Sarah Palin's second book has a title and release date

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Sarah Palin's publisher HarperCollins has told the Associated Press that the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate's second book will bear the title America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag, and it has been given a November 23, 2010 release date.

It will include "selections from classic and contemporary readings that have moved her," according to HarperCollins, along with "the nation's founding documents to great speeches, sermons, letters, literature and poetry, biography, and even some of her favorite songs and movies."

The book is inspired not only by her "strong belief in the importance of family, faith, and patriotism," but by some of the people she met last year while promoting Going Rogue. Palin skipped major cities such as Seattle and Los Angeles, traditional stops on most author tours, and instead focused on smaller communities more receptive to her conservative message.

"The book will also include portraits of some of the extraordinary men and women she admires and who embody her deep love of country, her strong rootedness in faith, and her profound love and appreciation of family," the statement from HarperCollins reads.

Tina Andreadis, a spokesperson for the publisher, said that details are being arranged for a book tour to promote the new volume. She added that the initial printing of America By Heart will be a million copies. The first printing of Going Rogue was 1.5 million. and and the book has sold over 2.6 million copies to date.

Andreadis says Gov. Palin will have a collaborator on the new book, but would not confirm that it will be author Lynn Vincent, who worked with the governor on her memoir. Andreadis would only say that she had "no specifics to announce yet." HarperCollins plans for the digital version of America By Heart to be released at the same time as the print edition.

- JP

Publisher: Sarah Palin already working on her second book

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Her publisher announced Wednesday that Gov. Sarah Palin is already at work on a second book which will be a "celebration of American virtues and strengths":

Palin's memoir, Going Rogue, released last fall by HarperCollins, has sold more than 2 million copies. Her new work will "include selections from classic and contemporary readings that have inspired her, as well as portraits of some of the extraordinary men and women she admires and who embody her love of country, faith, and family," the publisher's statement reads.

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In an e-mail Wednesday, HarperCollins publisher Jonathan Burnham said that "a number of ideas and concepts" were explored with Palin. "This is the idea which appealed the most to her," he said, adding that she is currently "gathering ideas and identifying favorite texts and examples."

According to HarperCollins, neither a title nor a release date has yet been assigned to the new book, as Gov. Palin is in the research phase of her work.

Though some Palin supporters will be disappointed that her follow up to Going Rogue will not be a tome for policy wonks, a volume with an inspirational and positive message may be just the right book at the right time. Americans could use some of both during this period of malaise ushered in by the Democrat's takeover of Congress in 2006 and the election of Barack Obama two years later.

We are reminded of JFK's Profiles in Courage, his 1955 book which not only won the young Senator a Pulitzer Prize and a great deal of admiration and respect, but helped him win the White House in 1960. Gov. Palin doesn't need to write a Pulitzer winner, but a book which celebrates the best of America and Americans would be the perfect "in-between" book to be bracketed by her memoir and a third book on policy later on.

This is another very smart move by Sarah Palin, in our opinion.

- JP

Mark Halperin: A Preview of Sarah Palin's Book

TIME magazine senior political analyst Mark Halperin, blogging on The Page, says that Sarah Palin's Going Rogue has begun shipping, and some of the former governor's associates have received their copies in advance of the November 17 release date.  Some of them have been talking, and from what Halpren says, it is for good reason that some McCain campaign staffers have been dreading the release of this book.  Here's what Halpren has learned about what's between the covers of the highly-anticipated memoir: 

* just five chapters—but they are very, very long.

* some score settling with McCain aides she believes ill-served her (names will be named).

* a hearty bashing of the national media.

* an account of how her upbringing shaped her maverick sensibilities.

* a testimonial to the importance of faith in her life.

* a warm and personal tone, written in Palin's own voice, despite the involvement of a collaborator.

Something tells us that the 1.5 million copies in the initial printing won't be enough to satisfy demand for this book.

Update: Moe Lane tips the RedState.com hat to Andrew Malcolm:

"Andrew’s one of the few mainstream journalists who cares about the Wasilla Church Burning, so I think that we can safely assume that he’s enjoying the prospect of names being named, too."

