The Sarah Palin Brand And Her Growing Commercial Empire

New York Magazine:

On the morning of July 3, 2009, a national holiday, Sarah Palin placed a call to her communications director and told her that she wanted to hold a press conference at her Wasilla, Alaska, home.

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"Deep down, she wanted to make money," a McCain adviser says.

Read the whole story: New York Magazine

Comments

[amy jo]

12:20 AM on 04/28/2010

sarah palin and snookie in 2012!

[Melissa]

07:39 PM on 04/27/2010

Love Sarah, hope she makes millions more. She makes some peole really angry and that's very amusing.

[iconoclast6]

02:17 PM on 04/27/2010

Oh puh-LEEZ Dog, Jeebus and the Holy Goat, let her be the 2012 G00P nominee.

SARAH PALIN/VICTORIA JACKSON 2012

Think of it. Moosie can act like "plain folks" while wearing $5000 ensembles, while Vicky just stands on her head and recites "I Am Not A Βimbo."

[studmoose]

01:50 PM on 04/27/2010

The Palin's are to this site as...

Spencer & Heidi Montag are to gossip papers!

[JUVENTUSER]

11:41 AM on 04/27/2010

I think she is sexy, besides to be a great woman is really really hard~

[jane bond]

12:11 PM on 04/27/2010

SEXY has no place in politics....her "sex-pot" image is why she is being made fun of by pundits....she has winked her way right into the BIMBO league......their are alot of beautiful female world leaders for example, the Queen of Jordan who was on "The View" today, and ofcourse Princess Diana, they are 2 examples of beautiful stately women with true class ....like I said, Sexy has no place in politics....

[iconoclast6]

12:25 PM on 04/27/2010

I suppose it depends on your interpretation of sexy. To me, Moose Muffin looks like a televangelist's idea of sexy.

"Great woman?" Jane Addams was a great woman. Aung San Syuu Ki is a great woman. Don't you dare call Griftin' Sally a "great woman."

[jane bond]

12:31 PM on 04/27/2010

look to Mother Theresa who was a fine example of a Christian woman,

[MikeDu]

10:37 AM on 04/27/2010

Makes you wonder how many weeks its been since she's spent time with her special needs child.

[iconoclast6]

12:26 PM on 04/27/2010

What makes you so sure Trig is hers?

[bluesbrrd]

07:49 PM on 04/27/2010

Don't you realize her own special needs come first?

[Lisa2595]

09:09 AM on 04/27/2010

http://www.andrewhalcro.com/looking_back_palins_legacy

[iconoclast6]

02:31 PM on 04/27/2010

Ha! Quitty McQuitterknickers called out. I notice, there aren't too many τeabaggers trying to refute that blog post...

[wutzurbeef]

07:23 AM on 04/27/2010

The Sarah Palin Brand? Next thing we know she will be like have the Sarah Palin Sun Tea Brewer for the 'bagger' in you... available for 3 easy payments of fouughty nine ninety nine. LOL can't wait.

[iconoclast6]

12:36 PM on 04/27/2010

"But WAIT, there's more! Order now and we'll also include this Idea Blocker! Just plug it into your cable box, and only PHOCKSnooze and κrischun channels will display. Keep your family's politics as pυre as Bristol's girl_c00ter! Now how much would you pay? DON'T ANSWER YET, because if you order before the Rapture, you'll also get a simulated autograph copy of Sarah's Conservative βible, with all that libburul eeleetist stuff about free healings and the popor being blessed just cυt right out. Dial 1-800-GULLIBLE or visit www.not-the-sharpest-tea-bag-in-the-pot.com!"

[rougebaisers]

06:06 AM on 04/27/2010

Those glasses are HOOORRRIIIBBBLLEEEEEE!

[studmoose]

03:18 AM on 04/27/2010

STOP IT!

Your coverage of her is like Spencer & Heidi Montag's coverage in the rag mags.

[iconoclast6]

01:44 PM on 04/27/2010

But it's such mindless fun, battling wits with the unarmed. From where I'm standing, Sarah ain't winning but two things: Jack and Tea. And Jack left town.

