Amazing: Palin’s book number one on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble bestseller list; Update: “It is truly unprecedented”
posted at 6:58 pm on September 30, 2009 by Allahpundit
Forty-eight days before the release and she’s already topped Dan Brown’s latest conspiracy-theory casserole at both top retailers. To put that in perspective, note that the book doesn’t even have a cover yet. So much for the Page Six hit piece about demand for her being slack.
No way to tell yet, obviously, whether the monster launch will have legs or whether it’ll deflate a bit next week after Palinistas are all done ordering their advance copies. But if it goes on to become a mega-seller, it’s a game-changer insofar as it’ll establish her unquestionably as the most prominent Republican in America, which leaves Huck and Mitt in an awkward spot before the primaries and presents the media with an interesting choice. Do they try to spin the sales as unrepresentative of her support among Republicans given that plenty of liberals are bound to buy the book for campaign dish and insight into the Palin “trainwreck”? Or do they follow lefty conventional wisdom that Palin would be the easiest person to beat in 2012 and talk up her appeal to Republicans to try to nudge her into a presidential run? (Righty conventional wisdom, of course, is that she’s the candidate the left most fears, but given their expectation of future Couric-type disasters during a campaign, I’m skeptical that that’s true.) Only one thing’s certain: If she hasn’t already been signed to write a second book, she will be soon. “Common Sense Conservatism” by Sarah Palin, perchance?
Update: Prognosis for mega-sales: Good.
HarperCollins will print 1.5 million copies for the book’s first run, the same number that was printed for late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s memoir “True Compass.”
Kennedy’s book, published earlier this month, currently stands at number six on the Amazon list.
A publishing industry source told POLITICO that they “cannot remember a non-fiction book taking off like this in the pre-order market. It became number one only a couple of hours after nothing more than a date announcement. It is truly unprecedented.”
Much of the 400-page book is based on journals Palin kept during her vice-presidential run.
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governor of a state who took on her own party–and won.
ted c on October 1, 2009 at 3:46 PM
Policy alone is not enough. Delivery counts for a lot, and while Sarah can be absolutley stupendous she has a lot of room for improvement. She does wander and does not complete her sentences. That’s just a fact and the faster she learns to fix those flaws the better for all of us.
And while I don’t doubt that Sarah is a warrior her supporters shouldn’t be offended, say, by terms like “Palinista”. It reflects poorly on her.
Buy Danish on October 1, 2009 at 3:46 PM
Governor of a state and nominated to be a VP only 5-6 mos after the birth of her fifth child….
Electrified the nation….
Substance, values, charisma, American.
ted c on October 1, 2009 at 3:47 PM
Does obamabot or koolaid drinker refer poorly to Obama? No, it refers poorly on the ‘bot or the drinker.
ted c on October 1, 2009 at 3:48 PM
Sarah Palin is going to start going through the statist liberal rear areas like crap through a goose… She has already begun to dissect their sorry, liberal arguments armed with facts and citations, as well as verve and charisma.
She tore joe biden a new one, left him standing there not knowing whether to crap or wind his watch.
ted c on October 1, 2009 at 3:49 PM
I envision a day when Sarah Palin utterly decimates a teleprompterless barack obama in front of a Chicago crowd…..
priceless
ted c on October 1, 2009 at 3:50 PM
Liberal men hate Sarah Palin because they’re afraid to admit they’re attracted to a woman who has more balls than they do.
Daggett on October 1, 2009 at 3:50 PM
Boom—Daggett stomps a mudhole in Dem dudes.
nice
ted c on October 1, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Daggett on October 1, 2009 at 3:50 PM
In elitist terms, beta males don’t want to be exposed or ridiculed for living risk-adverse, amoral lives.
technopeasant on October 1, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Nail meet head!
A Thoroughbred horse is worthless in the barn. A fine tuned sports car is useless in the garage.
As Sarah herself would say: “A ship is safe in the harbor, but that’s not what they are built for.”
Champions, superstars, winners, are wired different than most, just as you say. They have a burning desire to succeed. And not just for fame.
I’ve been a racer all of my life, and been around racers all my life. Now the huge stars that make mega-bucks certainly enjoy the fruits of the labor, but if it went back to trophies and gift certificates for steak diners like the old days, the true champions would be right there.
My guess is if golf went back to just trophies, Tiger Woods would also right there. Like most champions, he’d sleep in his car and eat baloney sandwiches, if that’s what it took to out there in the competition.
To true champions, the money, fame, whatever are nice, but meaningless. It’s being a champion that matters.
