People reluctant to book Palin for speaking engagements because ‘they think she is a blithering idiot.’
People reluctant to book Palin for speaking engagements because ‘they think she is a blithering idiot.’
Since Sarah Palin resigned as Alaska’s governor, she has signed on with the Washington Speakers Bureau, hoping to cash in on her fame. While Palin did do one speech — to mixed reviews — in Asia recently, she is reportedly having trouble getting booked for more:
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.”
Many big lecture venues are subscription series, “and they don’t want to tick people off,” said our source. “Palin is polarizing, and some subscribers might cancel if she’s on the lineup.” Other lecture buyers are universities, which have a leftist slant, and corporations, which dislike controversy.
“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.“
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People reluctant to book Palin for speaking engagements because ‘they think she is a blithering idiot.’
Imagine that…
September 30th, 2009 at 12:04 pmThat’s the first big reason I wouldn’t book her,
but, additionally, there are so many more, also too.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:06 pmThey are going about it the wrong way, it’s time she got an agent who sells crazy Sara as a comedy act.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:06 pmShe is a blithering idiot.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:07 pmThe winks aren’t seductive enough anymore. Maybe if she added a strip-tease to her speeches, she might get more bookings. Maybe.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:07 pmBut, but, but she is all rogue now.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:08 pmShe only draws in the horny teabaggers and idiot pseudo-feminists.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:08 pm32,
7,
Hike.
Is Sarah Palin a blithering idiot or just a blathering idiot?
September 30th, 2009 at 12:09 pmSarah ought to be booked alright, but for her corruption and criminality as Governor of Alaska. When are the inditements (sic) coming down?
Nothing but a shit-stained empty burlap bag with tits.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:09 pmDang it, that moose extraordinaire’, Mz. Caribooboo Barbie, was told to hold on to her day job, but would she listen? Oh no. She just knew she could draw a crowd on the rubber chicken circuit. Now she cain’t even get a rube into the sideshow tent next to the cootchy dancers…
September 30th, 2009 at 12:09 pmThe big lecture buyers in the US are paralyzed with fear about booking her, basically because they think she is a blithering idiot.”
If it looks like a duck and it walks like a duck…
September 30th, 2009 at 12:09 pmLooks like we have a Palin lover lurking. :-D
September 30th, 2009 at 12:09 pmSarah Palin is really only good as a dispenser of red meat to a snarling, rabid crowd. And she can really only do that if somebody else writes the speech (when she tries to do it herself, it’s just fodder for The Daily Show).
She isn’t inspirational. She doesn’t have worthwhile new ideas. She doesn’t provoke the intellect. And (once the novelty of listening to somebody this ill-informed wears off) she’s not even interesting.
Unless somebody has a wingnut crowd they want to get fired up, I don’t see a niche for Palin in this arena.
Tina Fey as Sarah Palin could probably get more bookings.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:10 pmHere, trollie, trollie, trollie! Come out from under your bridge, little vote-down coward.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:10 pmWhat could this very mediocre woman possibly say that everyone everywhere hasn’t thought of already?
September 30th, 2009 at 12:10 pmCould Sarah even spell “blithering”?
September 30th, 2009 at 12:10 pmNice to see the Post sum her up so aptly.
By now, most of her “supporters” are either justifiably frightened of the prospect that she might have been President, or are Machieavellian enough to believe she would be incredibly easy to manipulate to further a far-right social and foreign policy agenda.
Either way…
Blithering Idiot.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:11 pmHey, maybe she’d get more work if she offered herself up as a Tina Fey impersonator…
September 30th, 2009 at 12:11 pmPeople reluctant to book Palin for speaking engagements because ‘they think she is a blithering idiot.’
– - Rich Lowry and Bill Kristol could listen to Palin recite the phone book and little starbursts would appear before their eyes.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:11 pm$100K a hit? WTF? Are they insane? (don’t even try. we already know the answer. snarkity doo dah snarkity day…)
September 30th, 2009 at 12:12 pmwell, missmolly, I guess I owe you a coke… (sigh)…
September 30th, 2009 at 12:12 pmToo bad the lurker trollie doesn’t have more friends to help vote us down. :D
September 30th, 2009 at 12:14 pmThis hurts to say, but I’d rather listen to/see, Michelle Bachman.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:14 pmlonesome little downvoter,
prolly the same troll, maybe Slappy, who once offered the conjecture that we are “afraid” of Mrs. Surrender.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:14 pmMoose-humper.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:14 pmDNFP and PatrioticLiberalChristian,
The woman is a trainwreck, a stooge, and has no right being elected to town council in Wasilla.
