The obligatory “Palin lands presumably massive book deal” post
posted at 9:26 pm on May 12, 2009 by Allahpundit
No word on how much, but she had a top D.C. agent working on it and he scored a sufficiently sweet offer from Harper Collins that they didn’t bother with competing bids. No need to worry about her straining under the weight of those legal bills anymore. The only question is how many days before the book is released will Palinites begin lining up outside Barnes & Noble.
The inevitable lefty take will be snarky feigned surprise that she’s capable of even reading a book, let alone writing one, the first bare whiff of which you can smell at the tail end of the AP’s report:
Burnham said Palin did not submit any writing samples when she met with HarperCollins executives in Washington, earlier this year. She will work with a collaborator, to be determined.
“She’s obviously going to be engaged in the whole process of the book,” said Burnham, adding that the role of the collaborator would depend on who was chosen.
“Every word of the book will be her words,” Barnett said…
Palin has never written a book and her critics, noting her disjointed CBS interviews with Katie Couric, have questioned whether she could. Two years ago, Palin told PBS’ Charlie Rose that her favorite writers were C.S. Lewis (“very, very deep”) and a Runner’s World columnist, Dr. George Sheehan. Asked Tuesday about her reading, Palin mentioned that she “really enjoyed” Katharine Graham’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Personal History” and cited works by Obama, McCain and Bill Clinton, whose “My Life” she read “just recently.”
I like the gratuitous quote about her read on Lewis’s depth, as if to underscore the author’s opinion that she’s a moron. Say, do national celebrities typically have to submit writing samples when they’re being wooed for multimillion-dollar book offers? If not, why bring it up?
ADN says she’ll give a portion of the proceeds to charity. Sounds like there’ll be plenty of bio to please fans — the publisher emphasized that her lifestyle is “unpretentious” — but the real money lies in how willing she is to settle scores from the campaign. I’m thinking … not very. She’s never badmouthed McCain and has studiously avoided naming the aides who were sniping anonymously at her last winter. Maybe Harper Collins made her promise up front to deliver the goods?
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I demand an ethics violation investigation…………!
Seven Percent Solution on May 12, 2009 at 9:30 PM
Dude, all I can find that she ever read is The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and the Little House books.
You were thinking The Screwtape Letters or mebbe Perelandra?
hahahaha
This will be superawesome!
strangelet on May 12, 2009 at 9:30 PM
I wonder if the lefties will picket B&N’s
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Palin is class, don’t expect her to do that
joey24007 on May 12, 2009 at 9:33 PM
#1 NY Times best seller … easily.
OneGyT on May 12, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Get in line.
“Now serving #1,347,290 frivilous complaints.”
I too find it ridiculous the “very,very deep” snark in the AP story regarding CS Lewis.
It’s not like she was reading anything by Saul Alinsky….”Rules for Radicals” anyone?
portlandon on May 12, 2009 at 9:33 PM
First, I think C.S. Lewis is above the literary standards of most public school educated children (Do they even teach them what pronouns are anymore?)
Secondly, I can only imagine which books dear leader read when he was in uni. Everyone Poops?
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 9:33 PM
I hope it’s a picture book with guess shots from Miss CA and alike!
TheBigOldDog on May 12, 2009 at 9:33 PM
#1 NY Times best seller … easily.
portlandon on May 12, 2009 at 9:33 PM
After the way she’s been treated, could anyone blame her if she did?
Hog Wild on May 12, 2009 at 9:33 PM
That’s one book that won’t make it to Oprah’s book club.
NeoKong on May 12, 2009 at 9:33 PM
It could be called
“The Audacity of not writing a pile of steaming shiznit”
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Too bad she won`t be able to read it.
HA! BEAT THE TROLLS!
ThePrez on May 12, 2009 at 9:34 PM
They’ve already written their review. Guess what, they think it sucks and she’s a dope…Now all they have to do is wait for the book to come out and hope it happens before they go bankrupt.
TheBigOldDog on May 12, 2009 at 9:35 PM
It will be black listed McCarth-oprah style.
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Perhaps Mere Christianity or The Problem of Pain?
Wethal on May 12, 2009 at 9:35 PM
I just hope they don’t do like the Paulians did, buying five of them to spike her book sales.
amerpundit on May 12, 2009 at 9:36 PM
This’ll be good. When I first actually read hick, I was awestruck at how a hick could actually put hick to paper with punctuation, contractions, and sentence structure true to life. Now I can see the same technique with another distinct vernacular.
ericdijon on May 12, 2009 at 9:36 PM
I’m sure they could find some topless photos of Palin while she was writing the book ///s
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Which can only be good news for Palin.
ddrintn on May 12, 2009 at 9:36 PM
the sad thing is that that is probably true, like those pre-made obituaries for famous people
Chiasmos on May 12, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Maybe now Sarah will be rich enough for parvenus like Noonan, Parker and Buckley to stop looking down their noses at her.