Related: Perhaps due to these new details about Sarah Palin's book, Going Rogue, which had slipped to #2 behind the new Stephen King thriller, has jumped back to #1 on Amazon.com's Bestsellers in Books list.

- JP

Are you ready for yet another Palin book?

There will be no shortage of books about Sarah Palin on the shelves in time for Christmas shopping, as the former governor's own memoir Going Rogue and Matthew Continetti's The Persecution Of Sarah Palin will be joined by another impending release titled Palin Nation: How Sarah Can Win The White House in 2012.

Authored by Professors David Goetsch and Archie Jones, Palin Nation should actually be available about two weeks prior to the release of the other two new volumes. It will be in stock and shipping October 31, 2009, according to Patriot Depot & Discount Book Distributors.

About the book, Goetsch recently wrote in an op-ed:

"The greatest fear of the intellectual elite is that grassroots Americans will once again be empowered by a president who respects them and shares their traditional American values—the type of thing that happened during the Reagan administration. They are right to be concerned. Just as Jimmy Carter’s domestic and foreign policy blunders set the stage for a Ronald Reagan victory, Barack Obama’s broken-promises and socialist policies are setting the stage for a Sarah Palin victory. Our book explains what she will have to do replicate the Reagan Revolution and ride the conservative tidal wave it will generate into the White House."

Palin Nation will be published by White Hall Press and available from Patriot Depot.

- JP

Publication of Matthew Continetti's Palin book moved up

Sentinel, the Penguin imprint for Matthew Continetti's forthcoming book The Persecution Of Sarah Palin, has moved up the release date from February of 2010 to November 12, 2009 to coincide with the publication of Palin's own memoir. According to a Penguin e-mail:

"Continetti, the associate editor of The Weekly Standard, shows that because Palin was a strong and popular conservative with traditional values, Washington Democrats and their allies in the so-called 'mainstream media' decided she had to be destroyed. His book details how these elite liberals attacked her in ways that no previous candidate had ever experienced. Everything from her clothing to her parenting style to her church were fair game, and no rumor was too malicious to spread."

Penguin has to be worried that what bombshells Sarah Palin will drop in her memoir will overshadow any revelations Continetti will make in his book, so it plans to release Persecution five days ahead of Rogue's scheduled release date. Continetti's publisher is promising that its book "will surprise people with its fresh details about Palin and the 2008 campaign."

- JP

Reaction to 'Going Rogue' - Round Four

With more quotes guaranteed to send Palin-haters on both sides of the aisle into moonbat meltdown mode...

cooperscopy:

"The power brokers are all scared to death of her. Book sales mean something, as well as huge internet hits for every Palin article. There is a growing and new populist movement. A fly over country commando troop, ready to storm the Washington power palace with pitch forks in hand."

Down on the Pharm:

"Enough Ragging on Sarah Palin for writing a book with a collaborator. Sarah made no claims to the contrary. On the other hand, Obama has claimed to have written Dreams of My Father himself... Bill Ayers wrote it from material supplied by Obama."

Hyscience:

"We're talking about a book that's not even out yet, and Politico's Ben Smith is already attacking her co-author as a staunch conservative, devoted evangelical Christian, and intensely partisan Republican from far, far outside the Beltway. As though there's something wrong with being a conservative Christian Republican?"

Political Pistachio:

"Sarah Palin's popularity continues to take off like a rocket, and the liberal left remains in denial... Sarah Palin is a fresh voice of conservatism, and the people love her for it."

Never Yet Melted:

"Palin is having the last laugh over the Post attack piece’s 'blithering idiot' insult. Apparently, she is getting hundreds of speech requests at her new $100,000 speaking fee."

Althouse:

"The 'rogue' is specifically a horse that resists being controlled by others. It is exhibiting its own will, and not the victim of happenstance. Now, fate touched Palin when McCain choose her, and she did get into trouble when she exhibited will, and the maverick's people called her 'rogue'"

Responsibility:

"It seems that Mrs. Palin still has all the Liberal’s knickers in knots as they keep lobbing grenades at her. As the old Air Force bombardiers used to say, 'The closer you get to the target the heavier the flak.'"