You’ll find this in the most successful sales people as well. They never ever think about a paycheck. They constantly work on being better at what they do, and building relationships, lasting relationships with their customers. The big money just shows up.
Sarah Palin is a winner, a champion, a superstar. The money is gonna come, for sure. She is a multi-millionaire, and her bank account will continue to swell for the rest of her life, unless Obama and the communists find out a way to outlaw wealth!
But like most champions, money is simply a score card. You really do reach a point where you have all the money you NEED. After that, it’s just another way of keeping score.
As you say, this is Sarah’s moment in time. History is
callingdemanding that she act.Sarah is NOT going to run for the Senate. (stupidest notion ever floated) and she’s not going to wait for 2016 (second stupidest idea ever floated)
Obama is a one term President. I really don’t see a scenario that would have him winning re-election. So…..that means a Republican will most likely win in 2012. I say most likely, because Obama may very well face a primary challenge, as racist as that will be. I doubt the communist party has anyone who can save it at this point, but who knows.
So, if a Republican wins 2012, and it’s NOT Sarah, then 2016 is out, unless that Republican is a Romney, Elmer Gantry, or Pawlenty RINO, who screws it all up and makes things worse. And then, most likely, people will try a communist again, because people are just that dumb.
So for Sarah, it’s 2012, or wait decades like Reagan did after his 1964 “debut” as a Republican. We can’t wait that long!
Sarah also knows every bit of this.
gary4205 on October 1, 2009 at 4:03 PM
If Palin can’t even get the people who see her every day and live near her to support her, why do so many think she will be able to convince 270 electoral votes worth of states?
Speedwagon82 on October 1, 2009 at 4:03 PM
The GOP establishment does not represent the GOP base. At least not the conservative part.
Rose on October 1, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Good luck telling people when they shouldn’t be offended….
tom on October 1, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Book sales are not votes. They’re a good metric for interest, but Sarah interests a lot of people that don’t support her.
You know the value of first impressions. For the large cross section of the electorate without much interest in politics, Couric and Tina Fey were their first exposure to Palin. That’s what happens when you’re a virtual unknown before you rise to national prominence and you’re not extremely careful about your initial exposure. The campaign and Palin herself didn’t do the required work to establish her perception to the American electorate that they needed to do to counteract an attack they had to know was coming. What conservative honestly goes into an MSM interview thinking it’ll be fair and balanced?
I think we need to look harder and change the way we look for and evaluate candidates. What we’re doing now isn’t working very well.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Book sales are not votes. They’re a good metric for interest, but Sarah interests a lot of people that don’t support her.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Yes it is alot harder to get people to fork over their own money than to pull a lever. that is why politicians always have more votes than book sales.
unseen on October 1, 2009 at 4:36 PM
I said there are a lot of conservatives out there. Those in the “possible running” group are the problem. We need to change the way we decide who goes into that group.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 4:37 PM
You know, I WAS willing to give you some benefit of the doubt, but you prove yourself to be uncompromisingly unintelligent.
I tell you I wholeheartedly embrace the Palinista name, LOVE it, and you still prattle on and on, like some seminar poster with a script.
And yes, Sarah can improve, there isn’t a human being alive that doesn’t have room for improvement. And….?
The woman was effective enough to write two short paragraphs on Facebook and derail the President of the United States’ showcase issue. His one big push.
Here’s what I see. You are either truly so unintelligent that you can’t grasp just how savvy this woman is, and how good her instincts are. Or…
You are simply a hater and a troll.
gary4205 on October 1, 2009 at 4:39 PM
I don’t think everyone bought Sarah’s book because they just love Sarah.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 4:39 PM
I said there are a lot of conservatives out there. Those in the “possible running” group are the problem. We need to change the way we decide who goes into that group.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 4:37 PM
No matter who you pick the state run media will tear them apart. the only way to see a true contender is allow them to be run thru the grinder and if their support like Palin’s is still super stronger after taking enemy fire for a year to throw you full support behind that person.
