Numero Uno, Nummer Eins, Numero Un, Number One.... What The?

“[T]ruly unprecedented”


Hair down. Wearing red. Looking very relaxed and happy. Outside in her beloved Alaska... (h/t Lipstick)

Welcome, reader, to this week’s "unprecedented” edition of “I Hope Sarah Palin Sells Five Million Copies Of Her Book” (R Limbaugh); roguish self-indulgence in the hometown glory of the past seven days at C4P, complete with its own mood music - a fetching little number entitled “I Know You Libs Are Going Nuts” (M Levin) - promoted as an appealingly curious compilation of sound effects resembling Progressive minds imploding in outrage, OUTRAGE, OUTRAAAGE!

Phut!

“Dear Lord,” yup, there goes another’un, boiled to bursting point by the mere thought of a memoir which no member of the public has read, a memoir which won’t be published for another 44 days, a memoir which for much of the week didn’t even have a front cover design.

Trash the author, trash the co-author, heck trash the trash if you’ve got to - but don’t even think about waiting to read the book first…..

.....now jest hang on a second there, pardner, sounds to me like you need summa that there Going Rogue 101 whadyamacallit, just to set ya straight:

On The Meaning Of “Going Rogue”

“Going Rogue”: Busting free; doing it my way; working outside the old, conventional ways; it is an expression of individuality and political naturalness; following her own path; ignoring the playbook; refusing to be constrained by the ham handedness of politics as usual:

J Fund (WSJ): “Ms. Vincent didn't reveal any details about the book, but did acknowledge it will describe Ms. Palin's frustration over her treatment by the staffers she inherited from the McCain campaign after her surprise pick as the GOP vice presidential nominee last year. Ms. Palin was booked on grueling interviews with hostile reporters while talk-show hosts such as Glenn Beck couldn't even get through to her aides. Mr. Beck tells me he was stunned when he picked up the phone one day just before the election to discover Sarah Palin was on the other end of the line. "She explained that she had been blocked from reaching her audience, so she was now 'going rogue' and booking her own interviews," Mr. Beck told me. "I was thrilled she had burst out of the cage they'd built for her and we were finally talking."

That incident was the only time Ms. Palin declared her independence from her keepers, and it's fitting that the title of her upcoming book will be "Going Rogue: An American Life." (more here)

Governor Sarah Palin: “The town halls and the Tea Party movement are both part of a growing grassroots consciousness among ordinary Americans who’ve decided that if they want real change, they must take the lead and not wait to be led. Real change – and, you know, you don’t need a title to do it.”

Indemind: “She is who she is. No one owns her. No political parties own her. You cannot label her, or stamp a brand on her, because she is unique, and one of a kind. That's why she is so intriguing, so fascinating and often surprising.”

Adrienne Ross: “Governor Palin did not rise from the PTA to the first female Republican vice presidential nominee by relying on someone else's "go ahead" before she would go ahead.” (read more here)

PEC: “Her lack of tie with the establishment is why her book is titled what it is. It is why McCain’s staff struggled with her. She is so anti-establishment and doesn't fit their neat little cupcake.”

Nypalinpower: “Sarah is “Going Rogue” again by poking fun at herself and the political establishment.” (read more here)

Liberty: “Going Rogue means refusing to be silent on corruption in the Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission, resigning, and then challenging the good old boys of her own party. It means running against Murkowsky and conventional wisdom and winning hands down. It means leaving the governors office and refusing to remain a sitting duck for endless abusive ethics charges to better serve her state and country elsewhere. It means not bowing to the mainstream media and going directly to the people. It means not setting up shop in New York or DC but on Facebook and mortally wounding the closest-run advance by Socialism in the nation's history by doing so. It means disdaining the insults of the media and refusing to hide with 'limousine conservatives' who are Beltway respectables first and defenders of the constitution somewhere way down the list.” (read more here)

Contributor of the Week: Damian Geminder

“Today, we are going to examine one of the first major Leftist talking points about the Alaska Governor - that she lied about her role in the demise of the Bridge to Nowhere - as well as rebut the notion that she was some sort of earmark-hungry, pork barrel ice queen.”

Read more of Damian’s extremely well informed examination, here.

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Did You Catch These?

American Thinker: Redefining Sarah Palin: “Palin is an American conservative in the classic mould, a populist in her natural style, but extremely bright, thoughtful, and increasingly sophisticated. Foreign policy speeches should have careful phrasing and nuances, and then hit a few big ones out of the ballpark. This one was a winner.”

American Thinker: Palin’s Revenge: Who’s Laughing Now?: “To summarize, every single ramification of Palin's resignation has come up aces. For her, her family, her state and even for any future political ambitions, it was the right call.”

Stampede!!!

