Posted by
Ron Devito on Sunday, October 04, 2009 9:58:53 PM
By Adrienne Ross - www.motivationtruth.com
Since
Sarah Palin’s book has become a bestseller, Palin-haters have turned
out in droves in another attempt to discredit her. Even those
anklebiters who were on hiatus have gathered strength, reloaded, and
are aiming once again toward the former vice presidential candidate.
The fact that she is enjoying such success when, upon her resignation
from the Governor’s Office, they had giddily predicted her demise, is
infuriating them. How is it that someone who has been coined
insignificant by the haters has created such a stir with a book that
has not yet hit the stands? The truth is if the anklebiters were
honest, they’d admit that Sarah Palin is the epitome of significance,
and she conjures up within them fear of a magnitude they have never
experienced before.
So what weapons have they emerged wielding?
Surely they must have some juicy tidbit of information about Governor
Palin that will completely discredit her, right? Wrong. Certainly they
have created some new Saturday Night Live-ish parody involving her
family, yes? Oh, no. That's amateurish. They pulled out the big guns
this time. The past week has caused such a new outbreak of Palin
Derangement Syndrome that the haters have been left with no other
choice but to go after her…book title. Yes, I said her book title.
What
a sad state of affairs. I truly feel sorry for anyone who is so filled
with hate that they will stop at nothing to destroy someone. And since
nothing else has worked, they have now unveiled Operation Attack Book
Title. And they’re zeroing in on one word in particular: rogue.
I
have received messages from some of these people who obviously think
that I am in need of a dictionary definition of the word. In their
concern for my well-being (yeah, right), they want me to know that I am
supporting someone who is a self-avowed…make the children leave the
room please…rogue. They have informed me that being a rogue is a bad
thing. Bad Sarah. Bad, bad Sarah. Concerning this word, one anklebiter
wrote, “How fitting,” then went on to spew his hateful venom, stating
that Sarah Palin picked her title because, being the “mean-spirited”
person that she is, it suits her well. He wanted me to know that rogue
means “an unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person; a scoundrel or rascal.”
Just
who do these people think they’re fooling, and who do they think
they’re dealing with? No doubt, they know the story. Surely, they have
heard about some unnamed McCain staffer/s who said Sarah “went rogue”
during the campaign. It was a title bestowed upon her in an attempt to
malign her.
What Sarah has done is chosen the definition of
rogue that fits. Although I have not yet read the book, I have a
feeling Sarah’s going rogue is a matter of being true to who she is and
breaking free of some of those chains those McCain camp mis-handlers
used to tie her to stale, inept campaign tactics. Yes, another
definition
of rogue is “operating outside normal or desirable controls.” That’s
the rogue that Sarah Palin exemplifies even today, and I would not be
surprised if her book reveals that she tapped into
that inner-rogue
as the campaign progressed. It reminds me of when Sarah’s dad said,
“Let Sarah be Sarah,” when Jesus said of Lazarus, “Loose him and let
him go,” and when they say in the hood, “Yo, get up off me!”
The
truth is we would all be wise to tap into our own inner-rogues. The
problem is some people are scared to operate outside of what’s expected
of them. Breaking away from control might mean swimming against the
current rather than floating safely back to shore. Every Black
conservative, for example, has had to break free of the expectations of
the majority of the Black population and a very large portion of the
White population so we could be true to our own deepest beliefs. It’s
not an easy thing to do. It comes at a cost. It’s downright rogue.
There are those who would like to join in, but have simply not yet
found the strength to step away from the pack and be true to the one
who matters.
Going rogue means standing up for what's right even
when it's not popular. It means saying the hard things because no one
else has the courage to speak up. It means not backing down even when
people have you up against a wall. It means not having a price tag
attached to your sleeve. The bottom line is going rogue means realizing
enough is enough, choosing to step out, trusting your instincts, and
doing it your way.
The title of this bestseller declares Sarah
Palin has chosen to wear as a badge of honor the term originally
conferred upon her as an insult. And she should. Whenever the “normal
or desirable controls” are going nowhere fast, the smart thing to do is
to resist, break free, and, yes, go rogue—even faster.
My wish for every one of you: May you follow Sarah Palin’s example and tap into your own inner-rogue.