the help of ghostwriter Lynn Vincent, who has co-authored several books and writes for WORLD, a Christian news magazine.  Although Palin has been...(Read Full Article)