With Sarah Palin’s memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life going gangbusters on amazon, currently their #1 seller (it was released only today, yet has spent 50 days in the online bookseller’s top 100), it’s clear that this accomplished former Governor can both infuriate liberals and sell books.
It seems alas that the media, just as they did in the campaign, are focusing not on this reformer’s record, but her personal life. After watching Palin on Oprah Winfrey’s show yesterday, Ann Althouse observed that there was no discussion of policy:
For the most part, Oprah pursued the traditional women’s topics: pregnancy, children, marriage. Palin looked vividly alive and spoke quickly and without stumbles or hesitations. I don’t think there was a single word about any serious policy question. It was mostly about how it felt to be Sarah Palin.
Newsweek runs a cover story calling her a problem and focusing on her physique. As if on cue, CBS Touts yet another “exclusive” interview with the former Alaska Governor’s ex-son-in-law to be. Do you think they’d pay him Levi Johnston heed if he only had good things to say about his son’s maternal grandmother?
Since publishers know Sarah Palin can sell books, many will jump at the chance to publish just about anything she writes. So, she needs take a page from the man who won the White House last fall by promising to govern the nation as she governed Alaska. After writing a memoir, she should followup with a book on policy. After the holidays, she can start reading classics of political theory and conservative thought while meeting with public policy experts who have crafted conservative an libertarian policies to address contemporary problems.
When this book is released, say maybe next fall, just as the 2010 elections are heating up, various talk show hosts would be tripping over themselves to book Palin, knowing how that appearance would boost ratings. And with a wonkish book out, some would have to ask her at least a few questions about policy.
(Though they would much rather talk trash with her.)
Still, such a book would given her a chance to promote conservative ideas and burnish her own image, demonstrating her ability to discuss the nation’s problems and her familiarity with solutions which do not bust the federal budget or diminish our freedoms.
CBS Touts yet another “exclusive” interview with the former Alaska Governor’s ex-son-in-law to be. an adolescent douchenozzle milking his relationship with the governor’s daughter for money and fame
FIFY
” After writing a memoir,”
But of course, she didn’t write her memoir, Lynn Vincent wrote it.
I guess she now needs to find some wonkish policy person to write a policy book for her. Hey Dan, here is your opening! Put your words in this empty vessel. This is your ticket to the top.
I guarantee you that there are dozens of competitors out there whoare gonna fight you for the position though…
I just bet she read some classics of political philosophy while getting her degree in Idaho. They do read books out here in flyover country, you know.
And, as expected, Talking Points Tano once again demonstrates how he does nothing other than repeat the line of the Obama Party.
I cannot claim to have completely read “Going Rogue” — I had to skim the last 150 pages (or more than one-third). I only got the thing into my hands late Monday afternoon with a deadline of early evening. It’s terrible, I know, but if I didn’t read it all, neither can Sarah Palin claim to have completely written it.
And you want the latest? Talking Points Tano and his fellow puppets are trying to scream that Lynn Vincent is “racist”, despite her pastor being black and her having spent the past few years writing inspirational books about racial reconciliation.
Also, Talking Points Tano made a charge just a few days ago that it can’t seem to back up.
As for Jesus and the dinosaurs, she does believe that – or something equivalent. Its in her book.
So quote it. Or admit that you flat-out lied, which is what all of us guessed already.
Why does your Barack Obama tell these lies about Sarah Palin, Tano? Why do you tell these lies? Is your need to lie about Sarah Palin based on your liberal beliefs and your hatred of her, child?
In all seriousness though, Dan’s idea is absolute suicide for Republicans.
Think about it. Here is a woman who 71 % of the public thinks is unqualified to be president. Yet she is running. And yes, she has that media star power which means that if she burps in public, it will get far more coverage than the most thoughtful, serious, policy proposal by any actual grown-up conservative. And not just from the librul media, from the conservative media as well (has any website posted more about her than this one, for example?)
In short, Palin will define what conservatism is – not because she is its best proponent, but because she has the buzz. Even if she doesnt win the nomination, every other candidate will have to speak in her terms, will have to try to appeal as a more electable version of Palin. She will be what Americans think of when you mention Republican party.
This woman who is viewed favorably by what is it, 23% of the people? (just a reminder folks, when it comes to favorable impressions, Obama is still at 61%).
Compared to his commenters, Dan seems always to be operating on a significantly higher level (why he keeps y’all around I guess…), but this obsession of his is just plain ol’ dumb.
