The Going Rogue Index
Alaska
________autumn bouquet of, 1
________robin's egg sky of,
2
________superiority to Lower
48 of, 1-413
Baldwin, Alec
________preference for
Stephen over, 314
Biden, Joe
________gaffes of, 278
________pre-debate
stretching regimen of, 296
________accidental reference
to as "Sen. O'Biden," 289
blinking, not, 198
Blitzer, Wolf
________approval of mother
of, 351
________implicit disapproval
of, 351
Builder, Tito the, 305
Bono, nondescript conversation with, 301
books and magazines, references to
________A Conflict of
Vision, 385
________Animal Farm,
27
________Buck, Pearl S., 180
________Bible, the, 15
________cookbooks, 15
________Lewis, C.S., 27
________Nash, Ogden, 15
________National
Geographic, 27
________Pearl,
The, 27
________Ranger Rick,
27
________Reader's Digest,
15
________Seagull,
Jonathan Livingston, 27
________Service, Robert, 15
________Sports
Illustrated, 27
________Wonderful World
of Oz, The, 16
cap and trade
________brilliant suggested
renaming of as "Cap and Tax," 390
________characterization of
as "environmentalist Ponzi scheme," 391
capital letters, unorthodox use of
________"Patriots,"
dedication page
Clinton, Hillary
________invitation
to coffee with, 287
________whining of, 287
Community organizing, actual responsibility lackingness of, 65, 242
Couric, Katie
________"repetitive, biased
questions" of, 271
________unfair editing of
interview with, 273
________condescension of,
276
________things I
could/should have said to, 274-5
________things I could have
done instead of talking to, 279
crowds
________unexpected size of,
266
________insistence on
lingering with, despite objections from campaign staffers, 268
debate, vice presidential
________poorness of
preparation for, 281-85
________answers they made me
give during, 281
________answers I wanted
to give during, 282
________wink during, N/A
"Democrat," usage of as adjective, 155, 227
dialogue, implausibly recreated, 2, 53, 74, 151, 161, 179, 188, 217, 235, 318, 358, 375
diet
________forced by Steve
Schmidt to go on, 284
________Steve Schmidt needs
to go on, 285
eBay
________attempted selling of
jet on, 147
________fudging of original
claim that I did sell jet on, 147
exclamation point, usage of, 4, 26, 120, 121, 122, 138, 150, 199, 207, 222, 223, 225, 233, 239, 241, 276, 302, 307
evolution
________skeptical
views of, 217
________________use
of word "Neanderthal" despite, 30, 172
"experts," wrongness of, 254, 289, 336, 375, 392
Facebook
________citation
of as example of laudable free-market
enterprise, 400
________utility
of for calling out haters, 400
Ferraro, Geraldine
________kinship
with, 295
food, Alaskan
________halibut
tacos, 1
________reindeer
sausage 1
________caribou
lasagna, 218
foreshadowing, dramatic, 25, 28, 44
God
________belief
in, 22
________rewards
from in the form of
________________children
(implicit), 23
________________Todd
Palin, 34
________________job
for Todd, 50
________conversation
with, 173
________master
plan of, 176
________inability
to make mistakes of, 185
________letter
written in the voice of, 185-87
________deliberate
causation of premature birth of Trig of, 195
Going rogue, actual instances of
________handing
phone to McCain for a radio interview without
permission, 252
________expressing
regret about pulling out of Michigan, 298
________distancing
self from $150,000 wardrobe purchase, 317
________Todd
going onstage on Election Night despite being
told not to, 337
Hasselbeck, Elizabeth
________"bold
and talented" nature of, 315
haters, named
________Andrew
Halcro, 116
________"falafel
lady" Andree McLeod, 117
________Huffington
Post, 238
haters, unnamed
________Ashley
Judd, 134
________"town
crier," 117
________Andrew
Sullivan, 238
________David
Corn, 305
Hunting and/or fishing, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 25, 29, 31 (before school), 44, 49, 55, 165, 166, 177, 327, 379
Johnston, Levi
________single,
unnamed reference to as Bristol's "former
boyfriend," 375
journalists, top sources for
________a
defeated former Palin opponent, 236
________a
maniacal blogger, 236
________the
"falafel lady," 236
Kerry, John, elitism of, 181
Lieberman, Joe, 285-86
________advice
from, 286
life, observations about
________"Life
has a fascinating way of coming full circle,"
131
"maverick," various forms of, 90, 252, 299
mavericky decisions, examples of
________not
using corporate jet, 130
________firing
personal chef, 133
________not
spending time on the Juneau cocktail circuit,
140
McCain, Cindy
________elegance
and beauty of, 210
________inaccuracy
of "ice queen" reputation of, 221
McCain, John
________first
meeting with, 210
________discussion
of candidacy with, 220
