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(More customer reviews)I cheated on the first of the Palin books. Instead of reading "Going Rogue", I listened to the audiobook as read by the author. After 8 hours of Sarah Palin in my ears...My head is about to explode :-)
One thing that I sort of agree on her with is that the solution to our energy concerns is "All of the Above". I would qualify my "All of the Above"to the extent that more drilling and more digging would be limited to that which is necessary to provide a "strategic bridge" to renewable energy sources such as wind, wave and solar.
Beyond that, I feel that she painted the portrait of someone who is/was "shockingly naive", who has a serious victim complex and who is intellectually & culturally unremarkable.
She talked glowingly about her small town, homey roots, but was clearly disconnected from and unprepared for the breadth and complexity of government, politics and media, as played in the "Lower 48"...though, she has seemed to pick up on the incessant whining from the Right about the so-called, left-leaning / main stream media. She complained relentlessly about how "staffers" from the "senior staff" as well as her "B" team "failed" her which seems to betray the spirit of "can-do" and "taking responsibility" that she promoted so well as being the Alaskan, if not, American way. Finally, from her "ho-hum" early life to her undistinguished & questionable college years to leaving her governorship without completing her term, she seems to bring little to the table to make her a compelling figure...much less presidential timber.
Harsh review I'm sure, but I'm going to pick up "America By Heart" and give her another try :-)
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