I voted both of ya down for attacking Palin’s gender, not the fact that she’s an abyssmal failure.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:15 pmmaybe it’s Greta Van Sustern(sp?)?
September 30th, 2009 at 12:16 pmHuh. Apparently, there IS a real Palin supporter on this thread voting others down, too.
That bastard.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:16 pmAIO says:
This hurts to say, but I’d rather listen to/see, Michelle Bachman.
Ouch!
September 30th, 2009 at 12:16 pmAIO says: But, but, but she is all rogue now
That’s how she pronounces it but I think she means “rouge” .
September 30th, 2009 at 12:17 pmShe quit the governorship to cash in on her fifteen minutes of fame – but it only turned into a minute and a half.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:17 pmPeople reluctant to book Palin for speaking engagements because ‘they think she is a blithering idiot.’
– - She “wrote” her book as thoroughly as she wrote her speech in Hong Kong. The book was written by a hardcore Christianist; the speech by a hardcore neocon. She remains the hood ornament for a marketing campaign that now passes for the conservative movement.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:17 pmwow somebody finally told the truth about ms. palin
September 30th, 2009 at 12:17 pmWasilla the meth capital of Alaska?
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/030805/sta_20050308002.shtml
Would explain A LOT about the trolls.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:17 pmMight as well play with the phantom troll –
how much on topic mileage does this thread have in it, anyway?
One thing for certain, it’s not William F. Buckley’s ghost.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:18 pmSo i hope the IRS is following that 100K.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:18 pmAIO says:
This hurts to say, but I’d rather listen to/see, Michelle Bachman.
– - Oh, you prefer watching a train wreck to an airplane crash.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:19 pmI can see the trollie now: tears and snot running down it’s crusty chin, Palin posters covering the walls, suspiciously sticky carpet under the computer desk, restraining orders nailed to the door, weeping and wailing against all the well-deserved contempt Palin receives.
Awwww…
September 30th, 2009 at 12:20 pm33.
And Huck’s gotta be feeling left out. Before Palin hit, he was the Christianists golden boy. They just couldn’t figure out how an athletic (at the time), folksy pastor who believes the constitution should be changed to reflect evangelical “christianity” could fail to win the Presidency!
September 30th, 2009 at 12:20 pmI voted both of ya down for attacking Palin’s gender, not the fact that she’s an abyssmal failure.
“Waaaaaah.”
You’re saying a man can’t have tits?
I dunno…
September 30th, 2009 at 12:20 pmthat should’ve been “32″ in my last post. Rats.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:20 pmthey think she is a blithering idiot.” Duh!!!
She is also dishonest, she quit being Governor because she wanted to cash in on her fame with the ignorant religious hicks before they forgot about her.
And those same morons would still vote for her for President.
Just goes to show how stupid people can be.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:21 pmEnnuiDivine says: DNFP and PatrioticLiberalChristian,I voted both of ya down for attacking Palin’s gender, not the fact that she’s an abyssmal failure.
BS! I attacked HER abuse of her gender (i.e. “the seductive wink” lead in to my comment) as a substitute for any substantive leadership she has shown.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:21 pmPalin linked to death threats against Obama
WASHINGTON: The defeated Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been blamed by the Secret Service for provoking a spike in death
threats against US President-elect Barack Obama.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3691429.cms
September 30th, 2009 at 12:22 pmWhat do you expect from someone who “pals around” with communists?
September 30th, 2009 at 12:22 pm44 should make the trolls heads explode….
September 30th, 2009 at 12:23 pm“The big lecture buyers in the US are paralyzed with fear about booking her, basically because they think she is a blithering idiot.”
Yes. This is true. She is, without any doubt, a blithering idiot.
“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.“
She is only interesting to the Xian witchdoctor rapturists or dirty old white men leering at her torso area, somewhat.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:23 pm‘they think she is a blithering idiot.’
think = know
Anyhoo, Rupert Murdoch is the publisher of her book and they are having lots of copies printed because they believe it will be a big seller. I guess they’ll be buying them up and giving them to righties to make the numbers look good like they do with Mann Coulter.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:23 pmPalin is a failure as both a woman AND a human being.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:23 pmZooey, I’d vote you “UP” just for the image you projected.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:23 pmActually all the dumb-as* republicans where hoping she’d get elected so she and McCain could finish destroying the American style of government that Bush just couldn’t seem to complete.