Moonbattery:

"Sarah Palin's book, Going Rogue, hits Number 1 on both Barnes and Noble and Amazon's pre-order list. She finished the book four months ahead of schedule, and didn't have to hire an unrepentant Marxist terrorist to write it for her."

Giovanni's World:

"I’m guessing that Steve [Schmidt] got spooked by Sarah Palin when 60,000 people showed up for one of her rallies, while his boss was drawing crowds in the hundreds."

Talk Wisdom:

"It will be quite interesting to see how Palin handles all of her critics in her book. Maybe there is time left for her to include something about how much of a lying, cheating, sexual pig David Letterman is?"

Charles Cooper:

"Palin has this knack for sending the liberal-left into knee-knocking spittle-inducing convulsions. More than any other Republican, Palin stirs passions. Most important, she has the sort of sass that attracts big crowds of true believers willing to open their wallets for her. Can you say that about the likes of Tim Pawlenty or (gasp!) Bobby Jindal? Not with a straight face."

Adrienne Ross:

"The last time I checked, Going Rogue: An American Life was already number one on both Barnes and Noble and Amazon. And the last time I checked, Governor Palin didn't need an endorsement from Oprah Winfrey to make that happen."

The Dame Truth:

"She’s a crowd pleaser and remains a huge draw; with a best selling book and several groups dedicated to drafting her to run for POTUS, it’s bound to get interesting, and the best part is seeing all those in Fringe media with egg on their faces as she continues to climb effortlessly to the top of the best seller lists and beyond."

The Minority Report:

"Unbelievable but if a weasel like Steve Schmidt is saying it's a catastrophe then my belief is that she's actually viable... This preemptive bashing is all due to the fact that 1) she's extremely popular and 2) these idiots know she's not going to hold back about them in the book. All the more reason to look forward to reading it."

Dark Knight:

"You want to see where the electorate’s sentiments are? Compare Palin’s book sales with those of liberals. She is going to bury them, even if the unions starting buying Teddy’s book in bulk and having them delivered straight to recycle."

- JP

Reaction to 'Going Rogue' - Round Three

Here are some more quotes you can use to make Palin-hatin' leftists foam at the mouth...

bRight & Early:

"Sarah Palin’s book, Going Rogue, won’t be released for another nearly 50 days. A situation that is sure to cause liberal heads to explode, Going Rogue is #1."

JammieWearingFool:

"Meanwhile, Barack Obama reportedly has called up his ghostwriter Bill Ayers and asked him to rush to print a new book of "his own" tentatively entitled Dreams of Myself."

Serr8d's Cutting Edge:

"Don't try this at home, Dems. All of the top-selling books r belong to us."

Dave Woodard, Clemson University political scientist:

"The left hates her for a reason, and they are afraid of what she can do."

Colleen O'Conner:

"The popular California bumper sticker, 'Keep On Honking. I’m Reloading' may capture the mystery that is Sarah Palin."

FireAndreaMitchell.com:

"#1 on Amazon and #1 on Barnes and Noble best seller list, and its not even out until mid-November! I bet Letterman hates this too."

Carter Clews:

"The real reason the far left hates Sarah Palin, of course, is that she embodies -- top to bottom, inside and out -- all that they hate to the very marrow of their poisonous bones... [She] is an outright affront to the ruinous situational ethics by which the left defines its very existence."

Politically Drunk On Power:

"Wednesday provided a solid victory for Palin as the deranged attacks upon her backfired and she accomplished the feat of unseating the Internet sales ranking of two newly released best-sellers."

Dan Gilgoff:

"Just look at the title: Going Rogue. With the book already in the No. 1 slot on Amazon, the pitch seems to be resonating."

Alamo City Pundit:

"I love this woman. I love any decent sister in Christ who can go toe-to-toe with Libs and drive them wild just by being honest."

