'Going Rouge': A Sarah Palin parody book
What publishers of a book mimicking Palin's memoir hope to accomplish
Can you tell the difference?
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin "can hunt, and even field-dress a moose," said Thom Geier in Entertainment Weekly, "but how will she take to poachers on her book sales?" On Nov. 17, the same day that Palin's memoir Going Rogue: An American Life hits bookstores, start-up publisher OR Books is releasing Going Rouge: An American Nightmare, a parody book consisting of essays about Palin compiled by editors of the "left-leaning" weekly The Nation. "Might some hockey-mom-loving conservatives be confused enough to pick up the wrong book? You betcha!" (Watch a Fox News warning about the parody book.)
Going Rouge “looks like a bad Mad Magazine takeoff of a book," said Ed Morrissey in Hot Air. It's pathetic that "after 150 years of publication, The Nation has to piggyback off of a Republican VP candidate to achieve relevance." Are the magazine's editors "so insecure about their product that they feel they can only sell it through deception?" Or maybe they're just trying "to make a little cash off of their bête noir, Sarah Palin."
Some critics of Going Rouge "may argue that the book is capitalizing on Sarah Palin's own memoirs," said Brian Haughey in Associated Content, "but Palin's own memoirs are a result of capitalizing on her own fame." Palin quit her job as Alaska's governor because she knew "there was more money to be had" in the private sector, "and she is certainly now on the campaign trail for high book sales," as her upcoming appearance on Oprah—a day before Going Rogue comes out—proves.
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Posted by Ted, Thursday, October 22, 2009, 12:18 pm Sarah Palin.... whatever. She can't string five words together and form a coherent sentence without oversight. She was a failure as a politician, a quitter. The majority of her public speaking has been incomprehensible, word salad as Shannyn Moore calls it. Her quitter speech when she resigned is a great example of nonsensical commentary... literally nonsensical... she may sell some books but I think her relevence in the national limelight is limited though her influence on the right wing extremists will continue...
Posted by tourist, Thursday, October 22, 2009, 12:40 pm I thought Sarah Palin was a parody, now I'm so confused. Where's Tina Fey when you need her?
Posted by Connie, Thursday, October 22, 2009, 1:33 pm Just like our current prez... cannot string together 5 words without a teleprompter, and Rahm. She really does need speech lessons. Group lessons with BHO.
Posted by mom2nine, Thursday, October 22, 2009, 2:01 pm Am I the only one who can not think of another person/book that has been quickly parodied like this one? why does she make the left so crazy? I can't decide if it is funny, like Fox, whose ratings just keep going up, free advertising. or wow is it a left wing comspirocy? The left make her a much bigger deal than she would be w/o their constant flaying of her.
Posted by Mary B., Thursday, October 22, 2009, 2:07 pm After buying Going Rouge: Sarah Palin An American Nightmare, I'm thinking of getting Going Rouge: The Sarah Palin Rogue Coloring and Activity Book by Micheal Stinson and Julie Sigwart also due to launch November 17. Just Google the title online to find their web site.
Posted by Britney, Thursday, October 22, 2009, 2:16 pm Yeah, she's the left's worst nightmare alright........ and I can't wait!!
Posted by Jill, Thursday, October 22, 2009, 3:11 pm I think it's hysterical. Much better reading than the original, I am sure. It's a parody of a parody. Nothing better. Why is the right so concerned about the left's response. Let it stand on it's own merits....if it can...
Posted by rangermann262, Thursday, October 22, 2009, 3:44 pm BLAH BLAH BLAH. Man,I can't believe all this crap the liberals are trying to do to Sarah Palin.I'll agree she does have some limitations concerning politics.But look at some of the dopes we already have in the congress right now.She could not do any worse than some of those idiots. I can not understand why you liberals out there are ragging on her about trying to make some money by writing a book about her experiences in her personal life and politics.Palin has every right to make a living just like every other American.Liberals are nuts
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