Palin-haters to release lookalike attack book on Nov. 17
posted at 8:38 pm on October 21, 2009 by Allahpundit
Via Gateway Pundit. November 17 is the same day her own book drops, of course. Further evidence of how obsessively the left hates her or just a bunch of lefties looking to make a quick buck by piggybacking on her buzz? Both, of course! Behold the ingenuity of capitalism:
Going Rouge is compiled by Richard Kim and Betsy Reed, two top editors of the left-leaning weekly The Nation, and includes essays by Nation regulars like Katrina vanden Heuvel, Naomi Klein, and Katha Pollitt. It’s the first release from OR Books, a fledgling outfit founded earlier this year by publishing veterans John Oakes and Colin Robinson that “embraces progressive change in politics, culture and the way we do business,” according to its website.
I realize that this anti-Palin book is a paperback and probably won’t be stocked anywhere near Palin’s hardcover memoir in bookstores, but are these jackets look too similar to be, well, fully kosher? At the very least, might some hockey-mom-loving conservatives be confused enough to pick up the wrong book? You betcha!
Good question. My memory of trademark law is rusty so the intellectual property lawyers in the audience are invited to treat this as a final-exam fact pattern in the comments. Can the entire layout of a book cover qualify as a trademark for legal purposes? Even if it can, doesn’t the subtitle “An American Nightmare” on the cover of the lefty book defeat the argument that the design is confusing? (If not, is there some sort of “parody” defense?) In the mad rush to the bookstore next month, some Palinistas are bound to grab the evil twin instead of Sarahcuda’s own book, but after a few angry returns I’m sure store managers will move to keep the two titles separate and distinct somehow. Exit question: Will the “evil twin” become a bestseller too as lefties snap up copies to try to counter her hype?
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We must define “progressive” properly,as Marxist, and make it stick.
tim c on October 21, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Helps publicize Palin’s book, and emphasizes its importance.
Realist on October 21, 2009 at 9:15 PM
agree with the rest of the folks here….PATHETIC!
may it never reach the levels of gwen ifill’s book on amazon’s best sellers list…
cmsinaz on October 21, 2009 at 9:16 PM
This book has no chance. Too many of the loons will have to spend their money on Mao hats and pajamas.
Dire Straits on October 21, 2009 at 9:16 PM
You will probably find this book at the head shop right next to the patchouli incense.
iceman1960 on October 21, 2009 at 9:16 PM
These a-holes can’t take you on toe to toe. They’ve got nothing but a sucker punch to fight you with. And then they run and hide.
ORrighty on October 21, 2009 at 9:16 PM
And yet you’ve been whining about foreclosures because people failed to read what they were signing. If it is acceptable for you to be deceptive then be man enough to accept being lynched. Otherwise STFU.
jdkchem on October 21, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Technically, it is neither copyright nor trademark infringement. It falls under common-law business protection.
The bottom line is childishly simple: if the design causes confusion among potential customers (and assuming Palin’s cover came first, which of course it did) then she wins. And no; parody is no defense whatsoever for that.
The good news is that Palin wouldn’t be limited to suing just the unemployable moonbat who typed “liars are lying liars” ten thousand times and called it a book. She could sue the publisher, distributor and every bookstore that carried the ripoff.
logis on October 21, 2009 at 9:18 PM
I’m working on a couple of projects myself – “Dreams from my Papa Joe Stalin” and “The Audacity of Communism” and now have some great ideas for book covers.
masterofelke on October 21, 2009 at 9:21 PM
And a controlling interest of the publisher’s stock.
:)
Sapwolf on October 21, 2009 at 9:22 PM
An extremely obnoxious move, for sure, but if people are too stupid to read the cover of the book they’re buying, then they deserve to buy the wrong book.
Dave Rywall on October 21, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Hey Drywall, I heard that your moose is down at the local bar dressed in fishnet stockings, thong, and pasties and she’s waiting for you. Make sure you buy her the right book.
HornetSting on October 21, 2009 at 9:14 PM
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Dave Rywall on October 21, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Dennis Miller was on O’Reilly tonight saying Palin is no rogue for going on Oprah. He sounded extremly underwhelmed.
RedRedRice on October 21, 2009 at 9:23 PM
The smell of liberal desperation is in the air. Smells like…………..victory.
Mallard T. Drake on October 21, 2009 at 9:23 PM
lame
aikidoka on October 21, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Yes?
HornetSting on October 21, 2009 at 9:24 PM
An extremely obnoxious move, for sure, but if people are too stupid to read the cover of the book they’re buying, then they deserve to buy the wrong book.
Dave Rywall on October 21, 2009 at 9:01 PM
And yet you’ve been whining about foreclosures because people failed to read what they were signing. If it is acceptable for you to be deceptive then be man enough to accept being lynched. Otherwise STFU.
jdkchem on October 21, 2009 at 9:17 PM
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I never said anything about foreclosures.
