The following is just one tidbit about Sarah Palin's book. I knew I would want to read Sarah's book because I admire what she has done, her fresh air approach and mannerisms. I cannot stand how she has been treated. Such media venom! I just had not planned to buy her book right now until I saw it in Sam's Thursday. By that time, I'd watched several of her "book interviews" and thought, "good for you!" On Thursday AM at Curves I had to chime in defending her from gossip of two liberals who were merely repeating media drivel. I find it quite funny that everyone is so stirred by her. I think she is doing a good thing, making $$ of it all. Why is she such a threat to the libs? She's not in a position to raise our taxes, ruin our healthcare, spend us into oblivion, etc. To me this speaks to the liberal shallowness and how tentative thier control may be.
I remember when she was chosen as McCain's running mate. I thought, "huh? Who?" But I grew quite fond of her and the more she was maligned the better I liked her. If this is her way to get back and take her turn as ringmaster of the 3 ring circus that surrounds her, hooray for Sarah! I don't know that she will run for anything again. I think that resigning as governor of Alaska will haunt her. But I wanted to contribute this way by buying her book. I have kept my Mc Cain Pailin t shirt and wear it from time to time working out!
I'll be able to start reading it today because I just finished another short mystery last night. Not that I don't have a full shelf of books awaiting my reading. But it has been a while since I bought a new book, hot off the press and delved into it. But I am itching to start turning those pages. I don't expect stunning revealation, just an accumulation of why and what from Sarah's perspective. I find it interesting and include the clip about the research:
Accountability Journalism Wall St. Journal, 11-19-09, Best of Web Today
An Associated Press dispatch, written by Erica Werner and Richard Alonso-Zaldivar, compares the House and Senate ObamaCare bills. We'd like to compare this dispatch to the AP's dispatch earlier this week "fact checking" Sarah Palin's new book. Here goes:
Number of AP reporters assigned to story:
• ObamaCare bills: 2
• Palin book: 11
Number of pages in document being covered:
• ObamaCare bills: 4,064
• Palin book: 432
Number of pages per AP reporter:
• ObamaCare bill: 2,032
• Palin book: 39.3
On a per-page basis, that is, the AP devoted 52 times as much manpower to the memoir of a former Republican officeholder as to a piece of legislation that will cost trillions of dollars and an untold number of lives. That's what they call accountability journalism.
I'll review it here later, but now I have pies to bake to donate to the Auxiliary for tonite's steak dinner and
bake sale.
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