No one really knows what’s inside Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue, which hits stores Tuesday. The AP has obtained a copy, and published this story, which suggests that the book is a gauzy, campaign-heavy memoir that “follows Palin from childhood to her departure last summer as Alaska governor” — and not much else. Palin, we are told, has a lot of folksy gossip to share in her book, but little to say of substance. John Ziegler, the director of Media Malpractice who has also read the book, was the first to say that the AP report is inaccurate:
Today, Palin herself weighed in with this message: “The AP and a number of subsequent media outlets are erroneously reporting the contents of the book. Keep your powder dry, read the book, and enjoy it!” So, who are we to believe? Palin and her defenders, or the AP? Well, a report out tonight says that Palin’s book includes criticism of bailouts, the Obama economic program, the Obama climate-change agenda, and the stimulus. Sounds pretty substantive to me. Which Palin defender published these snippets in order to combat the media portrayal of Going Rogue as shallow? Why, it was the AP — in the course of a ridiculous “Fact Check” of Palin’s book. (Among the “facts” in this piece: “Few politicians own up to wanting a high office for the power and prestige of it, and in this respect, Palin fits the conventional mold.”) We’ll have to wait until Tuesday to see the actual contents of the book. But, by the AP’s own biased reporting, it seems that it will be filled with policy indeed. (SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION ALERT: While waiting for Going Rogue, check out The Persecution of Sarah Palin!)