Cicero43 on May 12, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Look, I’m not keen on that idea, but if her fans want to support her in that way, it’s their money.
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 9:37 PM
As for “unread morons”, I’m still waiting for evidence that Obama’s read anything beyond Alinsky.
ddrintn on May 12, 2009 at 9:37 PM
You are both right, and brilliant. They will pan this thing before it even hits the shelves. I can only hope that the Times closes its door shortly after having to have Palin’s book as the #1 best seller. Icing on the cake.
portlandon on May 12, 2009 at 9:37 PM
I look forward to the chapter on her being Mayor.
Wasilla Town Meeting
Riveting stuff.
lowandslow on May 12, 2009 at 9:37 PM
… Maybe Nancy Pelosi’s book
I kind of like Torture
will come out the same week …
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Read? I’m thinking books on tape.
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Yes.
I’m afraid to find out what was on his reading list. We’d be pretty lucky if the worst was Everyone Poops.
amerpundit on May 12, 2009 at 9:39 PM
how about that pt thomson there lowanddumb
joey24007 on May 12, 2009 at 9:40 PM
or maybe she’ll pull an OJ Simpson: “If I Waterboarded Someone, this is how i would have done it”
Chiasmos on May 12, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Nah, That Hideous Strength.
JeffWeimer on May 12, 2009 at 9:41 PM
She is the real deal. That’s why they hate her. Fear.
suzyk on May 12, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Yes, except that even a few examples will give the media reason to discount all of her book sales as a few followers buying up all the copies they could find.
300 million sold? If the media finds one person who bought up quite a few, the narrative will be that yes the book sales were high, but it was mostly devoted fans spiking sales.
amerpundit on May 12, 2009 at 9:41 PM
can-not-WAIT!
homesickamerican on May 12, 2009 at 9:42 PM
What about it?
lowandslow on May 12, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Hahahaha!
She could come out with a sequel
“I didn’t ruin the economy, but if I did, I would’ve hired ACORN.”
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 9:43 PM
She should name it “On A Clear Day, I Can see Moscow”. It’d make leftard heads explode.
Cicero43 on May 12, 2009 at 9:44 PM
And you think ACORNers aren’t going to go in, buy a ton, and then call their local NBC network?
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 9:44 PM
They hate him because he was a Cambridge prof, right?
Er..
TexasDan on May 12, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Funny +1
What about “The White House smells of Sulfur” ?
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 9:45 PM
No, because he had a thorough grasp on the English language and knew the meanings of words don’t “just change.”
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Way to go, Gov!
Laugh at those bastards all the way to the bank!!!
purgatory on May 12, 2009 at 9:46 PM
No, because they know she’ll end up making a ton of money off of it. Also, Fox gets a hold of the plan and it’ll once again make her look like a victim. ACORN wouldn’t want to do either.
amerpundit on May 12, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Your fear is palpable…
ladyingray on May 12, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Yeah, the AP just couldn’t help themselves there. But Palin will have the last laugh. I just hope she doesn’t go on Oprah or the View to promote it. Those self-righteous hags don’t deserve a minute of her time. As for a suggested title, how about “God, Guns and the GOP”? I can hear the liberal heads exploding now.
Redneck Woman on May 12, 2009 at 9:47 PM
3/4ths of the Liberal Literary Reviewers have already written their Critiques of it and it’s not even written yet.
Obama’s next book: TOTUS and Me: BFF.
kingsjester on May 12, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Meh. Politician’s autobiographies are dull because they have to be politically correct and very careful.
Hey, what are the chances of her book making into Oprah’s Book Club?
terryannonline on May 12, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Maybe they’re unaware of Lewis’s Milton criticism, which apart from Northrop Frye is the best written.
ddrintn on May 12, 2009 at 9:48 PM
And we can expect virtually no interviews until then. Smart move, frankly. Every other potential candidate looks idiotic within days.
AnninCA on May 12, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Not too funny, but not too dry. The direct link is now emailing its way through the oilfield community now. Thanks for the laugh.
ericdijon on May 12, 2009 at 9:48 PM
OK, maybe I should have said undercover ACORNers… just like 5 illegal aliens that had maybe at one time handed out fliers for ACORN… Each buys 2 copies and that’s only 10 total.
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 9:48 PM
I hope the Palins bank $10 million. I’m not looking forward that much to the book though. I’m afraid it’ll be one of those pre-campaign memoirs that are incredibly boring.
