It looks like ex-Governor Palin's almost shotgun son-in-law, Levi Johnston, was right when he told a news conference this past July that "he heard the governor several times say how nice it would be to take advantage of the lucrative deals that were being offered, including a reality show and a book. "I think the big deal was the book. That was millions of dollars," Johnston said.
Sarah the Quitter now has her lucrative book deal. I'm not sure what happened to the reality show. From my sources in the industry, I understand that Palin and Michele Bachmann considered a collaborative effort, called Dancing With the Wingnuts, but couldn't sell it to any of the networks. And she certainly isn't winning friends and influencing people as a prospect on the lecture circuit:
"Sarah Palin is said to have pocketed a $7 million advance for the 400-page memoir she turned in four months early, but she might not have such an easy time on the lecture circuit.
After quitting as governor of Alaska in July, Palin signed with the top-notch Washington Speakers Bureau, which also reps George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Condoleezza Rice, hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger, LA Dodgers manager Joe Torre and magician David Blaine.
Palin's bookers are said to be asking for $100,000 per speech, but an industry expert tells Page Six: "The big lecture buyers in the US are paralyzed with fear about booking her, basically because they think she is a blithering idiot."
Can't imagine how anyone got that impression. It's all Katie Couric's fault (that damned librul media and their "gotcha" questions).
"Palin is so uninteresting to so many groups -- unless they are interested in moose hunting," said our insider. "What does she have to say? She can't even describe what she reads."
Probably the same reason I can't describe how to perform open heart surgery.
Late update: According to unnamed sources, Palin is busy re-writing her book. When the publisher told her the title was "Going Rogue" she misread it and wrote 400 pages of makeup tips for beauty pageant contestants.
The dictionary defines "rogue" as "(noun) dishonest or unprincipled person; *jocular* mischievous person; wild fierce animal driven or living apart from herd; inferior or defective specimen."
So....is she admitting that she's dishonest, unprincipled, inferior and defective? (like we didn't already know?)
Or is she just so fucking stupid she thinks "rogue" is a compliment?
I vote for all of the above.
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ROFLMAO!! thanks for making me spill my morning tea lol.
Funny. The person that came to MY mind was "Tiny Tim" from "Laugh In".
I'd think a guy named "Hung" already had his "foot" in the door....so to speak.
Of course the absolute MOST celebrated person who was a celebrity solely BECAUSE she made herself one was Zsa Zsa Gabor.
When asked on Carson.."If an engaged man cancels the wedding, should the bride give back the ring."
The audience was surprised to hear Zsa Zsa answer..."Of course, as a lady, she should give back the ring.....Keep the diamond, but give back the ring."
I can't imagine anyone booking her to speak. But then again .. only in America can someone with No talent get the opportunity to flaunt their deficiencies.. reminds me of William Hung ( I think that was his name) on American Idol...ended up being really entertaining though.. and he milked it for all he could.. even landed some commercials.
I put her "on level" with Stockdale. Notch below Eagleton. Not nearly as good a quarterback as Jack Kemp but I hear a dam good hunter and skinner. Looks way better in skirt than Geraldine....Ferraro, not the Flip Wilson "Geraldine". She might come in second there.
bam3186 wrote: I wonder if McCain will ask for a cut of the advance as a "finders fee"?
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I am not so sure that McCain "found" her as much as she was "thrust" upon him. Let's remember, she was NOT on the short list. Or the long list even. Just HER list.
AstrosGirlKel wrote: They don't fact check books on the right. I dont think.
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That's funny. I like you more each day.
Lastly, you ladies are really givin' it to her.
Good for you.
I am not so sure that McCain "found" her as much as she was "thrust" upon him. Let's remember, she was NOT on the short list. Or the long list even.
I am not so sure that McCain "found" her as much as she was "thrust" upon him. Let's remember, she was NOT on the short list. Or the long list even.
I am not so sure that McCain "found" her as much as she was "thrust" upon him. Let's remember, she was NOT in the short list. Or the long list even.
Are they gonna have a picture of her on the front cover ? You know, one of those pictures that when you turn it just so the picture changes in some aspect. I would guess that it will show her winking at you. After all, she is pulling a big joke on us.
I heard this morning that a lot of Washington insiders are saying that her title "Going Rouge" title means she has decided NOT to seek higher office. I think she will be calling out a lot of people as I mentioned before and burning bridges perhaps. Scott is right, she is washed up so to speak. Will milk it for what she can and then hopefully disappear into the wilds of Alaska.
Funny thing but I was talking with my friend from church and he was pedaling the "the liberals drove her out of office because of all of the ethics challenges". All I said is that she has a lot of options on things she can do now. It was as innocuous as I could muster in the moment.
When we throw all of the insults aside we come the realization that she will be Dan Quayle in about a year. If you recall, he wrote his own book too. Heck, Quayle at least became vice president for crying out loud. The better debate will be to see where she ranks on the Eagleton, Stockdale, Agnew pantheon of vice presidential candidates and actual vice presidents.
They don't fact check books on the right. I dont think.
She'd probably have better luck on the lecture circuit if they gave her a pole instead of a podium.
I think the book is mostly a bunch of fluff, nothing too revealing or much of interest although she probably has some good insight and gossip about the inner workings of a GOP presidental campaign. She will probably take some stabs at John McCain, Levi and all those pesky reporters who cruxified her during the campaign. Probably not a lot of intellectual commentary or discussion of domestic and international political issues. It will be a quick best seller simply because she is a hot topic right now and people are interested in what she might have to say. Likely within nine months or so you can pick up a copy in the Barnes and Noble bargain bin.
She can go to China, and speak, and it's closed to the press.
Here -- it would be more difficult to keep what she says, and for how much --- a secret for very long.
One and one/half million copies of her book.
Well..... I guess there are that many people out there who would buy it..... but if they are that stupid, you reckon they can read it??
Looking forward to the book's publication. Fact checking will be intense and, of course, we all know how much Sarah Palin's world diverges from the facts.
And I suspect the speaking agencies are right - other than a group of right wing whack jobs, what group would actually pay money to listen to her? No mainstream U.S. business or civic group is going to look like a bunch of fools by paying her money to rant.
If Harper Collins can afford to give her a $7mil advance and do a run of 1.5 million copies, they must know something we don't know. Or don't know something we do know.
This idiot is the never ending boil on the butt of humanity. I predict in less than one year after the *you betcha* debut of her book we will find it on the shelves in the local dollar store right by the connect the dots coloring books!
The dictionary defines "rogue" as "(noun) dishonest or unprincipled person; *jocular* mischievous person; wild fierce animal driven or living apart from herd; inferior or defective specimen."
So....is she admitting that she's dishonest, unprincipled, inferior and defective? (like we didn't already know?)
Or is she just so fucking stupid she thinks "rogue" is a compliment?
I vote for all of the above.
I wonder if McCain will ask for a cut of the advance as a "finders fee"?
Pig!! No, I am so sorry -- TURKEY!!! God, this woman is just too much! What a freakin' joke -- and sadly, the joke may be on all of us...
Maybe it's just me, but it seems like you wouldn't get the full "Palinized" experience from any speech that she might make unless the venue also had a dunking booth, a petting zoo, turkey legs, funnel cakes, maybe a guy who will guess your weight for a dollar and one of those things you hit with the mallet and try to ring the bell at the top.