Savage Indignation:

"I trust Gov. Palin will continue to be the focus of support not only for us Constitutionalists, populists, paleoconservatives, libertarians, and values voters, but also for all you Republicans of good will out there who think McCain, Grahamnesty and Lamar Alexander... and the rest of those country-club Viagravators should get bent."

Larry Croft:

"Mrs. Palin has been beat up ad nauseam but she doesn’t pick herself up and make a comeback. Instead, from what I see, she keeps on going without breaking stride."

Puma For Life:

"I can’t think of a more classic battle than one between The One and Sarah Palin; that is, if the press can contain themselves and, instead of slandering Palin’s character, report on the issues."

Chet Nichols:

"Oh, and that irony thing, it hurts too. 'Going Rouge' is the term that many of the left-wing media used while trying to belittle her. Whew…that’s gotta sting!"

McClatchy Watch:

"Going Rogue: An American Life should be fascinating for those of us who watched the Anchorage Daily News and McClatchy's DC bureau toss their ethics out the window in their determination to savage Sarah Palin."

There are more where these came from. Stay tuned...

- JP

Reaction to 'Going Rogue' - Round Two

Web trip!

Via National Reviews's The Corner, Rick Santorum:

"Sarah has... been hammered by the mainstream media. This is an opportunity for her to show a more thoughtful side. She has a gift for prose. Hopefully that comes across."

The Boston Globe:

"Palin took home a bundle from communist China after condemning Beijing’s destabilizing military buildup and the 1,000 Chinese missiles aimed at Taiwan. The hockey mom is becoming an operator."

Michael van der Galien [Shockingly positive toward Palin]:

"She could not possibly have hoped for a better start of a presidential campaign. And let’s face it, chances are she’ll run for president. She should. There’s not one Republican out there who is more popular among the grassroots. The only question is whether she’ll attempt to succeed Obama in 2012 or 2016. Like it or not, this woman truly is a phenomenon."

The Reaganite Republican [with our thanks for the h/t]:

"Go get em ‘Cuda- you're one tough lady, and there's a lot of us who have the utmost respect for you and your common-sense conservatism."

Dan Calabrese:

"Palin’s book is a big seller because she is a smart, honest woman who does what she believes is right without regard for what others will say about her – and everyday people love her for that."

Rick Moran:

"My guess is that John McCain and several of his staffers are going to have a lot of explaining to do once this book hits the stands."

Jamie Jeffords:

"As a conservative, Christian, and Jeffersonian, I cannot think of any other potential candidate who excites me the way she does."

Truth And Common Sense:

"She speaks for millions of people when she points out that many of the things the politicians do are just stupid. She also understands the limits of government and the limitlessness of man’s dreams... I also get a huge kick out of watching Palin, without any effort on her part except to draw breath, drive the likes of Maureen Dowd crazy."

Merv Benson:

"She has been closer than most politicians to where the conservative base is. That and her popularity have to be what is really scaring the left right now."

All News Source:

"Much to the chagrin of her critics, Sarah Palin is literally burning up the book charts across the board. It’s 38 days until the book goes public and it’s already #1 on Amazon and #1 on Barnes & Noble."

Morgan Freeberg:

"The wires are burning up with news that Sarah Palin’s co-author is 'extremely conservative'... Does anyone know what kind of meaning to make of that anymore? It means someone doesn’t have a problem if someone else eats meat or legally buys a gun?"

Samuel’s Blog:

"One wonders if this is the start of Sarah Palin preparing herself for a run for president in 2012? I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again…I certainly hope it is."

Hillbuzz:

"If she can send liberals running and throw Dr. Utopia’s administration into total disarray by just posting 1,200 words at a time on Facebook, just imagine what she’ll stir up when her BOOK drops."

JammieWearingFool:

"The left may have a collective aneurysm by the time Going Rogue is released, and that's still not until November 17."

Amused Cynic:

"Hide your Maker’s Mark, this is going to push MoDo right off the edge she’s been teetering on for so long... I look forward to much wailing and gnashing of teeth."

More to come...