P*ss off.
Dave Rywall on October 21, 2009 at 9:24 PM
The Lib book will tank, Libs have no jobs.
dft2000 on October 21, 2009 at 9:25 PM
HornetSting on October 21, 2009 at 9:14 PM
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Dave Rywall on October 21, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Yes?
HornetSting on October 21, 2009 at 9:24 PM
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In .00000001 pt type it says two words.
Let’s see if you can guess what they are.
Dave Rywall on October 21, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Moose got your tongue, Drywall?
HornetSting on October 21, 2009 at 9:27 PM
This isn’t the worst the Nation has done. Including in their rag a painting of George W. Bush eating the entrails of a baby is as low as they have gotten.
Mallard T. Drake on October 21, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Got Moose?
HornetSting on October 21, 2009 at 9:27 PM
So this “evil book” will be available only online?
TimeTraveler on October 21, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Going Rogue refers to her conservative principles and how it goes against the traditional RINO mindset.
There are certain fundamentals that every viable politician must adhere to promote themselves. Going on Oprah has nothing to do about being roguish or not.
technopeasant on October 21, 2009 at 9:28 PM
They must really hate Palin. I don’t get it. Is she that horrible?
nyx on October 21, 2009 at 9:31 PM
She’s the anti-Liberal.
B Man on October 21, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Stop the presses, writers from the Notion Magazine embrace capitalism.
R Square on October 21, 2009 at 9:35 PM
I thought she was supposed to be just an ignorant, irrelevant quitter. So, if that was the case, why are they wasting their energy?
Good lord, these lefty people are so desperate.
CP on October 21, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Yeah, sure they do, as long as it benefits them. Btw, I’ve never bought an issue of The Nation, is it free?
Because if it’s NOT well then, that just smacks of capitalism constantly doesn’t it?
B Man on October 21, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Maybe OR Books can hire balloon boys dad to head up their marketing dept.
meci on October 21, 2009 at 9:39 PM
There ya go, Stinger. ;)
gryphon202 on October 21, 2009 at 9:39 PM
I LOLed, then I quoted you in my blog. Hilarious!
citrus on October 21, 2009 at 9:42 PM
GOING FAIL
LibTired on October 21, 2009 at 9:43 PM
FTFY!
Dark-Star on October 21, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Stores aren’t going to stock books that cannot be returned,
Unless they don’t care about profits.
lonestar1 on October 21, 2009 at 9:45 PM
If I was an attorney I would be tempted to take Sarahs case
Pro Bono (Keepin it clean)!
Palin/Cheney 2012 or
Palin/Thompson 2012
dhunter on October 21, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Petty and sad.
XWing5 on October 21, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Surprising that they’d rush something like this to counter the book from an irrelevant joke of an ex-VP candidate and ex-Governor.
/sarc
Red Cloud on October 21, 2009 at 9:48 PM
First, I am quite happy to post at all. My Internet access slowed to a crawl today.
Second, as I contemplate the events of the last few days, I am struck by the “hurl everything, including the kitchen sink” nature of much coming from the left, and I am left to conclude that a movement needing to resort to such tactics is unsustainable in the long run. They simply do not have enough momentum.
Hold firm. Hold the line. They’re getting hit where it hurts and they know it. Keep pounding and don’t let up.
Horatius on October 21, 2009 at 9:48 PM
I have a sneaky suspicion that the left don’t want to see Sarah Palin owning 1/3rd of America’s publishing industry.
So, unfortunately, this particular cover will not be carried in any real bookstores.
logis on October 21, 2009 at 9:50 PM
I hereby award you with the Nobel Prize for literature, you sound like you meant it.
bluemarlin on October 21, 2009 at 9:50 PM
What……. like this guy?
Seven Percent Solution on October 21, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Her evil twin is missing the goatee. Perhaps stickers should be made up of the missing goatee and properly affixed to the evil twin’s book to distinguish it.
ray on October 21, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Well to be fair, the liberals have their answer to the Bible….Dreams of My Father.
One is written by God.
One is written by Bill Ayers.
portlandon on October 21, 2009 at 9:54 PM
I can see where people could get confused, you tend to say the same crap under different names:
simplesimon
BleedsBlue
Lib343
Moesart
portlandon on October 21, 2009 at 9:56 PM
and when Sarahs book is numero uno for 52 straight weeks pinnochio and the presstitutes will claim the folks were meanin to buy the lib knockoff and mistakinly bought Sarahs.
Did Pinnochio get the Heisman yet?
dhunter on October 21, 2009 at 9:58 PM
this actually makes me laugh!!!! This is pretty extreme.
deidre on October 21, 2009 at 9:58 PM
These folks from the Nation are in dire need of psychiatric attention.
jeanie on October 21, 2009 at 10:03 PM
These people might stand a better chance selling their book, if they throw in a bonus Obama Chia head into the purchase.
capejasmine on October 21, 2009 at 10:03 PM
It’s kosher if they separate the milk from the meat. Which is which?