Ted Torgerson on May 12, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Nope. She’s probably thinking of the arguments against Philosophical Naturalism he made in chapters two and three in the book Miracles. She’s probably referring to the arguments Lewis made concerning the issue of the Problem of Evil in his book the Problem of Pain. Or maybe his lecture on Why I’m not a Pacifist. Or maybe his lecture Learning in War Time. Maybe his anthropology in his book The Abolition of Man, wherein he discusses why Coolidge valued the tourist who called the waterfall “sublime” rather than “pretty”, and why choosing the latter renders a kind of society that houses what he called “trousered apes” and “men without chests”. Or maybe she was referring to his incredible works on literature and poetry. Or maybe she was talking about his best lecture, in my opinion, Weight of Glory.
Weight of Glory on May 12, 2009 at 9:49 PM
In fairness, not all mockery is fear. There are quite a few leftists who believe Palin is an uneducated rube and continue to bring her up so the GOP will be more associated with her. They see that as a bad thing for the party.
amerpundit on May 12, 2009 at 9:49 PM
This woman will not go away. She is frankly, a publicity whore.She craves the limelight and must have a huge ego. C’mon Barbie, run in 2012, this is gonna be a whole lot of fun. Barbie 24/7
athensboy on May 12, 2009 at 9:49 PM
In other good news, two more frivolous ethics complaints have been dismissed.
Palin 11, Anklebiters 0.
JammieWearingFool on May 12, 2009 at 9:50 PM
a whore?
really
stay classy
joey24007 on May 12, 2009 at 9:50 PM
I can understand your hostility toward her book, it won’t have any pictures or puzzles or connect the dots in it to keep your attention. Just…big….words. I am sure the KOS or Huffington will read it and tell you what to compalin about.
Go find something shiny.
portlandon on May 12, 2009 at 9:51 PM
She hasn’t bleached the hair yet… I heard she just ordered her tanning bed though.
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 9:51 PM
I know. Her 100-day press conference celebration of herself and her time in office was soooo over-the-top. Oh, wait…
Pasalubong on May 12, 2009 at 9:51 PM
He said “publicity whore.” I called Donald Trump a “media whore” myself earlier today. Don’t be so eager to be offended. Not every usage of the term implies something sexual.
Allahpundit on May 12, 2009 at 9:51 PM
You are talking to one of the O-bots… The one that turns tricks for his welfare check…
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 9:51 PM
I’m sure there are some Palinites in line already outside of Barnes & Noble. You’ll recognize them because they’ll be sitting on a bear’s head.
terryannonline on May 12, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Palin gets paid to write and will make far more than you ever will, Strangelet. However, we must bear your envious, hateful posts for free.
GunRunner on May 12, 2009 at 9:52 PM
And moonbats are Palin whores. They just cannot let a Palin thread go ungraced with their presences. They must show their devotion!
ddrintn on May 12, 2009 at 9:52 PM
BTW Allah, Posner is no conservative heavyweight. Setting aside your worshiping at the Posner altar, thinking if there is a God then its Posner, a conservative that believes that “intellectuals” dont exist in the conservative party and that if you dont believe in global warming your an inbred hick, he is just part of the establishment.
You’re right, the comments here would be hard for you to deal with. As are his commenters there, so we wouldnt be alone.
I’ll take Friedman or Hayek anyday.
broker1 on May 12, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Ah…the Megan McCain thread is right…over……HERE.
Go find something shiny.
portlandon on May 12, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Fascinating…I await the details and the massive book sales. This will be incredibly fun to watch as all the libtard media goes bonkers about how a bunch of red-neck, teabaggers are buying the book. And not one honest review will be given. She will be like O’Reilly and Levin and Limbaugh w/a #1 bestseller that is never reviewed or panned immediately.
JAM on May 12, 2009 at 9:52 PM
And people would still be curious as to why these seemingly average book buyers called a network right after the purchase. Besides, ten books probably nets a good $270 — meaning the Palins could probably go out to a nice dinner courtesy of ACORN.
I still say the problem, if any, will be innocent gestures by fans used by the media to degrade any figures.
amerpundit on May 12, 2009 at 9:53 PM
It’s OK, athensboy has been there too. No biggie.
ddrintn on May 12, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Take this bit from Lewis for example:
Weight of Glory on May 12, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Palin Rocks!
Firebird on May 12, 2009 at 9:53 PM
I wonder if it will be deemed racist to even purchase a copy… It will be shelved next to Mein Kampf – oh wait, that’s a good read for the progressives…
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 9:54 PM
She should title it: The Audacity of Real Life.
