| Description |
xvi, 320 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : OR Books, 2009. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
A collection of 50 articles from sources including the L.A. Times, the New Yorker and the Guardian examines Palin's quirky origins in Wasilla, Alaska, her spectacular rise to the effective leadership of the Republican Party, and the nightmarish prospect of her continuing to dominate the nation's political scene. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Richard Kim and Betsy Reed. Picking Palin: the GOP's gift to America. Beauty and the beast / JoAnn Wypijewski -- The insiders: how John McCain came to pick Sarah Palin / Jane Mayer -- Palin: wrong woman, wrong message / Gloria Steinem. Half-baked Alaska: Palin's real record. Meet Sarah Palin's radical right-wing pals / Max Blumenthal and David Neiwert -- Palin's party: her religious right roots / Michelle Goldberg -- Our polar bears, ourselves / Mark Hertsgaard -- Palin's petropolitics / Michael T. Klare -- Northern exposure: Sarah Palin's toxic paradise / Sheila Kaplan and Marilyn Berlin Snell -- Why Troopergate matters / John Nichols -- Examining Palin's record on violence against women / Brentin Mock -- Palin enthusiastically practices socialism, Alaska-style / Elstun Lauesen -- Letter from the other Alaska / Shannyn Moore -- The ugly irony of Going rogue / Jeanne Devon. Palintology. Selected Palinisms / compiled by Sebastian Jones -- Palin's prevarications / compiled by Sebastian Jones -- Palin's top 25 tweets / compiled by Sebastian Jones -- Buyer's remorse / compiled by Sebastian Jones -- The poetry of Sarah Palin / Hart Seely. Lipstick on a faux feminist: Palin and women. Sarah Palin, affirmative action babe / Katha Pollitt -- The F-card won't wash: Sarah Palin is disastrous for women's rights / Jessica Valenti -- Sarah's steel ones / Amy Alexander -- Sarah Palin, mean girl / Linda Hirshman -- The "bitch" and the "ditz" / Amanda Fortini. The Palin pageant: sex, God, and country first. The elephant in the room / Dana Goldstein -- What scarlet letter? / Hanna Rosin -- Sarah Palin's shotgun politics / Gary Younge -- Sarah Palin's frontier justice / Patricia J. Williams -- The sexy puritan / Tom Perrotta -- The witch-hunter anoints Sarah Palin / Max Blumenthal -- Sarah Palin, American / Jeff Sharlet -- Mad dog Palin / Matt Taibbi -- Sarah Palin's faux populism / Jim Hightower -- The Sarah Palin smoke screen / Katrina vanden Heuvel -- The GOP loves the heartland to death / Thomas Frank. Unpacking Palinism: the world according to Sarah. Capitalism, Sarah Palin-style / Naomi Klein -- Drill, drill, drill / Eve Ensler -- Sarah Palin, meet Mahmoud Ahmadinejad / Juan Cole -- Sarah Palin's nine most disturbing beliefs / AlterNet staff. Going rogue: a woman's right to lose. The Sarah Palin pity party / Rebecca Traister -- The un-Hillary: why watching Sarah Palin is agony for women / Emily Bazelon -- Flirting her way to victory / Michelle Goldberg -- Sayonara, Sarah / Katha Pollitt -- Lost in translation: why Sarah Palin really quit us / Dahlia Lithwick. Palin's poison: lingering in the body politic. She broke the GOP and now she owns it / Frank Rich -- The losers who gave us Sarah Palin / Joe Conason -- Beyond the Palin / Rick Perlstein -- Sarah Palin's death panels / Robert Reich -- How Sarah Palin renewed American socialism / John Nichols -- Forum: what is Sarah Palin's future in American politics? / Jane Hamsher, Christopher Hayes, Amanda Marcotte, Michael Tomasky. |
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Palin, Sarah, 1964- -- Public opinion.
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Palin, Sarah, 1964- -- Political and social views.
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Palin, Sarah, 1964- -- Ethics.
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Women governors -- Alaska -- Biography.
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Vice-presidential candidates -- United States -- Biography.
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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
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Women -- Political activity -- United States -- Case studies.
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Beauty, Personal -- Political aspects -- United States -- Case studies.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
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Public opinion -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Kim, Richard C. C.
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Reed, Betsy, 1968-
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| Added Title |
Sarah Palin |
| Other Title |
Going rogue |
| ISBN |
9780757315244 paperback |
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0757315240 paperback |
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