Palin finishes memoir, 'Going Rogue,' out Nov. 17

[Starbucks Anarchist]

Source: Associated Press

NEW YORK — That was fast.

Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, has finished her memoir just four months after the book deal was announced, and the release date has been moved up from the spring to Nov. 17, her publisher said.

"Governor Palin has been unbelievably conscientious and hands-on at every stage, investing herself deeply and passionately in this project," said Jonathan Burnham, publisher of Harper. "It's her words, her life, and it's all there in full and fascinating detail."

Palin's book, her first, will be 400 pages, said Burnham, who called the fall "the best possible time for a major book of this kind."

The book now has a title, one fitting for a public figure known for the unexpected — "Going Rogue: An American Life."

(more at link)

Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jlxDCO3o2Lipkwnit2WjvF0TCa5gD9B0JI181

[Justitia]

1. Those are some fast ghosts! Then again, pretty thin plot lines. -eom

[marmar]

2. The Scratch 'N Sniff version will be out before Christmas

nt

[Mz Pip]

12. Ewwwww

but the Freeper will love that...

[johnfunk]

29. Skank you very much for that mental image!

:evilgrin::

[Ikonoklast]

25. I know that woman will do anything for money, and I mean anything, but.

I'm not going to ask if she's going to be selling her underwear on eBay.



I'm not going to do it.

[HughBeaumont]

59. That's . . . that's . . . . damn.

:rofl:

Bust out the Brillo pads!

[LeftyMom]

3. Just in time for flvegan's birthday!

He's going to kill me. :rofl:

[WCGreen]

7. I'm sure he will love it...

:evilgrin:

[LeftyMom]

16. As long as the center photo section flips out.

[WCGreen]

47. Ewwwww

[HughBeaumont]

60. And it's pop-up. Or comes with 3-D glasses.

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[lapfog_1]

4. Code for "Going Commando"

A pubic life in pictures.

[tooeyeten]

38. my thought exactly

[Pharlo]

75. Yep,

Sarah Palin + 4 months from deal to release = 1 page introduction and 399 pages of pictures.

Took her a couple of days to update her 'model portfolio' then the rest of the time was spent with the ghost writers trying to make sense of the gibberish she spewed out.

It'll probably inspire a whole new arena of conservative literature. I can see her acolytes scribing memoirs and opinion pieces in a vain pursuit of the coveted 'Palin Pulitzer' where coherence is a chimera and pictures are germaine.

[kestrel91316]

5. My name for it: Toilet Paper.

[dipsydoodle]

11. I was thinking

it might be ok for wedging a door open.

[islandmkl]

it could have been released sooner...

but Todd kept shaking the etch-a-sketch...

[Mad_Dem_X]

69. !

:spray:

[katandmoon]

6. Intersting timing -- yesterday Fox footage showing her NOT pregnant 10 days before "giving birth"

resurfaced, proof beyond a shadow of a doubt that Palin never gave birth to Trig on April 18, 2008, as she falsely claims, today the publication date of her fake autobio is moved forward. Coincidence? Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

[katanalori]

9. BINGO! n/t

[goclark]

8. That's the title for someone that wants to be President?

:shrug:

Did I miss something?

[Journeyman]

33. Rogue: 1) "a dishonest or unprincipled person". . .

2) "a person whose behavior one disapproves of but who is nonetheless likable or attractive (often used as a playful term of reproof)"

3) "an elephant or other large wild animal driven away or living apart from the herd and having savage or destructive tendencies"

4) "a person or thing that behaves in an aberrant, faulty, or unpredictable way"

5) "an inferior or defective specimen among many satisfactory ones, esp. a seedling or plant deviating from the standard variety."

Synonyms:

1 a rogue without ethics scoundrel, villain, miscreant, reprobate, rascal, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, wretch; informal rat, dog, louse, crook; dated cad; archaic blackguard, picaroon, knave.

2 your boy's a little rogue rascal, imp, devil, monkey; informal scamp, scalawag, monster, horror, terror, hellion.


Yep. That's the type of person every non-thinking fool wants for President.

[goclark]

40. Does "Lil Sarah have a thing going with "Lil Mike Steele?

She is crazy!

[Mad_Dem_X]

70. Perfect title.

The definition fits her to a T.

[Demeter]

86. I THINK She Meant "Rouge"---Makeup Tips Included!

[Tempest]

10. This quote just screams ghostwriter

"Governor Palin has been unbelievably conscientious and hands-on at every stage..."

