posted October 03, 2009 06:18 AM         

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/02/sarah-palin-going-rogue-memoir

posted October 03, 2009 08:14 AM         

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Going Rogue: An American Life - mistakenly called Going Rouge by one newsreader

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posted October 03, 2009 09:25 AM         

Well, one talking head- and author -offered that Amazon sales and others are easily tweaked. He also mentioned that we have no way of knowing if her party might buy large quantities of pre-sales to distribute themselves, and keep the book on top. [too bad it is not dust-bin distribution]... think of all the trees sacrificed.
But lets face it people love tell alls, and car wrecks.

posted October 03, 2009 11:43 AM         

Palin's ghostwriter, Lynn Vincent, has previously collaborated on the memoirs of a retired general, William Boykin, the former head of the US army's Special Forces Command. He described his mission in the military as to defeat Satan in order to save America as a Christian country.

Among the views Vincent helped Boykin to express was why, apparently, the whole world despises America: "We are hated because we are a nation of believers."

Then there was his view of fighting Somalis: "I knew that my God was bigger than [theirs]. I knew that my God was a real God and [theirs] was an idol."

There is likely to be more of this kind of thing in Palin's autobiography, none of which will upset her fans - one of whom recently paid $63,500 in an internet charity auction to have dinner with her. But there are already questions about whether a book that is expected to have a strong appeal to the Christian right with plenty of religion alongside a fiery diatribe against Obama's socialist conspiracy will do anything to advance Palin's thirst for a bigger political stage.

The chief strategist on John McCain's campaign, Steve Schmidt, this week thought not.

"I think that she has talents, but my honest view is that she would not be a winning [presidential] candidate for the Republican party in 2012, and in fact, were she to be the nominee, we would have a catastrophic election result," he said. "In the year since the election has ended, she has done nothing to expand her appeal beyond the base ... It's fairly inconceivable she could be elected."