Mitt and Huck(non conservatives) have not yet passed this test. the folder on both of them is several inches think and will be used to drive their negatives as soon as then get the nod. I doubt after taking fire if Mitt or huck will even get 20% of the vote country wide
unseen on October 1, 2009 at 4:40 PM
The same could be said for different reasons about just about any potential GOP candidate. Besides, the template has been set: ridicule any GOP candidate who stirs a good amount of interest, and you can have Dem presidents for generations. It will go on until enough conservatives refuse to join in.
ddrintn on October 1, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Name some!
gary4205 on October 1, 2009 at 4:41 PM
I don’t think everyone bought Sarah’s book because they just love Sarah.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 4:39 PM
and i don’t think that everyone that loves Gov Palin has or will buy her book. I have not ordered my copy yet and most likely will wait for it to come out. there are many many people who have not even heard her book is coming out yet. What you see in sales figures atm is die hard political junkies.
unseen on October 1, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Exactly right. It will be fun seeing these “realists” trying to convince us “Palinistas” that their guy isn’t a joke (whomever that may be) after being run through the meat grinder that Palin was run through.
ddrintn on October 1, 2009 at 4:45 PM
in other news today the market crashed. If you have money in it might be time to pull it out. I think the fuel of hope and change has run out of the engine of the free world.
unseen on October 1, 2009 at 4:48 PM
You’d like me to provide you with a sampling of something like 30% of the country?
There aren’t a lot of prominent conservative contenders for the presidency out there, but consider; how does one become prominent?
By what means do we select and suggest our leaders? I don’t think what we’re doing now is working. Waiting around for somebody worthwhile to step up seems … kinda haphazard, doesn’t it? Can’t there be another way to go out and scout possible candidates, groom them, and launch them?
Sarah, for all her wonderful features, was not adequately prepared. There is a price for such failure. It’s foolish to deny that. We can dicker about what that price might be or who is to blame, but as I stated earlier, first impressions are important.
Giving a bad speech has different implications in a media saturated age than it did even during Clinton’s time. The Internet was pretty young then, I don’t think we should underestimate what a game-changer that’s been in terms of disseminating viewpoints, but I digress.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Romney was unprepared as well. Are you going to call him unelectable?
ddrintn on October 1, 2009 at 4:54 PM
^ All I can say is, good luck on finding that ridicule-proof, mistake-free conservative to run in a liberal media environment. Pssssst….such a creature doesn’t exist.
ddrintn on October 1, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Is it beyond the realm of possibility that someone could have handled that “meat grinder” better than Sarah Palin? Is it totally unreasonable that someone could have done a better job answering Katie Couric? Is it so out there to suggest that someone should have known what was coming for an up and coming conservative and approached the issue in a competent fashion?
Again, I think we’re setting the bar too low.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 4:56 PM
I think I already did. The man a) lacks any discernible charisma and b) might be a policy squish based on past behavior.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Again, I think we’re setting the bar too low.TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 4:56 PM
HondaV65 on October 1, 2009 at 4:59 PM
I’d like to see YOU make the speech that Sarah Palin made at the RNC last year – when the chips were down and everyone in the nation was watching to see who this unknown woman was – AND SHE BLEW THEM AWAY.
You would have choked under that kind of pressure – most all of us would.
And you condemn her for a couple of interviews from marxist media?
Pfft!
HondaV65 on October 1, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Is it beyond the realm of possibility that someone could have handled that “meat grinder” better than Sarah Palin? Is it totally unreasonable that someone could have done a better job answering Katie Couric? Is it so out there to suggest that someone should have known what was coming for an up and coming conservative and approached the issue in a competent fashion?
Again, I think we’re setting the bar too low.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 4:56 PM
If you have McCain’s staff telling you what to do…..then yes it is beyond the realm of possibility.
unseen on October 1, 2009 at 5:01 PM
So much for writing her political career off as dead, AP.
Wonders never cease.
maverick muse on October 1, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Excuse me? I’ve listened to most of Mrs. Palin’s recorded remarks. I’ve enjoyed every minute.
Before I call you a liar and a deceitful troll, could you provide even one recorded example to verify your claim?
Blacksmith8 on October 1, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Hard to say. Name me someone else in recent history who’s been subjected to quite the same meat grinder, or who’s even likely to be subjected to such.
ddrintn on October 1, 2009 at 5:05 PM
Riiight. The Left, for example, are offended by everything – it’s the foundation of Political Correctness (in addition to Marxism). You can do what you want, but I’ll keep on trucking with the theme that they shouldn’t be offended.
You’re a jackass, jackass! I wasn’t talking about YOU being offended by the term “Palinista”, it was a reference to another commenter who had made a fuss about that term earlier on.
Of course no one is perfect – any Kindergartener can figure that out. The point is that there are many hypersensitive Palinistas who recoil at any criticism of Sarah, many of whom get outrageously outraged every time AP posts anything about her, imagining evil thoughts lurking behind every sentence no matter how positive the commentary. Some comments on this thread are perfect examples of this ridiculous paranoia.
