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SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM
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10/14/2009 5:31 AM
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Sarah Palin book part of conservative boom
By HILLEL ITALIE (AP) – Oct 2, 2009
NEW YORK — These are boom times for conservative authors.
Michelle Malkin's "Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies" spent weeks at No. 1 on The New York Times nonfiction list. Sales have been strong for Dick Morris' anti-Obama "Catastrophe" and the reissue of "The Five Thousand Year Leap," by W. Cleon Skousen.
And Sarah Palin may top them all.
In a feat usually reserved for the likes of J.K. Rowling and Dan Brown, Palin's book was No. 1 on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com just two days after Harper announced it had moved up the release date from the spring to Nov. 17 and that the memoir's title was "Going Rogue."
Palin's 432-page memoir, still No. 1 on Friday, has been given a first printing of 1.5 million copies and booksellers have begun fighting for sales. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. cut the $28.99 list price by more than half, to $13.50, and Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com are offering "Going Rogue" for $15.65, a 45 percent discount.
Although she resigned abruptly last summer as governor, and the Republican ticket of Sen. John McCain and Palin was decisively beaten in the 2008 election, "Going Rogue" will surely outsell the memoir of her Democratic counterpart, Vice President Joe Biden, and likely approach the million-selling heights of President Barack Obama's "The Audacity of Hope."
"I know a lot of people who are surprised by this," says Adrian Zackheim, president and publisher of Sentinel, a conservative imprint of Penguin Group (USA). "There was some question as to whether her popularity was still intact after she resigned as governor and some question as to whether the original following was still with her. The answer to these questions is pretty unequivocal."
"Movement conservatives are voting with their dollars to endorse the values they believe Sarah Palin represents," says Twelve publisher Jonathan Karp, who has published books by McCain and by a liberal favorite, the late Ted Kennedy, whose "True Compass" came out last month.
"In a similar way, Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin and Mark Levin provide an opportunity for ideologically motivated consumers to see their views validated. It's the political equivalent of attending a Grateful Dead concert. Pure and simple, it's market democracy."
Karp calls the title "brilliant" and says it "suggests she'll let it all hang out," a likely attraction for customers on Amazon, which lists purchasers of Palin's book as also buying "Glenn Beck's Common Sense" and Levin's "Liberty and Tyranny."
Palin herself has said that "Going Rogue" will give her a chance to express herself "unfiltered," a bold brand for a public figure who has likened herself to a pit bull with lipstick and once alleged that Obama was "palling around with terrorists." Palin's collaborator, Lynn Vincent, has her own history of attacking the left. She is the co-author of "Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party."
"That sounds pretty lively," says Marji Ross, president of Regnery Publishing, which released Malkin's book. "Palin is certainly well positioned to take on the bureaucrats and government establishment, but she also may be positioning herself for a run at the (2012) nomination and that might have its own discipline."
"Palin is going to appeal to anyone interested in American culture right now," says Harper publisher Jonathan Burnham, who declined to offer specifics on the book, whether content or tone.
"Although she has a very strong conservative following, who are with her through thick and thin, she has this large cultural presence that exerts a great deal of fascination. And what we're seeing here are two vectors coming together."
The very existence of a Democratic administration means material for conservatives. In the 1990s, Ann Coulter and Barbara Olson were among those who wrote best-selling attacks against President Bill Clinton. Al Franken, Michael Moore and other liberals were popular authors during the Bush administration. Now, says Ross, as Democrats reign in Washington, "conservatives have been energized."
"They have really come out of the lethargy they were stuck in last year," she says.
Burnham declined comment on how or whether Palin's memoir would be fact-checked. (Publishers traditionally rely on authors to tell their story straight.) Liberals are ready to step in. The Progressive Book Club and Media Matters, a progressive media watchdog group, will soon start a joint project to fact-check upcoming conservative releases. "Going Rogue" is high on the list.
"These books are often riddled with sloppy and demonstrably false claims," says Media Matters senior fellow Karl Frisch. "We feel we have good reason to keep our eye on Sarah Palin."
Burnham declined comment on Frisch's remarks. He said the manuscript, much of it written over the summer, was "extremely strong" and covers everything from her family to Alaska to her vice presidential run.
"It's Palin, up close and personal," he says.
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Anonymous Coward
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10/28/2009 4:11 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
Which book are you talking about, 'Going Rogue', 'Going Rouge' or 'Going Vogue'?
[link to reelnews.4t.com]
As I understand it, Sarah Palin did not write any of them. |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/28/2009 4:15 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
"Palin is going to appeal to anyone interested in American culture right now," Quoting: Anonymous Coward 792918
Wow, I never thought I'd get to see those two words in the same sentence...unless we're talking about bacteria. |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/28/2009 4:16 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
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Lil Miss Trouble
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10/28/2009 4:19 PM
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LMAO hmm maybe because it's marked down 69%
[link to www.amazon.com]
wonder if they choosse that percentage for a reason
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue ~ Anonymous |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/28/2009 4:38 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
I love what's happening in the Republican Party right now with the true Conservatives coming out against the Neo-Cons.