He tried awfully hard though.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:23 pm“The calls about meth to children’s services in Wasilla accounts for as many as 40 percent of the agency’s total monthly child protection calls.”
September 30th, 2009 at 12:24 pmdingbat
September 30th, 2009 at 12:24 pmAfter they’re priced down to a dollar, I’ll buy twenty, duct tape them up and presto, a new anchor for the boat!
September 30th, 2009 at 12:24 pmSo whaling failing palin is not going to make it on the talk circuit,,,, so thats going to hurt went the repugs buy up the 1.5 million copy’s of her book. and no one will have her speak at any of there meetings.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:24 pm“The big lecture buyers in the US are paralyzed with fear about booking her, basically because they think she is a blithering idiot.”
“There is NOTHING about that statement I didn’t like!”
h/t to Professor Zoidberg: Whoop! Whoop! Whoop! Whoop! Whoop!
September 30th, 2009 at 12:25 pmI see you, lurking troll moron. Go ahead, vote me down again.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:26 pmIn fact, vote each of my posts down twenty or thirty times.
Ignore the error message, just keep voting down…
“The big lecture buyers in the US are paralyzed with fear about booking her, basically because they think she is a blithering idiot.”
The same can be said for Dumbya, no doubt.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:26 pmOur troll must be this guy.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:26 pmIntrepid — that article is a year old… but, others have picked up that mantle since Obama took office…
September 30th, 2009 at 12:26 pmRush, Glenn, Sean, etc.
Circus fun for all
September 30th, 2009 at 12:27 pmMemorable geek sideshow
Trilobite lecture
Talk about being slapped in the face by the blindingly obvious. Of course all I hear in the MSM is how she is doing great on the lecture circuit and has a good shot at running for Prez!…….LOL!!!!! AS IF!
September 30th, 2009 at 12:28 pmLet’s see, a 400 page book, minus about twenty pages for the title page, copyright, end panels etc… So we are left with 380 pages at approximately 200 words a page leaves a total of 76,000 words.
How many do you think Palin wrote?
A. All of it.
B. All except for the passages she accurately accredited (yeah right).
C. Some of it.
D. None of it.
If you guessed D you win!
September 30th, 2009 at 12:28 pmI wouldn’t want to be a blithering idiot today. To be compared to Palin would be the ultimate insult.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:29 pm#60
I’m wondering if the US MSM reported it. I never could find a US MSM article outside of the one I posted that reported it.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:29 pmmakete says:
September 30th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Thanks!
Notice that the troll still hasn’t actually defended his woman.
Weak…
September 30th, 2009 at 12:29 pmIntrepid says:
44 should make the trolls heads explode….
– - Let’s try and avoid sounding like Truther whackos. That’s some cheesy, sloppy, e-zine rag you linked to. A sample:
“We would expect federal authorities to uncover many more plots to attack the president that have been hatched by white supremacist ideologues,” warned Stratfor, a security and intelligence analysts.”
September 30th, 2009 at 12:29 pmHuckabee/Palin 2012!!!
“A squirrel in every popcorn popper, and one of Todd’s newly priced-to-move snow-machines in every garage!”
When you are shopping for crazy and stupid all in one place, look no further than the Republican Party! The county’s #1 retailer of the finest empty platitudes and unthinkable greed.
Remember the G.O.P. for all your recession-inducing needs!
September 30th, 2009 at 12:29 pmTo state the obvious, in addition to her ability to cohesively address a political topic, her recent pass leads me to ask:
If she has been booked, will she show up
September 30th, 2009 at 12:30 pm-or-
will she say she never made plans to attend ?
She’s the female version of Joe the Plumber.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:30 pmAlright…. Back to reversing the trolls in hiding vote downs.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:30 pmShayne says:
Our troll must be this guy.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Good god, that is disturbing. :|
September 30th, 2009 at 12:32 pmMaybe she needs a new wardrobe?
September 30th, 2009 at 12:32 pmI don’t see her running for president, it is too hard. She is out to make some easy dough and that is about all she is interested in. That her book comes out only two months after she quits the Governors office, says she is trying to cash in. I wonder who wrote it? The radical right will be upset when she doesn’t run.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:32 pmFrom Intrepid’s link at 44. Good to see it wasn’t all in our heads.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
C’mon trolls. Keep voting us down. There’s more of us then you in here. Your attempts are futile.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
September 30th, 2009 at 12:33 pmHow could she write a book when she doesn’t even read any?
