Going Rogue was waiting on the doorstep when I arrived home this evening. I don’t think I will have time to actually read it anytime soon, however. But, that’s O.K., because I pretty much already know what it contains. I mean this in a complimentary way – unlike her zealot detractors who hate her for her sincere, and committed decency. My delay in reading will be due to competition for my time among things I must be doing to assist in the reclaiming of America from an approaching oblivion of intentional national destruction.

Sarah inspires because she not only touches the essence of America, but she is part of that essence. Those traditional, folksy, timeless features that include hard work, fair play, helping out your neighbor, and a firm recognition of a source of morality that exists outside of man. Within the history, and real culture of America, she is everybody’s nicest girl. Another reason she is despised, by some, is because she is nice.

Quickly leafing through the book, something quite interesting caught my attention, something that displays that she is one of us, in a genuine and unashamed way. Going Rogue has several pages of photographs, as one might expect in this type of book. However, these photos are different from what one would find in the book of a “politician.” Most of these photos are family snap-shots, just like the ones you and I have, stacked up in boxes in the back of a closet, appreciating in value, over time, to a value that cannot be assessed. These are the images of family, home, adventure, children, school friends, and genuine, normal people making lives for themselves, in every way that they can. They are photographs of normal days, graduations, camp-outs and holidays. Some are out of focus, the color off a little bit, and someone’s back is to the camera, but these “flaws” only add to the genuine character of normal.

My favorite picture: Little Sarah, wearing a cloth diaper as a scarf! Why my favorite? This photograph captures the ability of the American spirit to endure, to challenge the assumptions, to make something out of nothing, to be proud of small victories, and to be shameless about our convictions toward decency while at the same time being loving toward those who we might, for a moment errantly, think are below us.

Sarah is human, and she undoubtedly has flaws, as we all do. Though I think we would even trade some of the “perfections” of other women of household recognition, for some of the “flaws” of Sarah.

Thank you Sarah, for rising to the challenge of this day.

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