- JP

Reaction to 'Going Rogue'

With more great quotes:

Pamela Geller:

"Yes, I want to see this baby fly off the shelves. Ah, a book with a spine."

Chandler Epp:

"The Katie Couric-debating, elk-shooting Caribou Barbie that liberals love to hate has nearly a million followers on Facebook. Who’s the rocket scientist now?"

Melissa Clouthier:

"No one cares what she thinks. Except for the millions of people putting her on the best sellers list weeks in advance."

Weasel Zippers:

"Lefty seethe-O-meter readings are going to be off the charts."

Jimmie Bise:

"Plenty of left-wingers are going to want to comb through it as well, to find ammunition to use in their attacks. That’s good news for her, too. Not only will it put money in her pocket, but it will reaffirm that she is still the person progressives fear the most."

RightWingSparkle:

"I think America understands now how if the left is truly afraid of someone politically, they will go after their children, their husband, and anyone associated with them. They will repeat lie after lie."

Dan Riehl:

"Yeah, the Left will have to spend time and energy rationalizing this away, while also defending child rapist Roman Polanski."

Peter W. Schramm:

"Last night I noticed that CNN was making fun of Sarah Palin and her book... how absurd it was for her publisher to have a first printing of a million and a half copies, and so on... Today I noticed that it is already Number Two on Amazon."

Allahpundit:

"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."

Vick Mickunas:

"The book doesn’t even have cover art yet. Wow! The Palin book is kicking some you know what."

Vicki McClure Davidson:

"Dear hate-filled liberals, Please continue to attack Palin and her book. It won’t be released until November 17, but the more negative publicity it gets from you and the fringe media before it’s even read, the better for sales. That’s free word-of-mouth publicity, baby, the very best kind."

Jim Lynch:

"Outselling The Swimmer? That’s got to hurt."

Daley Gator:

"So, if you hear a loud POP, that is just Keith Olbermann’s head exploding, no biggie. It is not like there is much in his head anyway."

Joshuapundit:

"The vile attacks on a plain spoken, decent woman from Alaska and her family by the cretins on the Left is simply a reflection of how deeply they fear her. As I predicted, targeting her and her family and driving her out of office is the worst mistake they ever made."

Gary P. Jackson:

"Brilliant timing, and we expected no less from Sarah Palin!"

- JP

Palin book likely to expose McCain’s incompetent campaign staffers

From IUSB Vision:

We reported that the McCain campaign communications machine became more incompetent after the Palin announcement. It seems that Palin’s book is going to give us at least some of the details.

Later we reported that many of the McCain staffers were “David Frum” types like Steve Schmidt, that had previously overtly slandered religious conservatives and others in the Reagan wing of the party.

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What McCain Campaign staffers did was let their emotional hostility of the Reagan wing of the party blind them to a clear asset that could have helped Palin to introduce herself to the country in a venue that would give her the opportunity to define herself clearly.

Palin should have been given interviews with Limbaugh and Hannity first, then Greta, Beck, John Gibson and then O’Reilly, Hume and Wallace so that Palin would have had the opportunity to define herself first and hone her interview skills with progressively tougher interviews in tougher venues.

To send a person who is new and undefined on the national stage to Charles Gibson and Katie Couric who set out with clear intent to destroy her with much tougher gotcha questions than those two ever asked Edwards, Obama or Biden was foolish because since those were her first interviews, it would be by those interviews that people would have their first impression of her. As a result the McCain Campaign forfeited its opportunity to define its own Vice Presidential nominee.

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This is not just communications 101 folks, this is communications for dummies.

As we pointed out in a previous post, Politico has revealed that Sarah Palin kept a personal journal during the campaign, and much of her book will ba based on this journal. For this reason, some former McCain staffers may have be looking at making a career change after the release of this book.

