Monday, November 23, 2009

1,800 gather at Alabama store for chance to see Sarah Palin

1,800 people gathered at a Birmingham area store over the weekend for a chance to see Sarah Palin Monday, according to The Birmingham News. One thousand of them were given wristbands by a Colonial Brookwood Village bookstore. The bands will allow them to get the former Alaska governor to sign copies of her memoir Going Rogue for them this afternoon:
Hundreds of others were turned away or left after realizing they wouldn't get one of the limited number of wristbands at the Books-A-Million store. Homewood police estimated about 1,800 people lined up for wristbands.

Palin, who was the Republican vice presidential candidate in 2008, will begin signing copies of her book at 4:30 p.m. Monday. Some people had camped outside the bookstore since early Saturday evening to guarantee a place in line.
- JP
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  1. Lisa GraasNovember 23, 2009 at 7:33 AM

    HI, JOsh. We're in Birmingham for the book signing! Three generations of Palin supporters -- me, my mom and my two daughters. Our line numbers are 44-47 and we are soooo excited we'll get to meet her this afternoon! We camped out overnight for the wristbands. I'll check in with you when we return on Tuesday.

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