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Palin Goes Rogue on Greta Van Susteren, Part 1
Ben Craw | November 24, 2009, 4:28PM
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No, we're not just re-posting the same Sarah Palin interview highlight reel again and again. She's just been on a lot of shows. She's burned through Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Walters, Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly (Part 1, Part 2). But she's not done yet. Last night it was Greta Van Susteren.
And yes, that Part 1 means Part 2 is airing tonight. Stay tuned... for another highlight reel tomorrow.
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Reefdancer
November 24, 2009 4:47 PM
She even lies about writing the book. LOL
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Overreach THIS!
November 24, 2009 7:28 PM in reply to Reefdancer
It's really notable. She goes way out of her way to talk about how taxing it supposedly was for her to be credited with the ghost-written tome. Doth protest too much, the unbearable idiot.
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Richardxx
November 25, 2009 5:27 AM in reply to Overreach THIS!
I have no doubt that she was forced to spend interminable minutes actually talking to the ghost writer so that they could somehow credibly claim she was involved in "writing" the book. She may have had to actually answer questions! Can you imagine the horror??
Such intensive labor must be very difficult for someone who normally quits her job and walks off when it gets demanding?
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Overreach THIS!
November 25, 2009 10:35 AM in reply to Richardxx
Customer to Ghostwriter: "What do I say about how I wrote the book? I mean, I don't know how to write a book!"
Ghostwriter reciting from the FAQ: "That's the easy part. Just say it was *hard* (*harder than you thought!*, then seque to some specific part of the book you'd like to highlight to improve your sales, and move to other subjects!"
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M. Digby IV
November 24, 2009 9:08 PM in reply to Reefdancer
Cspan spent 45 minutes covering a Palin book signing in Ohio. Interviewing people in line.
Some observations. First no one had read the book. They had purchased it two nights before and also had to wait for 4 hours in line holding it. But NO ONE HAD READ IT!
But also very instructive, without President Obama there would be no Palin. None of the women (by far it was majority ugly women, I don't know why) seemed interested in the book. They loved Palin because she was "a real American, a Christan, against the right to choose, and she represented real middle America values. Also Obama is a abomination "
Just my observations.
I did not really understand why they liked Palin, unless the really hated having a black president.
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Overreach THIS!
November 25, 2009 6:52 AM in reply to M. Digby IV
Your last point is the key, of course.
"Real America" means white people to them. They think we don't know, also. So they're bigots *and* really stupid.
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miles born
November 24, 2009 5:10 PM
I used to think Josh was too harsh when describing Palin as a grifter but if you look at what she has done in the last 6 months its been all about the money. She must be playing the long con. Her supporters are the patsies.
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EH
November 24, 2009 8:10 PM in reply to miles born
hey now, i just watched "the sting" a couple weeks ago, and from what I gather she will need to actually become president in order to pull off the long con that her current activities imply. she may even need to figure out a way to fake her own assassination as president once she gets there to be really convincing.
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Richardxx
November 25, 2009 5:36 AM in reply to miles born
Not to say that Palin really is a grifter, but there is a rumor that Michael Hilton of “American Police Force” fame (Hardin, Montana prison) has applied to be Palin's apprentice for the educational experience. It was something about him wanting to learn to move to the big leagues.
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SilvestriWoman
November 24, 2009 5:46 PM
Re India and Pakistan: "The last thing we need is conflict between these two countries." Well, luckily Palin's followers are equally as ignorant as she about the world. Sadly, these same people take that as a badge of honor. Ignorance is power!!!
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calbearinillinois
November 24, 2009 5:52 PM in reply to SilvestriWoman
Almost as perceptive as Michael Steele pleading for a "Rodney King" moment on healthcare.