- JP

Rush: 'They're just paranoid of this woman'

Sarah Palin's book is now #1 on Both Barnes and Noble and Amazon (it was #3 when Rush did his show earlier today), and it is driving the Left over the edge. They also cannot stand the fact that she has been paid some big bucks for her first appearance on the lecture circuit. Excerpts from Rush's comments:

New York Post, Page Six today, which admittedly is a gossip column, but nevertheless, the headline: "Sarah's Lectures a Tough Sell." Now, this sort of dovetails with what I was telling you yesterday, that the Democrats and the media will always tell us who they fear. They'll always tell us who they're really, really worried about, and they are on a mission that is unstoppable to destroy this woman and her family.

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Now, her book, 400 pages, she admits that she's got a ghostwriter. Obama did not admit that he had a ghostwriter and it's beginning to look like he did. The American Thinker has run two pieces now on how Bill Ayers wrote Dreams from My Father, or one of the two books. There have been examinations in the styles. Obama failed at writing anything prior to that. We've never seen anything else he's written but those two books. There have been a lot of people doing research into this, and the American Thinker's published a couple stories about it recently. But nevertheless Palin's book is number three on Amazon right now and it hasn't even been printed. Number three on Amazon, hasn't even gone to press yet. She turned it in four months early and we get this story in Page Six, "What a blithering idiot, nobody wants to book Palin for a lecture series." Well, they did in Hong Kong and from everything we read about it, it was a bang-up speech. They're just paranoid of this woman.

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On the Barnes & Noble website, Sarah Palin's book is not set to be released for more than seven weeks but it has shot to #1 at Barnes & Noble. That puts it atop Dan Brown's new book and a book by Mitch Albom. It's #3 on Amazon. And the book is not out for seven weeks! Folks, this is going to drive them nuts. You know, the book publishing industry is notoriously leftist. It's going to drive everybody batty. I said yesterday -- 'cause I got some snarky note. "How're you going to feel, Rush, when she sells more books than you do?" I hope she sells five million copies because I want to see lunatics jump off the cliff! (laughing) They just can't stand it!

- JP

Politico: Palin "grateful" for book's early success

With her forthcoming book already the top seller at both Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com, Politico's Andy Barr was told by "a Palin source" that the former governor "is very grateful" for the strong early sales:

"This book has taken off like a rocket," the source said.

Another source, this one in the publishing business, told Politico:

"[I] cannot remember a non-fiction book taking off like this in the pre-order market. It became number one only a couple of hours after nothing more than a date announcement. It is truly unprecedented."

Sarah's supporters seem to be the only ones who aren't surprised by the response to her book...



Another quote from Barr's article:

"Much of the 400-page book is based on journals Palin kept during her vice-presidential run."

Some former McCain campaign aides should be afraid... very afraid. 

- JP

How to pwn a moonbat misogynist

JammieWearingFool shows how it's done:

When last heard from, Andrew Sullivan was trying to finagle out his marijuana bust on Cape Cod. That provided enough amusement. Now the deranged former "conservative" with the very unhealthy obsession over Sarah Palin is shocked -- shocked! -- Mrs. Palin managed to churn out a 400-page book in a scant four months. I think his problem is it will be a huge bestseller, far outpacing anything he could ever dream of.

Let me guess. Is Sullivan planning a book compilation chronicling the past year's bizarre, incoherent ramblings about Trig Palin?

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Whatever the case, these upcoming 400 page probably give new meaning to Sullivan's pathetic existence. Look at all the fresh material there will be for him to obsess over.

Maybe when he's done with that he can check up on who the ghostwriter for Barack Obama's books [was].

Sativa Sully is one of those nasty atheists who is not content to simply not believe in God, live and let live.  No, he's a pot-smoking amateur gynecologist who is driven to trash those who do. Since Sullivan is so fond of using the term "Christianist," it shouldn't bother him to be called a homosexualist, then, should it?

- JP

Rush on Sarah's book: 'I hope she sells five million copies'

Here are some excerpts from today's transpcript of The Rush Limbaugh Show:

RUSH: I have lost my temper, which I don't like doing, when people on our side start parroting the Drive-By Media and Democrat Party version of Sarah Palin. "Oh, I hope -- I hope she's not our nominee. Oh, no! I mean, she's an idiot. Why, did you see her Katie Couric interview? She needs to study up on the issues."