September 30th, 2009 at 12:35 pm***
“Palin’s bookers are said to be asking for $100,000 per speech…”
does that include a lap dance?
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September 30th, 2009 at 12:35 pm- – Palin’s book is already #3 on Amazon’s book list:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0909/Palin_already_a_bestseller.html
I wonder how long before she’ll claim she was misquoted in a book she “wrote.”
September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pmgosh – what happened to that 950-1000 offers she’d been extended? – you know, those her mouthpiece bragged to the world about???
i guess all the fundie gun nuts thought she’d show up at their annual weenie roasts out of the goodness of her heart.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pmP R I C E L E S S !
Seriously, was Tina Fey writing for her all along????
September 30th, 2009 at 12:37 pmBecause AEI and Heritage are buying them all up by the truckload to give away as premiums to their credulous subscribers.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:37 pmRich H says:
How could she write a book when she doesn’t even read any?
I’m skeptical if she can actually read.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:37 pm.
She’s like that 1937 show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms: Johnny One Note :
Johnny could only sing one note And the note he sings was this Ah!
Poor Johnny one-note sang out with “gusto” And just overlorded the place Poor Johnny one-note yelled willy nilly Until he was blue in the face For holding one note was his ace
Couldn’t hear the brass Couldn’t hear the drum He was in a class By himself, by gum!
She shot her wad in Hong Kong by having such a poor speech.
She’s Sarah One Note
September 30th, 2009 at 12:38 pmmissmolly says:
Sarah Palin is really only good as a dispenser of red meat to a snarling, rabid crowd. And she can really only do that if somebody else writes the speech (when she tries to do it herself, it’s just fodder for The Daily Show).
Can you imagine what her poor ghost writer went through trying to get the book out. That person deserves combat pay!
September 30th, 2009 at 12:39 pmWiz says:
I don’t see her running for president, it is too hard. She is out to make some easy dough and that is about all she is interested in….
Exactly; plus she knows that she can’t win.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:40 pmIf she had run and won as POTUS she wouldnt run a second time as then she would have been a lame duck Pres. She would have quit after a few weeks cuz she would be a lame duck as she had already decided not to run for a second term. She is so lame…duck!
September 30th, 2009 at 12:40 pm“People reluctant to book Palin for speaking engagements because ‘they think she is a blithering idiot.’”
Gee, ya think?? Stay classy, Sarah.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:40 pmtombaker says:
– – Palin’s book is already #3 on Amazon’s book list:
Because AEI and Heritage are buying them all up by the truckload to give away as premiums to their credulous subscribers.
And when they can’t give them away, they will have them shredded rather than returning them for a refund just to keep her “sales” numbers up. I worked for a book publisher and once talked to a distributor who told me how it works. These folks buy pallets of her books before it is even published to push her up on the “best seller” list and then give them away. When they can’t give them away, they shred them. If the “best seller” lists relied simply on actual sales to a customer, very few right wing authors would be on any list.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:41 pmBadmoodman says:
I wonder how long before she’ll claim she was misquoted in a book she “wrote.”
September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Update to yesterday’s drinking game:
1. Every time Palin uses an exclamation point in her book — drink one.
2. Every time Palin claims she’s been misquoted in the book she “wrote” — drink two.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:41 pmShayne says:
From Intrepid’s link at 44. Good to see it wasn’t all in our heads.
We’re more intelligent than they are. That’s why.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:41 pmI want to say something witty here. But,
September 30th, 2009 at 12:45 pm“The big lecture buyers in the US are paralyzed with fear about booking her, basically because they think she is a blithering idiot.”
I think it sums her up nicely. I’m going to frame this article and hang it up at work.
Word is Caribou Barbie’s book has been written by a fundie type. I highly doubt she has the attention span needed to write more than a fold out flyer.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:46 pmAnybody who is dumb enough to buy her book probably can’t read. Catch 22.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:47 pmShe needs to do the Playboy spread she was offered before it’s too late.
That’s her only chance for real money and stardom.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:48 pmIf Palin goes to a book signing and autographs her book, how many words did she write?
Two.
This is just like Christmas.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:48 pmRupert Murdoch is the publisher. Probably supplied the ghost writer to disburse more of his pro-revolution propaganda.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:49 pmPoor Poor Sarah Palin,
One day Governor, next day bailin’.
No one wants to pay her fee to hear her speak insanity
save for Beck and golly gee, crazy sick Sean Hannity.
