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It’s hard to believe that its just been one year since Sarah Palin took the national political stage by storm. Having said that she is still an unknown but truly an exceptional woman. Sarah’s eagerly anticipated “Going Rogue an American Life Audio Book” proves she has a message for us to hear!

Sarah Palin (Alaska Governor) made her true mark on the political scene when she delivered a speech on 3rd September 2008 in Alaska that catapulted her into the big league. She soon became a woman with a mission.

As the â??Chiefâ? of Alaska (US largest state) she became know as a reformer. A politician who was prepared to not just talk but â??walk the talkâ?. While others were just prepared to just talk she became known as a woman of action. She tackled Ethics reform. Energy independence. And one of the largest infrastructure projects (privatised) in our countries history .

In parallel to this she put public school funding into better shape than before and ensured her colleagues in government delivered on their promises to Alaskaâ??s Native populations and Alaskaâ??s senior citizens. She wasted no time at taming the â??Big Oilâ? issues that her male counterparts were fanning around with.

It goes without saying that Palin wasnâ??t a faceted political diamond. She is a woman of the real world block: a wife and a hard working mother of five.  Her eldest son who has served his country and put his life on the line in a deployment to Iraq has certainly helped touch the heart of millions of Americans. Then you realise she also has to contend with caring for her a special needs infant and suddenly Sarah Palin begins to take on a different shape before those she governed and those that may vote for her again if the opportunity presents itself. Palinâ??s real life struggles certainly touched a cord and was a catalyst for hundreds of thousands taking the GOP pass!  

As the campaign matured, Palin became a whip for both admiration and critique!  
Many of those supporting her believed she was â??honestâ?, â??refreshing,â? an example of a public servant that would have their best interest at heart. Then the line drew and the opposition summed her up as an in-experienced lassie totally unprepared for the real world of big time politics. The twist in the Sarah Palin story is neither side really knew who stood before them.

The release of Sarah Palinâ??s autobiography was long over due for many. It intimately describes her exciting life growing up in Alaska; meeting the man who became her husband; her choice to pursue a political career; her faith and respect for the family arrangement; and the roller coaster life of politics and motherhood.

She unveils for the very first time issues she faced in the 2008 presidential race, surfacing behaviour that many know already existed in the political realm.

Sarah Palinâ??s Going Rogue takes you on a journey of an ordinary American citizen, and will inspire millions like her as she drizzles her vision of the only way forward for our home and country.

Violence and potential assassination are topics folks avoid, either because it’s too awful to comprehend, or because their minds and hearts resist it, but it was a question asked about Barack Obama during a teleconference with Charles Ogletree, Harvard University Professor and member of the African American Leadership Council, Flo McAfee, Senior Special Media Advisor, and Rick Wade, Senior Advisor, Obama for America held on Tuesday, August 26 at the Democratic Party convention. That was a question asked about the failed assassination attempt on Barack Obama intercepted by both Federal and State security personnel. Wade was asked specifically about it and the potential for an attack on Obama either during the time of the Convention or during the subsequent campaign.

Even though the incident had passed, Wade talked about tight security in Denver and that would continue to exist during political campaigns where there are high emotions and unique candidates like Barack Obama but didn’t want to go further with the question asked by one of the media participants about potential assassination. That response and evasion likely reflects not just the Obama conference leadership but members of the media as well, even though one correspondent was willing to ask the question head-on. Although the incident was given short shrift, it tells us of the potential violence that exists, and our reluctance as a national community to face it. It must be faced today and any time there are controversial candidates and people who exacerbate the divisions in this country and make them worse. That potential to increase violence and threats has increased since the nomination of Sarah Palin whose provocations with accusations of treasons and other statements go beyond common sense and reasonable argument. It is behavior we need to be concerned about, especially during difficult economic times.

During the Democratic Party Convention and afterwards caucus groups and political groups have tried to concentrate on the major issues related first to the economy, then to energy, health care, and other key concerns and not sink into the mudslinging that could deny people what they need to know to vote reasonably. People have been oriented to get involved in outreach programs to get out the vote. Still in the back of the minds of many there are lingering worries from those terrible 1960’s memories when some of the best and brightest of our leaders were killed as they tried to assume leadership during difficult days. And these are difficult days, where controversy continues to grow; and anyone in the Presidency will face the stress and strain and panic of economic difficulties and the people’s reactions surrounding these concerns. Our next President will be blamed not just for his failures but those of his predecessors, and the rhetoric of the campaign will heighten emotions that may linger and create serious problems now or some time when personal emotions have reached a peak of explosion.

The risk to our democracy is the din of voices that chant refrains about treason, and kill, and drill, and that cry “Yes, kill him” and other statements meant to foster extreme emotional response. During stressful times, this only serves to exacerbate problems, and we have started to see behavior in our country that looks like some of the forces that have assumed control in other parts of the world. Those of us who believe in the goodness of man and the strength of our country need to stay above the fray, assume the responsibilities of helping others, and help the emotional climate be calmed so that the worst doesn’t happen, now or anytime.