Going Rogue: An American Life: By Sarah Palin

America by Heart : Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag by Sarah Palin

2010-11-26T11:22:00.001-08:00

America by Heart : Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag
This is my America, from my heart, and by my heart. I give it now to my children and grandchildren, and to yours, so they will always know what it was like in America when people were free.

Since the publication of her bestselling memoir, Going Rogue, in 2009, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has traveled the country extensively. She has visited cities and towns in almost every state, dropped in on military bases, given talks and speeches to small groups and at massive rallies. Throughout her travels, she has been privileged to meet thousands of Americans—ordinary men and women who have shared with her their hopes and dreams, their love of country, and their fears about what lies ahead. Governor Palin, inspired by these encounters, celebrates in her new book the enduring strengths and virtues that have made this country a beacon of liberty and hope for the rest of the world.

America by Heart is a highly personal testament to her deep love of country, her strong roots in faith, and her profound appreciation of family. Ranging widely over American history, culture, and current affairs, Governor Palin reflects on the key values that have been such an essential part of her own life and that continue to inform her vision of America’s future. The book also includes brief readings from classic and contemporary texts that have moved and inspired her, as well as portraits of Americans, both famous and obscure, whom she admires.

Informed by Palin’s own principles and deepest feelings, graced with intimate memories, this remarkable book gives us a close-up view of an extraordinary woman who is not afraid to speak out and defend the American values in which she so deeply believes.

Sarah Palin says she can beat Barack Obama

2010-11-20T11:21:00.000-08:00

"Republicans are talking openly about President Obama's vulnerability for re-election in 2012, and one of them is Sarah Palin."

See the video.

Apparently, the Republican Party believes she would lose. Sarah responded:

"Then perhaps they should vent some of their paranoia toward all of the potential G.O.P. candidates. Because obviously there's no guarantee that any one of us would win. But I do believe that much of this is a threat to their hierarchy, because I've never shied away from a battle and because I'll put principle before politics."

Sarah has not made up her mind. Previously dismissed by liberal voters, she has become a force. Despite poor interviews in the run-up to the 2008 election, despite that she has been parodied and mocked, many voters are finding she represents their views. Beyond the hyperbole of talk shows, her voting audience is increasing.

Can she beat Barack Obama? In 2008, no. In 2012? She thinks so. Just as her appeal to voters, both classic conservatives and Republicans, increases, President Obama's appeal is decreasing among independent voters.

With George Bush out of office and pushing his book, Decision Points, and Obama now responsible for his tenure in office, the ownership of problems has shifted.

Bush blaming still exists by the partisan of Obama supporters, but many are realizing and agreeing with Bush's stand on some things.

* We are still in Iraq and Afghanistan. Men and women are still dying. Just as Bush declared the war over too early, so has Obama. Not until ever soldier is sage is the war over.
* We see the threar of Iran and North Korea more acutely.
* Health care, per Obama's plan, confuses and concerns the average voter.
* The unemployment rate is embarrassingly high for Obama, whose efforts have not broughts results.
* The American economy, including the housing market, suffers.

Whether Sarah can win or not is one question. Whether she will influence the race is not a question. The Republicans will take women seriously. The Democrats will realize Hillary is not the only woman out there, that a woman can be feminine and strong. Both parties will realize partisan politics builds no bridges -- neither Bush nor Obama were in anyway bridge-builders.

Looking beyond the hate-speech delivered by blog world, the laughing at Bristol Palin's miraculous survival on Dancing with the Stars, and the incredulous fame-seeking continued self-lampooning by Bristol's ex, Levi Johnston, Sarah has thrived.

Will Sarah Run?

2010-10-26T11:20:00.000-07:00

Will Sarah Palin run, and if she does, will she be a serious candidate?

Going Rogue: An American Life (Hardcover) Ships Today

2009-11-17T08:07:00.000-08:00

Big news. After her interview on Oprah, her book hit the stands.

Going Rogue: An American Life

Sarah Palin Books on Amazon

Oprah Votes for Palin (to Be on Her Show)

2009-10-20T20:53:00.000-07:00

No one believes Oprah Winfrey would ever vote for anyone other than Barack Obama. But she knows a bestseller among women, and her real job is TV ratings.