[XemaSab]

17. You nailed it

Why else would they say that someone was "hands-on" in writing their own damn autobiography? :P

[Stevenmarc]

13. Was, Quitting : An American Life, already taken?

[nolabear]

14. I gather "Going Rouge" was taken.

[unc70]

46. My initial thought, too. Has a lot of possible subtitles involving various makeup, etc.

This should play well on late night.

[ScottLand]

15. And it's only $1500 for a signed copy,

signed over dinner, of course. That was so fast, you might think someone else wrote it! Is the foreword still going to be by M.A. Verick?

[Thor_MN]

18. It's spelled "rouge". I would expect a beauty contest contender to know that...

[MaineDem]

19. I hear "Going Rogue" and I think Tina Fey

Her "first book"? Probably the first she's read because there's no way she wrote this.

[Journeyman]

30. First thing I thought of, too -- Fey as Palin working the Home Shopping Network . . .

"Hey, c'mere . . . I'm going rogue! Don't tell McCain, at least not until after the election."

[Stumbler]

20. Who's that for, anyway?

We know most of her supporters don't read in the first place, let alone a 400-page tome. As for me, I think I'll wait for the film version, or the Lifetime miniseries adaptation...

[stray cat]

21. DID she write any of it?

[SemperEadem]

22. probably not... when she learned she'd have to use a pen or a computer

instead of Piper's crayons, she quit on that and hired ghost writers.

She had to use ghost writers--there's no way it could have been published without someome else writing it for her. Her use of English is abominable.

[edwardian]

58. Don't you m,ean

abominatious?

[WestSeattle2]

23. Gosh, I hope Amazon rushes a copy to my mailbox. n/t

[Mr. Sparkle]

24. I hope she wrote it herself, word for word. I might end up buying a copy if she has.

If her resignation speech is anything to go by, it should be a great read. Step aside Noam Chomsky. ;)

[progressiveGI]

26. The first order is supposedly for 1.5 million books

That many people are expected to read what Palin has written - ????

who are these people??

[daleo]

39. Ghost-readers. n/t

[hyphenate]

42. The same people

who help our lil Ms. Coulter--they buy up all the remainders (and there are usually quite a few!) and hand them out at different group gatherings. Though I think Pat Robertson might even pause before shelling out significant money for Palin.

[HughBeaumont]

61. Think "Amway" or "Wal-Mart".

:)

[WestSeattle2]

66. Or the RNC....

[HughBeaumont]

68. Oh God, they'll be issued like New Testaments there!

" :bounce: JOY 'N' RAPTER! We gawt the new SARAH! :bounce:"

:rofl:

[WestSeattle2]

88. Yup...send us $100 and we'll send ya words from Sarah...just

a backdoor way for them to line her pockets...

[TrogL]

82. Every Freeper church in the country

You will buy this book or else.

[GETPLANING]

27. No doubt, a team of ghostwriters

She couldn't write a book if her life depended on it

[IndianaGreen]

28. I would preferred 'I can see Russia from my house' as the title

I wonder if there is some artwork in the book made with crayons.

[Bozita]

31. Rich Lowry's purchase will likely be a bulk buy.

[laconicsax]

32. Who's going to read it to her when it comes out?

Marduk knows she can't read.

[Fearless]

34. See Spot run... Run Spot Run...

:rofl:

[Inuca]

35. Going rogue? I thought it's the Onion

Really.

[pitchforksandtorches]

36. She's the baby Ruth bar the RethugliKKKants threw in our pool!

[daleo]

37. The book will end suddenly, half way through

"I'm tired of this", states the author.

[Mad_Dem_X]

71. Haw!

The rest will be just blank pages. Too funny!

[hyphenate]

41. Number of pages doesn't mean

a thing. It's only got about 100 words, and the rest of the pages are filled with photos of the animals she has killed, and recipes for broiled moose.

[daleo]

43. It should be called "Going Nuts". n/t

[nolabear]

44. Just remember where the best seller list comes from!

It comes from orders from booksellers, not from sales. It's common to frontload something onto the best seller list in the hope that the attention it attracts there will generate sales. Expect to see it skyrocket, and it means nothing.