For crying out loud, do you people not understand what all that means? I have been for a couple of years -- well, a year, ever since McCain chose her. I have been pointing out that the Democrat Party and the media will tell us who they fear most -- and they're not afraid of Huckabee, and they're not afraid of Mitt Romney and they're not afraid of Rudy Giuliani. But they have gone out of their way to destroy Sarah Palin. They have gone out of their way to destroy me. The sound bite roster today is half me in the Drive-By Media yesterday. Half me! I hope Sarah Palin sells five million copies of her book. It's going to be interesting to see just what connection she does have with the voting base, conservatives and Republicans. I hope she sells five million copies. I hope it does great. It will be interesting to see because that will just send them into an even greater tizzy on the left.

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Now, I'm not a Republican, in terms of I'm a conservative first, and I'm certainly not elected to anything. We shouldn't let them set the agenda 'cause that constantly puts us on the defensive. It's offense, offense, offense, offense. And that's why the Sarah Palin thing was so obvious to me. There was one particular time, there were some people that started talking to me, and these are Republicans first, but they're also conservatives, but they're Republicans first with electoral politics on their minds, winning elections is the important thing to them. Which, of course, is not bad, but how you win them and what you're going to do after you do so is just as important to me. And to sit there and accept the premise put forth by everybody on the left that Sarah Palin is an idiot just offended the hell out of me. She was the only one that excited anybody on the Republican side at all during the presidential ticket.

Now, the press would love to have some stupid, uh, the press would love to have some old line moderate Republican running the show like McCain. By the way, a Rasmussen poll out today: 61% of Arizona Republicans say McCain out of touch with the party base. Well, duh. It's an important poll for him because he's running for reelection. Sixty-one percent of Arizona Republicans say that McCain is out of touch with the party base. Here comes Sarah Palin, she does the Katie Couric interview; she's being made fun of on Saturday Night Live all over the place by Tina Fey. I was on Barbara Walter's top ten personalities of the year, whatever it was last year, and Tina Fey was on the list because of her imitation of Palin. Tina Fey made the top Ten Most Fascinating People of the Year because of her impersonation of Palin. Why not put Palin in there? I mean without Palin being on the scene Tina Fey wouldn't have had somebody to impersonate to make Barbara Walters' top ten list. But it just really irritated me. It happened, I can't tell you, even through the spring and summer of this year, "I don't think we can have Palin, Rush," because everybody thinks that what the press says about somebody seals the deal. "Rush, the press has already destroyed her."

No they haven't. They're trying to. Why are you going to let them? Don't you understand that's who they're scared to death of when they go after her and they go after her children? Some of the most despicable things -- the Democrats want to lecture us about civility?

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One of the most frustrating things to me to this day, despite the weakened state, despite the obvious, journalism is dead as we've known it, despite the fact that they're in the tank, so many people on our side are still worried what the New York Times says. Still worried about what is on the evening news as though we gotta conquer that before we'll ever succeed, you gotta get the New York Times to like our candidates; we gotta get the Main Street press to like our candidates. It's never going to happen. We set ourselves up for constant failure if that becomes the way we validate ourselves. I get sick and tired of the defensive nature of this. So we have to sit here and listen to people, "Sarah Palin, some idiot there, Sarah Palin, her books, do you think she'll out sell you?" I hope so. It would be fascinating to see.

- JP

Sarah Palin's Book Now Available for Pre-Order

Going Rogue: An American Life is now available for pre-order from Barnes & Noble (here) and Amazon.com (here). The book has been climbing up the Barnes & Noble 100 since it became available for pre-order Tuesday morning, and it's already at #2. 

We ordered ours from B&N, which has the publisher's book jacket blurb on its page:

Sarah Palin burst onto the political scene at the height of the 2008 presidential campaign and overnight became a national sensation. Adored by the right, bitterly reviled by the left, she is the most polarizing figure to emerge in American politics in decades. Yet for all the dirt digging and gossip that has surrounded her, very little is actually known about who she is, what she believes, and above all, about her plans for the future. In her new book, Sarah Palin tells the story of her Alaskan upbringing, her marriage and family life, her political career, her religious beliefs, and her meteoric rise to national prominence. With her customary blunt common sense, she sets the record straight about the many myths and lies that have been spun around her and lays out her vision for an America that is strong, independent, and free.

