Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Sarah Palin's 'Going Rogue' is Going Rogue

From Late Night with Jimmy Fallon:

Sarah Palin's book, Going Rogue came out today, but when Jimmy tried to show it to the audience - it was nowhere to be found and he quickly realized that Going Rogue was GOING ROGUE!!!


2 comments:

Tom Degan said...

For the record: I have not read Going Rogue, nor do I have any intention of doing so. I have enough political non-fiction to keep up with to waste any of my time on fiction. That is the reason I never read Gore Vidal's historical novel on Abraham Lincoln. What's the point when there are so many great biographies? Besides, it's been quoted and dissected enough in the last twenty-four hours, I'm able to draw a couple of conclusions.

One such conclusion that is unavoidable is the woman's jaw-dropping shallowness. When telling the story of how she was confronted at one point with news reports that she and her husband Todd were going to divorce, one would think (indeed one would hope) that she would offer for the reader's contemplation a heartfelt description of her abiding love for her husband; how their union could not be tossed aside like some disposable camera - that she and Todd took their wedding vows seriously. No, there was none of that....

"Dang, I thought. Divorce Todd? Have you seen Todd???"

Thirteen years into their marriage, Eleanor Roosevelt was confronted with her husband's affair with her social secretary (and distant relative of mine - I come from a long line of home wreckers) Lucy Paige Mercer. After contemplating divorce, it was decided that they would continue their union. Years later, she confided to her friend, Joesph Lash, the reasons for saving their marriage. They were many and complicated. This, I can assure you, was not one of them:

"Dang, I thought. Divorce Franklin? Have you seen Franklin???"

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Tom Degan
Goshen, NY

Mary said...

Read the book. THEN draw your conclusions.

I haven't read it. I haven't reviewed it, unlike Ana Marie Cox.