by Mark Silva
If one chapter has ended in Sarah Palin's life, it probably has run about 80 pages.
That's part of the intel from early reads of Palin's memoir, Going Rogue, ready for bookstores next week, with a kickoff on The Oprah Winfrey Show and book-tour starting in Grand Rapids.
Time magazine's Mark Halperin, who has his own Page, reports that books have been shipped out in advance of the Nov. 17 release date for Palin's memoir, and some of the associates of the Republican former governor of Alaska have seen copies. Halperin cites "sources who have seen or been briefed on the book's contents'' in reporting that it's:
"Just five chapters--but they are very, very long.'' (Considering that the speed-written memoir, arriving months before originally anticipated for a work that drew a $1.25 million advance for the author is said to exceed 400 pages, that means some long dog-sledding through the chapters of the life of the 2008 GOP nominee for vice president.)
"Some score settling with McCain aides she believes ill-served her.'' (Considering that she drew the title of this tome from the complaint that some of Sen. John McCain's political advisers had about his running mate, that seems appropriate.)
"A hearty bashing of the national media.'' (Youbetcha, you know, for just sort of "making things up'' like that "Bush Doctrine'' that she was supposed to know about when she sat for one of those national media interviews last year.)
"A testimonial to the importance of faith in her life.'' (It requires a lot of faith to get through Levi Johnston's rhetorical rampage after walking out on Palin's grandbaby, Tripp, or the boy's estranged girlfriend and teenage mother, Bristol Palin, who went on a "just say no'' to teenage pregnancy tour and has written of the travails of a single mother on "Eskimo Bingo Night.'')
"A warm and personal tone, written in Palin's own voice, despite the involvement of a collaborator.'' (Warmth is not the trademark of the professional writer and evangelical magazine editor, San Diego-based Lynn Vincent, whom Palin hired. to help get the book out.)
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The book is missing an index, however, which, as Halperin notes, is the first place the ever-so-vain Washington set turns to in books such as this "to scan for their own names.'' Halperin suggests: "If they want to know what Sarah Palin has to say about them, they will have to buy the book--and read the whole thing.''
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa could be among those flipping pages for lack of an index. It is Grassley, an old-school Republican who has appeared in campaign ads riding a lawn mower, who tells Time in an article in the new issue this of Palin: ""She's the only thing between 2004 and 2009 that's ever given any energy to the Republican Party -- No. 1, because she's a woman, and No. 2, because she expresses herself well."
And dresses herself well, as Time notes in a photo gallery of "The Fashion Looks of Sarah Palin'' -- with a photo from that collection pictured above: Palin crossing the stage in a dress by Elie Tahari at the 2008 debate for vice presidential candidates with Democrat Joe Biden. Which raises the question of the fashion-gallery treatment that former Vice President Dck Cheney's book might get in Time.
(Photo of Sarah Palin at the vice presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis on Oct. 2, 2008 above by J. Scott Applewhite / AP. Photo of Palin walking into debae above by Rick Wilking / Reuters. Appearance of John McCain, speakng of Palin, on Meet the Press in March below: )
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Comments
Palin is becoming more and more like Bin-Laden every single day.
From her cave in Alaska, Palin releases a statement on FaceBook every couple of months condeming Obama and encouraging her fellow Al-Qaeda members....I mean Teabaggers.....to fight on.....for whatever it is that they're fighting against.
Posted by: The Quitta from Wasilla | November 11, 2009 4:27 PM
Is it me or does it look like she's fartin when she does that wink thing she does?
Posted by: Chicken-little | November 11, 2009 4:36 PM
I hope the book has a lot of pictures because todays right wingers aren't exactly known for their high IQ's.
The only way they'll understand Palin's ghost written book is if it has big bold block letters and lots of pictures of Sarah riding a dinosaur in a swim suit.
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Posted by: LoungeAct | November 11, 2009 4:36 PM
Very revealing. The same media which gushed over every word in the Obama "auto-biographies" written by Bill Ayres will now dissect and bash every syllable in Sarah Palin's book. All to continue the left-wing media (meaning 95 percent of all media) persecution of Palin that included an all-out assault on her family. How proud the media must be for their "non-partisanship."