During the Election, when Palin was first announced as McCaine's running mate, CNN reported that Palin voted for Ron Paul in the Primaries.
This juicy tidbit was quickly pulled from the news.
This is the sound of the American people forcing the Repubs to shit or get off the pot.
Wonder if Dem voters will ever try cleaning up their party? |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/28/2009 4:54 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
It's as if there is a game going on and each "side" is playing off each other. |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/28/2009 5:09 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
good always trumps evil.. conservatives are abundant more people are really of the conservative mindset than liberal or moderate thats a fact. I hang up on the Republicans who have their minions calling me .. always at dinner time too!
I have told them until they grow some testies some spin, stand up for conservatism.. they can count me out! Bush with his prescription plan started my seperation from the party. |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/28/2009 5:26 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
more people are really of the conservative mindset than liberal or moderate thats a fact.
Not where I live, thankfully. |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/28/2009 5:29 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
LMAO hmm maybe because it's marked down 69%
[ link to www.amazon.com]
wonder if they choosse that percentage for a reason
amazon and wally world are in book price wars. all new releases have been marked down heavily to compete with digital copies. i'm not a palin book buyer, just saying. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 804874
10/28/2009 6:41 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
It's wise of you to be one of those who do not waste their money on useless books.
To be honest, if Sarah Palin had in fact written it, I'd buy it for the jokes.
Given the fact that a right wing wacko has written Palin's book, there is no reason in the world to buy it. |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/28/2009 7:03 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
Sarah Palin is the conservative archtype for young men who want to fuck their mothers and cum on her face. |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/28/2009 7:33 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
Yes MASTER FREUD ! |
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NOLADOG 
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10/28/2009 7:36 PM
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Anonymous Coward
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10/28/2009 11:45 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
and she wants to be President? |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/29/2009 9:15 AM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
Sarah Palin...the collective IQ of her, her husband and children...about 70!!! CRETINS IN ARMS!!!
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nice graphics ! |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/29/2009 9:16 AM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
I liked Sarah Palin until she became a quitter |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/29/2009 9:20 AM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
You think her retarded kid has ever eaten the pages out her book .  |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/29/2009 12:16 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
I liked Sarah Palin until she became a quitter Quoting: Anonymous Coward 493498
I agree. |
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Lil Miss Trouble
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10/29/2009 12:58 PM
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Sarah Palin is the conservative archtype for young men who want to fuck their mothers and cum on her face. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 391800
Eww thanks for that visual 
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue ~ Anonymous |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/29/2009 4:02 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
Sarah Palin accepted over a 1 million dollar retainer on "her" book while she was still Governor.
I think she and Elliot Spitzer should hook up. Now Elliot doesn't like to wear a condom. Picture that! |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/29/2009 4:17 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
Sarah Palin accepted over a 1 million dollar retainer on "her" book while she was still Governor.
I think she and Elliot Spitzer should hook up. Now Elliot doesn't like to wear a condom. Picture that! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 391800
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Anonymous Coward
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10/30/2009 1:31 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
bad girl |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/30/2009 2:53 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 804874 |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/30/2009 2:57 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
The only thing she could write that would be interesting would be her turn-ons and turn-offs when she poses for Penthouse.
THAT would be good journalism!   |
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Anonymous Coward
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11/2/2009 7:34 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
Rush Limbaugh says Sarah Palin is ready to be President.
Who is the bigger joker, Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck?
[link to nsnews.tripod.com]
How do these fools get to hog the airwaves? |
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Anonymous Coward
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11/2/2009 7:39 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
How do these fools get to hog the airwaves? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 751173
How do people get attention on GLP?
By being an asshole. Why do you think PACNWGUY's threads get so many replies?
Why the more outrageous threads get so many replies?
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ENTERTAINMENT.  |
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Anonymous Coward
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11/2/2009 7:48 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
NOLODOG Another ACORN NUT !
NEVER a thoughtful remark; ALWAYS a smear !
" The best part of you, ran down your mamma's leg !" |
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Anonymous Coward
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11/2/2009 7:53 PM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
I NOTE the Demoturds and ACORN NUTS are DESPERATE to smear Palin to take the attention a AWAY from their elected ILLEGAL, ALIEN FRAUD and LIER in the Malloto House !
It REALLY shows, every time any mention of Palin comes up.
Who's your 2012 presidential candidate, NOLODOG ?
Probably 'Bend Over' Barney Franks, your A-hole buddy, right ? RIGHT ! |
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Anonymous Coward
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11/3/2009 8:44 AM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
Rush Limbaugh says Sarah Palin is ready to be President.
Who is the bigger joker, Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck?
[ link to nsnews.tripod.com]
How do these fools get to hog the airwaves?
That's the million dollar question.
I think it's called mass advertising. |
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Anonymous Coward
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11/4/2009 7:49 AM | | Re: SARAH PALIN BOOK PART OF CONSERVATIVE BOOM | Quote |
to the gullible. |
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