To Oprah's credit, she is showing she is more open-minded than mopst people would have expected.

http://www.oprah.com/

Oprah Winfrey to interview Sarah Palin
(AP)

CHICAGO — Sarah Palin is going to sit down with Oprah Winfrey.

Harpo Productions announced Tuesday that the former governor of Alaska and Republican vice presidential candidate will appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on Monday, Nov. 16.

According to Harpo, the interview will be Palin's first about her new book, "Going Rogue: An American Life," and it will be the first time Palin and Winfrey will meet.

Palin's book was No. 4 on Amazon.com's best-seller list on Tuesday. It's slated to be released Tuesday, Nov. 17, the day after Palin's interview with Winfrey.

Book Wars: Who Will Win?

2009-10-12T06:34:00.000-07:00

In the publishing world, books are, naturally, money. Politicians have followers. Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Gore, and so on.

Sarah Palin is among the most influential in that those who hate her pay special attention to her. They hate her despite the fact that she has had less of a world stage than Michael Dukakis, also a governor who ran as Vice President for a Presidential Candidate who failed. She was governor of a state whose population was among our nation's smallest (683,478). He led a much bigger state - Massachusetts - with 6.4 million people, 10 times the size. He was in the land of Ted Kennedy, and she was in the land of Seward's Folly. Yet, Palin is getting attention by her enemies. They name call, question her family's decisions (invading her family's bedroom seems to be a favorite affair).

Her daughter's ex-boyfriend and father of her baby is making a fortune off of this. Not a Bill Gates fortune, but for an uneducated kid, he is cleaning up by playing dirty.

So then comes her book. She needs money to fend off lawsuits, so she quits the job of governor. Strangely, her enemies, who...
long to see her out of public office, are mad because she has not gone gently into that good night. She's decided to fight, fight, but there is no dying of the light yet.

Her book hits Amazon at number one. It won't last. This is one book ghostwritten on behalf of a politician, now private citizen who has never written a book. She's untried, and most of her fame comes from her enemies vitriol and her fans overly eager embracing. This will balance out, but not before she herself makes a tidy sum from the book and related products, and a speaking tour.

Everyone agrees she is a fine speaker. This vaulted her into the public eye in the first place. She is no Ronald Reagan, but, and even the Democrats are thankful here, she is no Al Gore or Michael Dukakis.

How will her speaking skills translate to book form? She has a ghostwriting. That is good in that whomever is doing the deed is tried and true. Memoirs are a certain kind of book. No doubt the ghost knows the market. It is bad in that her voice will be limited at best to using phrases she might use, like her famous "You betcha," as heard through America's northwest and Canada.

Which will king of the political books? I contend it will remain Barack Obama or Bill Clinton since both have been president. Obama hadn't yet been officially elected, but it was clear he was looking at the job when his book came out. Clinton had left office, but he had eight years to build relationships with America, with a few scandals that allowed readers to peer into his bedroom as well.

Kennedy's book? No. I don't think many will really remember him. Now, whether Palin is remembered or not is too early to call. Her national spotlighted career has barely begun. Kennedy's is over. If hers ended with this book, then no. There's nothing to remember. Kennedy's trouble was that he was just another Kennedy. His brother was president, not him. He was a long-time senator, but never president. Though hardly insignificant, when it all boils down to it, he was just an influential senator.

Obama has yet to prove himself. The world likes us is not a legacy. If all he ends up being is our first black president, but otherwise just another guy making unmet promises, then not so much. Sure, he won a Nobel Peace Prize, but no one believes he earned it. He might. But he hasn't yet.

Palin will not be an attractive 40-something woman forever. That helps find followers and tick off detractors. They prefer androgynous politicians. Not too manly, not too feminine. Obama is definitely a man, but no one would mistake him as a blue collar, works with his hands type, like a Ronald Reagan (who himself made his fortune in the movies). Look at Hillary. She has led yet was never an attractive any-something. Palin could learn from her.