Posted by: Derrick | November 11, 2009 5:01 PM
The above article by The DNC Swamp is Exhibit 1 for Palin-bashing, winning the applause of its mostly illiterate readers. You betcha.....
Posted by: Not a brain-dead Leftist | November 11, 2009 5:50 PM
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The above article by The DNC Swamp is Exhibit 1 for Palin-bashing, winning the applause of its mostly illiterate readers. You betcha.....
Posted by: Not a brain-dead Leftist | November 11, 2009 5:50 PM
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Sarah Palin was your parties (Republican) most recent Vice Presidential candidate, thus she still gets a lot of press.
If Republicans don't want to be embarrassed by what passes for their 'leadership' maybe they should think about ELECTING BETTER LEADERS NEXT TIME AROUND.
Posted by: Not a brain-dead Rightist | November 11, 2009 6:24 PM
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Posted by: The Party of Palin | November 11, 2009 6:27 PM
I see she is going to take a course, from her mentor, "Crash" McCain, on the finer points of geography. I hope she doesn't quit that, too. She needs to know where she is at all of time and besides, I don't think she wants to be known as " Quitter " Palin, do you !!??
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME. ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.
Posted by: Don Fitzgerald, IL | November 11, 2009 10:13 PM
Is it me or does it look like she's fartin when she does that wink thing she does?
Posted by: Chicken-little | November 11, 2009 4:36 PM
It's You. You are the first to smell it; you own it.
Posted by: Dumb Fitzgerald, ILL | November 12, 2009 2:55 AM
Palins' book is worthless. Nothing more than yackety yack. Not worth the paper it is printed on. Did she write this book or was it ghost written?? Does she discuss why she abruptly quit as governor of Alaska??Does she mention her husbands involvement in the anti-American AIP?? This lady has a closet full of skeletons. Unless one resided in Alaska, the overwhelming majority of Americans never heard of this dimwit before grandpa McCain selected her as his running mate in August 2008. If she is on the GOP ballot in 2012, Obama will be elected for a 2nd term. You betcha.
Posted by: Doug R. | November 12, 2009 9:53 AM
Come on, now, kids of the Fanatical Right, don't put your intelligence on display. Do you want the nation to be laughing at you, all of the time !! I hope your parents don't catch you. It would probably mean, you would have to read " Quitter " Palin's book, I bet'cha !!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.
Posted by: Don Fitzgerald, IL | November 12, 2009 10:22 AM
What's the matter Silva, upset that she's going to make more money than you? I love the fact that she won't go away like the liberals were hoping and continues to give them hissy fits. Keep writing these sarcastic hit pieces about her libs because i always get a good laugh about the sour grapes from coming from the leftys.
Posted by: Dave | November 12, 2009 10:40 AM
Dave and Derrick :
You both sound like such little bitches.
Get tied !
Posted by: echo | November 12, 2009 12:22 PM
PALIN-PREJEAN 2012
Revive SNL.
Posted by: Kenny Bunkport | November 12, 2009 1:44 PM
No index? That's easily resolved, someone simply needs to scan it through one of many available programs and produce one. Look for personal and institutional name references (Capitalized words). Certain key words would also be easily indexed.
Then post the index on line.
Posted by: cinnamonape | November 12, 2009 3:15 PM
dave:
What's the matter Silva, upset that she's going to make more money than you? I love the fact that she won't go away like the liberals were hoping and continues to give them hissy fits. Keep writing these sarcastic hit pieces about her libs because i always get a good laugh about the sour grapes from coming from the leftys.(end)
Yeah, we're all so scared of Sarah The Quitter because she brings so much intellect to the table...yawn.snore zzz
you betcha !
Posted by: writerofwrongs | November 12, 2009 3:29 PM
PALIN-PREJEAN 2012
Revive SNL.
Posted by: Kenny Bunkport | November 12, 2009 1:44 PM
That's a great idea Kenny, the lesbian fantasties alone would drive David Letterman, Larry King, Howard Stern and the rest of the unmoral leftists crazy. One good TV ad and you dumbass liberals would vote for anything, oh wait that already happened.
Posted by: Dumb Fitzgerald, ILL | November 13, 2009 3:40 AM