She needs the dough now doncha know
because her style don’t thrive in the snow!
Yup. Poor poor Ol’ Quittin’ Palin
Ragin’, Winkin’, Blinkin’,…
Failin’
September 30th, 2009 at 12:50 pmSome funnies from HuffPo regarding her “book.”
Palin’s Memoir Due in November; English Edition to Follow
Exclusive: The First Excerpt from “Going Rogue”
September 30th, 2009 at 12:54 pm***
i’m pasting a comment from politico here. it was posted in response to the palin story. I apologize because it is long but if you take the time to read it you’ll see in encapsulates every thing every troll from twajie to backup has ever had to say here all in one rambling paragraph. amazing.
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September 30, 2009 at 10:57 AM First of all just because you think she is stupid, does not make it so. Most on the left do not have a clue about her and her accomplishments. They have allowed the media, political pundits, and talk show hosts to create their opinion of Palin instead of taking the time to do their own research and draw their own opinion. Many people are just lazy. On the other hand, maybe it is because you are just so partisan that no matter what the circumstance you would still call her names and think she is an idiot. I am certain many on the left saw the Saturday night Skit with Tina Fey impersonating Palin and that helped them form their skewed opinion of her. Look at Speaker Pelosi; she is hailed as this wonderful madam speaker, who is so smart. She wrote a book, and it tanked. So, what does this all mean? Furthermore, if she is so brilliant why did her book not go to print with 1.5 million copies as Palin? The fact is you should not judge a book by its cover no more than you should judge a person without taking the time yourself to get to know more about them before passing judgment. Nobody knows how well her book will do, but I wish her well. Your comments prove the point in my post. The incivility from the left is out of fear and it is shocking. It only makes sense that the relentless attacks prove there is fear from the left and they think if they keep up the barrage of attacks on her it will destroy her and any political desires she may have in the future. You accuse me of being brainwashed and Fox and Rush tell me what to think and say. Have you ever bothered to watch Fox, or listen to Rush? Fox presents the facts; even though I disagree with them at times, I still keep an open mind. You can then decide for yourself. Rush is a conservative talk show host and his job is to present the facts that I do not seem to get from watching other news and media outlets. There is no indoctrination going on with Fox or Rush, it is a matter of having the facts presented to you, and then you decide, you make your own decision. I choose to remain open minded. How many networks do you have to watch that actually report as Fox does? How many actually do what Fox does, present both sides, and let you decide? I have watched all of them from the alphabets to the cable networks and they do not report fair and balanced. It is false reporting always slanted negatively towards the right and favorably towards the left. There is just no disputing this fact. I happen to think journalism is dead, as we have known it. Why are so many people turning into Fox, or on radio to Rush for their news and reporting and turning off all those other networks? They are tired of the biased reproting, and uncivil behavior. They want to hear both sides and not listen to biased reporting. The left wants no criticism no opposition or they become uncivil, they rant they say it is all lies, or it is racist blah, blah, people are getting turned off by this, they just want the truth and then want to decide for themselves what they want. If anyone parrots and is brainwashed and partisan, it is you and your friends on the left. You are the ones who appear to not have an open mind and incapable of deciding things for yourself.
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September 30th, 2009 at 12:54 pm100k for what? I rather hear Tina Fey for 100k.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:55 pmIt won’t be long before the EPA list her as the first subhuman, toxic Super Fund site.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:00 pmC’mon guys. Give Moose Boogers a break!
Alaska was not remote enough from Washington D.C., so she QUIT her ELECTED POST in order to CHANGE Washington from the outhouse, er, outside!
Just look at how much CHANGE the blathering idiot brought to the laundry list of wingnut talking points:
1. – – ?
Well, OK! NOTHING! OK! But you LBRULS won’t have enough quarters to beat a
September 30th, 2009 at 1:01 pmMoose Boogers / Batsht crazy 2012 table dance!
@ 59. Shayne says: Zooey says: I can see the trollie now: tears and snot running down it’s crusty chin, … Our troll must be this guy. September 30th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Bowaahahahahahaaaa
Maybe, just maybe, if we could tape Glenn Beck’s next nervous breakdown, he might be half as good as that kid. Nah. The Beckster doesn’t have the chops. Can’t stay in character and numerous other thesp-related flaws, apart from being a political arsewipe.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:02 pm@ 72. Zooey says: Shayne says: Our troll must be this guy.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:26 pm Good god, that is disturbing. :| September 30th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Nah, what would be disturbing, but even more laughable, is if it was Bill Kristol doing the rant. (heh gigasnark)
September 30th, 2009 at 1:06 pmmoose hunting
If shooting a moose from a helicopter is hunting then having a pregnant teenage daughter speak about abstinence is good policy.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:07 pm100 joe cantwell
Aha! The “diamond in the brute” apology in need of more polish.