Buy Danish on October 1, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Romney Care!
joshlbetts on October 1, 2009 at 5:10 PM
Just to recap here …
Immediately after Palin was selected as McCain’s running mate – the press went nuclear on her. The press panicked – they thought their dear leader had been outflanked by McCain picking a female running mate, who was attractive, with an 80% popularity in her home state, who had more executive experience than Obama did, and who was also had a well rounded family life and displayed a lot of honor in not aborting her down’s syndrome child.
They went completely nuclear on her in the days before the RNC speech.
When she walked out on stage – I told my wife – “she will choke – no one can stand up to this pressure that they’ve put on her”.
I have spoken to crowds of 800 people – I KNOW how hard that is. Here was a woman walking in front of an entire nation for the first time and she had about an hour to prove to people she was not the person the Socialist media was claiming she was.
SHE NAILED IT. I will tell you – as someone who’s had to speak to large crowds – there is only a fraction of a percent of the population that could do what she did that night. Sarah Palin is an exceptional individual.
SHE DID IT AGAIN when she wiped the debate floor with Joe Biden’s hair plugs. The Socialist media tried to spin it as a win for Joe – but I’m sorry – TRUTH matters. You cannot put forth false facts in a debate and score points – that’s what Joe did. Palin – had her crap in one sock that night and killed him.
Her detractors point to the fact that she had a bad interview with Charlie Brown Gibson and Katie Communist. In Gibson’s interview – he didn’t even know what the “Bush Doctrine” was or the fact that there were several. In Couric’s interview – Palin was simply keeping her at arms distance knowing that whatever she said would be spun against her.
So for two interviews – with two Marxist reporters – she’s condemned as “unelectable” … and also for saying “I can see Russia from my house” … which she never said but – it doesn’t matter see – because people just make crap up about her and then pin it to her like it’s their God given right to make up falsehoods.
Sarah Palin could be the next GOP nominee – get ready to support her or to support Obama. She might NOT be the next nominee also.
But which ever way it goes – Sarah Palin’s endorsement WILL be the deciding factor in who is the next GOP nominee.
HondaV65 on October 1, 2009 at 5:14 PM
I’m not running for President, nor am I considering it, so I don’t see how that part of your comment is relevant to the discussion.
She gave a good speech to the RNC. I liked it. Now tell me how much of the middle 30% of moderates and independents actually watched it. Now compare that to how many saw or heard about Couric and/or SNL’s skit.
Mmmhmm.
Do I condemn her for it? Not really. I don’t think it reflects on her intelligence and have said so in the past. But someone – perhaps the campaign staff, perhaps Sarah herself – should have seen it coming. We all talk about MSM bias as axiomatic. Guess what? We’ve been doing that for years if not decades. It’s common knowledge to us and should certainly be common knowledge to someone in charge.
You can’t prep for every question, but there was a definite “think on your feet test” she failed. I disagree with the left and the moderate/independent crowd about what that means about her as a person but it’s foolish to claim she handled it well or that no one could have done better.
As I said earlier, I’d vote for Sarah in a heart beat and probably love every minute of her term. She seems to me like she could be our version of Thatcher, but better. But also as I said earlier, I’m not who you have to convince.
The past happened. We can pretend it didn’t or we can use that data to do better next time. Somebody smart once said, “What got you here won’t get you there.”
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 5:16 PM
OK guys, for those of you think Sarah is a “moron” or has no “zecutive experience” my buddy Ron Devito just posted the 2009 “Master List” of Sarah’s accomplishments.
Pack a lunch and dinner, this thing is LOOOOONG!
http://sarahpalininformation.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/master-list-of-governor-palins-2009-accomplishments/
gary4205 on October 1, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Assuming you just do as you’re told. Leaders don’t just do as they’re told.
No excuses.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 5:18 PM
No one saw this particularly virulent Two Months Hate coming. No one could have.
ddrintn on October 1, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Perhaps it’s hindsight, but I just don’t agree.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 5:20 PM
She drew a larger audience with that speech than Obama did with his “Greek Pillars” speech.
And how does SNL figure in? Oh … yeah – she was ridiculed by SNL and …
If we pick someone better next time – they won’t be ridiculed by SNL or the press.
People need to wake up. Any Republican we pick is going to be smeared by the Socialist media and ridiculed by the SNL’s out there.
The difference is – they’ve run their game on her – she’s innoculated.
Pick a new candidate – they’ll run the same game on him.
