Palin tour takes page from campaign

Posted: Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:52 AM by Petra Cahill
Filed Under: Norah O'Donnell

From MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell
Sarah Barracuda is back.

The feisty former governor of Alaska is set to embark on a whirlwind campaign-style "Going Rogue" book tour that in its first week will take her to half a dozen battleground states.

Palin will make two to three stops a day traveling in a bus emblazoned with the cover of her book. The imagery and pace of her travel is almost certain to evoke images of an early presidential campaign foray, especially as she plans a December 6 visit to Iowa, site of the first in the nation presidential caucuses.

VIDEO: Oprah Tweets about Palin interview.

The book is also likely to include some juicy tidbits about the drama inside the McCain-Palin campaign. Steve Schmidt, McCain's campaign manager, recently said nominating Palin in 2012 would be "catastrophic" for the GOP. Palin's advisors have indicated privately that there will be some score-settling in her autobiography.

"There's nothing we didn't talk about," Oprah Winfrey reported last night in a video linked to her Twitter account. "Lots of her supporters didn't think she should come here." Oprah said they talked about Palin's daughter Bristol's pregnancy, Levi Johnston, Palin's infant son Trigg, and the state of Palin's marriage. "It was really an interesting interview," Palin said.

On her Facebook page Palin reported that Oprah was "hospitable and gracious," and the audience "warm, energized and (no doubt) curious." The two women enjoyed the "great conversation" so much they went over the interview’s allotted time, Palin said. The extra chatter will go on Oprah.com.

The interview will air Monday, November 16.

Palin's publisher, Harper Collins, has announced only the first part of book blitz: 13 stops in seven days to Michigan, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama and Florida.

Eleven of those first stops are in battleground states. Her first visit to Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a nod to the fact that she threatened to "Go Rogue" by diverting her plane to Michigan after the McCain campaign decided to write off the state.

"I made a promise to the good people of Michigan that I would be back, and now I'm keeping that promise," Palin wrote on her Facebook fan page, adding, "From Michigan, the 'Going Rogue' tour will cover as much of the country as possible." She continues, "I've decided to stop in cities that are not usually included in a typical book tour."

In fact, there's nothing typical about her book tour. Instead, it's vintage Sarah Palin.

As of this writing, no interviews with print publications have been announced and she's only chosen select television interviews. She granted her first big television appearance to Oprah Winfrey, who prominently backed Barack Obama in last year's election.

Palin will sit down with Barbara Walters next, for a five-part interview that will air on a number of ABC programs. The rest of her scheduled broadcast interviews are with Fox News Channel.

The buzz surrounding Palin's autobiography has already pushed the book to No. 2 on Amazon.com, behind Stephen King's latest thriller.

Palin has used her Facebook page, with 975,000 followers, to encourage supporters to turn out at her book signings. And in case you haven't gotten enough of Palin, she's back on Twitter, this time under the handle @SarahPalinUSA.

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It really isn't about conservative v liberal as that is just constantly hyped for affect. For eight years the Republican Party strongly and stubbornly supported everything the Bush Administration did as it totally placated and patronized Special Interests and a select few with an in-your-face arrogance and under the camouflage of being conservative. Together they irresponsibly and unconscionably encouraged the dishonesty, self-indulgence and neglect that literally contributed to bringing down most systems and that just isn’t conservatism. Over those eight years, as everything was steadily going down hill, the government continually demonstrated an unconscionable irresponsibility in offering the majority only total apathy, the costs and substantial subterfuge while they focused on benefit for Special Interests and a select few who provided overt and covert support, substantial contributions and promises for after office compensation; all along the separation between the middle-class and the wealthy continued to grow. Bush then unapologetically just passed a gargantuan mess on to Obama, and the Republican Party proceeded to block/obstruct, without any regard for other than their own interests, all efforts to solve problems. Without ever contributing anything positive or constructive they now aggressively criticize the Obama Administration for not totally turning things around in just ten months. You want more proof that they could care less about the majority, only seeking to control public opinion with subterfuge, and are really focused on serving Special Interests and the select few, then look at what they are doing with Sarah Palin. They are busy working on building her support within the Party and next they will focus on aggressively selling her to the public. You can find many faults with Sarah Palin; she is arrogant, self-centered, egotistic, grossly dishonest, can be pompous and obnoxious and is literally sociopathic without any conscience, to name just an obvious few. What is more disturbing though is she is another, like G W Bush, 'puppet'; a puppet for Special Interests and the influential, powerful and wealthy few. As they would satisfy her egotistic drive she would have no guilt or hesitation in doing their bidding, just like Bush-Cheney. If ever they are successful we can literally be totally fearful of experiencing 'more of the same'. If they ever succeed with a ticket like Palin-Kyl, we could end up thinking that maybe Bush-Cheney wasn't near as bad. Today everyone should be able to recognize the lies, the scare tactics and the appeals to prejudices and emotions, all intended to mislead and manipulate the majority and benefit only the few. Anyone who accepts/supports their efforts and the substantial overt and covert activity of their patrons, aimed to return to 'more of the same', obviously has to be certifiably crazy. Anyone who is willing to ignore the consequences, at the very least, simply has to be masochistic.

