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Rod Dreher Gets His Fweelings Hurt, Bashes Palin Book In Return?

Gee. Do you think Rod Dreher may have had an ax to grind given his opening graph?

Sarah Palin is back to tell us that she loves Alaska. And America. And Todd, the First Dude. She loves God, Ronald Reagan, cutting taxes and serving those she calls "ordinary hardworking people." Who's on Sarah's enemies list? The media. Good ol' boys who condescend to her. Elites like the Alaskan gadfly she describes as a "Birkenstock-and-granola Berkeley grad." Oh, and she really hates cynical McCain campaign staffers who, in her view, sabotaged her vice-presidential campaign.

Blogging can bite you on the butt sometimes, no matter how high and virtuous you fashion your little throne in this world. NewsBusters suggests that's the case with Dreher's review. I can't say if that's the case, but he certainly didn't have much time to read and contemplate the book. Whether he went full-metal Ana Marie Cox and didn't finish it, or not, who knows? I'm sure he'll say he didn't. 

Via Newsbusters:

But what if those conservative guests just happen to take a stand NPR likes? Case in point: on Tuesday night’s All Things Considered, NPR touted a Sarah Palin book review by "conservative columnist" Rod Dreher, who concluded: "She quotes her father's line upon her resignation this summer as Alaska's governor: Sarah's not retreating, she's reloading. On evidence of this book, Sarah Palin is charging toward 2012 shooting blanks."

On his Beliefnet blog yesterday, Dreher blogged at 12:35 pm that he was 100 pages in. All Things Considered starts airing locally at 4 pm. Did he really finish the book and write a script before the taping?

DNC After Palin's Book: What's Next, Book Burning?

You may recall that one of the earliest false charges against Sarah Palin had to do with her allegedly wanting to ban books from school libraries. That wasn't the case. Fast forward to the same political machine in the form of the DNC desperately trying to do all they can to prevent more people from reading Palin's book, Going Rogue.

Just who are the would be book burners of the two? On top of that, she is a private citizen, whether they like it or not. Yet, they are unaware of how ridiculous they look by waging a liberal jihad against her. These people are nuts. And we're still supposed to buy the silly notion that she's irrelevant? ha! They have no self-awareness at all. Everyday their actions betray their rhetoric. They are making complete fools of themselves in a doomed to fail effort and even the media is acknowledging it in various reports.

Whom the gods, or Obama, would destroy, I guess. This is getting to be fun to watch! The latest commenter spin seems to be, we want her to sell more books!

LOL Yeah, we're buying that, just not as quickly as many are buying her books, it would seem. ha! ha! ha!

The Democratic National Committee has been, for days emailing reporters gleefully about Sarah Palin's media blitz, feeding the flames of what officials there see as a distraction for and a threat to the Republican Party.

In advance of Sarah Palin’s stop in Michigan today, please find below everything you need to know about Going Rogue – a memoir that has been received as 1) political payback for Palin’s rivals that adds to the tabloid nature of her profile rather than provide a display of substantive policy chops that would reset her ability to be taken as a serious leader; and 2) substantively more fiction than fact compounding the credibility problems she earned during the 2008 campaign. These factors are reflected in recent polling which shows extraordinary disapproval numbers and small minorities who feel she's qualified to be President. The sensational nature of Palin's book continues to dominate news cycles - and does so to the detriment of the Republican Party. Combined with her dismal polling numbers and Republican willingness to cede the party to her and her polarizing tea party following, the political impact of her re-emergence, spells political disaster for the GOP going into 2010 and beyond.

Waiting For Sarah

Literally, too cool. Jaysus, I wouldn't do that to date an 18 year-old cheerleader at this point in my life. These people must got da love.

Hundreds Wait All Night In 30F Weather In MI To Meet Sarah Palin At Book Signing

Update: The Other McCain responds: Yeah, right. Only if they could use my stomach these days for an awning. And I don't mean that in a good way.

(But they'd camp out for a date with Dan.)

Palin To Meet And Tweet On Book Tour

Geesh, she picked up another 4,000 or so followers over night and hasn't even Tweeted, yet. Must be nice. lol SarahPalinUSA

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says she's back on Twitter.

Palin took to the social networking site earlier this year, tweeting about state government, national politics and everything in between.

When she quit as Alaska's governor in July, she promised to keep her fans updated through tweets. But that didn't happen, and Palin instead posted regular updates on her Facebook page, which has nearly 1 million followers.

In a Facebook posting Monday announcing more dates on her book tour, Palin said she'll provide Twitter updates from the tour. Her Twitter feed is SarahPalinUSA.

Update On Child Cancer Victim Link

Given some concern over a recent item on Elena Desserich, linked by Instapundit, myself and several others, I investigated. The story is older but completely legit. Additionally, given my Google madness in finding the odd fact, I run an extremely high-powered Web security ap with a firewall. It's never missed a beat. The site comes up clean; however, I suspect someone is exploiting it with so many ads and out-links to make money from the hits. That's likely what is burning up the CPUs. Click the older but legit link for an ABC item on the story and a subsequent book. Carry on and surf safely.

