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By Alex Dunbar
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 6:19 p.m.

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SKANEATELES --

The staff at Creekside Books and Coffee in Skaneateles opened the doors on Tuesday morning, customers were already waiting outside. They were hoping to be among the first to get a look at Sarah Palin’s new book “Going Rogue.” As the day went on, it was clear that “Going Rogue” was going fast.  

"We're looking at our second shipment already,” said owner Erika Davis. “With our first shipment, most of them have been reserved so far."

Lynda Foster saw Palin in Auburn this summer and says she admires the former governor’s passion even if she doesn't always agree with her.

"There aren’t a lot of people that have that kind of courage, man or woman, and that's why I want to see it. Am I looking at a presidential candidate? Not really. That's not why I want to read the book," said Foster.

In the book, Sarah Palin discusses her recent trip to the Finger Lakes area and says it was "inspiring to see the historically rich region." She also describes her trip to the Harriet Tubman home in Auburn.

"Something about the place clicked with her and that's huge,” said Foster.  “I wonder if that's a future thing. Maybe there's something she sees here for her future ambitions."

Whether people love her or hate her, it was hard to find anyone who was merely apathetic about Sarah Palin.

"She has so much charisma and so much mass appeal. She's photogenic, she has a great background in what she does,” said Rosalin Schwartz as she discussed Palin’s possible political future. “I don't think she's a hindrance. I think that people are drawn to her.”     

When asked if she would vote for Sarah Palin if she ran for President, Schwartz said she would not.

“Going Rogue” may be headed for the top of the best sellers list and it also seems to fueling speculation as to what Palin’s future plans could be.

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Going Rove

Posted by Tom Degan, Goshen, NY - Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 8:41 a.m.

For the record: I have not read Going Rogue, nor do I have any intention of doing so. I have enough political non-fiction to keep up with to waste any of my time on fiction. That is the reason I never read Gore Vidal's historical novel on Abraham Lincoln. What's the point when there are so many great biographies? Besides, it's been quoted and dissected enough in the last twenty-four hours, I'm able to draw a couple of conclusions.

One such conclusion that is unavoidable is the woman's jaw-dropping shallowness. When telling the story of how she was confronted at one point with news reports that she and her husband Todd were going to divorce, one would think (indeed one would hope) that she would offer for the reader's contemplation a heartfelt description of her abiding love for her husband; how their union could not be tossed aside like some disposable camera - that she and Todd took their wedding vows seriously. No, there was none of that....

"Dang, I thought. Divorce Todd? Have you SEEN Todd???"

Thirteen years into their marriage, Eleanor Roosevelt was confronted with her husband's affair with her social secretary (and distant relative of mine - I come from a long line of home wreckers) Lucy Paige Mercer. After contemplating divorce, it was decided that they would continue their union. Years later, she confided to her friend, Joesph Lash, the reasons for saving their marriage. They were many and complicated. This, I can assure you, was not one of them:

"Dang, I thought. Divorce Franklin? Have you SEEN Franklin???"

http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com

Tom Degan

Goshen, NY

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