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More Book beastGoing Rogue: The Index
Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
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The Daily Beast's columnist enjoyed Sarah Palin's memoir so much, he created his own index for it.
Alaska
mind-numbingly boring intramural politics of, 1-208
Aristotle, 63
Atlantic Monthly
formerly reputable outlet asserts Trig Palin actually child of Bristol or Willow, 238
Baldwin, Alec
hypocritical failure to fulfill promise to leave U.S. after election of George W. Bush cited by SP, 313
Biden, Joe
called “Joe” by SP, 289
hair plugs of thought about by SP as calming device going into debate, 297
Bloggers, Maniacal, 236
Bono, talked to by SP, 301
Boredom
of, by reader while waiting for Going Rogue to get to 2008 presidential campaign, 156
Clinton, Hillary
hat off to SP while fundamentally disagreeing with every view of, 287
Couric, Katie
condescension of, 276
far more forgiving when Biden gives historically erroneous answer during his interview, 278
intense desire to be liked adduced by McCain staffer, 256
lowest-rated news anchor in network television, 270
should have been asked by SP what she reads, 207
Democrats
“embarrassed pacifism” of deplored, 46
Elites
stupidity of for buying Alaska salmon eggs labeled as “caviar,” 48
“want you to sit down and shut up,” 395
Fey, Tina
friendliness and graciousness of to SP, 310
makes lots of money imitating SP, 293
God 1, 22, 30, 33, 34, 51, 56, 57, 76, 83, 104, 121, 133, 170, 173-5, 176, 177-8, 181, 185, 187, 193, 195, 208, 210-217, 243, 245, 261, 286-8, 294, 322-3, 346, 349, 355, 362, 399, 413
Kerry, John
“elitist loon,” 181
King, Martin Luther, 86
Kudlow, Larry
energy of liked by SP, 206
Left, The
decides SP must be eliminated, 364
Letterman, David
prick, what a, 351
Lieberman, Joe
tells SP God will see her through the VP debate, 286
Liberals, Hollywood, 134
Marx, Karl 84
McCain, Cindy
down-to-earthness of praised, 210
elegance of, 210
ice queen reputation unjust, 221
McCain, John
boldness and out-of-the-boxness of hailed by SP, 223
reveals selection of SP as VP nominee at Ervin J. Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio, 222
staffers of feed lies to Fox News’ Carl Cameron about SP, 343
wading, favorite pastime of, 286
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“bunch of buffoons,” 378
causticity of, 351
ghastliness of, 187, 236, 280, 342, 347, 348, 378
ninety percent liberalness of, 270
veiled barbs, directed at SP by, 75
Murkowski, Governor
“darn jet” of deplored by SP, 147
Obama Campaign Opposition Researchers
“black-suited, laptop-toting flatlanders,” 236
Page, 208
Going Rogue finally gets to 2008 presidential campaign
Palin, Bristol
impregnation of by unnamed teenage lout, 207
pregnancy of likened to a forest fire, 208
Palin, Sarah
abused by McCain campaign staff during debate prep, 283
appalled at emphasis on packaging by McCain campaign staff, 232
approval ratings of in Alaska plummet from 90 percent to 56 following presidential campaign, 373
books, non-banning of by, 77
“butt,” use of by, 49
caribou lasagna eaten by as child, 218
“Change,” used as gubernatorial campaign theme way before Obama, 114
conservatism, fiscal of, 153
creationism of, soft-pedaled by, 217
D, gets in college course once, 112
“darn,” use of, 31, 87, 147
daughters, cuteness of adduced by, 132, 138
“effete young chap,” used to describe gubernatorial opponent, 116
emails, personal, hacking into by deplored as “another fine how-do-you-do,” 263
favors holding self to higher standard, 366
“giddy-happy,” not made by pregnancy of teenage daughter, 234
humbled and honored when nominated by McCain, 223
legal bills of top $500,000, 363
likeability of, 1-413
“Mom Moment,” has when daughter Piper crashes bicycle, 138
moose chili served three times a week at governor’s mansion, 133
moose eyeballs, handed by father, 32
not amused by “SARAH PALIN IS A CUNT” T-shirts at rally, 279
not amused by media portrayal of family as “herd of hillbillies,” 315
“not retreating but reloading,” said about SP by father, 377
oil companies, goes up against, 159, 189
per diem, refuses, 147
“porks up” while pregnant, 50
“ready to calve” first child, 51
Russia, proximity of Alaska to, made too much of by media, 309
sneaks in calls to folks like Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity and someone thought to be Larry Kudlow but who turns out to be Neil Cavuto’s producer, 257
spends less on travel and personal expenses while governor than previous two predecessors, despite having larger family, 365
sweats like crazy while working rope-line, 276
unable to remain silent in face of serious issues facing Alaska and U.S., 356
wardrobe problems of, 314
wife, yearns for a, 86
“Wow,” utters when realizes Alaska politics determined by “relationships,” 142
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Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
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Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
tolatetocry
how many books have you sold, jr? Your Dad would be so proud!
