Is it going to be a Dick and Jane book?

I was born a poor beauty contestant....

That's gonna singlehandedly boost the crayon market.

I guess being a Governor, taking on the oil companies, and having to put up with that old fart RINO McCain is nothing. I dunno, she makes a pretty good caricature of what people think Republicans are. I won't buy the book, or read it, but Tina Fey made her famous.

CayceP: Is it going to be a Dick andin Jane book?

FTFY

Hmmm, one incredibly predictable reply so far.

She should get W to help her out with that.

Big payments for memoirs are based on public perception, not what's inside. My opinion is she's popular enough for a seven figure deal, but not eight.

GaryPDX: I guess being a Governor, taking on the oil companies, and having to put up with that old fart RINO McCain is nothing. I dunno, she makes a pretty good caricature of what people think Republicans are. I won't buy the book, or read it, but Tina Fey made her famous.

...Aaaaaaaand there's your problem.

If you're a politician, it's generally considered a good thing if you're famous for your "politicking" and not because you are easily made the butt of jokes. I mean, Christ, as many times as Rudy 9iu11iani was made of on that show, that's pretty far from the first thing you think of when his name is said.

Howsabout our hometown girl? Tonja Harding? Don't you think she would rather have been known for skating than for all the SNL parodies of her messed-up story?

You can come back from a huge loss. You can come back from an unpopular ideology. You can even come back from a drug or sex scandal (Hi Sam!). Once you've been labeled "Stupid", though... that shiat doesn't wash off.

good jorb on picking this one, republicans. an untested, self-serving, arrogant, ignorant, ethically challenged first-term governor. great VP pick. please, oh please nominate her in '12!

I love this woman.

FlashHarry: good jorb on picking this one, republicans. an untested, self-serving, arrogant, ignorant, ethically challenged first-term governor. great VP pick. please, oh please nominate her in '12!

she'll even have the support of the independents who furiously supported McCain this time around. She'll be there in 2012.

Mordant: she'll even have the support of the independents who furiously supported McCain this time around. She'll be there in 2012.

one can only hope. she represents everything that's wrong with the post-gingrich republican party. she's anti-conservative, anti-intellectual, anti-responsibility, anti-constitution and anti-inclusion. she's just a gift that keeps on giving.

FlashHarry: Mordant: she'll even have the support of the independents who furiously supported McCain this time around. She'll be there in 2012.

one can only hope. she represents everything that's wrong with the post-gingrich republican party. she's anti-conservative, anti-intellectual, anti-responsibility, anti-constitution and anti-inclusion. she's just a gift that keeps on giving.

I did point out she was a perfect caricature.

How many of you responders have been elected to anything other than "Class Clown"? Anyone elected to State office feel free to reply.

bearsfolks: How many of you responders have been elected to anything other than "Class Clown"? Anyone elected to State office feel free to reply.

Ooooooo! We been told!!

/dang ol' David Dees class clown political machine!
//Deesnuts!

DamnYankees: I love this woman.

In what respect?

Eddie Adams from Torrance: DamnYankees: I love this woman.

In what respect?

Entertainment.

bearsfolks: How many of you responders have been elected to anything other than "Class Clown"? Anyone elected to State office feel free to reply.

And that would matter how? I do believe she should write a memoir and sell it, simply because Sarah Palin is completely representative of the Republican Party of today, and I want her to be the nominee in 2012.

Eddie Adams from Torrance: DamnYankees: I love this woman.

In what respect?

*snerk*

I know a lot of people who say that they had doubts about voting for Obama until McCain picked Palin, and that completely sealed their vote...for Obama.

Until some powerful Republican stands up and says "No, she is not qualified to be President, no one outside her little cult of crazies wants her to be President, so shut up and rally around someone with a snowball's chance in hell of beating Obama," the Republicans are utterly and completely screwed. They're a party in full meltdown now. Rather than learn from the lessons of '08, they're clinging even harder to the mistakes that got them an assbeating. And Palin is the emblem of that.

Oh boy, another opportunity to pimp out her family, just before she tells us not to talk about her family.

/Palin 2012!

Unlike the long, messianic list of miracles that "Dreams of my Father" rested upon when it was written.

TheOther: Ooooooo! We been told!!

and by the guy who comes in every day to tell us how superior that he and his "conservative" buddies are because they only debate issues and treat their opponents with respect.