A couple of points:
* It is not uncommon that in a country organized as a democracy with an election system the same situtation appears agin and again: if you don’t have a college degree from an specific set of reputed universities, then you’re not suitable to run for president. Even people to oppose that elitist notion shrug and sneer when a newcomer from outside from that particular system arrives. That’s ironic, specially when Sarah Palin is considered to be a lightweight without ideas.
* Wilie Brown, a questionable but smart democrat politician is one of the few that can recognize Palin as a smart politician, too. When you remember things like AP having 11 fact-checkers for her book (she acknowledges the ghost-writing, and by the way Obama does not), you stop to wonder about a negative image. What the left-biased media has against Palin is very personal. They are up to destroy her or shape the public’s perception about her into a very dismissive one.
Levi is a ‘fascinating’ guy. ( <– That's me trying to be civil, or not call names.)
Best description of him I came across: "Levi Johnston, noted Palin daughter-nailer…" I saw an article earlier today where poor Levi describes the agony of having your makeup put on by a gay guy:
Poor baby. I guess that’s life, when you sell out your babymommy so you can be “Ricky Hollywood, Douchebag”.
I also read somewhere today that Levi’s Playgirl pics will be fairly smokin’, but will omit the full-frontal because he is not sure if he… um… measures up. Actually, Hillbuzz has the leaked preview:
http://hillbuzz.org/2009/11/16/exclusive-photos-of-levi-ricky-hollywood-johnstons-playgirl-photo-shoot-leaked/
(joke pix, and they’re totally G-rated / safe for work)
According to Tardo and those who author his talking points, we should not take Sarah Palin seriously because she spends all her time defending herself from dishonest attacks that they waged against her in the first place.
Gee! Wouldn’t that be convenient!
The real conclusion people should, and will eventually draw, is that the left is made up of liars, scum, bullies and thugs who attack anyone and everyone who comes between them and your money.
I should say the conclusion that people are increasingly drawing, considering all the polls show Americans disapprove of Obama and the Democrats and trust Republicans more on virtually every issue, and considering even New Jersey is electing Republicans again.
Tano, please recall how the Carter campaign cheered as Ronald Reagan was rolling to the GOP nomination in 1980.
How many states did Jimmah win that fall?
“she acknowledges the ghost-writing, and by the way Obama does not”
Because he actually wrote his books, genius….
Um, Tano, go read Obama’s books and you’ll notice one thing, the styles of each are entirely different. I won’t speak right now to the controversy surrounding the authorship of the first, but will say I highly doubt he wrote the second. In fact, I would bet good money that he didn’t write that book.
Just look at the publication date–and his schedule at the time.
While I haven’t seen the entire interview of Governor Palin on Oprah, I was disappointed that Oprah did not ask Governor Palin substantive questions about her views on policies and political issues. Certainly, people are fascinated by Sarah Palin’s personal life, but I do think that Governor Palin was treated differently during and after the campaign because she was a woman. While I don’t believe that Sarah Palin was qualified to be Vice President or for that matter to be President of the United States, it doesn’t mean that she does not deserve respect for running for office and for being a strong leader!
If I were advising Governor Palin on a potential future run for the White House, I would encourage her to surround herself with experts in foreign and domestic policy, education, the environment, and so on. She needs to demonstrate that she has the political knowledge and fortitude to carry the weight of the Presidency. I think people need to give her an equal chance and to weigh her qualifications based on her position on key issues, her political decisions, and her policies, and not on her fashion or her daughter’s ex-boyfriend’s escapades….even though he is a cutie 🙂
I agree with Daniel that those books were written by two different authors, and neither one of them was Obama.
wow. the derangement is constant, unblinking, relentless. What a world y’all have built for yourselves.
I am an outsider and therefore not influenced by the fluff pieces who get on the TV with all of their cat wailing about Sarah Palin. Whilst in the USA I did get to see an interview with Palin on the TV. She came across as very intelligent.
What I do not understand is how the Obots can be so hypocritical about the issue, because most of us realize that Obot is nothing more than an airhead, an empty suit, who knows very little about anything. His bowing and scraping around the world are making him into a laughing stock, but more important is is lack of historical perspective.
Today I saw a video about President Richard M. Nixon. Once again I was reminded of why it is that in the end that Nixon will be remembered for some things other than Watergate. It was Nixon who met Mao and opened up China for the West for the first time since the Chinese Revolution. Obama will never be able to live up to what was achieved by Nixon.