Isn't your Dad the man who said he would rather fill Congress from the phonebook!
man, I did not realize this site was the site for everyone's kid to dump on the world.
Christopher Buckley, Elizabeth Gates, Meghan McCain, who else?
judgeinmillvalley
I see you everywhere, tolatetocry, and each time I want to say please change your name to toolatetocry. A little thing, yes, but so important when you're defending Sarah Palin and others.
BovaryfromBeyond
So many SP defenders exhibit a peculiar lack of spelling and grammatical ability (even in this day of spell and grammar check). Perhaps it's elitist (and unpatriotic) to be well educated...?
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estcruzer
for decades Republicans have been courting (and helping to create) the uneducated electorate. Bush and Palin are just the next step - both supposedly very intelligent - but their education seems to be lacking, significantly. It's no surprise that their defenders would exhibit the same attributes, as I said that is who they are courting.
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AlanD2
maladapted lies again, an unfortunate conservative trait these days.
The majority of Americans with higher-level degrees are Democrats.
By the way, Obama's college and graduate school achievements put him way above most Americans, doubtless including Mal.
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BovaryfromBeyond
I joke with my conservative father-in-law that I always vote for the presidential candidate with the highest IQ and in my voting life that's never been a Republican. He has no way of responding, just goes red and sputters haplessly.
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JohnnyAces
Not so fast maladapted. According to this Alan is right. Read it and weep...
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/US/H/00/epolls.0.h tml
AlanD2
maladapted: I checked out your "big ugly link". You are correct in what you say it shows. But you neglected to mention that it only goes through 2004. A little bit has changed since then - the 2006 and 2008 elections, for example.
I found a more recent Gallup poll (Aprill 2008) that shows "Barack Obama leads John McCain by a significant margin among voters with the most education, but trails the likely Republican nominee among voters with the least formal education."
People with 4-year degrees were evenly split between Obama and McCain, but people with postgraduate education favored Obama by 52%, with just 42% preferring McCain. Check it yourself:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/106381/Obama-Education-Gap-Extends-General-El ection.aspx
(Remove extra spaces if you copy and paste the link.)
So I decline the honor of being "in the familiar position of being dead wrong."
Unless you can find a better source, I leave that position to you, Mal.
BovaryfromBeyond
It's a comparative thing, Mal. Fulbright scholar Clinton v Bush I. Nobel Laureate Gore v Bush II. It's going back a bit for me, but at one point Dan Quale's name was being bandied about as a potential Republican candidate--not one of America's brightest. I know very little about McCain's intelligence; he seems to be quite a reasonable man except in his choice of running mate, but adding SP to the ticket brought the Republican ticket IQ way down. You can bet Obama never got a D- in anything, especially an economics class.
AlanD2
BovaryfromBeyond: When McCain graduated from the Naval Academy in 1958, he was fifth from the bottom in class rank, 894th out of 899.
Not exactly the brightest bulb in his class.
BovaryfromBeyond
Sorry, it was a Rhodes Scholarship, not Fulbright,that Clinton attained. Even more prestigious and competitive.
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Enders
judgeinmillvalley, I think it's tolatetochange.
elcapitan520
Enders just ruined any point you were trying to make mal.... sorry.
Badger1492
In reply to Estcruzer's comment: Who said Palin and Bush were intelligent? I can't remember hearing that particular adjective applied to either one. Btw, I agree with your points.
