'Going Rogue'

[Siddhartha]

Writing a book is one of the first steps politicians make to run for national office.

 

[0marTheZealot]

Palin is the biggest cut and run politician in the world. Abandoning the governorship to write a book? Real smart political move there lady.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: PJABBER
Sarah Palin's forthcoming book has just been announced to have a first run printing of 1.5 million copies.

While this first run is going to be snapped up by all of the people that came to the 9/12 March On Washington, there are apparently projections for a second run of over a million to satisfy the needs of Sarah Palin bashers that are planning a book burning.

I will try to grab a copy of the first run from my local library. How many here are planning to read the Palin book?

Yeah, I'll probably read it.

Palin mischievously embraced the phrase ?going rogue? at the end of her troubled campaign for vice president on the ticket headed by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

I love it

 

[heyheybooboo]

Maybe she will explain why she was for the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it. I encourage the GOP to buy multiple copies of the book and anoint 'Sarah the Barracuda Moose-Killer' as their presidential candidate in 2012.

I also look forward to her promotion of her book on Letterman.

 

[boomerang]

Is there a Forward in the book by Glenn Beck? :evil:

We'd have to put some posters here on suicide watch if so.

 

[fskimospy]

Meh, I'm sure it will be a self serving 'preach to the choir' book, ghostwritten by someone. It will definitely get her lots of attention, and I imagine it will be written in a way to maximize her appeal to the Republican base for her future presidential ambitions. (apparently she didn't get the memo that she has zero chance of winning)

 

[jackschmittusa]

I found out long ago that reading books by morons does not improve your intellectual standing. I'll pass.

 

[JKing106]

Originally posted by: 0marTheZealot
Palin is the biggest cut and run politician in the world. Abandoning the governorship to write a book? Real smart political move there lady.

At least she's honest for being in it just for the money. It's a refreshing from a member of a party rampant with hypocrisy.

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: JKing106

Originally posted by: 0marTheZealot
Palin is the biggest cut and run politician in the world. Abandoning the governorship to write a book? Real smart political move there lady.

At least she's honest for being in it just for the money. It's a refreshing from a member of a party rampant with hypocrisy.

Nah, she's still a huge hypocrite.

 

[shira]

Originally posted by: TruePaige
Watch it sell like 2500 copies...

Nah. It'll sell millions. She's a hero to the clueless-right fringe.

 

[yllus]

Haha. I'll have to give it a shot when it comes out. Should be amusing.

 

[DealMonkey]

Welp, this clinches it, PJabber (among other things) has terrible taste in literature.

 

[blackangst1]

lol at the MMO references

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: JKing106

Originally posted by: 0marTheZealot
Palin is the biggest cut and run politician in the world. Abandoning the governorship to write a book? Real smart political move there lady.

At least she's honest for being in it just for the money. It's a refreshing from a member of a party rampant with hypocrisy.

Hypocrisy?? What about Palin spreading lies of death panels and going to China claiming to be an economic expert?

lmao

 

[brencat]

As an economic conservative and social moderate, I will NOT be buying this book, as I do not believe in further encouraging absolutely the WRONG person to run for office in 2012 who will be destructive to the Repubs chances of taking back the White House is in my country's best interest.

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: brencat
As an economic conservative and social moderate, I will NOT be buying this book, as I do not believe in further encouraging absolutely the WRONG person to run for office in 2012 who will be destructive to the Repubs chances of taking back the White House is in my country's best interest.

Personally I was upset when she *allegedly* bowed out of politics because she was a HUGE boon for the Democratic party It was a toss up between her and Michelle Bachmann who was going to bring down the Republican party farther then it already has.

 

[KMFJD]

Originally posted by: TruePaige
Watch it sell like 2500 copies...

How dare you underestimate stupidity

 

[PJABBER]

I am wondering if the book will wind up being a highly effective populist call to arms and will sway a great number of dissatisfied voters to reject incumbency no matter what the party affiliation.

Remember, Palin gained great credibility and popularity by removing corrupt Republicans before she took on the Democrats. She is really an independent reformer more than she is a Republican Party loyalist.

My thoughts, and the polls confirm this, are that the country is ready to chuck the whole gaggle of self serving politicians now in power out and start fresh. Obama, the Ineffective One, represents one direction and Palin represents the other. That is why Obama waged his campaign against Palin and not McCain.