HondaV65 on October 1, 2009 at 5:21 PM
A VP candidate is a VP candidate. They do what they’re told.
ddrintn on October 1, 2009 at 5:21 PM
HondaV65 on October 1, 2009 at 5:14 PM
The hardest thing to admit is when you are wrong (‘she will choke’)and then to learn why you were wrong and grow from that experience.
What I hope will happen as more people read Palin’s book and become exposed to her (sans McCain and his handlers) that they also will begin to realize how talented, intelligent, competent and savvy this woman is and why it would be a shame to dismiss her as “damaged goods” and cast her out on to the ash heap of history.
technopeasant on October 1, 2009 at 5:21 PM
2012 is still a long way off. Sarah has got some damage to do before she throws her hat in the ring. If anyone has time, Sarah Palin does. She has gone from unheard of in AUG 08, to a superstar and stayed there. She has promise, she ain’t perfect, but she sure as hell has promise.
There’ll be those trolls that’ll parrot more talking points and “she ain’t this, or she ain’t that” and screw ‘em. Find me someone who fits their bill, who has a perfect record and I’ll kiss your ass till your nose bleeds–cuz it ain’t gonna happen.
Sarah Palin has been handed a TON of ammunition by none other than Barack Throckmorton Obama. It sure isn’t the media that is using it, so why not her. Energy policy, she throttled Obama and slammed his sorry butt in the street in a WaPo article on energy policy ~6-8wks ago. Healthcare–same same, she nailed him via Facebook.
The drumbeat quickens and the dogs of war are straining at the leash.
Her book is already at number one and it ain’t even got a cover yet.
It’s June 1, 1944. The troops are conducting final preparations and the marching orders are being given.
D-Day 17 NOV 2009
Operation Going Rogue
ted c on October 1, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Come on. The day she was picked, they aimed at Bristol. That sort of Kos Kiddie shittiness isn’t something you’d expect even from them. And now, how do you suggest any future candidate avoid the nastiness and parodies and sheer hatred?
ddrintn on October 1, 2009 at 5:24 PM
OT: jobless claims jumped huge. New unemployment rate comes out tomorrow, I anticipate ten point ooooohhhhh ssshiitt!
ted c on October 1, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Actually, I kinda did, you wide eyed idealist you. I don’t put anything past the MSM and haven’t since I really started paying attention back in the 1990s. If they’d defend Clinton it really does stand to reason they’d attack someone on the other end of the spectrum. And it’s hard to imagine someone less like Bill Clinton than Sarah Palin.
Keep in mind I’m no media strategist, but then I don’t think I need to have all the answers to pose valid points about having high expectations of the people we elect to high office. For my own 2 cents, I’d say that you’re not going to avoid SNL parodies, but by pushing your message out aggressively you can control where it’ll go.
Sarah was cloistered for a time – a stupid decision on the part of the McCain campaign, no doubt. She does (and did) much better when she was allowed to “go rogue.”
But again, there’s that first impression problem.
I really hope she surprises me. But I’m not going to stop looking for alternatives because I hope someone I like does well.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 5:29 PM
No. Excuses.
If you don’t like the rules, change the game.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Palin did that too, recently. A lot of conservatives apparently didn’t like THAT, either.
ddrintn on October 1, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Besides, a simple unalterable fact of life isn’t an excuse. But I’m dying to know how a VP candidate is supposed to “change the gamer” mid-campaign.
ddrintn on October 1, 2009 at 5:33 PM
*game
ddrintn on October 1, 2009 at 5:34 PM
You can’t avoid it. You accept that the State-Run-Media is going to crawl out of their mud holes and smear everything they don’t like with mud. Then you smile politely, as Sarah does, and poke holes in their lies.
Or to put it another way, you turn on the light of truth and watch the cockroaches run for their caves.
Mangy Scot on October 1, 2009 at 5:34 PM
ordered.
BadShot on October 1, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Who thinks or says that? (At Hot Air – not at KOS or HuffPo).
Buy Danish on October 1, 2009 at 5:40 PM
I rather did. I do wish she’d done it from the start.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 5:40 PM
In this instance? Nod politely to the handlers and then go do your own thing. In other words, lead.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 5:41 PM
ddrintn on October 1, 2009 at 5:21 PM
The most difficult thing for thousands of casual political watchers to understand in presidential politics are:
1)The VP candidate does what they are told to do and every speech they give must be pre-approved by the campaign
2)That she/he must parrot the what the head of the ticket believes even if she/he does not totally agree with it
3)how vicious the MSM can become and what lengths they can go to manipulate public opinion through jaded opinion or flawed polling data
To these arguments I have read:
1)She shouldn’t have taken the job. No criticism is directed at McCain for asking her in the first place.