BovaryfromBeyond
Who can forget Joe the Plumber? I'd love to know what he reads.
djanimaequeen
It's amazing how mal continues to argue the education point when his peers are the likes of CZ girl and plant. Every idiot post these clowns make only disproves his point. My guess is that he's too stupid to realize that. Lol!
shortcourse
So....you have to be educated to know your ass from your elbow...obviously the grammatical wizards here have little common sense....which doesn't come automatically with an M.S. or PHd....seems like a lot of educated people have done real well f***ing up this country....
janet1003mn
Well, let's see if I can't help you out on this one. I won't be tallying the total number of books CB has sold in his long and illustrious career -- because, frankly, that's something you can (and should) research yourself (before asking such an inane question) -- but I can tell you he's WRITTEN 15 of them to SP's ONE. In addition, TWO of his books have been made into movies.
P.S. I echo the sentiments of judgeinmillvalley re: correcting your screen name.
magoo363
Actually Sarah has written zero books. Going Rogue was ghost written by Lynn Vincent after Sarah dictated the some of the details to Lynn. Sarah should technically not have her name on the cover as author, perhaps just as a co-author or contributor.
BovaryfromBeyond
Excellent point, magoo. Also worthy of note: here in Australia, Going Rogue is in the fiction section of most bookstores.
diamondgirl
magoo, if you are right why isnt the ghost writer getting the big bucks? How do you know how much was written by Ms Vincent? were you in the room when this book was written?
xlntcat
Well, I have no stats on how many of his numerous books Mr. Buckley has now sold but I would assume it was a reasonable number. His Dad was on to something. We would be just as well off filling Congress from the phonebook as we are today. How could be possibly do worse?
squiggy
Anything that will change the "savvy", disconnected money grubbers, back scratchers and stabbers!!!!!
DeaconDrJones
I remember back in '04 when a local, well known owner of a car dealership decided to cash in his name recognition and wealth to buy his own Republican franchise. I put it this way because I listened to him take questions on a neutral radio program and the guy had no answers to any questions posed by callers (the host was an impartial moderator), just the sort of pre-packaged, red meat, code-word answers that I hear coming from Palin all the time. If the guy had any actual answers it was impossible to tell. He sounded like an idiot. I listened to a lot of programs on that station, and usually I was upset because right-wing pros would walk in and shred any callers that challenged them, but this dude was not good at it at all.
The idea that politics is something that any rube can walk in and do as long as he/she has the moral fiber for it is as stupid as it gets. It's like being frustrated by a bad plumber and resolving to only have untrained plumbers from now on. Grow up already.
Mr. Buckley is oh-so-cheeky and well spoken, but as far as I can tell, he's just another jackass with nothing to add to the conversation. As somebody mentioned above, what's with all the damn nepotism around here?
JohnnyBeagle
I think his dad would be proud. He's quite a funny writer with a keen insight as to what conservative thought really is. I like him.
Willow207
...."a funny writer with a keen insight as to what conservative thought ..."
'conservative thought', what a oxymoron.
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diamondgirl
Buckley is a loser for wasing his time to make an index about Palins book. He needs to hold on to his day job, his stupidity is showing and so is yours for liking him'/
Here is the web site about King Obama ordering $500,000. to be spent on Bashing Palin this week. He is a Chicago Thug who is just as scared of Palin as you loser are. LOL
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/20/obama-organizing-group-palin-book -tour-dangerous/
PaulJG
I agree. Like his father's work, I don't always agree with his viewpoints, but I always appreciate his delivery and insights.
@ diamondgirl -- Thank God you're here! Wouldn't be a respectable Quitter Palin party without your unique viewpoints!
Veronicaxy
We couldn't have asked for a more representative writer for the Red Fox viewpoint than DiamondGirl.
So much so I have to wonder if s/he's planted by Tina just to have fun and mix it up.
helloricko
diamondgirl,
Would you please, please, start spell checking your posts. They are all so full of misspellings, poor punctuation and dreadful syntax -- they give me a headache.
Thanks (in advance)
margincall
dianondgirl - why are you linking to another post - you'll have to learn how to distinguish a story from a user post. There are disclaimers regarding the post.
Sajwert
I am not of the political persuasion that either the father or the son Buckleys are. However, I enjoy reading what both have written over the years, as fine writing showing intelligent thoughts and viewpoints even if they are not shared by me, are like good meatloaf and mashed potatoes. To be savored, even if I get indigestion afterwards.
