Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" in a Flash

(AP)  Not a speed reader? Want to get through Sarah Palin's new book in a flash?

A look at Palin's most frequently used words capture some of the key themes of the former Alaska governor's memoir: Alaska, campaign, Todd, family, kids, right, governor, government, oil, work, energy.

The Associated Press electronically scanned the book, "Going Rogue," and, using software to highlight the most common words, created a "word cloud" that captures the book in a nutshell. The software filters out common words like "and," "or," "like," and "the," presents the most substantive words visually.

The book covers Palin's life before politics, her years in local government in Wasilla, Alaska, her tenure as governor and her failed vice presidential campaign with Republican presidential nominee John McCain.

The themes will seem familiar to anyone who followed Palin's campaign. She refers to her husband, Todd, more than 200 times, and uses words like "family," "kids," "mom" and "dad" about 600 times combined.

Palin, who championed "drill, baby, drill!" as a campaign slogan, used "oil" and "energy" more than 250 times

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[chuckiewuckie]

actual definition of "ROGUE" From American Heritage Dictionary:
(Pass it on.)
rogue (rg) KEY

NOUN:

An unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person; a scoundrel or rascal.
One who is playfully mischievous; a scamp.
A wandering beggar; a vagrant.
A vicious and solitary animal, especially an elephant that has separated itself from its herd.
An organism, especially a plant, that shows an undesirable variation from a standard.
ADJECTIVE:

Vicious and solitary. Used of an animal, especially an elephant.
Large, destructive, and anomalous or unpredictable: a rogue wave; a rogue tornado.
Operating outside normal or desirable controls: "How could a single rogue trader bring down an otherwise profitable and well-regarded institution?" (Saul Hansell).
VERB:
rogued, rogu·ing, rogues
VERB:
tr.

To defraud.
To remove (diseased or abnormal specimens) from a group of plants of the same variety.
VERB:
intr.

To remove diseased or abnormal plants.

[voxpopulus]

Scraping the barrel a bit for a "story" aren't you CBS?

[lovenpeace1]

by voxpopulus November 19, 2009 6:52 PM EST
Scraping the barrel a bit for a "story" aren't you CBS?

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Hey voxpopulus,

You sound irritated and desperate.

Why the hell aren't you re-enforcing and enjoying your ideology at FoxNews?

Stop wasting your God Given Intelligence.

[jimbryho]

you are all a bunch of whiners. every last one of you.

[PLS8395]

Someone actually had enough time ti count how many times each word came up? OH PUHLEEEEZZZZZ

Get a life!

[bill0bob]

"Someone actually had enough time ti count how many times each word came up? OH PUHLEEEEZZZZZ" -- PLS8395

"The Associated Press electronically scanned the book, "Going Rogue," and, using software to highlight the most common words..."

You may wish to take a few lessons in reading comprehension before you bother to comment again.

[culturechang]

She didn't mention Africa I guess.

[culturechang]

This book was a money maker for Palin.

The purchasers, who are mostly extreme right wingers, are just donators to a charity of sorts to fund her ease from politics. She is a cooked political goose.

[erasmus111]

by bobnjersey November 19, 2009 3:02 PM EST
i'm using her book as ballast in my hot air balloon ... i felt it was strangely appropriate.


In one of my comments I stated what I WOULDN'T use her book for and it was deleted. I would say it again, but this time I might get banned. : )

[heavynne]

AP doesn't have to fact check President Obama because even when you people are given facts about him, you refuse to believe them so what's the point. And President Obama has been under a microscope far greater than any president ever, so get off your soap box. Sarah Palin likes the attention she is getting and between her interview with Oprah and the interview with Barbara Walters. Barbara really hemmed her up.

[akw1]

by fedup12 November 19, 2009 1:24 PM EST
OK so she quit her job (AS GOVERNOR), wrote a book, is a strong family values person with the most dysfunctional family around. And is on a book tour. She is purposefully getting in front of every camera she can find and is saying she may run for President.

She is news, BIG news right now. Get over it.

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The most dysfunctional family around? Are you freaking serious? The woman has been married for more than 20 years, has one son with a career in the military, one daughter who is a new mother going to college and working, two cute daughters 8 and 14, and a special baby. You consider that a dysfunctional family? Oh, and she has NEVER said that she is running for president.

For everyone's info, her book is titled "Going Rogue' because that is what she was accused of doing by McCain's campaign manager Schmidt when she refused to follow all of his scripts for her that she felt were hurting the campaign. It has absolutely nothing to do with lying, illegal activities or anything else like that.

[vidcre]

msimamaji: This is the correct definition of "rogue" courtesy from Encyclopedia: In modern English usage, the term "rogue" may be used to describe an independently-minded person; one who rejects conventional rules of conduct in favor of following personal values.