REG in AZ (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:10 AM)

FR: "The White House plans to nationalize the 2010 elections on its own terms by putting the president front and center in order to minimize the party’s losses,"

That is good news. Obama can give a speech about all of his successes since he took office. That speech should fit into a 30 second timeslot, with 8 seconds to spare.

Hello - I'm Barack Obama - And I Got Nothing Done (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:11 AM)

Who's Oprah?

D. Phil (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:12 AM)

Let's look again. What states will she be visiting? Toss up states!! Yep, she's running for President.

Jody: Since you and I do not live in the beltway, I think we can see the big picture. Keep posting. I read every one.

Ron Indiana (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:14 AM)

Note to Norah O' Donnell (who I adore)... please don't EVER use the adjective 'Feisty' in referencing the Wasilla Hillbilly!

I can think of a lot of adjectives that are a much better 'fit however 'feisty' isn't one of them! lol lol lol

Thank you for your cooperation!

Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:15 AM)

"I thought I saw a cat"

"TWEETY BIRD" (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:16 AM)

One wonders if Palin could make a decision on troop levels in Afghanistan. The answer is obviously a resounding YES!

Lynette O., Washington State (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:17 AM)

newdayDAWNING (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:17 AM)

One knows that if Sarah Palin, and not Super Joe Biden, were in charge of the stimulus money, that money would have been used to create real sustainable private sector jobs, and not just be handouts to the bloated state governments to keep dead-end goverment jobs going for another year.

Kelsey, Maine (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:20 AM)

'...set to embark on a whirlwind campaign-style "Going Rogue" book tour ...'

GREAT !!
So, THAT'S how we capture all those Lemmings
Get the butterfly nets out !!

Will anybody appear at these signings with a gun ??

... his vision for his Bush Institute, which will be housed in the George W. Bush Presidential Center...'

The Bush 'vision':

Hamburgers and Cadilliacs

Isn't the Bush 'Institute' right next to World Science Center ?
and jsut behind the Creationism Academy, right ??

Any time you talk about Bush and vision, I think of cold beers or cocaine

LOL !!

Lou Dobbs, The NEW Chancellor of the Goerge W Bush Institute of Technology

First project: Hulahoops !!
(how do you get those things to work?)

MSierra, SF (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:21 AM)

That picture of Oprah - she looks on the high side of 180.

Jenny Craig (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:22 AM)

What a nasty piece of work Palin is. She has no gratitude to her betters for raising her into a position that she is not fit to occupy. I am amused, however, how the right wing rags are buying her book wholesale in huge amounts and then giving them away to get the Great Unwashed to subscribe to their trashy publications. No honest list of top selling books should include Palin for this alone.
newdayDAWNING

Translation: Liberals are jealous, very jealous because how can a Republican Conservative white woman be more popular then an African-American liberal Democrat like Obama?

Salzman, Lynn MA (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:23 AM)

The term: 'False Prophet' comes to mind

The Lemmings will follow anything

Newt Gingrich ? Glenn Beck ? Rush Limbaugh ? Sean Hannity ? Michelle Bachmann ??

Truly, a large portion of Americans are LOST

No Clues, No Answers, No Common Sense

Habit and Malice reign

MSierra, SF (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:25 AM)

FR: "The White House plans to nationalize the 2010 elections on its own terms by putting the president front and center in order to minimize the party’s losses,"

Good idea - we saw how well putting the president front and center worked in the Nov. 3 elections.