Where does this leave Palin? At this point, flavor of the month. If she ends up as just another conservative mouth, like Hannity or Limbaugh, then that's it. She will influence, as a result, flavor of the month politics. If she studies up, calms down, starts getting seriously involved in national policy, then all bets are off.

What will he do now? Todd Palin resigns from oil job

2009-10-05T05:22:00.000-07:00

Todd Palin resigns from oil job.

What now for the dashing father and husband from Alaska. A union man, yet an independent thinker, rough around the edges, yet filled with an understated class not often seen in today's politician spouses, Todd's his own man. With Sarah's book coming out soon, matched with her speaking tour, money is not an issue. Instead of watching ruthless Democrats raping the coffers of Alaska's tax base to sue the Palin family as well as the great state itself, he is free to enjoy life.

He is a hard working guy, so don't expect him in a cushy latte drinking corporate job. He earned his money before, and you can expect he will again. How? There is the million dollar question.

Facebooking Sarah Palin

2009-10-02T21:39:00.000-07:00

Taking a tip from Barack Obama, Sarah Palin is taking it a step further. Obama's Facebook page is safe, like a White House Easter Egg Hunt. Palin gets down to business, and shows she has left Alaska's comforts to deal head-on into issues. This is not for close-minded readers or Republican business as usual stuff.

http://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin

Palin Book Already a Bestseller

2009-10-01T15:20:00.000-07:00

Sarah Palin's book doesn't hit the stands until November 17. Already, it is #1 on Amazon.

Pretty amazing. Here's Reuter's take.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Sarah Palin's upcoming memoir is already the top bestselling book on the shopping sites of Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble, a month and a half before the book goes on sale.

I'M A RUNNER: SARAH PALIN - Runner's World Interview

2009-10-01T10:02:00.000-07:00

Runner's World this month landed a great interview.

Stories From Real Runners
I'M A RUNNER: SARAH PALIN
The former Vice Presidential candidate opens up about her running life and explains why she's still on the trail.

Runner's World (1-year)

Going Rogue: An American Life: Preorder Now: Sarah Palin Book

2009-09-30T22:32:00.000-07:00

Going Rogue: An American Life

Going Rogue: An American Life (Hardcover)
by Sarah Palin

Book Description
From her humble beginnings to her time in the spotlight as the first female Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin has led an extraordinary life. Going Rogue will recount her political experiences, her time as Mayor of Wasilla and as the first female governor of Alaska, as well as her rapid rise on the national stage during the 2008 campaign. Additionally, she’ll share insights into the personal challenges she’s faced including balancing her time as a working mother, recognizing the war’s impact with her son serving combat in Iraq, having a child with a disability and supporting her teenage daughter through an unplanned pregnancy.

Palin has received much attention through the media, but never before has her complete story been told in her own words. The memoir will be both a personal and political chronicle of her life.

Sarah Palin Speech at the 2008 Republican National Convention

2009-09-30T11:28:00.000-07:00

Sarah Palin became famous to those who only read the Huffington Post or listen to Rush Limbaugh one night in 2008. Throughout Alaska, however, she was known and making an impact. She took the stage and owned. This began her national profile, and thanks to SNL and the fabulous Tina Fey, she is famous around the world.

Sarah Links: Some Love Her, Some Hate Her, Some, You Just Can't Tell

2009-09-30T09:27:00.000-07:00

Sarah, Sarah, Sarah

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin

http://www.sarahpac.com/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/sarah-palin

http://sarah-palin2012.blogspot.com/

Sarah Palin on Facebook

2009-09-30T08:24:00.000-07:00

Sarah Palin on Facebook. Join to follow the news.

http://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin

Palin finishes memoir, 'Going Rogue,' out Nov. 17

2009-09-29T08:25:00.000-07:00

Amazing. She is a writer. We know that. Hopefully her written word will match the eloquence of her speaking skill.

Her memoir is far ahead of schedule. Going Rogue: An American Life will hit the shelves on November 17. Look here for when Amazon lists it for pre-order.

Sarah Palin Books on Amazon