There is another analogy about polishing something and then having the something smeared on the polisher.
What is that word?… tur… NOT.. sh… NOT… MAVERICK!
September 30th, 2009 at 1:07 pm100.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:07 pmI have to ask you a direct question, how do you read this garbage and feel like having an aneurysm? My head just about exploded halfway down the article.
Zooey says:
Update to yesterday’s drinking game:
1. Every time Palin uses an exclamation point in her book — drink one.
2. Every time Palin claims she’s been misquoted in the book she “wrote” — drink two.
Zooey, I’ll pass on rule #1 because I don’t want to become an alcoholic and, really, I don’t want to even see the cover of her book much less search for exclamation points.
I will, however, take on rule 2!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 30th, 2009 at 1:08 pmSorry, I meant NOT feel like having an aneurysm. See? It’s so ludicrous I can’t type properly.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:08 pm@ 81. DNFP says: P R I C E L E S S ! Seriously, was Tina Fey writing for her all along???? September 30th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Only during the campaign.
Rupert’s a tightfisted old editwhore & publishturd and he won’t pony up for that quality until Caribooboo Barbie turns a better trick for him.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:11 pmI guess one of the instructive sentences in that long hysterical conservative rant was this: “The incivility from the left is out of fear and it is shocking.”
This is a huge challenge for Americans. How can you really deal with an American who has witnessed the last couple of months and comes away from it thinking that the left’s “incivility” is shocking? That’s just nuts, plain and simple.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:13 pmI wonder if she still lists as one of her bs accomplishments being a part-time pta attender.
repugs would rather have in office a blithering idiot than an African-American scholar.
mooseyak is a joke like the rest of her party.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:14 pmWhen Palin goes clothes shopping, how many clothes did she buy?
None.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:15 pm@ 85. Bilbo Hussein Baggins says: missmolly says: Sarah Palin is really only good as a dispenser of red meat to a snarling, rabid crowd. And she can really only do that if somebody else writes the speech (when she tries to do it herself, it’s just fodder for The Daily Show)…. Can you imagine what her poor ghost writer went through trying to get the book out. That person deserves combat pay! September 30th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
When you do your duty in those circumstances stateside, even if it does include trips to the Northern Fish Camp (Alaska), it’s a hazardous duty allowance, not combat pay. The ghost writer will have to wait for Rupert’s Revolt & Righty Insurrection before he can draw combat pay at home.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:17 pmMaybe if she rocked a bigger Bump-It® they’d come crawling back.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:17 pm@ 95. dumbstruck says: She needs to do the Playboy spread she was offered before it’s too late. That’s her only chance for real money and stardom. September 30th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Nah, Playboy is off the table – her ratings are going in the dumpster. She’ll have to go for the Penthouse or Hustler shoot instead; perhaps Field & Stream’s Coogah of the Month?
September 30th, 2009 at 1:21 pmHey GOP idiots,
How’d the bimbo vote work out for ya’ll, hmmm?
September 30th, 2009 at 1:22 pmI believe that Sarah could do well selling sex toys on a late night infomercial. She could have a device named for her, perhaps an autographed model called “Twisted Sarah”, that would include a “rogue” setting in white only. Another model could be named “Oh God, It’s Todd”.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:24 pmMaybe we need to boycott all outlets run by Rupert Murdoch. After all we can’t stop watching Fox News. But we could stop watching all things Fox. Remember Murdoch took over 20th Century Fox and so all programs and movies produced by them could be boycotted.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:27 pmRupert Murdoch-Fox:
September 30th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Check this. It looks like Palin’s ghostwriter is battier than she is:
http://gawker.com/5371146/sarah-palins-ghostwriter-pals-around-with-racists-and-wackos?skyline=true&s=i
September 30th, 2009 at 1:29 pmYou almost have to feel sorry for the booking agencies who handle Republican speakers. There just aren’t that many truck pulls, corn and tater fests and Holy Jeebus picnics these days that are looking for comedy acts.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:48 pm…an industry expert tells Page Six:”…she is a blithering idiot.”