And as to diamondgirl's remarks, it boggles my mind how anyone, even those with low IQs, can make statements such as she does.
SlimSoldier
tolatetocry,
Nepotism is...well, for the most part disgusting.
Again, no disrespect intended in particular to Megan McCain because, sweet Jesus I'd let her buy me a Red Stripe but I personally don't really give a damn what the children of Priviledge think about a world that they never really, truly had to navigate.
I wonder how Megan's classmates are doing these days with their brand new college degrees. No doubt they too are on the lecture circuit....?
YogiBarrister
Tolatetocry, while it's doubtful Christopher ever won a political debate with his father, as it turns out, he is a much, much better novelist.
BTW the typo in your screen name is annoying. Was toolatetocry already taken?
diamondgirl
This story is posted below and the left wing nut jobs dont believe me so here is the web site that shows how afraid of Palin Obama is. He has given the order to his peeps to spend 500,000 on bashing her this week. Here is the web site.. he is such a Socialist Loser its so funny you dont get that
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/20/obama-organizing-group-palin-book- tour-dangerous/
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diamondgirl
Stewart asks supporters to help raise $500,000 to "push back against Sarah Palin and her allies."ose who doubt me and my article I would like to add that
President Obama's political operation took a shot at Sarah Palin today, accusing her of lying on her media blitz.
"It's dangerous," Organizing for America Director Mitch Stewart said of Palin's book tour. ...
This is right out of Saul Alinski's Rules for Radicals page 100
" The job of the organizer is to maneuver and bait the establishment so that it will publicly attack him as a "dangerous enemy"
"This need is met by the establishment's use of the brand"dangerous," for in that one word the establishment reveals its omnipotence. Now the organizer has his "birth certificate" and he can begin...
You lovely libs are so transparent it astonishing. I should just post the entire book; can't you people have an original idea in those heads of yours?
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crypto
Diamondgirl: You're kicking a dead mule talking to these dweebs about the chosen one.. only after he has completely taken over their lives will they even suspect anything. But the kick he is allowing at Palin, and I say allowing because he evidently doesnt have the guts, to just come right out and say what he's planning.. But as I've said before, Palin is a tough duck. And Payback is hell sometimes.
margincall
It's not an article - it is another user's post. That would be like linking to your post saying this is news. I would imagine this is hard for you to understand but linking to a post is not credible.
dailywackos
Christopher Buckley is an asshole.
Sajwert
dailywackos, with that statement, you live up to your moniker.
And you should live so long as to have the credentials that Mr. Buckley has so some small and insignificant person can write "dailywackos is an asshole."
ginsushark
I would agree that beast loves to hire the questionable children of name brand celebs. but at least buckly can be mildly amusing at times. the palin book was begging for an index...
i wish republicans and democrats lived up to their propaganda/ideals and all professional politicians were smarter.
southernyankee
What is wrong with you Palin defenders? How can you defend stupid?
mindlessmissy
LOL ... Someone got a lot of extra time to kill ...
BUT
Do NOT irritate the Palin folk ... They do NOT take kindly to their messiah being mocked ... ( or left in the rain without a signed book from their queen, you betcha ... )
Willow207
Thou shall not worship 'false'gods before me.....
diamondgirl
Hey Buckley, dont you have anything better to do with your time.
We dont need to know who is on what page, those people dont matter to Palin fans who bought the book. They only matter to you losers who give a shit about bashing her because she scares the SHIT out of the Left. That may be why Obama put out a directive to make sure that 500,000 was spent on negative ads against Palin, this week. He is such a wimp and Chicago Thug
janet1003mn
Site a source, please, for this claim about Obama ordering $500K in negative ads against Palin. Given that it's not an election year -- and, of course, she's not running for anything -- without a solid link to a source, it's a damn dubious claim. That would be like me taking out $500 worth of ads "against" you, diamondgirl, just because I don't like your politics. Last I checked, even very powerful people don't actually PAY for ads broadcasting their "dislike" of people. And put that way, doesn't it sound pretty damn silly?
janet1003mn
Wait. Wait. Found it:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391560/posts
So now you're going to try to claim that SP's just a li'l ol' private citizen and how dare Obama refute whatever blows through the transoms of her mind and out her pie hole? Doesn't work that way, sweetpea. She's a public figure. She's campaigning against health care reform. Obama's not taking on a private citizen. He's taking on the POLITICAL STANCE of a PUBLIC FIGURE. Get the difference? Or is the nuance just too subtle for you?
