‘Rogue’: TMI

Posted by afp on December 4, 2009 · 17 Comments

Column by Chris Graham
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I didn’t expect that the one thing that would stick out the most from my read of Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue would be the bit about an unnamed former state legislative director in Alaska, what with all the innuendo about the inner workings of the John McCain presidential campaign, the hack job she did on McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt, the breathless retelling of the moment when she asked Joe Biden if she could call him Joe – there was just so much to look forward to.

But no, sitting here thinking about the book, about Palin, the state legislative director stories are the ones that will linger with me. Read more

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Live Blog | ‘Rogue’ review

Posted by afp on November 21, 2009 · 15 Comments

Column by Chris Graham

I’m plowing through Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue, and yes, I’ve finally gotten to the good parts, at least the first few.

It took 60 pages to get there. That’s longer than most of you would’ve gone, Palin fan or not.

Those first 60 pages were interminably long and drawn out.

I’m done complaining. I want to do my review as my reading continues, mainly because I’m not one with the kind of free time to just do a marathon-read.

(Which makes me like most actual fans of Palin. Which I admittedly am not.)

So here we go – with my Live Blog review of Going Rogue. Read more

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