The Going Rogue Index
Sarah Palin didn't put an index in her book. So we made one for her.
names, origins of
________Track, 53
________Bristol, 57
________Willow, N/A
________Piper, 76
________Agia (puppy), 137
________Trig, 185
"nerd," characterization of self as, 37, 149
Obama, Barack
________impressive but empty oratorical skills of, 227
________"staggering national deficit" incurred by, 388
Palin, Todd
________ownership of 1972 Ford Mustang by, 34
________quiet maturity of, 34
________manly physique of, 352
philosophers, citation of
________Aristotle, 63
________King, Martin Luther, Jr., 86
________Paine, Thomas, 146
________Pascal, 22
________Plato, 24
________Twain, Mark, 397
policy, preference for over politics, 156
politics-as-usual, 3, 5, 6, 70, 72, 109, 119, 144, 156, 183
________(Seealso status quo, 5)
prayers
________answered
________________boyfriend, 33
________________job for Todd with British Petroleum, 50
________not answered
________________winning debate with Joe Biden, 295
________________winning 2008 election, 333
pregnancy
________descriptions of
________________"I porked up," 50
________________"ready to calve," 51
________________"more nauseated than usual," 171
________________"starving for king crab and scallops," 192
________________feeling contractions during Texas speech, 194
________reaction to own
________________"Holy geez!" 171
________reaction to Bristol's
________________"Truthfully, I was devastated," 207
________campaign's advance knowledge of, 214
________campaign's botched handling of, 234
"progress," usage of as transitive verb, 64
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