[BadGimp]

45. And in a related story Plain announces...

The Sarah Palin
Back To Crazy Tour 09

[tammywammy]

48. Isn't that supposed to be

"The Sarah Palin Continuation of Crazy Tour 09"

:P

[Quantess]

49. Crazy as a Wolf shot by a helicopter?

Crazy as Dontcha Know, Part II

[Divine Discontent]

50. Going Rogue??? Howza bout "Going #2", "Going Bonkers", "Going off the deep end", "Going for Broke",

"Going Going Please Let Her Be Gone!!!", and, "Going for the Gold! You Betcha!"

[bhikkhu]

51. "Good lord - now we have to read a book?"

"Can't we just listen to the radio?"

I can't see this as leading to much, given the limits of her fan-base.

[petronius]

52. Sure she did - someone ought to ask her how many chapter titles she can list

:rofl:

[Quantess]

54. "All of them".

:rofl:

[petronius]

56. Well played - I walked right into that...

:spray:

[Bozita]

85. "Fancy Pageant Walking" - Betcha she remembers that one.

[EndersDame]

53. I always need back up toliet paper

[Rex]

55. Wow, they are moving the Palinbot up the schedule by a lot.

Must be desperation.

[edwardian]

57. The inane antics of

a political Lady GaGa. A better title for the book might be "Going Broke: The Real Reason For This Book". I find it hilarious that they need to hammer home the point that this ghostwritten fantasy account of Gov. Jingo's borderline political dilettantism is "...hands-on at every stage,...It's her words, her life, and it's all there in full and fascinating detail."
..."the best possible time for a major book of this kind." (You betcha!)

Who writes this stuff? Casper?

[truthisfreedom]

62. Rogue: Definition...

Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition:

1 : vagrant, tramp
2 : a dishonest or worthless person : scoundrel
3 : a mischievous person : scamp
4 : a horse inclined to shirk or misbehave
5 : an individual exhibiting a chance and usually inferior biological variation

[gorbal]

63. This is great.

I don't think I am going to be able to avoid at least flipping through it in the bookstore for a laugh.

John Stewart and Co are going to have a field day with all the material she is offering them.

[mikeytherat]

64. If Sarah actually wrote it herself, 399 pages will be blank.

And Page One will read:

"I'm Sarah Palin and, oh, screw this. I quit. I'm outta here."

mikey_the_rat

[sakabatou]

65. OMG she didn't quit!

[Hubert Flottz]

67. "My Struggle"

'The Rise And Fall Of A Barbarian Barbie'

'Mein KKKrotch'

[tanyev]

72. Can the promotion tour be far off?

This could get very entertaining.

[PRETZEL]

73. As only the Mudflats can put it,

http://www.themudflats.net/2009/09/28/the-real-story-behind-the-rogue-in-sarah-palins-new-book/

Is Regnery Press now part of Harper-Collins?

I guess some people will find it interesting?

I just might read it for the humor. Four hundred pages just to say nothing.

[Autumn]

74. I wonder who wrote it? n/t

[hatrack]

76. Here's a suggested alternative title - "Going Home: Taking My Ball And Leaving"

:puke:

[Javaman]

77. That's a lot of crayons. nt

[KansDem]

78. "Going Rogue?" As in "rogue elephant?"

...cute.

And how about this sentence from the article:
...finished her memoir just four months after the book deal was announced." Yeah, right...:eyes:

[goodboy]

79. 400 pages? Does that include pop up pictures, and mazes? (nt)

[hamsterjill]

80. Chapter One: I am born!

Chapter Two: I run for Vice President.

Chapter Three: I lose, but damn I thought I looked good.

Chapter Four: I get all meeeaaaavericky.

Chapter Five: A turkey steals the spotlight from me.

Chapter Six: No one wants to have dinner with me, so I gotta put out this stupid book so they don't forget me! Wah! Wah! I wanna be President!!! I wanna be President!!! Pretty please. I think I would look good in the rose garden!

[bamacrat]

81. I bet it's a popup book isn't it?

Completely with a mavericky coloring section and it ends not because it's over but because it gotten too hard to finish. What with punctuation being a liberal scare tactic.

[LeftishBrit]

83. 'Going Rogue'! Well, at least she chose a surprisingly appropriate title!

[fascisthunter]

84. her title should read, "The Life and Legacy of a Dumbass Sociopath"

[DebbieCDC]

87. Maybe she'll read the audio books version

Can you imagine that voice through your iPod headphones???

:puke:

[Arrowhead2k1]

89. She's no rogue! Everything she says and believes falls right in line with Rethuglican ideology.

Give me a break. She's just an idiot!