Seriously - her not knowing that there is, has been and will be a conflict between India and Pakistan pretty much forever over issues like religion, control of Kashmir, nukes, etc. hurts my brain. Does she think we aren't dealing with this garbage every single day? That we don't have to balance every gesture of solidarity with Pakistan in the war on terror with some similar gesture of friendship to India (see giving them the first state dinner of the Obama administration)? But I'm sure that now that little Miss Stupid has spoken Hillary Clinton will get right on making sure there isn't a conflict.
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JNagarya
November 24, 2009 6:10 PM in reply to calbearinillinois
Greta is much more attractive than the dowdy Palin. Her politics suck, but I could overlook that for a few hours if she'd keep her mouth . . . shut up.
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lousgirl84
November 24, 2009 7:08 PM in reply to JNagarya
Surely you jest??
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JNagarya
November 24, 2009 7:18 PM in reply to lousgirl84
Only by half. The half about spending a few hours with her.
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twoviragos
November 24, 2009 5:51 PM
I think I've reached my saturation point with the words "going rogue." I'd be OK to never see or hear those two words strung together again. Who can come up with the best new descriptor for S. Palin? Brownie points if it makes us all laugh so hard we blow (beverage of choice) out of our collective noses.
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wendy davis
November 24, 2009 6:54 PM in reply to twoviragos
Hello, twoviragos; nice to see you again!
Sarah Palin: Out to Lunch
Goin' Fishin'
Goin' Huntin'
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Mr.E.
November 24, 2009 7:46 PM in reply to twoviragos
Does anybody even know what rogue means?
Merriam Webster online dictionary: “Rogue”
1) Function: noun
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
2) Function: intransitive verb
to weed out inferior, diseased, or nontypical individuals from a crop plant or a field
3) Function: adjective
1 : resembling or suggesting a rogue elephant especially in being isolated, aberrant, dangerous, or uncontrollable
2 : corrupt, dishonest
3 : of or being a nation whose leaders defy international law or norms of international behavior
Since the only person I can think of who understands irony less than Palin would be GWB. She seems to be brandishing herself as rogue as if it is a badge of honor. It is funnier than the teabagger's moniker.
BTW, any bets on how long it takes her to reverse course once this book starts to tank when people actually read it, and start saying all the errors are Lynn Vincent's fault, and Sarah never actually read the "final" version because she was "forced" to rush the book out?
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twoviragos
November 24, 2009 8:24 PM in reply to Mr.E.
Mr. E. You will make hearing that word ad naseum over the next few weeks much more bearable. Thank you!
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mikedrevguy
November 24, 2009 9:29 PM in reply to Mr.E.
Mr. E - thank you for your insight - will take it, pass it on
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EdtheUmp
November 24, 2009 6:18 PM
"Gone Rotten" is my first thought. I'll try harder on my next try.
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sandi
November 24, 2009 6:24 PM
"The poor African American in Detroit who has no skills....so vastly different than someone who loses a business in northern California"
Yes Greta, the black folks who lose jobs have 'no skills'. But the white folks are victims that bad black president.
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Overreach THIS!
November 24, 2009 7:32 PM in reply to sandi
Van Susteren is a fucking Scientologist, did you know?
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RocketEngineer
November 25, 2009 12:06 AM in reply to Overreach THIS!
Oh, god! Any chance of her cackling hysterically and jumping up and down on her chair?
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lousgirl84
November 24, 2009 7:06 PM
Is it too much to ask for one day at TPM without a story about this f'n lying bitch??? Please? I won't look at the video because I am sick to death of her
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Andreams
November 24, 2009 7:34 PM in reply to lousgirl84
Bless you! I'm sick of her and have been since the first time she ever opened her mouth.
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Grackle
November 25, 2009 12:00 AM in reply to lousgirl84
Geez, no kidding. Even liberals are enabling her. "All the liberal blogs are writing every day about MEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
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dougom
November 24, 2009 7:36 PM
I swear, if I hear one more Republican talk about cutting taxes again--particularly those dreaded, economy-destroying "capital gains taxes"--I'm going postal on some right-wing ass.