2)Sarah is for amnesty because of what she in an univision interview
3)Sarah should have anticipated what Couric would do to her
COMMENT:
How often does the point have to be made that Sarah Palin was not in control of her own destiny running as a VP candidate. She was told when to get up, where she had to go, when to speak and what to say. She could not arrange her own interviews and had to appear with set interviewers on a certain day. Once McCain assumed a position (eg supporting the bailout) she had to go along. Once McCain talked about “predatory lenders” and lack of government regulation being the main cause of the financial meltdown she had to parrot that line.
Even the wardrobe controversy was absurd. The RNC spent the money. All she did was give her measurements. Otherwise she was told what to wear on a specific occasion. She was entirely scripted until she decided to “go rogue”. By then I think she knew the jig was up and that there was good chance that Obama would win.
technopeasant on October 1, 2009 at 5:42 PM
I’m starting to see op-eds now by talking heads who said her career was over when she resigned as governor. They are starting to see what a smart move that was. Most here at HA could have told them that and we did, but they wouldn’t listen.
Christian Conservative on October 1, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Would those talking heads who declared her career over now do a side by side comparison of her annual salary as AK governor, and the haul she’ll take in by selling a book that she wrote in four months.
It’d be awful hard to conclude “over” when you consider those wee little facts.
ted c on October 1, 2009 at 5:50 PM
A) I don’t think Palin has ever been as helpless as your comment implies.
B) Tradition (in this case, the traditional role of the VP) should not dictate policy simply because it exists. There needs to be a reason.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Click my name… Josh Painter and I have the cover on our blogs. :)
upinak on October 1, 2009 at 5:55 PM
ted c on October 1, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Part and parcel of the tool kit of Utopian, delusional thinking is “wishful thinking” or “wish fulfillment”.
Talking heas thought they could create a self-fulfilling prophecy that snowballed and eventually overwhelmed Sarah.
Unfortunately for them it takes two to tango and Sarah was not allow herself to lose control of her destiny.
What I have concluded for these 13 months watching Sarah closely unlike most politicians who are brought down due to personal flaws, indiscretions or scandal, if Sarah is brought down it will be due to external forces that are determined to destroy her. That is why as I have written on several occasions she needs a team around her to protect her from the constant volleys, barrages and crossfire that she will endure as we get closer to the 2010 midterms and the GOP primaries.
technopeasant on October 1, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Sheesh, I missed this gem. Great way to bolster my argument for me. Unless it’s meant to be sarcasm. Which I kinda doubt.
Buy Danish on October 1, 2009 at 6:06 PM
You truly are educated well beyond your intelligence, aren’t you?
First, conservatives make up around 40% of the nation, we are the largest group. But past that, that was the weakest answer you could have possibly given.
If there are so many great conservatives out there who could actually BE president, you could name at least one!
I can name some, and I absolutely won’t settle for anyone but Sarah Palin! But I can give you one.
Rick Perry, Governor of Texas could be President (and may very well be Sarah’s VP, you heard it here first)
And just what makes you think Sarah Palin is “not prepared” to be POTUS?
It’s just the opposite. If you look at her entire career, she is MORE prepared than most. More successful than most.
She damned sure has more executive experience than most!
As Governor, Sarah fulfilled every single campaign promise, including negotiating the largest construction project in North American history! Alaskans wanted to do this for 30 years. It took her 2! That achievement alone sets her apart from 99.9 percent of anyone who has ever held elective office. It was that big.
So please tell me, just how is this gal “not prepared.” Please tell me what she is somehow lacking.
She’s
Run a business
Run a city
Run a huge and unwieldy regulatory agency
Run a state.
All with incredible success.
She was able to stop Soetoro’s death march with two well written paragraphs on Facebook. Who else on earth could have pulled that deal off?
She already has the largest, most excited “get out the vote” operation immaginable, and the election is three years away! Who else can say that?
Oh, and Sarah actually has SOLUTIONS, solutions that we know will work, for every problem that she addresses. She’s not just out there saying others are wrong. She’s saying how SHE would do it different. Not a whole lot of that out there either!
