Joe McGinniss's Butt-End Bludgeonry

Sarah Palin's sprint from Wasilla housewife to national political sensation may have no parallel in modern American politics, but Joe McGinniss’s book “The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin” proves that she didn’t come out of nowhere. God gave Palin her first push toward politics when she was a mere 24 years old, as her spiritual mentor Mary Glazier explained at a religious conference in June 2008.