Jeez, it took an industry expert to figure that out?
September 30th, 2009 at 1:48 pmHmmm, there aren’t even any trolls on the “blithering idiot” thread. I guess you don’t have much spare time when you are trying to foment a military coup.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:52 pmJohn Warner:
You’ve got that right, the ghost author is a far right wing
nut case.
Sarah Palin’s Book Ghostwritten by Associate of White Supremacist McCain
September 30th, 2009 at 1:53 pmWell at 100k a pop it’s pretty obvious why she quit being govenor of Alaska which pays a measly 150k/year. So it was for the money eh girl? No surprise there.
September 30th, 2009 at 2:02 pmIs there any question why the American press was forbidden to cover her speech in China?
Too bad it didn’t work.
:(
September 30th, 2009 at 2:06 pmSara’s new book title:
‘A Tale of Two Titties’
September 30th, 2009 at 2:08 pm-Ghost written by Charles Dick’nsome
Blithering Idiots:
1. Sarah Palin (R)
2. Michele Bachmann (R)
3. Jim Inhofe (R)
4. George W. Bush (R)
5. Joe the (Dumb & Dumber) Plumber (R)
…
Anybody notice a tRend here?
September 30th, 2009 at 2:12 pmVirtual Pebble says:
She’ll have to go for the Penthouse or Hustler shoot instead; perhaps Field & Stream’s Coogah of the Month?
I think a nude centerfold in either Field & Stream or Guns & Ammo would be tasteful and appropriate.
September 30th, 2009 at 2:17 pmA ROGUE IDIOT????
EEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!! SAVE US!!!!
September 30th, 2009 at 2:18 pmSince Sara has decided rogue is the way to go she should just appear on national TV in pasties and G string and declare she is proud to be a C Street concubine.
That would be rogue.
September 30th, 2009 at 2:25 pmWhat took them so long? I knew she was a blithering idiot after two minutes of Googling her. And then she started talking, leading me to conclude that she’s stupider than I can even comprehend.
September 30th, 2009 at 2:32 pmThe conservative authors get bulk sales from the right wing organizations. This puts them on the best seller lists. The books sit in warehouses, the right wing orgs give to books to their contributors.
September 30th, 2009 at 2:44 pmWe all know Sarah’s not camera shy in the least; so, there had to be a good reason why she insisted that her China speech be closed to the media. Turns out there was! And it’s precisely what I suspected from the get go. She and her handlers — well, her handlers anyway — knew full well that if any of her “speech” were to escape, Sarah would be hard pressed to find another group stupid enough, or foolish enough, or just plain masochistic enough to hire her for another speaking gig.
September 30th, 2009 at 2:46 pmWell! The blithering idiots will pay to see her?
September 30th, 2009 at 2:56 pmYou got that right, Linus. About the only places with the cash and inclination to hear her speak would be megachurches. And I don’t see the Hagees of the world dipping into their swag for a moron like Bible Spice.
September 30th, 2009 at 2:57 pmBadmoodman says:
- – Palin’s book is already #3 on Amazon’s book list:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0909/Palin_already_a_bestseller.html
I wonder how long before she’ll claim she was misquoted in a book she “wrote.”
That doesn’t mean shit since we know repugs will buy pallets of book to boost numbers. She probably paid for her own books with her 100k.
Anyway, mann hit number 1 too.
September 30th, 2009 at 3:00 pmYes, it is obviously bulk sales. I mean, how many of her fans can read?
September 30th, 2009 at 3:07 pmshoeless says:
“Yes, it is obviously bulk sales. I mean, how many of her fans can read?”
read?!?! i’m guessing half of them are expecting pictures of her nekid. “gorsh! she’s purdy!“
September 30th, 2009 at 3:13 pmNow wait a minute….
I know several blithering idiots — they’re smarter than Palin.
September 30th, 2009 at 3:14 pmListen, if you guys can’t have any mercy towards Palin,
At least think of William Shatner. He had a blossoming career in reading Palin speeches. Now that career is ended before he even had the chance to put out Palins book as book on CD.
September 30th, 2009 at 3:18 pmSnowCritter,
Is it possible that your acquaintances are “babbling fools” rather than “blithering idiots”? The two are difficult to distinguish without a side by side comparison.
September 30th, 2009 at 3:22 pmhttp://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/9/30/788059/-90-year-old-ex-Alaskan-Gov-speaks-on-Palin
Interesting diary.