29Victor on May 12, 2009 at 9:54 PM
There are a lot of christians who admire and enjoy C.S. Lewis’s work. I am one of them. Amazing author.
deidre on May 12, 2009 at 9:54 PM
hey, at least he didn’t say “it looks like she was caught giving a hummer”
nothing sexual in that one either
joey24007 on May 12, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Do you think NBC would say, “We have illegal alien Juan here who bought 2 copies of Palin’s book and then called us up” ???
10 copies =$270 directly into her purse??? DUDE!
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 9:56 PM
I can’t think of anything but…
ericdijon on May 12, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Weight of Glory on May 12, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Owned! Well done, sir! Well done!
JAM on May 12, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Like I said – they fear her. Just read the entries from the left wing nuts. I am laughing my ass off at them – all they have is “ears”, aka known and proven so far as “dumbo”.
suzyk on May 12, 2009 at 9:56 PM
The left would burn and die when they read … the title.
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Lewis
Weight of Glory on May 12, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Lewis
Weight of Glory on May 12, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Lewis
Weight of Glory on May 12, 2009 at 9:58 PM
An AP reporter couldn’t reconstruct a C.S. Lewis argument if you wrote it down for him and numbered the points in block letters on notecards.
These people with their absolute intellectual superficiality kill me. They think no one else ever had a Philosophy 101 course and read a few paragraphs from Aristotle’s Politics or Plato’s Republic; and that having heard of Lacan or Foucault puts one in a special club.
Few of the memorable and enduring philosophers of the Western tradition would have disdained C.S. Lewis. Unlike, say, George Bernard Shaw, he made coherent and parsable metaphysical arguments. Someone like Hume or Kant would have found points of profound disagreement with Lewis — but would have thought Foucault was just inane.
J.E. Dyer on May 12, 2009 at 9:58 PM
First of all, buying two copies won’t be enough. I’m talking like the Paulians did — five or ten, etc.
No. But the royalties from that $270 in sales would probably be a nice dinner.
amerpundit on May 12, 2009 at 9:59 PM
She should name it: Not A Boring White Guy
terryannonline on May 12, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Two great post in a row. Thank you. I will read more of his work, and the references you made above.
Vlade Memor.
GunRunner on May 12, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Note to Meg-Meg’s publisher: This book has an audience.
Jim Treacher on May 12, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Yeah, you can just about hear the condescending snort to go along with “Eewwwww, that’s the stuff evangelicals read…”
ddrintn on May 12, 2009 at 10:01 PM
The AP article was definitely snarky. I wonder what’s going on with them. Where are the editors?
AnninCA on May 12, 2009 at 10:01 PM
OK, here we go “We have illegal alien Juan here who bought 5 copies of Palin’s book and then called us up”
And when you say nice dinner do you mean family lunch picnic?
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 10:01 PM
I’ll posit that if Goldratt is correct, in that one tends to learn far more deeply via Socratic Method than by direct information exchange (see his book, The Goal), then a reader would do much better to take in Lewis’ fiction, if one had to choose between the fiction writings and the non-fiction ones.
Liberals may hate Sarah for a number of reasons generally, but feminists despise her specifically for the dual “sins” of standing against abortion, and in (very publicly) raising a child who was born with a genetic disorder that, according to some sources, would face abortion in 9 out of 10 instances.
Case in point: NARAL’s collective “Stand By Your Man” moments at every point where BJ was accused of rape. They would have sacrificed a thousand women to BJ’s libido if it meant keeping their man around to place abortion-friendly SCOTUS nominees.
Effete eastern establishment “Republicans” cannot stand Sarah because she outshined Mac from the moment she stepped onto the stage at the RNC convention. He was the tired, go-along-to-get-along Ford Republican, and by comparison, she was the principled straight-talker. The moment Sarah began talking, Johnny Mac must have had flashbacks to 1976 when Reagan was asked to speak just after the party had just confirmed Ford as the nominee.
Buyer’s remorse, indeed.
Wanderlust on May 12, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Lewis.
I’m listing all these, not to defend Lewis’s intellectual heft, but Palin’s. If she’s reading Lewis, she’s doing just fine, and has far more intellect than those whose noses are pressed into the pages of books about Che.
Weight of Glory on May 12, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Note to Meg-Meg’s publisher: This book writer didn’t burn those that might actually read her book.
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Thanks.
Weight of Glory on May 12, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Dude, are you kidding? I can’t wait to read about that one time Meghan ran into that one guy from The Real World and was like, “Oh, my god, you’re such a bitch to that one girl”, and he was all like, “Are you John McCain’s daughter?”, and she was like, “Yeah, wanna play beer pong?”
Pasalubong on May 12, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Yeah, I’m thinking Strange doesn’t know who Lewis is…
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 10:04 PM
I can’t wait till Bristol Palin’s book sales are higher than MegMac’s
Upstater85 on May 12, 2009 at 10:05 PM
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