But I’m sure you be able to construct a nice, precise, and detailed list for me, just as you were able to name all of those OTHER conservatives out there who could be POTUS!
gary4205 on October 1, 2009 at 6:09 PM
I look forward to adding Congress and Obama to the unemployment line.
ted c on October 1, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Please we just elected a President who, without a script, cant’ make a sentence that doesn’t go errr, ahh, uhmm ere ah um and so on!
DSchoen on October 1, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Here is the cover of Going Rogue. Gorgeous.
unwashed minion on October 1, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Oh now I get it, you’re a COMEDIAN!!
gary4205 on October 1, 2009 at 6:19 PM
True. But how does that comparison help Palin’s reputation?
Jeez. I can’t ever recall people this far out before an election making such intransigent statements about their preferred candidate. I don’t care if Obama is reelected and sends this country further along the road to ruin – if Sarah’s not on the ticket I’m picking up my ball and going home.
Buy Danish on October 1, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Nice. Very nice.
Love both the title, cover & timing of this book. Can’t wait to read it.
Norwegian on October 1, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Heh Heh Heh. Who called her a “moron”? I have to go out, but I’ll check in later to examine the evidence you provide.
Buy Danish on October 1, 2009 at 6:31 PM
And you are a moron! AND a Troll!
You rarely, rarely hear me bitch about AP. The poor guy is who he is. The guy posts his snark KNOWING he’s going to get ripped a new one by everyone here.
And no one is hypersensitive about a goddamn thing! Most of us are just sick of dealing with idiots who don’t know schitt from shinola!
Sick of losers who can’t carry on an adult conversations. Sick of morons who add nothing to the conversation.
Sick of people who want to talk BS, but can’t either offer specifics of why Sarah isn’t the right choice, OR who and what is.
As I said, it has little to do with Sarah, and all to do with just being tired of dealing with stupid people and trolls.
Folks like you degrade the conversation to no end. I suspect that, of course, is the goal.
gary4205 on October 1, 2009 at 6:36 PM
That’s a really good one Uppy!
I found this one I like to use from time to time, same theme, but indoors:
http://thespeechatimeforchoosing.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/sarah-palin-going-rogue-number-one-in-sales/
gary4205 on October 1, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Nice work upinak. You tell em Sista.
Geochelone on October 1, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Sarah’s book cover – dynamite!!!!!
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/01/print/main5356793.shtml
highninside on October 1, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Anybody see the poll results that show 42% of Obama voters didn’t know that he was pro-abortion?
A nation of idiots.
John Zeigler was so right in his “Media Malpractice” documentary.
Obama voters are probably the stupidest voters in an single election since the end of WW2.
I’m reading Freddoso’s book now. Unbelievable projections on Obama. He can’t possibly get anywhere in the same galaxy in his governing compared to the insane expectations.
But go ahead Messiah and try to force us even more to the left.
Sapwolf on October 1, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Awesome photo.
Sapwolf on October 1, 2009 at 6:58 PM
I keep hearing people say that Palin is unelectable. That won’t be known until the election returns are in. There’s a lot of time between now and when Hurricane Sarah comes ashore. We may have ideas, but no one knows how she’s gonna make landfall until she does.
jimmy2shoes on October 1, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Thanks for proving my point, stupid.
gary4205 on October 1, 2009 at 7:02 PM
I wonder if Cuda is going to name names and make them famous, like Johnny said he would.
McCain camp handlers are leaking again, just look at the puddle on the floor. This time its not going to anonymous.
Bwaaahh
Geochelone on October 1, 2009 at 7:15 PM
What a silly, pointless dig. I’m trying to have an honest discussion here. If you want to play at trading slams go hang out at a highschool.
I don’t know what the exact percentage is. If you’re right, wonderful. We could use the extra support.
And that would do what good, exactly? Give you a target so that you can explain to me why Sarah is better? I’ll pass.
Hurrah. Yay for Governor Perry.
I don’t think she was “not prepared to be POTUS.” I think she (and by extension, the terrible McCain campaign) wasn’t prepared to manage her messaging like they should have.
Preaching to the choir, pal. I’ll say it one last time. I’m not who you need to convince.
Another talented writer with a large audience? Or is Sarah Palin our only hope, Obi Wan?
Let’s be careful with the superlatives. Regardless, the size of the organization is not justification for the choice of the candidate.
I know. It’s why I like her.
Nope. And that’s the problem. We need to work harder and better at finding them rather than claiming we did and settling on whoever happens to be around despite the data.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 1, 2009 at 7:19 PM
Sarah Palin shall defeat the Antichrist Obama
I think this is message 666.
ted c on October 1, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Sarah plays hoops betta than Obama.
ted c on October 1, 2009 at 7:24 PM
ted c on October 1, 2009 at 7:23 PM
I’m usually agree with you but I cannot this time. Calling Obama the Antichrist is counterproductive and will only serve to drive independents and more secular voters over to Obama.