During her nine-month battle with cancer, Elena was planning an even greater gift for her family. She was hiding notes around the house, hundreds of them tucked in every corner to be discovered after she was gone.

"We were moving some boxes around one day and in between some of the books a note fell out," her mother, Brooke Desserich, said. "Each time I would read one of those notes it was like a little hug from her."

Throughout the ordeal, the Wyoming parents kept an online journal to update family members on Elena's progress. They were surprised to learn that thousands of people around the country were reading it for daily inspiration.

"Everybody was reading the journal and going, 'This taught me to be a better parent. It taught me to spend time with my children, it taught me to value being a mom and dad,'" Keith Desserich said.

Updated: #1 On Amazon, Too - AP: Palin already a best-seller

Not any new information. Just fun seeing it with the AP byline. I wonder if Hillel Italie, who had to write it up, will take a sick day tomorrow? heh! h/t to the brown-eyed gal on Twitter. h/t Sissy Willis on Twitter for the Amazon update. Said to be #1 there now, as well.

NEW YORK — Sarah Palin finished her book quickly and became a best seller even faster.

Just two days after HarperCollins announced that the release of Palin's memoir, "Going Rogue," had been moved up from the spring to Nov. 17, preorders for the former Alaska governor's book have made it No. 1 on Barnes & Noble.com on Wednesday and at No. 2 on Amazon.com, trailing only Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol."

Palin, in collaboration with author Lynn Vincent, completed her 400-page book just four months after agreeing to terms with HarperCollins, which plans a first printing of 1.5 million copies.

Levin's Liberty and Tyranny: 1 Million Sold

Just got this in email, can't find a link, yet. It's official.

New York, NY (September 15, 2009) – Louise Burke, Threshold Editions’ Executive Vice President and Publisher, announced today that Mark R. Levin’s clarion call to conservative America, LIBERTY & TYRANNY: A Conservative Manifesto, has sold one million copies, a rare publishing milestone.  Published six months ago on March 24th, 2009, LIBERTY & TYRANNY debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, spent twelve weeks in the #1 position, and has remained in the top ten ever since.

Just as Barry Goldwater’s Conscience of a Conservative articulated conservative principles in the 1960s, LIBERTY AND TYRANNY is the modern conservative movement’s roadmap back to its principled roots, and an action plan for returning conservatives to elective office in the years to come.  As provocative, well-reasoned, robust, and informed as his on-air commentary, Levin’s narrative has galvanized readers to begin a new era in conservative thinking and action. 

Louise Burke also announced the acquisition of world rights to Mark R. Levin’s next book, which will again be political in theme, through his attorney, David Limbaugh.  Pocket Books Vice President and Senior Editor Mitchell Ivers, Levin's longtime editor, will edit.

Mark R. Levin, host of one of the country’s largest nationally syndicated talk-radio programs, is president of Landmark Legal Foundation.  His previous books, MEN IN BLACK: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America and RESCUING SPRITE: A Dog Lover’s Story of Joy and Anguish, both reached #3 on the New York Times bestseller list.  He has worked as an attorney in the private sector and as a top adviser and administrator to several members of President Reagan’s cabinet.  He holds a B.A. from Temple University and a J.D. from Temple University School of Law. 

LIBERTY AND TRYANNY:  A Conservative Manifesto
By Mark R. Levin
Publisher: Threshold Editions
Publication Date: March 24, 2009
ISBN: 1-4165-6285-0

B & N Does E-Books

Interesting. Bookseller Barnes and Noble is launching e-books, beginning with 700,000 titles at $9.99. A more open platform, they are not compatible with Kindle. They will, however, be the lone provider for the Logic eReader, aimed at Business readers and set to launch next year. Let the competition begin.

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)-Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) on Monday launched an e-bookstore offering titles that can be read on Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iPhone and iPod Touch, Research in Motion Ltd.'s (RIMM) BlackBerry smartphones, as well as most notebook and desktop computers.

The largest U.S. book retailer said its e-bookstore will offer more than 700,000 titles, including hundreds of new releases and bestsellers for $9.99.

Unlike online retailer Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), whose e-book strategy has largely revolved around its Kindle reading device, Barnes & Noble is taking a much more agnostic approach to the market, said Forrester analyst Sarah Rotman Epps.

"Barnes & Noble is not trying to pick a winner. They are betting on the whole category of e-reading," said Epps.

Epps noted that Barnes & Noble appears to be trying to capitalize on the affinity that consumers have shown for reading e-books on their mobile phones.

The research group estimates that more people have downloaded apps to read books on their iPhones than have bought dedicated e-book readers such as the Kindle.

"Mobile phones are not optimized for book reading, but for many consumers they are good enough," she said.

Amazon declined to comment.

Barnes & Noble also said it will be the exclusive e-bookstore provider on the Plastic Logic eReader device aimed at business professionals. The ultra-thin 8.5-by-11-inch wireless eReader is to debut early next year.

Mark Levin On Liberty And Tyranny

Glenn Reynolds did a video interview with Mark Levin on his book Liberty and Tyranny.

John Hawkins has a written interview here.

Bernard Goldberg At RWN

Right Wing News was pleased to get another opportunity to interview Bernard Goldberg