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Meet The Other 'Rogue' Behind Sarah Palin's Memoir
Jillian Rayfield | September 29, 2009, 3:15PM
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin
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Yesterday, HarperCollins announced that Sarah Palin's much-anticipated memoir will now be released on November 17. Originally slated for spring 2010, the 400-page book's release was moved up after a quick finish by Palin and ghostwriter Lynn Vincent.
Diane Bell of The San Diego Union-Tribune, has some interesting details today on Vincent's involvement with Palin's forthcoming memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life." Apparently, Palin spent much of August in San Diego working with Vincent.
Vincent began her career as an air-traffic controller for the Navy, which stationed her in San Diego from 1986 to 1991. Vincent later spent 10 years working for the Christian World Magazine before taking time off to work with Palin this summer.
Along the way, Vincent published several other books, among them memoirs focused on Christian pop singer Michael English, former PLO member Kamal Saleem, and Delta Force leader Lt. Gen. William "Jerry" Boykin. Vincent is also a credited author on "Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party," a take-down of the Democrats co-written by conservative author Robert Stacy McCain, and "Same Kind of Different As Me," a New York Times bestseller about a rich art dealer who befriends a homeless drifter (which has since been optioned for the big-screen by The Pursuit of Happyness producer Mark Clayman).
No details have yet emerged about the contents of Palin's memoir, and Vincent's nondisclosure agreement will most likely keep her mum until the book's official release.
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BluGrass
September 29, 2009 5:54 PM
Well let's see if Miss Vincent has captured that crazy Fractured Fargo pigeon-English waya talkin' that Sarah Palin's famous for, ya know? Also.
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midnight rambler
September 29, 2009 6:37 PM in reply to BluGrass
Well, presumably the reason they brought her on in the first place was to translate Sarah's ramblings into at least semi-comprehensible English. Unfortunately for SNL.
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brewmn61
September 29, 2009 8:17 PM in reply to midnight rambler
I assume she's been the one writing Sarah's Facebook posts and Tweets as well. They all used proper grammar and were coherent in their logic (even when the logic itself was flawed), not exactly hallmarks of the Palin style.
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ManOutOfTime
September 29, 2009 8:05 PM in reply to BluGrass
You betcha!
THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS!!!! FOR ROBERT STACY MCCAIN!!!
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Dennis M
September 29, 2009 6:26 PM
It's kind of interesting that Palin had to go to San Diego to work on this project. Was Vincent too busy to travel to Wasilla?
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jweb271
September 29, 2009 7:20 PM in reply to Dennis M
You think Sarah's missing a chance to do San Diego on the publisher dime?
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traitorjoe
September 29, 2009 7:00 PM
"Chapter One: When I ran for President of the United States, I knew God wanted me to win. But the Muslims, Socialists and Liberal Media were determined to bring me down. I can't say fer sure which Liberal Media cause I don't read no newspapers but I know they was after Me."
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JNagarya
September 30, 2009 12:46 AM in reply to traitorjoe
"I knew God wanted me to win. But the Muslims, Socialists and Liberal Media were determined to bring me down."
There's the coalition to take over the world -- and then the universe!
Muslims, Socialists, and Liberal Media working together can defeat even "God"!
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jcgrim
September 30, 2009 8:55 AM in reply to traitorjoe
Perfect.
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KazooGuy
September 29, 2009 7:00 PM
Those of Sarah's fans who can read must be thrilled.
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Spider
September 29, 2009 7:01 PM
The book was finished early, but I understand that about 180 pages in, the narrative switches to the life story of Alaska's lieutenant governor.
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_jonny_5_
September 29, 2009 7:33 PM in reply to Spider
Well played...
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traitorjoe
September 29, 2009 7:02 PM
No no no, the narrative doesn't switch, the point guard passes to avoid the quarterback sack because only dead fish swim upstream.
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CT Voter
September 29, 2009 7:21 PM in reply to traitorjoe
Man oh man. This comment is a thing of beauty. Wish I could rate comments still.
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jcgrim
September 30, 2009 8:57 AM in reply to traitorjoe
Bwahahahahaha! I just sprayed coffee on my computer screen!
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CT Voter
September 29, 2009 7:04 PM
It took almost a month to write 400 pages?
Slackers.
Will there be pictures?
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traitorjoe
September 29, 2009 7:07 PM in reply to CT Voter
CT, it takes time to draw outlines of the big salmon, the moose, and the snowmobile so the readers can have room to fill in with crayon marks.
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SantaMonica
September 29, 2009 7:08 PM in reply to CT Voter
Expect BIG, BIG FONTS
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Les Ismore
September 29, 2009 7:28 PM
Interesting...wonder if she writes her policy position papers on Facebook also.
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Sarah Palin
September 29, 2009 7:43 PM
My favorite book is all of them!
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jeffgee
September 29, 2009 8:03 PM
It must have taken a lot of monkeys at a lot of typewriters to make sense of Sarah's word salad.
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Rich in NJ
September 29, 2009 8:08 PM
Scratch and sniff?
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frsbdg
September 29, 2009 8:35 PM
There's even more to the story than you think:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WnodEflqIU
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Nancy Irving
September 29, 2009 10:39 PM in reply to frsbdg
Hilarious!
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VexSmith
September 29, 2009 9:01 PM
According to Levi in his VF piece, the ex-Gov. spends much of her time in her bedroom, alone. Maybe she had lots of time to storyboard an outline?
She may not hold a grudge when it comes to business. I would expect her to include Letterman on her book tour.
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regnad
September 29, 2009 10:53 PM
Ah. That must be our old friend William "my god's dick is bigger than theirs" Boykin.
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GeorgeTheShrubber
September 30, 2009 10:10 AM
The "I was a Guvnah before I quit for cash" chapter alone should be at least 5-to-10 pages. If Alaska Spice is the voice for the audio version of this scholarly tome, i'm still not buying. They'll be giving it away for free like all the Ann Coulter books they apparently cant get rid of.
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Fuddnik
September 30, 2009 12:00 PM
Who would be the worst project to work on? Boykin or Palin?
Palin can't comment on it either, since she doesn't know what's in it either. Like Terrell Owens being misquoted in his autobiography.
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Primordial Ooze
September 30, 2009 12:22 PM
Ah yes, Boykin's memoir- "Going Commando", if I recall.
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bushwhacked
October 1, 2009 1:13 AM
Well as Sarah would say and agree, I have to add that the murders overlooked by the Clinton passage into Russia, and the sight thereof from my front yard. To add further insult against the democratic party and yes then the magazine that I never read will further prove there is a Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. Oh and yes a shout out to all the "Real" Americans, god bless you and in woods I shot a Grizzly bear only to be retracted by Obama while he was killing grand mothers. How about them troops over there in warganistan. Here is a shout out to all of you, god bless and wink. You betcha shout out to all my friends int he "Twilight Zone." Be sure to buy my book and get all learned up and stuff.
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