Not surprisingly, it turns out that Sarah Palin’s quickly-written memoir wasn’t exactly written by Sarah Palin:
One San Diegan knows all the details of Sarah Palin’s soon-to-be released memoir, but don’t ask her about it. She can’t tell.
Lynn Vincent, Palin’s ghostwriter, has signed a non-disclosure agreement. She has been hard at work on the book for the past few months with Palin, the former Alaska governor and John McCain’s running mate.
So quick did their writing progress that the publisher announced yesterday that the 400-page memoir’s release date, originally scheduled for spring, has been moved up to Nov. 17, with an e-book version following on Dec. 26.
After resigning as governor in late July, Palin spent most of August in San Diego working with Vincent on the book, “Going Rogue: An American Life.” Rumors swirled about Palin sightings at Vincent’s condo complex in north San Diego County. Palin reportedly was joined here by her family and top aide, Meghan Stapleton. This month, Palin huddled with her editors in New York.
Harper, the publisher, announced a first printing of 1.5 million copies, the same quantity as Sen. Ted Kennedy’s recently released book, “True Compass.”
Palin’s not alone among politicians in hiding behind a ghostwriter, of course, but the whole thing does seem to play into the entire Potemkin Village nature of her 2008 candidacy.