Sorry, partisans, your flackery is not going to be worth beans if this underlying dissatisfaction finds a coherent voice. And Palin might just be that voice, if not the actual politician that rises to represent this broad dissatisfaction.

Books are still powerful. They are espousals of ideals and of intent. Some serve to confirm entrenched positions and others serve to break them down. My guess is that Palin's book will attempt the latter.

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: PJABBER
I am wondering if the book will wind up being a highly effective populist call to arms and will sway a great number of dissatisfied voters to reject incumbency no matter what the party affiliation.

Remember, Palin gained great credibility and popularity by removing corrupt Republicans before she took on the Democrats. She is really an independent reformer more than she is a Republican Party loyalist.

My thoughts, and the polls confirm this, are that the country is ready to chuck the whole gaggle of self serving politicians now in power out and start fresh. Obama, the Ineffective One, represents one direction and Palin represents the other. That is why Obama waged his campaign against Palin and not McCain.

Sorry, partisans, your flackery is not going to be worth beans if this underlying dissatisfaction finds a coherent voice. And Palin might just be that voice, if not the actual politician that rises to represent this broad dissatisfaction.

Books are still powerful. They are espousals of ideals and of intent. Some serve to confirm entrenched positions and others serve to break them down. My guess is that Palin's book will attempt the latter.

Haha, I love that you buy into your own nonsense.

What will actually happen: Lots of people will buy her book, few of them will read it - it's for bookshelf display purposes, really. It will be full of populist nonsense telling its readers that they are true Americans, not those snotty urban types in San Fransisco and New York City. It will espouse plenty of policy objectives and not outline how to achieve any of them.

Liberal commentators will scream about the book on their time. Conservative commentators will smugly note how upset liberals have gotten about it, and thus declare the book a great victory. The common people will hear/read the bullet points from commentators they already agree with and use those to 'debate' the book.

Come next election, Ms. Palin will very purposefully be overlooked as a Republican candidate, causing more howls of outrage from "true Americans". The status quo will continue.

 

[BMW540I6speed]

The title should be "Going Rouge: Makeup Tips for Divas and Quitters". Will this be fiction or non-fiction?

 

[spidey07]

This book coupled with "Liberty and Tyranny" staying on the NY Times Best Seller list for freaking ever show the country is ready to reject reps and senators doing harm to this nation.

It's going to sell millions, easily.

 

[BoberFett]

Sarah Palin wrote a book? Is it a coloring book?

 

[fskimospy]

Originally posted by: PJABBER
I am wondering if the book will wind up being a highly effective populist call to arms and will sway a great number of dissatisfied voters to reject incumbency no matter what the party affiliation.

Remember, Palin gained great credibility and popularity by removing corrupt Republicans before she took on the Democrats. She is really an independent reformer more than she is a Republican Party loyalist.

My thoughts, and the polls confirm this, are that the country is ready to chuck the whole gaggle of self serving politicians now in power out and start fresh. Obama, the Ineffective One, represents one direction and Palin represents the other. That is why Obama waged his campaign against Palin and not McCain.

Sorry, partisans, your flackery is not going to be worth beans if this underlying dissatisfaction finds a coherent voice. And Palin might just be that voice, if not the actual politician that rises to represent this broad dissatisfaction.

Books are still powerful. They are espousals of ideals and of intent. Some serve to confirm entrenched positions and others serve to break them down. My guess is that Palin's book will attempt the latter.

No, books written by well known people with 53% unfavorable ratings do not sway popular opinion. Republicans will buy her book by the truckload, some of the rest of the people will buy it to look at the train wreck and be turned off by it's self serving narrative.

Oh, and Obama did not campaign against Palin because she represented a threat to the established order. (hahahahaha) He campaigned against her because she was a super easy target, her ignorance and stupidity combined to make her the McCain campaign's greatest vulnerability, and because her nomination cut against the central platform of attack that the McCain campaign had been using up to her nomination.

Palin's book will be extremely forgettable, lasting about 1 week's worth of news after its release.

 

[shira]

Originally posted by: spidey07
This book coupled with "Liberty and Tyranny" staying on the NY Times Best Seller list for freaking ever show the country is ready to reject reps and senators doing harm to this nation.

It's going to sell millions, easily.

I agree it will sell millions, but so did Mein Kampf and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. In fact, both are still very popular books.

 

[CitizenKain]

Another book that will be purchased by the truckload by rightwing PACs, then given away for donations. I have a feeling most of Palin's base aren't exactly readers.