new book on sarah palin-article on it

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...ut-up-or-shut-up/story-e6frg6ux-1226142078735

excerpt from the article:

The gossipy bits of the book - including claims Palin had a fling with a 204cm black basketball star she was covering as a sports journalist, had an affair with her husband's business partner and experimented with cocaine and cannabis - will lead the news stories. But the heart of the story is more revealing. Palin seems consumed with ambition, but strangely uninterested in the business of government or, indeed, any deep knowledge of any difficult subject. She never drops a grudge. She sees no distinction between public office and private gain. She has lived a lonely life as an adult teenager, coming straight from work to skulk in her room, taking trips to department stores rather than going to meetings, her children left to fend for themselves.

 

That part is all stuff that's totally obvious if you listen to her talk for five minutes. During the 2008 campaign I followed a couple of bloggers who live in her town and have known her for years. The bolded part above is precisely what they said about her.

 

That is Palin in a nutshell.