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Palin Wallops Obama (in book sales)
The national media has been abuzz for weeks now dissecting excerpts from Sarah Palin’s new book, Going Rogue. Naturally the elitists in the media have used the opportunity to relentlessly pick on the former Governor, as they did during the 2008 Presidential campaign. If sales are any indicator as to how big-a-following she has, it’s…uh….huge.Â
In the first week of release, Palin’s book sales have topped 700,000. Let’s compare that to now-President Obama’s notable book, The Audacity of Hope: 182,000 book sales in the first three weeks. Needless to say, Palin has blown away the President. Take in to account that the NY Times, Oprah Winfrey and the Today Show treated Obama’s book to the publicity level George Lucas receives during a Star Wars motion picture release, and Palin’s sales are that much more impressive.
To state the obvious, Palin is a national force to be reckoned with. Even with the hatchet-job those in the national media and ex-McCain officials have done to bring her down, she remains the most popular guest at Republican rallies and fundraisers. Even the most ardent retractors of Palin within the GOP will admit that no one can draw a crowd the way she can.
While the former Vice Presidential candidate still has a lot of work to do in convincing general election voters that she is the real deal, Sarah Palin is clearly a force in Republican political circles. The jaw-dropping sales indicate that many independent conservatives are shunning the popular press’ portrayal of the former Alaska Governor and are willing to look deeper at her as a possible national figure in which to rally around. Those in the Republican Party that discount her or take her lightly will be making a big mistake
Tags: Sarah Palin
November 26th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
I’m glad she’s doing well. She has put up with so much crap about her and her family; I think anybody else would have collapsed from the pressure. The strange thing is, the ones constantly attacking her, are the ones that kept her alive in the news. I probably would have forgotten about her by now, but instead I find myself rooting for her just because of the unfairness - a little David against the big media Goliath kind of thing.
November 27th, 2009 at 12:30 am
It is not a surprise that we love her. I am an immigrant American who has a network of friends, patients, colleagues, fellow-Asians, people who we serve in our Christian ministry. They all love her. Her attributes are admirable as a person: love, courage, hard work, personal responsibility, sacrifice, patience, joy, persistence, kindness, humility. She inspires us because we see a beautiful authentic person. That is a magnet to people. Talk is cheap. She walks the talk.