September 30th, 2009 at 3:31 pmLinus @ 136,
Who among her handler was genius enough to let her speak for 75 minutes? They would have done her a favor if they kept her remarks to 10 – 15 minutes.
No matter how “well” prepared she was you know she must have totally wandered off script at least a few dozen times.
As for me, I can usually tell a moron after they speak for 30 seconds or less.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:06 pm“basically because they think she is a blithering idiot.”
doing my best bette davis impersonation:
“butcha arh sarah, ya arh a blitherin’ idiot”
September 30th, 2009 at 4:07 pm$100,000 per speech are they joking? Nobody in their right mind would pay that much to see a woman who didn’t even govern Alaska for a full term.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:12 pmMathazar,
I just read your link. I wonder what happened to THAT republican party?
September 30th, 2009 at 4:30 pmI’d bet some folks are buying it to see if it is written in shrillshriek.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:37 pmNah, there are still plenty of folks out there who will buy her book and would gladly go to hear her speak. There is no shortage of rabid right-wingers who still believe Palin is a “real American” and speaks for them.
It’s unfortunate.
September 30th, 2009 at 5:56 pmYes, News Fox, it is idiotic.
September 30th, 2009 at 6:12 pmTrue, but idiotic.
shoeless says:
Yes, it is obviously bulk sales. I mean, how many of her fans can read?
Both of them.
(rimshot!)
.
EmTee says:
Nah, there are still plenty of folks out there who will buy her book and would gladly go to hear her speak.
Maybe if she billed it as free-form poetry. Have somebody play a bass walk behind her and then somebody else can ask her what the key foreign policy challenges are, and let her spew word salad for the next ninety minutes… I could see some entertainment value in that. But not a hundred grand’s worth.
September 30th, 2009 at 6:38 pmWell if she cant book speaking engagments im sure she can still get a gig over at fox noise.
September 30th, 2009 at 8:36 pmsscncturn64 says:
Well if she cant book speaking engagments im sure she can still get a gig over at fox noise.
… serving coffee to Ailes and Murdoch.
September 30th, 2009 at 8:46 pmWhy are liberals so afraid of her? They are so afraid of her that they go after her family and her character. Have you no shame?
September 30th, 2009 at 9:12 pmPalin’s bookers are said to be asking for $100,000 per speech.
Yea, that’s cheap considering that she needs $90K for a new outfit.
September 30th, 2009 at 9:32 pmblclem says:
Why are liberals so afraid of her?
What you’re hearing from us, with the repeated exclamations while we hold our sides and roll on the floor… that ain’t fear.
.
blclem says:
They are so afraid of her that they go after her family and her character.
Anybody who bases their politics on “family values” and “character” should make damn sure that they meet the high bar that they have set for themselves. The only real political “sin” in America is hypocrisy.
September 30th, 2009 at 10:06 pmA must read letter from former Alaska 2 term governor Walter Hickel which ran in Sunday’s 9/16/19, Anchorage Daily News.
Not very long and you won’t be sorry you took the time.
“A one time supporter of Sarah Palin, Hickel recently stated in Clark Gable style, “I don’t give a damn what she does.” (quoted from Shannyn Moore’s site, I think; I have a short memory)
Alaskans can rise above petty politics, hateful acts
BY WALLY HICKEL
09/26/09
http://www.adn.com/opinion/comment/hickel/story/950504.html
(Walter Hickel served as gov. of Alaska from 1966-1968 and from 1990-1994 and as Sec. of the Interior from 1969-1970.)
October 1st, 2009 at 12:18 am@ 160. StrollingAlong says: A must read letter from former Alaska 2 term governor Walter Hickel which ran in Sunday’s 9/16/19, Anchorage Daily News. Not very long and you won’t be sorry you took the time. … October 1st, 2009 at 12:18 am
That is an interesting comment, and it is worthwhile reading.
October 1st, 2009 at 1:21 amNews Fox says:
MORONS like you often react this way to the truth. You are so unfamiliar with it. Check the NYTimes best seller list. Books bolstered by bulk buys are indicated by a dagger. Pretty much all the rightwing idiocy books are marked with the dagger. It isnt our fault you are too stupid to know the facts.
October 1st, 2009 at 10:21 amblclem says:
Afraid of her? HA. My GOD you are stupid. I guess that is what Rush tells you to think so you HAVE to regurgitate it being far too stupid to think for yourself. Us liberals love to laugh at Simple Sarah Bimbostien
October 1st, 2009 at 10:23 am