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Did Palin confuse Cedar Rapids with Cedarburg?

By Paul Schmelzer | 03.11.10 | 10:39 am

Shortly after receiving the nod to be the GOP’s 2008 vice presidential candidate in St. Paul, Sarah Palin traveled to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to campaign. In her book “Going Rogue,” she described the town as a “slice of

Palin recalls post-RNC visit to flood-ravaged Iowa as ‘slice of Americana’

By Lynda Waddington | 03.02.10 | 7:59 am

On Sept. 18 — two weeks after the close of the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul — the McCain-Palin campaign traveled to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to view the damage after the state’s most devastating natural disaster. But in her book, “Going Rogue,” Sarah Palin describes her visit to Cedar Rapids as “a slice of Americana,” with no mention of homes destroyed by floodwaters or curbs still strewn with debris.