A couple of weeks ago I bought Sarah Palin’s book. I’ve not been a fan, but I’ve heard her say she is not fairly portrayed by the press.
I liked some of what I read. I could relate, I too am the mother of four and have a wonderful husband. I’ve also been known to buck the leadership in the Republican party and go rogue. Me, complaining about the boys. There are other examples, but I’ll leave those for other times :0)
When I got to page 248 and read about Sarah’s visit to Cedar Rapids, I was appalled! She did not remember a thing about us. If you checked the above link, it is rather obvious that the McCain-Palin event is an event I remember well.
I told asked Lynda to check it out. Iowa Independent has her report. Cedar Rapids does not need to be portrayed this way. What if people really are reading this book?
If this was the picture I had of Cedar Rapids when Rockwell Collins asked my husband to interview, I would have said, “NO!” Fortunately it was during Mayor Clancey’s administration and we were sent a CD showing us the benefits of living in Cedar Rapids. We ultimately chose Cedar Rapids over Tampa, Florida.
I hope our City officials take this opportunity for a bit of free national press since Sarah Palin is a Fox News analyst. If she’s to be believable at Fox, surely, they want to correct what has been done in error to describe our wonderful City and the heartache that Sarah should have seen when she visited.
Kathy Potts
