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Sarah Palin or Danielle Steel?
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Can you tell the difference between Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue and Danielle Steel’s No. 1 bestselling novel Rogue? Take our quiz.
1. A. I was better at basketball, but thought soccer was more fun.
B. My friends and I lived for basketball, and at the beginning of my senior year, we counted down the days until the season began.
2. A. I am the first to say, “Buck up or stay in the truck.”
B. “I’ll be camping out in a truck, and sleeping standing up.”
3. A. We left flowers on our parents’ front porches with notes announcing we’d eloped.
B. “I love you too,” he said. “Where do you want to get married?”
4. A. I was devastated for my daughter. It wasn’t the morality of the situation—what was done was done. It was that I saw her future change in an instant.
B. She was not ready to have a baby in the house right now. Or maybe ever. This was a lot to swallow…
5. A. And it’s not so easy to find the right match, there are a lot fewer candidates, and even with the good ones, there’s a lot of baggage.
B. I admitted, though, to the one skeleton I’d kept hidden in my closet for the past 22 years.
6. A. She had emerged with a white cashmere sweater and a pair of towering high heels, black leather Manolo Blahniks, with pointed toes and stiletto heels…
B. She flipped through my wardrobe with raised eyebrows. "No... no... no...," she said as she slid each garment aside on its hanger. But I did manage to sneak that pink Dolce & Gabbana…
7. A. She had been part of the consulting team for the children of Columbine after the school shooting, had written several papers on the effects of 9/11…
B. The occasion was the National Press Club where she spoke to fellow journalists about the patriotic atmosphere following the 9/11 attacks.
8. A. We passed a whisper between us: “Say a prayer!”
B. You never know how it will turn out. You just do your best and pray a lot. I always do.
9. A. He’s 19 and he’s not interested in the baby or the girl, so he’s willing to sign off.
B. He talked about watching his sister be humiliated on national television as her former boyfriend went on his fact-free kiss-and-tell media tour.
10.A. There had been the wonderful days in the beginning, and the lonely, angry, frustrated days in the end.
B. It had been the most spectacular ride—a roller coaster, yes, but we’d do it again in a heartbeat—and we’d learned some lessons along the way.
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IKIDYOUNOT
Dear DAILY BEAST, Please keep up this arrogant patronizing & condescention of Sarah Palin. For every article such as this, she gains 1000 supporters to defend her.
JustinTimberwolf
Hahaha, yes, Sarah Palin is really going to pick up a huge number of supporters, since so many people are undecided on how they feel about her. Get a clue.
suzannewynn
IKIDYOUNOT... really??? Palin is the biggest idiot and an enemy to all women everywhere! And if you will support someone just b/c of the patronizing etc... then did you vote for Clinton??
She puts herself in the position when she opens her big mouth...
jonponder
Sarah Palin sees herself as the biggest victim on the planet (replacing Sean Hannity). She believes that everyone is out to get her. Nothing is ever her fault, and she is unable to let even the slightest criticism go without response. There are apparently no ideas in the book, just accusations and recriminations. It's no wonder her approval is at 23%, roughly the same as Bush and Cheney when they left office.
jimbolini
LOL! 1000 new assholes for every article? Yeah right!!!
spotted
IKYN - Evidently you are too blinded by your admiration of Palin to see the irony and humor in the situation. She, who proclaims herself "a regular person" and "real", goes on to use a ghostwriter to pen her memoir.
It seems, though, the ghostwriter may have a career in pulp fiction.
motrbotr
You are asses for even comparing the two.
STJOHN
That was fun. I couldn't tell the difference at all.
alethus
This is funny... too funny... I could easily see Sarah Palin supporters and Steele's customer base being in the same group.
TO IKIDYOUNOT: You were looking for "condescension" and not "condescention". Also, it is appropriate to look down on Sarah Palin and those that agree with her opinions, because they are the opinions of the ignorant. It is good to look down on the ignorant, because it is not a good thing to be ignorant. Sorry that this fact bothers so many people, but perhaps energy is better spent becoming less ignorant than simply defending a lack of actual ability.
Granite
The similarities are creepy! That must be why ikid and motr are pissed off.
Okay her book is out, no one cares anymore. Her fifteen minutes are up. She has no more tricks up her sleeve.
Palin begone!
dooreen
This contest shows how important context really is.
On the surface the quotes are sometimes hard to differentiate, but in context, it is obvious who said what.
The moral of the story for me, is that you have to be situational aware or an insider or we as outsiders can be easily manipulated, and the best thing can happen is to have our confidence shot down, the worst thing would be having the wrong person in power making life transforming decisions.
Youwot
I think that the point is the quality of writing of a supposed political memoir.
dooreen
Oh.
katiewon
This was hilarious. I hope Danielle Steel sues Palin for plagerism.
MiamiWill
I'm no big fan of Sarah Palin, yes, she makes herself an easy target, and some of the stories are truly entertaining, but I'm really tiring of the excessive coverage of her. In today's Beast, 25% of the featured articles, almost 25% of the highlights, and 10% of the Cheat Sheet is about her. Come to think of it, TDB tends to do the same thing with Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Michele Bachmann. These people disgust me and are easy subjects for articles, but too much. Please less.
crymeariver
Unfortunately all media outlets (internet, t.v., newspapers, radio) are obsessed with only TWO topics for the ENTIRE week: Sarah Palin and Twilight-New Moon. Congress can declare war on Australia right now and we won't find out about it until after the hoop-la over those two subjects dies down in a week or three!
bonkus
Australia, that's crazy - on the other hand, congress DID declare war on Prussia...still trying to figure that one out though...Google earth is no help.
Womentoo
She makes me want to cry for her.Palin is working so hard to escape her mistakes but she doesn't knows how because she continues to steps in cow s_ _ _ leaving tracks all over.
oldpunk
I have seen more people at a Harry Potter book release , does this mean JK Rowling will be the next President?
spotted
As a single parent who "pulled herself up by her bootstraps," it makes a great American story.
The bit about her writing the first book while being on the dole, though, might be a deal-killer.
carriejo
I don't think she she has a future in national politics but she and Obama have about the same amount of experience. After George Bush I thought Obama judgement would make up for his inexperience but I was wrong, that's why this country is heading . I just love the way the liberals hate her after all she has accomplished quite a bit and she not a left wing rug chewer.
bonkus
Yes, she has about the same amount of experience. however, the amount of rug chewing she does makes me concerned for her immortal soul. oh, speaking of which, Carrie, did you text me those pics of you making out with your sister yet? I'm totally eager to post them to my blog.
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