Sunday Roundup

Prepare for the latest Palin media onslaught. An hour with Oprah, a multi-parter with Barbara, and appearances all across the country. An initial read shows Going Rogue doesn't reveal much. No surprise there. This isn't about the book, it's about the book tour -- which includes a politically convenient stop in Iowa -- and the money. Besides, it's not like there's much we haven't already learned about Palin since she burst onto the national scene. We even know when her water broke during her last pregnancy. Talk about overexposed. In the end, I expect this will be one of the most mocked books of the year -- and one of the biggest bestsellers. Palin fans will find much to love, but I doubt a single doubter will be converted. It's a 400 page Rorschach test. With no index.

 

 

 

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Comments

[unhinky]

06:54 PM on 11/25/2009

This site is certainly a refuge from that onslaught and overexposure.

[Upchucker]

05:24 PM on 11/17/2009

Thanks McCain - for unleashing the Wasilla Godzilla on us regular Americans. Bet he wants that pick back!

[macedonia356bc]

10:46 PM on 11/16/2009

very dissapointed with Oprah, she was so soft on Palin, horrible interview..SHAME on Oprah

[grooveygrover]

05:34 PM on 11/17/2009

I can't believe palin was invited on the show, truly shame on Oprah

[rckayla]

09:21 AM on 11/16/2009

Great post Arianna!! For the life of me, I have no idea why the media even gives Sarah Palin the time of day...if she were an ordinary woman rather than a former politician everyone would see her for what she really is, a stupid, uninformed and uneducated woman. Nobody wants to waste their time with a stupid, uninformed and uneducated person, why does the media waste their time with SP?!? My only answer to that is because Sarah Palin is a "pretty" woman.

[Einstein44]

10:30 PM on 11/15/2009

I will respect her when she answers tough questions from the media without the silliness and giddiness.

[LMPE]

10:16 PM on 11/15/2009

If not for Huff Po, I wouldn't have even known about SP's autobiography.

[alwqb]

12:48 PM on 11/16/2009

Do you live under a rock?

[emerywood]

10:15 PM on 11/15/2009

Some people are just lucky. They come on the scene at the right time and at the right place and make
out like a bandit. .
I know what Rudy Juliani and John McCain represent. But, Sarah Palin ? But then, she is going to
be super-rich pretty soon. How lucky can she be ? You don't have to fool people some of the time, they will fall for it at the right time.

[mimsnpips]

10:39 PM on 11/15/2009

What this woman represents is extreme right wing ideologies that would make Reagan look like a centrist. All wrapped up in a goofy smiley half wit.

[EpicureanNutrients]

08:42 PM on 11/15/2009

"We even know when her water broke during her last pregnancy."

We do? I checked into that for myself awhile ago, and the hospital she claimed to have patronized had no record of that!

[BetterDeadthanRedState]

09:42 PM on 11/15/2009

I highly doubt that her water even broke in America.

[mimsnpips]

10:49 PM on 11/15/2009

It broke while she was watching Russia from her kitchen. Country first right Sarah?

[rejoyce5]

08:13 PM on 11/15/2009

Sarah is a breath of fresh air in a cynical Washington. Thats why they are so afraid of her.

[ellenst]

08:29 PM on 11/15/2009

"Bad breath" is more appropriate in her case.

[BetterDeadthanRedState]

09:44 PM on 11/15/2009

You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time. This latter group we call Sarah Palin fans.

[chancho24]

04:11 PM on 11/15/2009

Spot on as usual, Arianna.

[Marc Felion]

03:47 PM on 11/15/2009

Someone should create an online index for the book so I can just go into the bookstore and read the funny parts.

[mydwyf]

03:37 PM on 11/15/2009

Why did Amazon originally list this book as having 431 pages ?
There seem to be some (19 to be exact) missing now . . .

[writeidea1]

05:28 PM on 11/15/2009

The logical reason 19 pages are missing: Levi! By all accounts, he was to be berated and slammed in this book - then he went on the tabloid shows and threatened to tell her secrets. Viola! There is NO LEVI in the book - and I think she would have loved to disparage him if the lawyers hadn't advised against it.

[Gib]

03:17 PM on 11/15/2009

Indexes are for elitists. Do Stephen King's books have indexes? Dan Browns?

[kathye]

05:36 PM on 11/15/2009

You're right Palin's book is fiction. Non-fiction requires footnotes.

[drec1500Madrid]

03:05 PM on 11/15/2009

Weren't the Republicans criticizing Obama for being overexposed just a month ago or so because he went on a couple of tv programs to pitch health care reform?

Where are they now that Palin is filling the airways with her void.

[miguelobrien]

03:26 PM on 11/15/2009

Brilliant reverse play on words.

[darleneslee]

02:50 PM on 11/15/2009

Indexes require intelligence, not ignorance.