J. Corzine, New Jersey (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:26 AM)

She's such a coward.
Quits on her state when it's tough; avoids print and major network press because she is like shooting fish in a barrel for them; districts that are GOP/Conservative only where she'll (she thinks) only encounter her very narrow adoring niche. I hope there are lots of plants in the audience asking her tough questions like, 'Did you really write it yourself?' or 'What do you read?' Can you read?
As I said, fish in a barrel for anyone with a real brain.

Deborah Greenlawn, NY (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:26 AM)

How did Oprah deal with it - with talking with someone that has more to do with womens success then Oprah does?

Tammy Walters, Modeso CA (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:28 AM)

It'll take only a few mangled sentences from Ms. "Rouge" Palin (yes, I spelled it correctly) to understand why Schmidt thinks Sarah running in 2012 would be catrastrophic. Ms. Lipstick on a Pig would have left many a dangling participle and run-on, say nothing sentences in her wake.

J. Ellis, Virginia (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:28 AM)

One wonders if Palin could make a decision on troop levels in Afghanistan. The answer is obviously a resounding YES!
Lynette O., Washington State (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:17 AM)
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Oh Good Lord!!!!!!!!!

Sarah can’t decide which stiletto’s to wear to Sam’s club let alone make an objective decision on something as serious as troop levels.

Although if she & McBomber had WON there’s no DOUBT we would also be fighting in Iran and North Korea by know as well!

The majority of Americans agree it’s best that we keep Caribou Barbie as FAR away from the WH as possible. Let Fertile Myrtle do what she does best… birthing babies & slaughtering turkeys she 'pardoned'!

Who can ever forget that scene... EWWWWWWWW!!!

Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:28 AM)

Guess why Jennifer Granholm, et al. aren't on bus tours
(The Incoherent Talk Express?)
They have REAL responsibilities...they didn't quit.

Deboorah Greenlawn, NY (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:28 AM)

. . .not just be handouts to the bloated state governments to keep dead-end goverment jobs going for another year.
Kelsey, Maine (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:20 AM)

You mean like the jobs that Halliburton and its self serving subsidiaries pilfered for 8 years?

J. Ellis, Virginia (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:32 AM)

In December Obama is going to have a jobs summit.
It only took him a year to realize how much he let unemployment spin out of control!
The Dems will have their heinies handed to them in the next few elections.

Blame Bush all you want lefties but ACORN can't round up enough illegals and winos to outvote the tens of millions unemployed and facing foreclosure.

Groundskeeper Willie’s enemy Seamus (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:33 AM)

I often wonder how pissed off Republican women who really are talented, educated and experienced enough to represent the Party feel about "Barbie Doll Palin" being put up as the best they have? Really, this woman is smart enough to use her ASSets to get her where she wants, but is that really the message the Republican Party wants to send to young women. It's not about brains, critical thinking, or message. It's push up bras, fancy nails, and stupid catch phrases said in a very high octive that will get you where you want.

Shame to see the hard work that a generation of women before me put toward making it in a "man's world" shot to hell.

Oh, and is it me or does anyone else notice that it is only Palin making statments about the lack of productivity that older people display. She continues to say things like this about older people and Down Syndrome people. I feel for her child because she clearly sees him as disabled.

Kim Davis, St. Louis MO (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:33 AM)

Feisty Redhead:
I agree! I was watching Norah (whom I adore also) on Morning Joe look excited that Sarah was going to have a blow-out?? Is that because journalists will have fun blasting her again? Or does she, shudder, actually like her and think she has any business being where she is?
Talk about biting the hand that fed you-PALIN would still be just a backwater gov. that no one has ever heard of if McCAIN wasn't foolish enough to pick such an incompetent running mate.
NORAH is gorgeous, smart, can write...and READ-why doesn't she have a bus/book tour with a big following instead of this dim-wit? There's NO JUSTICE!

Deboorah Greenlawn, NY (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:33 AM)

Reg in AZ, very well said..and TRUE!

GAB, Austin, TX (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:33 AM)

Who cares what Sarah Palin is doing in 2009? If she runs for president so be it. She'll probably lose. However, the fact that unemployment is above 10%, the house has passed a 1 trillion dollar HCR bill that actually doesn't reform anything and state workers are getting pay increases paid for by borrowing from the Chinese seem more important than a stupid book tour by a mediocre politician.

BTW people with day jobs don't watch Oprah who is another narcissist just like the President.

