In an unorthodox move, The Washington Post on Tuesday published two book reviews of Sarah Palin's Going Rogue -- one by liberal Ana Marie Cox of Air America radio, and one by conservative Matthew Continetti of the Weekly Standard. Continetti's is genuinely supportive. Cox's is genuinely snarky. (Obviously, it would have been nice if Hillary Clinton had received that treatment, but let's not overlook the balance here.)
There's also a snarky article by Post writer Jason Horowitz and Michael Shear headlined "The Book of Sarah embraces God & Todd."
Inside the Style section, the headline of the Cox review is "Rogue: Mostly flash, little substance. Surprised?" Isn't "mostly flash, little substance" a beautiful summation of the career of Ana Marie Cox? It's like Katie Couric suggesting Palin isn't deep.
Cox slams Rush Limbaugh in her review for calling the book substantive, even as she later confessed she only read part of the book:
Rush Limbaugh last week proclaimed "Going Rogue" to be "truly one of the most substantive policy books I've read," though that certainly raises questions about what other policy books Rush has read and by what lights he considers the Palin book to be one. For all I know, it may be true. There may truly be substantive discussion of policy, something that goes beyond the thudding "taxes bad"/"government small" rhetoric that characterizes the moments when Palin turns her personal narrative into a discussion of government workings.
I cannot claim to have completely read "Going Rogue" -- I had to skim the last 150 pages (or more than one-third). I only got the thing into my hands late Monday afternoon with a deadline of early evening. It's terrible, I know, but if I didn't read it all, neither can Sarah Palin claim to have completely written it.
That's an incredibly lame excuse -- one that would get you a solid D-minus or worse in high school. (As if most politicians write their own memoirs without assistance?)
Continetti's review has a headline inside Style that says "To the right, she's the thriller from Wasilla."
Palin should be pleased that the three articles suggest this book is a Major Event. That's not even counting the snarky article by perpetually snarky TV writer Lisa de Moraes on the Oprah interview:
Based on what we heard Monday it appears that Palin's book...is a charming coming-of-age tale along Rebecca of Wasilla Farm lines -- the narrative of a naive girl who thinks we're so naive that we would believe she's a naive girl who never could have guessed, say, that a candidate form the party of the Decency Police might face just a widdle bit of a problem to have a teen daughter who was pregnant and not married.
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She later confessed she only read part of the book?
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 07:31 ET by ThisnThatI'll bet she read all of the talking points handed to her, though. LOL. Talk about shallow.
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"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Øbama↓." - The liberals coolaid drinking song
I'd have said "Liberal
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 08:43 ET by notonmywatchI'd have said "Liberal Attacks Rush", personally.
"Slam" usually indicates pro-bias.
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Man, they really hate
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 07:32 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsMan, they really hate Sarah. I mean HATE hate. Her book goes rogue by hitting number 1 (all the 'little people' want to read it) before it is even published, while the lib books flounder even though the DNC, SEIU, AFT, etc. buy hundreds of thousands of them (with taxpayer dollars) to pad their sales.
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Decency Police!
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 07:48 ET by GeneralAlBased on what we heard Monday it appears that Palin's book...is a charming coming-of-age tale along Rebecca of Wasilla Farm lines -- the narrative of a naive girl who thinks we're so naive that we would believe she's a naive girl who never could have guessed, say, that a candidate form the party of the Decency Police might face just a widdle bit of a problem to have a teen daughter who was pregnant and not married.
What ever happened to a "Womans Right To Privacy!"? Is this the best that these journalistic morons can do? This idiot implies that you are short in the brain department if you come from a farm! As an ex farmer, I consider that offensive! As a matter of fact, its hate speech! I want legislation to protect us from these kind of attacks!
Elite snobbery
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 07:56 ET by nadadhimmiThe liberal elite establishment feel so superior to everyday Americans that they have divided the Country into an us vs them situation. The "elites" are truely hateful, despicable people. They must look down upon someone to feel morally superior and the minorities are out, so it falls upon the middle class whites to be the new symbol of ignorance and ineptitude. They are building a backlash of hatred in return from these disaffected middle class people and the 10 election will open some eyes, for a while.
The "elites" are truely hateful, despicable people.
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 09:15 ET by ThisnThatAs Palin would say, "You betcha". And that's language that I understand perfectly.
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"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Øbama↓." - The liberals coolaid drinking song
So what ...
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 08:01 ET by 10ksnookerWhich is why no one cares what anybody from the WaPo thinks about anything.
I plan on buying PAlin's book today and reading it myself.