________final
conversation with, 336
________characterization
of as "my friend," 380
meat
________preference
for, 18
________deep
question about: "If God had not intended for us
to eat animals, how come He made them out of
meat?" 133
media
________getting
things wrong, 203, 233, 237, 238, 276, 342, 378
________getting
things right, 246
________liberalness
of, 270
"midnight sun," 1, 22, 149
miracle, Election Day prayer for, 331
mistakes
________betraying
Todd's stepmom by not backing her for Wasilla
mayor, 87
________not
making a bigger issue of the Rev. Wright, 307
moose, 18, 20, 31, 113, 134, 270
music listened to
________Toby
Keith, 105
________Black
Eyed Peas, 114
________"an
old LL Cool J remix," 114
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
________(See
also 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
pundits, idiocy of, 44
Reagan, Ronald, 3, 12, 45, 46, 47, 59, 124,
158, 216, 297, 384, 386, 387, 391, 394, 400
________(See:
USS Ronald Reagan, 394)
resignation
________ethics
complaints that led to, 352
________FOIA
requests that led to, 354
________agonizing
over, 375-76
________announcement
of, 377
________characterization
of as "not retreating" but "reloading," 377, 383
Rock, Kid
________approval
of as "pro-America" with "common sense ideas,"
300
running (exercise)
________Refusal
of campaign to let her engage in, 285
________Injury
incurred the one time she is allowed to engage
in, 291
Russia, proximity of Alaska to, 275
________map
proving it, pre-index page
Salter, Mark
________willingness
to engage in fisticuffs, 213
Sarkozy, Nicolas
________prank
call from impersonator of, 326
________Schmidt's
"screaming" reaction to, 328
Saturday Night Live, 26
________watching
of, 26
________longtime
admiration for, 26
________excitement
to go on, 308
________comparing
belly sizes with cast of, 311
________transcript
of moose rap on, 312
Scheunemann, Randy
________likeability
of, 228
________willingness
to defend Palin of, 319
Schmidt, Steve
________bald
head of, 212
________24-hour
sunglasses-wearing of, 212
________unlikeability
of, 212
________conniving,
back-stabbing machinations of, 318-21
science, inadequacy of to explain existence, 47
sentence, actual
________"As
the soles of my shoes hit the soft ground, I
pushed past the tall cottonwood trees in a
euphoric cadence, and meandered through willow
branches that the moose munched on," 102
Seward, William H.
________mockery
of for purchasing Alaska in 1867, 12
________ultimate
vindication of, 13
shaking things up, locations of
________city
hall, 72
________state
house, 128
________"across
the entire state," 123
skeletons in closet, only
________D in
college, 214
slogans
________"Positive-ly
Palin," 64
________"New
Energy," 86
________"Change,"
112
________"New
Energy for Alaska," 119
________"Take
a Stand," 119
________"Greenies.
Grannies. Gunnies," 129
________"Country
First," 269
snowmachine, 17, 18, 34, 44, 47, 83, 125,
187-89, 302
________Todd's
injury on, 189
speech, Republican National Convention
________characterization
of as "a team effort," 239
________line-by-line
rehashing of, 240-46
speech, election night
________painstaking
drafting of, 332-35
________Schmidt
forbidding delivery of, 336
________added
humiliation of having to physically hold it,
rolled-up, onstage, 336
sports metaphors
________running,
27, 204
________softball,
32
________basketball,
41
________dog
racing, 70
________hunting,
344
Stevens, Ted
________road
trip with, 89
Stone, Oliver
________refusal
to shake hands with, 313
tax cuts, benefits of, 46
terrorists
________Obama
palling around with, 306
________________regret
over inability to talk more about, 307
"Trig Truthers," 238, 347
Troopergate, 201-204, 246
________Failure
of press to comprehend, 203
turkey, on-camera killing of, 345*
upbringing, hardscrabbleness of,
________sewed
own clothes, 16
________baked
own bread, 17
________stacked
own firewood, 17
________unheated,
unfurnished family room, 26
________didn't
ask for money from parents, 32
"up-do," explanation of, 231
Wallace, Nicolle
________disloyalty
of, 256
________incompetence
of, 256
________friendship
with Katie Couric, 272
wardrobe
________disdain
for cost of, 230
________$150,000
price of, 314
________unfair
media reaction to, 315
________absence
of Palin responsibility for, 317
Warren, Rick
________praying
in the shower with, 302
Wasilla, notable nicknames for
________Home
of the Iditarod, 64
________Duct
Tape Capital of the World, 66
wedding
________simple
city hall-style of, 49
________food
served at (Wendy's), 49
________cost
of wedding ring ($35), 230
Wurzelbacher, Joe "the Plumber," 304-7
"you betcha"
________revelation
of as not actually Alaska's state motto, 309