Do a compare and contrast between this interview with Palin, and what her supporters say at a book signing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKKKgua7wQk&feature=player_embedded. No wonder they love her; she's just as incoherent and vacuous as they are!
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jeffgee
November 24, 2009 7:54 PM
The street's alive
with camera crews
Everywhere she goes
is news
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ktward
November 24, 2009 8:31 PM
I just can't watch her anymore; I'm so intensely embarrassed for her I feel like I need Xanax after 10 seconds of her blather.
I'm always up for a good chuckle, though:
http://www.goingrouge.net/
Killer stocking stuffer.
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brooklynpsu
November 24, 2009 10:49 PM
Honest to God, the Indian Pakistan thing does it. What fcking nerve. God forbids America cooperates with anyone one anything (Glenn Beck: I'm just askin questions but don't you think Obama's decision not to boycott the Olympic Games threatens our sovereignty???) but conservatives are the first to volunteer groups have basically been at war constantly over the past century to basically "get over it" and cooperate. Brillant foreign policy recommendation Mrs. Palin. While we are at it why don't we see if we can get China and Tawain to free those Tibetains everyone is talking about...Good Grief!!
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VexSmith
November 25, 2009 1:04 AM
much more attractive than the dowdy Palin,
I'm an (ex)runner. We appreciate things in bodies that perhaps the general public doesn't. Palin --who has had 5 kids-- is far from dowdy.
As far as the grifter image goes and think Levi speaks to it in directly though not particularly harsh terms: she wants money and fame. In so far as the nomination would futher those aspirations she wants that too (if God calls her!)
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porta
November 25, 2009 3:43 AM
I read the book had sold more than 700,000 copies early one. Looks like it sell a lot of copies.
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http://invetrics.com
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Sailboy
November 25, 2009 8:30 AM
who is editing the clips, The clips are more annoying then Palin is…..
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macsurf
November 25, 2009 9:19 AM
What's fascinating is virtually none of her "supporters" waiting to get their unread books signed could articulate a single intelligent reason as to why they support.
When one woman was asked what "policies" of Palin's she supports, she hadn't a clue and actually said, "policies?" She then turned to some of fellow Palin groupies and almost begged, "Help me out here guys."
It was pathetic
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Yigandes Urda
November 25, 2009 7:22 PM
Couldn't Sleep. Typical. Burning.
Facebook. Americans. Hearing. Whispering. Shouting.
The Right Track.
Thoughts. Heart.
Paper. Blackberry.
Keep the Faith.
Common Sense. The book. Read the book. Read the book.
I'm not gonna try. Change who I am. Compromise.
Positions. Values.
Placate. Demographic.
They just don't get it.
Public service is fun. Loved my job as governor.
Love that...
some of the... some of the...
Crap that goes on on the periphery. Media. Making things up.
Trying to create a caricature.
That stuffs not that much fun. Plow through that stuff.
A lot of it is a gender thing. Putting a picture of me in shorts -- that's sexist!
Call it like I see it.
Bull. I can handle it.
Speaking up for other women, too.
Who may go through things like this.
Herschel Walker. Ivana Trump.
We smell like Salmon. Salmon season. Salmon year around.
Having someone like this in our presence.
Oh gosh, we're just so honored. Flattered. She's selling good perfume.
They love the message.
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massdem
November 26, 2009 8:30 AM
Having to listen to her would be the greatest justice of all for those terrorists waiting for trial. My ears are bleeding just listening to her.
She is the poster child for a "child left behind". A moron!!
Does she ever listen to herself?
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Tosh
May 23, 2010 5:37 PM
Since the only person I can think of who understands irony less than Palin would be GWB. She seems to be brandishing herself as rogue as if it is a badge of honor. It is funnier than the teabagger's moniker.
BTW, any bets on how long it takes her to reverse course once this book starts to tank when people actually read it, and start saying all the errors are Lynn Vincent's fault, and Sarah never actually read the "final" version because she was "forced" to rush the book out?
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