We don't think the initial printing of 1.5 million copies will be sufficient to satisfy demand, so if you want a copy, pre-ordering should guarantee that you won't have to wait for a second printing to get yours.

h/t: Whitney at The Palination

Update: Less than two days in pre-order, and Sarah's book is already #1 at B&N and #2 at Amazon.com.

- JP

Going Rogue: An American Life - on shelves Nov. 17th.

Yep, Sarah's book is finally done, about to go to the printers and coming to a bookstore near you!

Per AP/Yahoo

The 400-page book is the first for Palin, who has been an object of fascination since Republican Sen. John McCain chose her as his running mate during his 2008 presidential bid. The book will be titled Going Rogue: An American Life.

A huge first printing of 1.5 million copies has been commissioned by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins.

Keep your eyes open for it, I have a feeling there will be a few more prints coming about.

- u

Updates...

Andrew Malcolm:

"Many in the mainstream media will also be eager to see how the Republican hockey mom praises them for their objective portrayals of her all last fall."

Allahpundit:

"Which avid audience will buy more copies, the Palin-lovers or the Palin-haters?"

Pamela Geller:

"I cannot wait.... watch the left grand mal seize. I love this!"

YankMcCain.com:

"It might be nice to read the thoughts of the person doing all the heavy lifting on the Republican side back then."

Ruby Slippers:

Wonkette writes:

'The title is… wait a second, we’re just getting our cyanide pill ready here, for when the post is over, because that’s what we’re going to do, take a cyanide pill…' 

Well don't let us stop you.

Mike Allen:

The phrase has its roots in an Oct. 20 story by Slate's John Dickerson, with the lead: "Has Sarah Palin 'gone rogue'?"

A little Star Wars trivia...

In Episode IV: A New Hope, as a pilot in the rebel forces, Luke Skywalker flew with "Red Squadron." By Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, that X-wing group had become known as "Rogue Squadron." In the Star Wars "extended universe" Rogue Squadron is prominently featured in a graphic novel series, a nine-volume paperback novel series, and several video games. The unit is depicted as consisting of "the best pilots and the best fighters."

Sarah Palin is a rebel and the best fighter against the Obamanation.

- JP

Lynn Vincent will team with Sarah Palin on book

From the WORLD Magazine websitecomes word that publishing house HarperCollins announced today that 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has selected Lynn Vincent to be the co-author of Gov. Palin's first book. According to Politico, Vincent was chosen by Gov. Palin, after consulting with attorney Robert Barnett, from a list more than 30 applicants, including "top names in the field."

Lynn Vincent is Features Editor for WORLD Magazine and the best-selling author of a number of books, including Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party and The Blood of Lambs: A Former Terrorist's Memoir of Death and Redemption. but according to WORLD:

Her most popular collaboration, Same Kind of Different As Me (Thomas Nelson, 2006), tells the remarkable story of Ron Hall, a wealthy white art dealer, and Denver Moore, an illiterate homeless black man, as their lives converge unexpectedly. The book has sold nearly half a million copies and has stayed on the New York Times best-seller list for more than 59 consecutive weeks, including 29 weeks at No. 15 or above.

A list of Ms. Vincent's published writings is here.

WORLD Editor in Chief Marvin Olasky commented:

"Lynn has been WORLD’s best writer of action stories ranging from shots fired in a Texas church to raging fires on California hillsides. She combines guts and grace, as does Sarah Palin, so the book should be outstanding."

Vincent will take a leave of absence from WORLD to work with Gov, Palin on her memoir, as the author's collaboration will require that she spend a considerable amount of time with the governor in Alaska. According to Politico, Sarah Palin "has already written 20,000 words on her own."

h/t: Free Republic

- JP