The First 6 pages of "Going Rogue"

I read the first 6 pages of Sarah Palin's book, "Going Rogue". No I should rephrase that. I re-read that part. Eventually I will finish the whole book, but if the rest is like the first it will take a very long time. There is just too much in it to digest and is all seems worthy of comment. I guess also in a strange sort of way it sounds too familiar.

Those first 6 pages are about her trip to the Alaska State Fair. It is so complete that I can still smell the pop corn and hear screaming kids on roller coasters. Somewhere down the midway Sarah Palin came to a "Right To Life" display and was drawn from being a mother at the fair to being the governor. 7 years before, the pro life folks loved her so much that they used (and still use) a baby photo of Piper as a symbol of life, but for pure political reasons never endorsed Sarah in a single political campaign. The wonderful sights, sounds and smells of a day with her kids became a remembrance of raw, dirty politics. She began thinking about how her fight against corruption and cronyism had put her at odds with some powerful people in her own party. (Side Note: The one thing that might either drive me out of politics or force me to run again is cronyism in my own party.)

Sarah Palin was looking for a way back to the fair and Piper gave it to her by asking to ride a roller coaster, but just then the cell phone rang. She was hoping the call was anything other than politics. Maybe it was her son at Fort Wainwright who was getting ready to go to Iraq. It was Senator John McCain asking if she wanted to help him change history.