Another lying Republican, big surprise.

That one was my favorite GAT_00.

FlashHarry: good jorb on picking this one, republicans. an untested, self-serving, arrogant, ignorant, ethically challenged first-term governor. great VP pick. please, oh please nominate her in '12!

My aunt was one of those people who voted for Obama in the primaries because Rush told her to. I just didn't understand abusing the right to vote that so many people have fought and died for. (Corny, I know.)
But if Palin runs in '12 I wonder if I'll be able to stop from voting for her in the primaries. I just don't know if I could resist.

Teela: My aunt was one of those people who voted for Obama in the primaries because Rush told her to.

When was this? Rush was telling people to vote for Hillary, not Obama.

DamnYankees: Teela: My aunt was one of those people who voted for Obama in the primaries because Rush told her to.

When was this? Rush was telling people to vote for Hillary, not Obama.

That's what I meant - Hillary.

Palin threads dumb me down.

DamnYankees: Teela: My aunt was one of those people who voted for Obama in the primaries because Rush told her to.

When was this? Rush was telling people to vote for Hillary, not Obama.

Maybe she misunderstood and farked it up

Imagine if she dictated it. And it was written down like a disposition is.

Had to do that once, and they record every um and pause.

Calling SwampthingFromKorea - your latest wanking material is being prepared.

If she writes in the same manner in which she speaks then this is going to be cover-to-cover comedy gold.

Il Douchey: Unlike the long, messianic list of miracles that "Dreams of my Father" rested upon when it was written.

you mean like being elected the first black president of the Harvard Law Review? you're right, totally insignificant and utterly unworthy of any recognition, let alone a book deal for someone most of the nation knew jack shiat about at the time, and who had approximately zero intention of a political career.

/i take it you're a Yale alumni?

Doctor Funkenstein: If she writes in the same manner in which she speaks then this is going to be cover-to-cover comedy gold.



The inspiration.

Because it was just that awesome. (new window)

Outtaphase: That one was my favorite GAT_00.

Mine too. The grin just cracks me up every time.

GaryPDX: taking on the oil companies

By redistributing the wealth, no less

GaryPDX: I guess being a Governor, taking on the oil companies, and having to put up with that old fart RINO McCain is nothing. I dunno, she makes a pretty good caricature of what people think Republicans are. I won't buy the book, or read it, but Tina Fey made her famous.

God, you're hilarious.

Republican mantra: Don't Tax! Don't Tax! Tax BAD.

Palin raises taxes on the oil companies, per the DEMOCRATS initiative: "She TOOK ON the oil companies! She's a hero!

Why not just do a magazine spread with a fold-out middle? It's the only reason she got noticed anyway.

Mother won a race for city council and Mayor against all odds. Lost her race for Lt Governor then as a dark horse beat the established GOP machine and won the Governor's mansion against a former Democratic governor. Later on being nominated for the Vice Presidency

thats a decent set of acomplishments and a pretty darned good story for a memoir

/dontchaknow
//you betcha

I'll read it when she does.

I saw this piece earlier this morning on MSNBC. I laughed out loud at the $11 million figure. Doesn't she know small town America doesn't read?

What Palin fails to realize is this:

Once you've been on the receiving end of a trainwreck campaign- and that's exactly what Palin's campaign was- the smart thing to do is melt into the background and hope time rehabilitates your image and allows people to forget what was so bad about you.

She hasn't done that at all so far. If she spends too much more time continuing to remind people why they didn't vote for her, she may get the 2012 nomination, but the general is going to be an utter disaster, especially if Obama's first term goes well. It will be unwinnable, and she won't even be able to make the score look respectable.

And once she takes THAT kind of hit in addition to everything else, that's it. Political career over. Beyond repair. Any further campaigns will earn her the 'perennial candidate' label, and you have a hard time getting people to take you seriously once you've been branded a perennial candidate.

Smacky the Frog: I saw this piece earlier this morning on MSNBC. I laughed out loud at the $11 million figure. Doesn't she know small town America doesn't read?

It's a picture book.

Sarah who?

Wait - didn't Obama find the time to write 2 memoirs before he'd accomplished anything?

GaryPDX: I guess being a Governor, taking on the oil companies, and having to put up with that old fart RINO McCain is nothing. I dunno, she makes a pretty good caricature of what people leftist douchebags would like everyone to think Republicans are.

FTFY