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on October 21, 2009 at 10:06 PM
This book of gross prevarication will outsell Pelosi’s triumphant entrance into literary stardom.
maryo on October 21, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Obsession is a stinky cologne.
David2.0 on October 21, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Yet another example of why leftists are scared out of their pants by this average soccer mom.
Give me a fragging break!
pilamaye on October 21, 2009 at 10:11 PM
That would be Liz and/or Jeri, right?
Dick is toxic and Fred only woke up at the 2008 convention.
David2.0 on October 21, 2009 at 10:11 PM
And for those of us who remember them, the commercials stunk too!
pilamaye on October 21, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Interesting. No one’s bothered to write a satire attacking Pawlenty, Huckabee, or Romney…
jjrakman on October 21, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Thoughts:
I personally think the type of people who will purchase Sarah’s book are too smart to fall for such garbage.
Looking at the NYT Best Seller List, I haven’t seen liberal/Marxist/anti-Conservative books flying off of the shelves. I predict this one will quickly be in the clearance pile. I hope they gets sued to top things off.
I think I’ll take my copy with me to family get togethers with my husband’s family. They’ve been especially obnoxious since the Obama presidency. I’m not so rude to read in front of company, but it will be sticking out of my purse.
Common Sense on October 21, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Pure evil.
apacalyps on October 21, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Silly Liberals! The more they attack, the more power they give Palin.
TN Mom on October 21, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Crimony. Does this leftwing publisher want to get sued? Do they have a martyr complex fevah and the only cure is to plant a big juicy target on their foreheads?
It isn’t just the cover design that is close enough to be confusing; it isn’t just that the two books are coming out on the same date; it’s also that the book titles are almost identical. One book says “Going Rogue : Sarah Palin”. The other book says “Going Rouge : Sarah Palin”. To me, this just SCREAMS “yes we want to undermine sales of Sarah Palin’s book.” And yes, unless this leftwing knockoff is taken off the market, we’re going to hear stories about people buying the wrong book by mistake.
Surely HarperCollins’s lawyers are looking into this as we speak.
Aitch748 on October 21, 2009 at 10:23 PM
You know, I’m not very confident that people will elect Sarah Palin as our next president… But the more the Palin haters do stuff like this, the more confident I get.
Daggett on October 21, 2009 at 10:26 PM
David2.0 on October 21, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Liz yes!
I kinda like Fred for pure smarts and gold old boy phrases and I agree his energy level was low but then if you were his age and married to Jeri?
dhunter on October 21, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Eugenics. Progressives are all for Eugenics. Social engineering nightmare.
petunia on October 21, 2009 at 10:26 PM
I beg to differ with the majority of HA readers and say it’s genius.
On a related note, Naomi Klein is a yenta.
Glenn Jericho on October 21, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Look, everyone! A woman thinks she can be Vice President! That’s hiLARious!!!1!! Let’s write a parody about it!
Morons.
evergreen on October 21, 2009 at 10:27 PM
I was thinking the same thing. Normal, rational people would disagree with someone on substantive issues, yet be respectful. The attacks this woman are under make absolutely no sense.
jimmy2shoes on October 21, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Oh. Joy.
Menarche-illiterates complaining about perceived semi-literacy. This one’s going to be a blockbuster.
What are the odds on this fledgling actually flying? Slim to none? Slim left town, you say? Hmmm. Perhaps as good as liberal talk radio without stealing funds from child day camps.
Uncle Pinky on October 21, 2009 at 10:27 PM
I find this more than funny. From the day she came on scene I heard “you look just like that gal from Alaska” or “that gal could be your sister”
I wish more than anything they had interviwed me for the fake book>
proudteadrinker on October 21, 2009 at 10:27 PM
It just might be illegal to use Sarah’s image to sell this fake book unless they give her royalties. Not sure.
jeanie on October 21, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Wow. Just wow. New lows every single day. this is just the weirdest period of time there has ever been.
Have these people on the Left just totally lost their collective minds. Why in the world would any rational human act as they do.
petunia on October 21, 2009 at 10:31 PM
How many lefty knumbskulls will mistakenly buy the real Palin book?
RedRedRice on October 21, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Jealous libiots?
Who knew?
Yellowdog12 on October 21, 2009 at 10:33 PM
I wouldn’t worry about it. The guys behind this play are hoping to win the masses and back into heaven (with Bawney)
Good luck I say
proudteadrinker on October 21, 2009 at 10:39 PM
RedRedRice on October 21, 2009 at 10:32 PM
RACIST!