Yes, I consider Obama evil, not in the spiritual sense but in the sense of what he is doing to the America in increaing the debt, destroying the economy and depriving Americans of their liberty.
That is the plane I wish the opponents of Obama would stay on. Anything else muddies the waters IMHO.
technopeasant on October 1, 2009 at 7:30 PM
They did the cover just right. Excellent work.
Sapwolf on October 1, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Facebook Picture of Going Rogue
Geochelone on October 1, 2009 at 7:38 PM
I wasn’t talking about YOU. Get over yourself, narcissistic rage boy! But thanks for letting us know you’re true feelings.
Off your rocker, much? You’re ranting like a maniac while claiming you’re not “hypersensitive”.
Who is it who is calling people “morons”? Still waiting for evidence that anyone here called Sarah a moron.
Buy Danish on October 1, 2009 at 7:59 PM
I think, seriously, he’s the precursor to the anti-Christ. He’s a demon. He’s spawned from hell. I pray every day that Our Lord throws him, and his baby killing, deviant cabal, back into the fiery depths of hell.
Jeff from WI on October 1, 2009 at 8:14 PM
NoLeftTurn on October 1, 2009 at 9:55 AM
Well, NoLeft Turn, you really can play a lawyer on HA, but you still need to read the works of another great statesman, lawyer and eloquent defender of life, and that is the late Congressman Henry Hyde. As you slowly and hopefully make your way to the pro-life position, Henry Hyde will be a touchstone for you.
As to the role of government, one primary role for it’s existence is to maintain law and order, and to protect the weak from the strong who would prey upon them.
All unborn human life is just that, human. The progressive left brought us abortion, straight from Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Russia. There is NO precedent in U.S. law for abortion, and in fact when liberty, not necessarily life, was taken from another class of human beings, African Americans, we fought a Civil War to bring an end to the practice. (I know there were other reasons for the War, but for purposes of this post, I won’t cover here)
However, if social causes are best left to the states to figure out “until and unless we can all agree that they are wrong”, then your argument should allow the return of slavery, to be legislated by the states while keeping the federal government out of it.
If we as a people allow the continuation of this slaughter, now reaching over 40 million, we shouldn’t be surprised if our country remains in the bloody hands of an abortion loving monster like Obama.
P.S. If you have never seen what an aborted baby looks like, and you should, because these tiny persons deserve to know that we see their suffering, go to priestsforlfe.org
If you would like to know the destruction abortion creates in the lives of the parent(s), look up the post-abortion stories on that site also.
tigerlily on October 1, 2009 at 8:17 PM
Give it a break. Obama isn’t smart enough to be the Antichrist.
Crux Australis on October 1, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Jeff from WI on October 1, 2009 at 9:17 PM
I know, but figured it was ominous, appropriate and fitting for the 666th comment on the thread.
ted c on October 1, 2009 at 9:18 PM
http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061939891/Going_Rogue/index.aspx
TimeTraveler on October 1, 2009 at 9:29 PM
Agreed. And, here’s how we do it;
1. Define core conservative issues that can be broadly, if not universally agreed upon.
2. Focus on those issues alone – recall that the Clinton campaign theme “it’s the economy, stupid” succeeded because it let other issues lay fallow, until the Clintons were in power.
3. Invite everyone who is interested in moving those key issues forward aboard the Conservative Big Boat.
A. It’s not a tent – it’s moving toward a better place.
B. There’s work to be done, grab an oar!
4. Rigorously enforce the 11th commandment.
5. Insist on ‘closed primaries.’
When all this is done, the conservative candidate that conservatives have chosen will be the front runner.
The Republican party establishment will come along for the ride.
massrighty on October 1, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Palin is one tough cookie with principles. She walks her talk. She has the courage to do things that many people disapprove of because she knows in her heart that they are the right thing to do. I am very excited to pick up her book when it hits the stores. Who knows what this woman gone rogue is going to do? Rather than speculate I am enjoying just waiting and seeing. She has pleasantly surprised me continuously. At first I felt neutral about her but as time goes by I am finding her more and more likable. She is a very no nonsense lady and that is something that we need more of. Whatever role she decides to take politically speaking I think it will be just great!
ReneePA on October 1, 2009 at 10:10 PM
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