http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/top-ten-sarah-palin-tips-writing-book

Funny enough.

People slow down to stare at car crashes on the highway too. Pretty much the same thing. The woman is a disaster of a human being, and I look forward to Obama ruthlessly crushing her in 2012 if she manages to get the nomination over Romney.

Classic, but don’t tell Sarah; she’ll be convinced it’s a real number.

And therein lies the appeal of Palin to GOP males; talk about flash over substance.

“Fascinated” does not mean the same thing as “laughing our asses off that this is what passes for the GOP.”

So contrary to your abuse of the language, only one side is “fascinated,” and the rational folks would like to know why.

This is your forum to tell us WTF it is about Sarah that you admire, and it’s not like you haven’t been asked. It isn’t her dazzling intellect, her vast depth of knowledge or her stick-to-it-iveness, that’s for sure, so what is it?

What I do not understand is how anyone could look at this woman’s limited abilities and history of quitting and think that.

Repack, I think you and I share something in common in that neither of us can understand what the fascination is with Sarah Palin.

Where we differ is which side seems to be the most fascinated.

Went there once, read an post about some guy whining about how he’s entitled to the money of homosexuals. Haven’t gone back since.

It’s not that I object to anyone taking fools for their money. There is a long American tradition of that. Ayn Rand made money. “Dianetics” by L. Ron Hubbard sold more copies than Sarah will, but I wouldn’t want him in charge either. Selling ghost-written books to rubes is not the same as running the country. It’s not even the same as running a convenience store, which also requires long hours and hard work.

She didn’t really write the book, she has not actually done any intellectual heavy lifting or shown personal leadership, and there is no possibility of her fragile self-image and limited intellect surviving what she would have to deal with in a national political campaign. Sarah Palin likes the spotlight, but she doesn’t want the ball in the fourth quarter. She doesn’t even want to come out of the locker room for the second half.

For me the fascination is in seeing how long she can conceal her uninformed, lazy, shallow and vindictive real self behind the manufactured image and the protected appearances. I understand that there are people who believe Sarah is a legitimate political candidate for high office. What I do not understand is how anyone could look at this woman’s limited abilities and history of quitting and think that.

Update: “It is truly unprecedented”

Forty-eight days before the release and she’s already topped Dan Brown’s latest conspiracy-theory casserole at both top retailers. To put that in perspective, note that the book doesn’t even have a cover yet. So much for the Page Six hit piece about demand for her being slack…..

Don’t fear the reaper.

I see that Rush Limbaugh is buying into the the thinly sourced “Bill Ayers wrote Obama’s first memoir” conspiracy theory, helping push this from the fringe to the conservative mainstream. (Limbaugh’s birther jokes were pivotal in pushing that weirdness into the culture.)

There are people who can act holier-than-thou about ghostwriters. Rush Limbaugh is not one of them. His first book, “The Way Things Ought to Be,” was famously written by John Fund of The Wall Street Journal. His second book was ghostwritten by Joseph Farah, who then became editor-in-chief of WorldNetDaily. And to complete the circle, WND has been a main source for Jack Cashill’s numerous articles about the Obama-Ayers book conspiracy.

Huh. Who could have predicted? I wonder if Weigel’s appearance had anything to do with what he wrote? Or is that irresponsible?

http://washingtonindependent.com/61675/rush-limbaugh-shouldnt-talk-about-ghostwriters

Calling you an Italian is not an insult but you certainly take it as one. Curious. You must have been on the bad end of racial slurs in the past: Most Italian immigrants and their children have been. You should have more insight into the insidious dynamics of racial slurs but alas, you don’t. Sad indeed.

Going Rogue
Sarah Palin took the name of her memoir from this (unflattering) Slate article.
By John Dickerson
Posted Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, at 5:31 PM ET
Sarah Palin’s anticipated first memoir, Going Rogue, will be available Nov. 17, with a first printing of 1.5 million copies. The inspiration behind the unique title? Slate’s John Dickerson first used the phrase in an Oct. 20, 2008, article questioning whether the former Alaska governor was purposely disagreeing with the presidential candidate. The original article is reprinted below.

http://www.slate.com/id/2230930/

If this is true, it is only because so many Democratic legislators are scared little bitches.

Move on to what? What does quitting your last two jobs in the middele qualify you for?

TBD.

Oh, and apparently a guaranteed bestseller and a Facebook page that strikes fear in the hearts of Democratic legislators.

William Kristol. Rich Lowry. Also.

Move on to what? What does quitting your last two jobs in the middele qualify you for?

I’m not aware of any former radicals living in her neighborhood at the time that could’ve helped her along, but I’m sure she could’ve managed to find someone.

Are you JOKING? Her husband was a member of the Alaskan Independence Party that called for secession from the United States, an act which was described as treason when Jefferson Davis did it. Palin “palled around” with these seditious nutcase loonies and terrorist wannabes, so one of them could probably have helped her.

How about the witch doctor who came to her church? Palin has any number of fools and clowns to help her.

David Weigel calls bullshit on that particular trope which will not die. Repeating it will never make it true, but wingnuts will say anything, it seems. To wit,

Weigel needs to hit the gym and do the Belly-Off Diet, along with an appointment with his dermatologist. Talk about a doughy pantload.

That won’t make the accusation true either. Stay klassy.

Yeah, and “American Idol” has been going strong for how long now?

Hear ya, SQ. Until Sarah America’s book bumped it from the top 3 on the Amazon bestsellers list, I was wondering the same thing about Ted Kennedy’s book, even though I admit I was a bit impressed to see a liberal tome on there.