Are you insinuating those citizens lined up 65,000 deep in Detroit for 25,000 applications for Obama STASH can’t read? or are you insinuating the porch sittin, quart drinkin, professional baby makers hangingin on to the roof tops in New Orleans can’t read,
Don’t worry they won’t spend goberment money on BOOKS!
dhunter on October 21, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Dang it!
I knew I should have released “Screams of My Father” when I had the chance.
applebutter on October 21, 2009 at 10:40 PM
To answer the exit question, yes this book cover can and most likely will be taken to court over and will be won as a violation of copyright. This is so similar and obviously done with intent to deceive, that any properly sober judge will slap an injunction on the release of this smear book.
smfoushee on October 21, 2009 at 10:41 PM
RACIST!
Are you insinuating those citizens lined up 65,000 deep in Detroit for 25,000 applications for Obama STASH can’t read? or are you insinuating the porch sittin, quart drinkin, professional baby makers hangingin on to the roof tops in New Orleans can’t read,
proudteadrinker on October 21, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Taste the Leftoid fear. Mmmm.
Stephen M on October 21, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Allahpundit, you magnificent bastard, to come up with and anti-Palin book.
WoosterOh on October 21, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Thanks i was wondering why Allah bypassed the last two Facebook postings by Sarah, apparantly he already made enough on his previous Sarah to get his book published.
heshtesh on October 21, 2009 at 10:47 PM
She excites and motivates CONSERVATIVES. This is what they are afraid of, not so much Sarah, but the mobilization of conservatives that will rally behind her.
jimmy2shoes on October 21, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Any chapters in this Palin basher by the McCain campsters, or old MAC or the healthily heavy offspring?
dhunter on October 21, 2009 at 10:50 PM
from what I have heard this imposter book WONT even be in bookstores. You would have to buy this book off of the publisher’s website.
ousoonerfan15 on October 21, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Whose the publisher the New Yawk Times?
dhunter on October 21, 2009 at 10:53 PM
I hope someone fixes the huge typo on the legitimate jacket before release date.
The one in the picture says Going Rouge (as in red) instead of Going Rogue.
PJ Emeritus on October 21, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Nevermind – brainfart
PJ Emeritus on October 21, 2009 at 10:54 PM
So progressive means doing business in an arguably illegal way, justified by the notion that progressive ends justify any means necessary? Thanks for confirming that for me OR Books.
smellthecoffee on October 21, 2009 at 10:56 PM
So, kind of like William Hung`s album who never even made it onto Idol?
bluemarlin on October 21, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Did you have the same ‘tude about all those Palm County, Florida voters who gave their intended Gore votes to Pat Buchanan in 2000 because they were “too stupid” to understand the ballot?
Gang-of-One on October 21, 2009 at 11:00 PM
I’m curious if the Sarah threads routinely average more comments than any other threads. I wouldn’t be surprised if they do.
beachgirlusa on October 21, 2009 at 11:05 PM
It goes back to Satan deceiving Eve. He’s still waging his war against God’s people.
apacalyps on October 21, 2009 at 11:07 PM
They usually do an above average volume from all the ones I have seen.
bluemarlin on October 21, 2009 at 11:08 PM
oh myyyyyyy HS, you are a naughty little girl! My laugh of the day.
fullogas on October 21, 2009 at 11:11 PM
I am sure Harper Collins publishers will be very amused.
runner on October 21, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Amazing times, huh? We’re literally seeing the foundation of global government being laid in anticipation of Antichrist. As long as America exists as she is now, there cannot be a global government. She has to be taken down. It’s underway. There’s no other explanation.
jimmy2shoes on October 21, 2009 at 11:18 PM
The real irony is that the attacks only increase her audience. People see this and buy Palin’s book to see what all the fuss is about. Same thing happened to Beck and the boycott.
BTW her book goes back and forth between #1 and #2 @ Amazon for 23 days. Publication is still a month away. If Katrina and her crowd sell 5% of what Palin sells it will be a miracle.
davo on October 21, 2009 at 11:18 PM
bluemarlin wrote:
You bible-thumping, inbred trailer trash redneck pea brain tobacco chewing NASCAR loving gun hugging Budweiser swilling immigrant hating Rethuglicans are all the same. How dare you try to distort the truth about how many copies Nancy Pelosi’s last book sold. Damn you. How dare you.
It sold 2,034 copies TOTAL.
/libtard off
noblejones on October 21, 2009 at 11:20 PM
thats one of the problems davo. These idiots released the info on this “other” book way to early. We all know it wont be sold in book stores, but they should have waited just a few days before the release of Sarah’s book. That really would have freaked conservatives out.
ousoonerfan15 on October 21, 2009 at 11:20 PM
That and the fact the Book is titled Going Rouge, not Rogue. An easy difference to miss, but a big difference nevertheless
RadClown on October 21, 2009 at 11:21 PM
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