Can you at long last see
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 08:03 ET by ConservativeRexCan you at long last see who the candidates for the guillotine are by now? These folks have no connection to the real world at all.
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
I don't have a comment on Palin, but this review is funny... ACA
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 08:12 ET by acaiguanaLet's see...
"I cannot claim to have completely read "Going Rogue" -- I had to skim the last 150 pages (or more than one-third). I only got the thing into my hands late Monday afternoon with a deadline of early evening. It's terrible, I know, but if I didn't read it all, neither can Sarah Palin claim to have completely written it."
So, I have no idea what I'm talking about, so I'll go with the canards as follows.
Blather Blather Blather.
I hate Sarah Palin.
So there.
See how smart I am?
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The Author.
Ann Marie Cox (satire for the humor challenged - she really didn't write that)
Literary license taken by Acaiguana.
ACA
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You nailed it.
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 08:42 ET by Red JeepLove this gem, "...if I didn't read it all, neither can Sarah Palin claim to have completely written it." Is that a nonsequitur or not? Lost in Space time...cue the Twilight Zone theme... now add crickets....
What is it with liberals
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 09:21 ET by ThisnThatWhat is it with liberals and not being able to read? This person can't read a 450-page book. Our congress critters can't read the bills they vote on. Yet they are all so high-and-mighty and more than eager to tell us we're nothing but a bunch of naive, uneducated country bumkins that need to be guided and led by the "sniff-noseintheair" clearly superior elite class.
Boy these people make me angry. And the more they spout their totalitarian and socialistic views, the more I think America is getting angry and fed up. I feel sorry for those that continue to receive their news and lies from the MSM.
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"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Øbama↓." - The liberals coolaid drinking song
Liberals can actually read, but ideas make their heads hurt. ACA
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 09:26 ET by acaiguanaHere's a book on history honey. Oh mom my head hurts.
Here's a book on geometry honey. Oh mom my head hurts.
Here's a book on alg\egra honey. Oh mom my head hurts.
TWENTY YEARS LATER (OR MORE)...
"Hey, wanna write for the New York Times - the Washington Post - no headaches.
Ever.
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They used to make me angry
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 11:21 ET by carolina09Boy these people make me angry.
But lately I've started to relish their helpless fulminations. Do you hear the tone of helplessness? Think of Brooks' oh-so-snotty "she's a joke." He went beyond his trademark effeminacy into incoherence. I'm tempted to go homophobic here--but isn't it out of style to be flamboyantly gay these days? What is more of a joke than the New York Times--what is more of a joke than an "intellectual" who writes of his sexual arousal at the sight of Obama's pants and their sharply pressed creases?
And they go lower, and lower into this pit.
Less attention gets paid. I believe the public is started to go deaf to these shrieks and convulsions. Sarah walks out into the bright sun, vital and beautiful, to the cheers of millions and is going to get RICH off this book. It's only the first book.
She's going to have so much fun putting the fear of God into RINOs and liberals in 2010--look how scared they are already!
Ana Marie et.al.
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 08:13 ET by spepperAna Marie is just the latest leftie to get her panties in a wad over Sarah-- why are they all so jealous of her? Can't they come up with anything substantive to rebut anything Sarah says or professes? Apparently not-- they simply moan and groan, muckrake and mudsling, in written form about anything they find disagreeable, which for the most part, seems to be anything that just makes plain common sense--
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Tue, 11/17/2009 - 08:52 ET by rjwest21I remember Cox going on the old MSNBC Imus morning show, wearing a t-shirt that was easily two sizes too small, in an obvious effort to pimp her boobie-bonafides. If she were an aspiring actress or model it would've been at least provocative, but that she was a blogger at the time whose claim to fame was writing an@l sex escapades of some staffer - and an aging blogger, at that - made it sorta sad.
I'm sure daddy's proud of the slut that you grew up to be, toots.
Yeah, Skankette has made a
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 13:42 ET by fitzfongYeah, Skankette has made a career trading on what she seems to believe is her sexuality. Sorry, but with that ginger Moe Howard haircut and a face like Alfred E. Newman, she could make her t-shirt four sizes too small and she'd still look like a 12-year-old boy with prosthetic breasts...and that's before you hear her spout snide, ill-informed comments like a common yenta.
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." -George Best
I pick up my copy today, Post!
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 11:10 ET by carolina09I might even buy an extra...
Re Cox
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 12:39 ET by slickwillie2001Cox is a featherweight; she made her bones blogging about anal sex and miraculously has leveraged that into a job at Air America. (Or is that so miraculous?) What kind of folks these liberal media outlets employ says as much about them as what they say.