Alan, NJ (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:33 AM)

"I am amused, however, how the right wing rags are buying her book wholesale in huge amounts and then giving them away..."

newdayDAWNING

Hey, newday, they do this all the time. What's hilarious is when an anal orifice like Jerome Corsi does this, sues his publisher for royalties he thinks he's entitled to, then does the same thing all over again!

"Insanity" For 200, Alex! (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:34 AM)

She'll be preaching to a small converted.
Hit all the states you want-if you're only in tiny pockets, that's still no way to win a general.
She has no reach.

Deboorah Greenlawn, NY (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:34 AM)

REG in AZ:

It really isn't about conservative v liberal as that is just constantly hyped for affect. For eight years the Republican Party strongly and stubbornly supported everything the Bush Administration did as it totally placated and patronized Special Interests and a select few with an in-your-face arrogance and under the camouflage of being conservative.

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Which explains Bush polling in the 20's.

But don't let that stop you Obama boot-lickers from supporting Obama at every turn, even if he starts kicking puppies.

Jay Stone, Chicago (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:35 AM)

Isn't it ironic that the same Republican Party that accused President Obama - lawyer, professor, Senator - of being a "celebrity", now finds themselves mesmerized by a woman whose primary claim to fame is that she looks really good in glasses.

Irony isn't dead.
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From previous topic:

"Because at some point the President looks irresponsible instead of calculated and thoughtful. I agree that this decision is major and impacts many of the great men and women who serve. This is one campaign promise I really hope he works out. He can be unsatisfied about the options, but without direction from him on what he wants(though they might know and we don't) nothing will be achieved and it will look like he doesn't have the confidence to make a decision.

Just my two pennies."
Keg, AL
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But is it about making a good decision, or is it about LOOKING LIKE you made a good decision?

Is there some type of official handbook that tells us how long it should take for a President to unravel an eight year quagmire?

Do we really want the President to consider how his decision "looks" to the media instead of what is best for our troops and our country?

Like the President said in his Inaugural address . . . it is time to put aside childish things.

Nothing could be more childish than making life or death decisions based on what will be said about the decision by talking airheads on cable.

Nashville_fan (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:36 AM)

Someone needs a massive colon cleaning. I think she is carrying about 100 pounds of excess excrement in the lining of her intestine. But with a fortune worth over a third of a billion dollars she can get a Dom Perignon enema with that kind of money.

Reid is coming for your money Oprah, watch out.

TAX THE RICH!!!!!!!

Dr. Ozz (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:37 AM)

There was never a better example of how the liberally-biased media attacks conservatives, than the way Sarah Palin and her family were (and are still being) treated for the last 15 months.
Conversely, when Saturday Night Live did skits about the "puff-ball" treatment Obama gets, his people called Lorne Michaels and told them to stop doing it.
...and the baby-daddy, what's-his-name, Levi's Johnson, he just needs a beatin'!

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'M A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:38 AM)

One wonders if Palin could make a decision on troop levels in Afghanistan. The answer is obviously a resounding YES!
Lynette O., Washington State (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:17 AM)

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Given Sarah's current status as a civilian, it should be asked if the view is good from the cheap seats.

PS - Sarah quit.

Pete - Albany, NY (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:40 AM)

TorpedoYou Tempe, AZ (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:42 AM)

I only had to read the first two words before I knew media bias and drivel was to follow. My time is too short and precious to waste reading Ms. O'Donnell's pitiful excuse for commentary. I am totally fed up with the petty, asinine and bias comments found in most of the media! Obviously, O'Connell hasn't any real substance if she has to resort to content that is blantantly nasty! Grow up folks!! No wonder I don't watch MSNBC. It doesn't matter on which side of the political fence one stands, it is time to start showing a little respect for people and for the differences which make this country great - without acting like a bully on the playground!

Cass Kwan, Easton, PA (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:44 AM)

Hello...Obama will never get anything done. The only plan he ever had was to become the first black president.
Now Lou Dobbs will get something done.

Ollie (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:45 AM)

ADVANCED COPY

We can't believe that First Read doesn't have an advanced copy of Palin's book. Or MSNBC,

With or without sarcasm, First Read is doing a great job of promoting Palin just by trying to keep it in perspective, kind of fair and balanced, We do appreciate it.

Full Moon
Polythene Pam
RAZOR ... and the rest.