“A publishing industry source told POLITICO that they ‘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’." (more here)

When I ordered the book from BN it was #688, within an hour it was #29, and now it's #5. I'd say that was an excellent rate of climb. (Greg). It is now #5 on Barnes and Noble. (Chicago’s Conservative) Rogue is #2 on Barnes and Noble and #87 on Amazon. (kjanlady). I just looked at Barnes & Noble and her book is now #2. (Doug Brady) It's now number 1 on Barnes and Noble. (Whitney TPS) Sarah's book just hit #1 at BN. Took about 9 hrs. (AlB) It moved up to #137 on Amazon. (Yogi 41) Up to #86 on Amazon (Rosie), #1 on Amazon's Movers and Shakers list. (Larry Sheldon) She's at #32 on Amazon now..... (DryBones) Now #23 on Amazon (kjanlady) Going Rogue just jumped from #23 to #11 on Amazon. (Doug Brady) Going Rogue is now #1 at Barnes and Noble and #11 at Amazon. (Techno) This morning, the book is at #5 on Amazon. (Chesley Perlmutter) # 3 at Amazon now !!! (rob4sarah) Book up to #2 on Amazon. It may sell out before it's even released!! (Hal) #1 in Amazon now too. (Yess) (see report here)

Ellen: “....you would be surprised where she is going to sell books. I live just a few miles from Obama's house. We enquired at our local library if they were going to get the book. They said they are, that they have had almost FIFTY requests for it already... 7 weeks before it’s out... on the south side of Chicago."

Dan Calabrese: “What the book sales prove without a doubt is that there is a huge audience of Americans who absolutely want to hear what Palin has to say. They want to know more about her story. They want to know more about her ideas. They’re tired of hearing all the attacks leveled against her and they’re eager to hear her side of the story. Everyday Americans who appreciate Palin’s authenticity and commitment to good, responsive government also admire her grit for standing up in the face of the media attacks. They root for her. They love her. It is genuine and it is widespread.” (read more here)

“Herding Cats”: Top 5 Most Commented Upon Posts of the Week:

“It ain’t an easy job, but when you bring a herd in to town….ain’t a feeling like it in the world.”

1. Going Rogue: An American Life: Tommy Report: 448 Comments
2. Friday Open Thread: Mel Bryant: 418 Comments
3. The Cover To Going Rogue An American Life: Doug Brady: 222 comments
4. A Rogue Open Thread: Tommy Report: 211 Comments
5. Politico: Grassroots Republicans Like Palin: Mel Bryant: 170 comments



Oxymoron of the Week? Chief-Campaign-Strategist-For John McCain. (see here)

Non-Sequitor of the Week? Steve Schmidt, Campaign Strategist.

Alternative Book Title of the Week? “Irrelevant: The Minute It Took Me To Get To #1 On The Bestseller's List” (Nancy)

Her next book? "My First 100 Days" (Mountain Mama)

BarbarianBabe Merchandise, Charteroakie?

The BarbarianBabe brand name may not yet have the commercial viability of a Governor Palin best seller. It is unlikely that the screen play “SarcSisters Just Wanna Have Fun” has yet flowed from the pen of any C4P artist in residence. As far as I am aware, no B/Babe has yet been asked to “strike the pose” for the cover of Vogue magazine, nor, one presumes, has the blood of any SarcSister’s partner run cold because his “angel is a centrefold”. The complete set of hand painted BarbarianBabe Bobbleheads isn’t in production, and any B/Babe calendar planned for 2010 is unlikely to outsell Pirelli – but, reader, it seems that footsteps may have already have been taken towards the merchandising of BarbarianBabedom.

Check out the raunchy revealing obligatory teeshirt and hot mug shots, here and here.

Whoa……………oh!

Breaking News:

CBS Anchor receives signed first edition of ‘Going Rogue’, with handwritten message on the fly leaf cover:

“Katie, what do you read?”



The Barbarian Babes Readers’ Society: begins Nov 17th! (KentonAK)

Well Bless My Soul What’s Wrong With Me?

All Shook Up? Actin’ wild as a bug? Can’t seem to stand on your own two feet? Insides shakin’ like a leaf on a tree?

Sapwolf: “COOL! Just bought 10 copies. One for me and 9 for X-mas gifts. I finished my X-mas shopping WAY WAY early. Yee-haw! Cuda Crazy!

Manajordan: “Let's just skip October. I'm so excited to get this book!

lmg: “Wait! I don't want to buy it from Amazon. I want to stand on the cold, barren streets of NYC at 4:30am in a mile long line leading up to Barnes & Noble, where I can shake Sarah's hand and get an autographed copy from the great lady herself. Let there be book signings!

New vid: GOING ROGUE Update! (MissPlacedLoyalties)

And finally…. (h/t SarcSister Supreme):

“At Barnes and Noble if you click, the ‘I'm a lefty buyer’ icon, your Sarah Palin book will come with a free pair of Depends! Isn't that thoughtful?”

Puleeese, get it out of your system!

[PS. Mr X, congratulations]