I do have a lot of reservations about the Vietnam War, but my American cousin went to Vietnam as a conscript. It was the Democrats who favoured conscription, not Nixon and the Republicans. I can remember some of that time since I was in my late teens when it was all happening. The video I watched reminded me of the hard choices that Nixon had to make at the time to at least try and control the situation when the North had its final surge and took the south. He was in the middle of negotiations with the Soviets who were at the time supplying arms to the North Vietnamese. The Chinese were doing the same thing. He had to make a choice to bomb the harbour with Soviet ships being there and then attend a summit with the Russians. Nixon had the cajones to make a very hard choice!!
Now I am no fan of Nixon, just like I was no fan of GWB but I can only sit back in awe when I realize the hard decisions that he made in the face of an implacable enemy when we were in the middle of the cold war. Yeah Nixon deserved a Nobel Peace Prize because he actually did some good in the world with his negotiations, not life doofus who looks like a character from South Park who bends over and sniffs his own odour.
Michael–we agree, at least about the type of people with whom Palin should surround herself.
Glad to see that Palin’s book was released today. I’ve been waiting to buy my hardcopy at Borders. I love Amazon, but there is something special about buying a popular libertarian-conservative book at a real bookstore, then enjoying it at a cafe. I have a fond memory of doing it in August 2004 with John O’Neill’s book Unfit For Command, the week it was in bookstores.
#4: “And you want the latest? Talking Points Tano and his fellow puppets are trying to scream that Lynn Vincent is “racist”, despite her pastor being black and her having spent the past few years writing inspirational books about racial reconciliation.”
FYI, NDT, this is actually the SECOND attempt of the Left to trample Vincent’s reputation with their lies and politically-correct jackboots. Andrew Sullivan condemned her as a “fanatical homophobe” based on her opposition to same-sex marriage and other leftist bloggers followed suit. In an piece she wrote for Big Hollywood (in which she interviews Carrie Prejean), Vincent makes the point that if Sullivan had bothered to reach out to her instead of trying to marginalize her with insults, they could have had a productive dialogue about the basis for her views and he would have learned in the process that her sister is an outspoken lesbian of the “progressive left” and that her best friend and the maid of honor at her wedding is also a lesbian.
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lvincent/2009/11/12/interview-former-miss-california-carrie-prejean/
So, the Left can’t even confine its smears and lies to Palin herself–even the collaborator on her book isn’t safe from being publicly trashed as a racist and a homophobe. Yet at the same time we’re supposed to believe that they are NOT obsessed with Palin, threatened by her, and/or terrified of her potential future in politics. I’m confused–if conservative ideas are so terrible and were permanently rejected by the American people when they elected Obama, then why is the Left so totally invested in choosing our political candidates for us? If liberal ideas are so vastly and conclusively superior, why should it matter to the Left who the GOP ultimately backs for elected office?
Translation: I give up. I’m gonna go crawl back under my bed now.
the fluff news outlets such as cbs, nbc, abc, cnn, etc. only know how to ask flluff questions.
rush limbaugh’s interview with sarah was good.
i will vote for sarah in 2012! i myself, have looked into her governing record and accomplishments in alaska and have been very impressed. try looking up the facts yourself and whatever sarah left out of her book you will have a complete picture.
My prediction–and you heard it here first–Palin is going to move to Montana or North Dakota and run for Senate. I think she would make a great senator and I would happily vote for her. After six years in the Senate, she will be ready to make a run for President.
Obama wrote both of his books. He says so. Obama was born in Hawaii. He says so. Obama won’t tax people making under $250,000 a year by as much a one thin dime. He says so. You can keep your medical insurance if you like it. He says so. No federal money will go for paying for an abortion. He says so. Iran will not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons. He says so. Unemployment will not rise above 8%. He says so. He will not sign a health bill that adds to the deficit. He says so. Frogs will dance and pigs will fly. He says so. He never knew Rev. Wright has curious ideas. He says so. He barely knows Bill Ayers. He says so. He was shocked, shocked, shocked to find that ACORN had a faint taint of corruption. He says so. He didn’t know his Attorney General was going to have terrorists tried in NYC. He says so. He has no reason to believe that the Ft. Hood massacre was an act of terrorism. He says so.
Tano has it pretty easy. Anything the Obamessiah says is fact. And anything said about Sarah Palin is a fact because she is dumb and on the wrong page.
Because he actually wrote his books, genius…
Tano,
Sometimes a man can claim that he wrote his books all by himself because they call his ghostwriter an “editor” instead. There’s often a very fine line between the two.
And you can pay an “editor” less.
Indeed, I’ve read many APs (Adventure Paths) where writers have to dive in and pick up a plot with notes from the editor. I’ve also had some of my ideas improved on and used by other authors. Editors are essential.
(As I’m sure Dan can attest, having one’s work shredded is also good character building)