[studmoose]

01:52 PM on 04/27/2010

Prof. D.P. Gumby, I presume?

(Fanned for coolness)

[Daw8it]

01:23 AM on 04/27/2010

What's behind the teabaggers movement?

Well ..... let David Duke explain it for you: A must see!
http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/david-duke-defends-tea-parties-charg

[LisaLisa1234]

02:50 PM on 04/27/2010

Thanks for the link. This is my favorite quote: "Most Tea Partiers believe that we in America have the right to preserve our heritage, language, and culture, just as every nation has that human right..."

So the Tea Partiers believe we should preserve the heritage, language and culture of Hopi, Navajo, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, Arapaho...oh wait, they don't mean the *original* American culture...

[bluesbrrd]

07:28 PM on 04/27/2010

And how else could we possibly preserve the rights of the poor, downtrodden, angry white males of America, who were better paid, better treated, always had the vote, etc. and so forth. Make me puke!

David Duke is the perfect front man for these folks. Unfortunately, their lack of wits has given them a complete inability to understand the implications of the policies they root for. If the guvmint no longer takes taxes out for medicare, that means granmaw will have to live in your spare room while you shell out for her medical coverage. Any idiot could see that! The 1950's are long gone, and it is no longer possible for our standard of living to rise to the heights achieved in the post WWII era. They really should be careful what they wish for.

[bluize]

01:12 AM on 04/27/2010

$12 million for being a salad shooter, amazing.

[MauricioC]

11:39 PM on 04/26/2010

I think her rise to prominence has to do with America's disdain of intellectualism. That's why a lot of people voted for Bush twice. The guy was about as bright as a box of rocks, but the people liked him.

"He's just like us", said a lot of people.Actually, he wasn't. But they believed it.

The same voters feel the same about Sarah Palin. Let's face it-she's not very smart when it comes to history, legal precedent and current events. But that's not important to her fans. She makes them feel comfortable with their prejudices...she makes people from trailer parks all over America feel good about themselves-while blaming everybody else. She doesn't appear to be smarter than her fans, and they love her for it. Ask a tea bagger what's her appeal, and they'll tell you, "She's just like one of us". This time, it's true.

[Gladys1963]

11:47 PM on 04/26/2010

Brilliant analysis; fanned.

I'll never get why being smart or intellectual is a bad thing.

[studmoose]

03:20 AM on 04/27/2010

It's only bad to the people who feel inferior because they might be less educated.

It's akin to the kids in the cities... Gangs and their friends dissuade them from an education because they really don't want to see someone better than they are.

[floridagal2]

04:52 PM on 04/27/2010

Its the mark of Glenn Beck. His lack of education makes him feel inferior (I'm guessing the obvious.) therefore he becomes louder and more into what his fans expect. She is doing the same thing.

[jane bond]

12:58 AM on 04/27/2010

some Americans love to be apathetic, thats why they have disdain for "thinkers" thinkers make them feel lazy, so they call us "elitist" they just like to listen and follow and believe Palins seemingly patriotic circus act....

[iconoclast6]

02:29 PM on 04/27/2010

The first steps in turning a democracy into a pοlice state are to eliminate or marginalize the educated, and to convince the voters that the people who want to preserve the democracy, are the "real" dictatοrs.

Sound familiar?

[SteveDenver]

11:01 PM on 04/26/2010

Pain is the McDonald's of politics:
Nutritionally empty
False appearance of substance
Appealing to misled masses
Grotesquely unhealthy
"Millions Swerved"

[triplettam]

10:59 PM on 04/26/2010

Okay. I dislike this woman as much as I dislike anyone in American politics these days. However, when did July 3rd become a National Holiday? Did I miss something? Was I asleep? I want and deserve accurate criticism. And I don't think that's too much to ask.

[LisaLisa1234]

02:53 PM on 04/27/2010

July 4th, 2009 was a Saturday, so the National Holiday was Friday, July 3rd.

[triplettam]

04:02 PM on 04/27/2010

Ah. Okay, I was sleeping. I actually considered that after I posted. Thank you for setting me straight; my apologies to one and all for my criticism.