The Chihuahua Gang (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:46 AM)

Cass Kwan, Easton, PA (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:48 AM)

I wouldn't even line my cat's litter box with pages from Palin's book.

pat huntington ny (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:49 AM)

Let the anti Powell rants & raves commence in 3…2…1…

Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 9:26 AM)

Showing off your counting skills again. This may get you into kindergarten but won’t advance you into first grade. You are a prime example of the lack of teaching skills in the USA. Stuck on stupid doesn’t get you very far.

Right-wingnuts to accuse President Obama of taking another vacation in...3...2...1...
Pete - Albany, NY (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 9:29 AM)

Looks like Pete went to the same school. Pete, I thought you were smarter than that.

The fruity gumdrops useless remarks continue in every post as usual. Fruity, Is that all you got? You are getting really desperate. You need to get some new material. Didn’t see a single anti Powell rant either.

Making blondes look smart (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:49 AM)

Lynette O.
Sometimes it is not the ablity to make a decision but the ablity to make the right decision that is most important. The decision that will be made will hold the lifes of our military men and women in its outcome. So I understand that a thinking person would not rush to make this one in hast, but instead think on it before charging in. So yes I am sure Sara Palin would have made her decision very quickly.

Vincent KC (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:49 AM)

Wednesday's Follies

Nothing like a couple dozen old angry racist white people who are already sucking off the evil ‘Socialized’ system to get ya motivated now is there?

You're kind really are f'n delusional

Continue on staying so ‘scared’ you’re gonna sh!t yourself and the rest of us will get on with our everyday lives!!!

Fr Crew... Thanks for doing a little housekeeping around here!

Ya all know what I'm talking about! ;0)

Feisty Redhead Rosele, IL

Watch me make the ink pen disappear.....

Kathy, Charlotte (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:50 AM)

Wait a minute! Prior to the end of August 2008 no one outside of Alaska had ever heard of Sarh Palin and now she has a memoir? Memoir of what; the past year? Thats more of a journal if you ask me.

Spencer and Heidi is to reality TV what Sarah Palin is to politics. GO AWAY ALREADY

Rich C. NYC (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:52 AM)

I'm sure anything the MSM media points out like how the book doesn't talk about policy would be categorized as them picking on her. I wonder if she takes any responsibility for her actions in the book or does she just point the finger. The sign of a good leader is you accept your part. It is okay to point out others faults but you have to be able to acknowledge your own.

Mia, Philadelphia, PA (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:52 AM)

Bill, there are all kinds of stories out there involving what happened at Ft. Hood - including stories that Bush officials may have dropped the ball on this last year. But I, unlike you, choose to ignore these stories until an investigation is completed. Which again, takes time.

This is a tragedy for all concerned.

Pat, Boston, MA (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:56 AM)

Can we use tax cuts to finance the War in Afghanistan?

If not, how will we continue to pay for the War in Afghanistan?

Can anyone answer these simple questions please?

Nashville_fan (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:57 AM)

Going Rogue - has anyone looked up the definition of "rogue" she is admitting she is a fraud and phony, and that she will do fraudulant things, we can not sit here and jodge what Obama has done in office in 8 actual months (from time after Bush left)he was left with a mess that no one wants to face, Sarah will never be President, just another ugly face with no family values to share.......Meriam Webster -
"ROGUE" -
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

O E StL, MO (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:58 AM)

One wonders if Palin could make a decision on troop levels in Afghanistan. The answer is obviously a resounding YES!

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Just don't ask her to spell Afghanistan. Or "troops" for that matter. I am sure she would make fantastic decision that would benefit us all. Trig's smarter than Sarah.

omerto@comcast.net (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 12:03 PM)

How much "score settling" can there be in five chapters? After she finally reveals the list all the publications she reads every day, there probably won't be room for much else. After all, "Cosmopolitan" is a pretty big word.

I think the movie title should be "Moose en Rouge." Appropriate, I think, for the self-proclaimed pitbull moose hunter with lipstick.

Not so much pit these days, though, as just plain bull.

Anna Molly (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 12:09 PM)

Dear Sarah, Please quit! You said you could do more from outside politics - so stay out! We're tired of hearing your noise.

Republican Oddball, Los Angeles, California (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 12:09 PM)

Manning vs Brady

Ron, well like you, I can't wait for Sunday nite's football game. The Colts are 3 point favorites right now I believe. But I say - Patriots win by 14.

Either way, it should be an entertaining game. We are all so looking forward to it up here in New England.

Pat, Boston, MA (Sent Thursday, November 12, 2009 12:12 PM)

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