There are two kinds of people in this country. SP acolytes who fear government "death panels." And the rest of us who fear the very REAL "death panels" that already exist in the form of insurance companies who deny coverage to 4 month olds who weigh in on the north side of the 95th percentile, 2 year olds who weigh in on the south side of the 20th, anyone with preexisting conditions, children who use up their yearly "allotment" of coverage, anyone over a certain age, anyone who they can put off without a fight, etc. Medical expenses are the leading cause of bankruptcy in this country. The DEATH PANELS already exist. You better pray hard to your God that they don't come sniffing around after you at some point in your life.
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janet1003mn
Oh, Connie, I know. I know. I just thought I'd do the "hard" work of citation for she who perhaps could "create" diamonds from coal, given how tightly she's wound. I anticipated a back-and-forth exchange about my "over-reliance" on the "libruuul media" as a reason why I knew not of this major piece of news. Whatever would we do if she didn't enlighten us, right?
diamondgirl
Janet here is the source about the Chicago Thug who is afraid of Sarah Palin...LOL
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/20/obama-organizing-group-palin-book -tour-dangerous/
diamondgirl
Connie, I dont post anything if I havnt read it first, I am not as stupid you are, or you think I am.. Loser
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/20/obama-organizing-group-palin-book -tour-dangerous/
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diamondgirl
connie, If Steward sent the word out to bash Palin, Obama knows about it.Your Messiah/Community Organizer knows whats going on. How gullible are you to think, because you didn't see Obama's memo or phone records, or meeting it didn't happen? WOW you really are in Delusion land with your Favorite Socialist..
diamondgirl
Two more web sites, none you will believe because you are all leftys and believe in Socialism and entitlements...Losers
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/68837-obama-group-atta cks-palin-to-fundraise
http://www.redstate.com/scipio62/
Your Messiah is scared and so are you of this women and well you should be. I have no idea if she will ever run for President, but she will affect the results in any election she puts her mind too.
BovaryfromBeyond
He got paid for his article, not like all of us commenting on it.
DeaconDrJones
!!!!!
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Willow207
In spite of republicans condemnation of the health care reform act, we will still allow for mental health care for Palin, Bachmann, Coulture and other such mentally ill loud mouths spewing hate and lies in the "liberal media".
Who needs Dancing with the Stars, when you have Laughing at the Loonies appearing daily?
AlanD2
Truer words are rarely found here, Willow!
diamondgirl
Stalke/Oaklynn, its a sin you are so nasty and you think you know everything. This proves you know nothing except you left wing talking points, that make me sick and tire of your same old crap. Here is the web site you @ss hole.
You all get under my skin, not just Buckley who is an @ss hole too.
Im sure onec you read that Obama gave the order to bash Palin, you will find some reason to not respond or respond negativly as usual..Losers
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/20/obama-organizing-group-palin-book -tour-dangerous/
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AlanD2
diamondgirl: The URL of your link, "hotair.com", tells me all I need to know - it's just more conservative propaganda.
By the way, if you can't stand the heat, please do us all a favor and stop posting here.
diamondgirl
It was also on Fox this morning, I know it means noting if it doent come on MSNBC Obama run Media..
If you think Obama isnt scared of Palins popularity you are out of touch with how it works, if you think he doent intend on bashing her or having his propaganda machine to do it for him, you havnt been paying attentin to what they have done to her so far, and will continue to do, until Obama is the loser because he is not helping those out of jobs instead of kissing @sses in China... did anyone see Saturday Night live skit on that by the way? I emailed to everyone I know. Now that SNL has thrown Obama under the bus, its over for him.
diamondgirl
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/68837-obama-group-attacks- palin-to-fundraise
http://www.redstate.com/scipio62/
mmanion
She does scare the shit out of me--not her, per se, but the fact that anyone so clearly deceitful, narcissistic and ignorant could 1.) Believe she is qualified to be president and 2.) Convince a large number of others of the same is profoundly frightening. I really thought most of my fellow citizens cared more about this country...
Youwot
The thing is - the people that she has convinced are as narcissistic as she is. So when you attack Palin - they take it personally because they perceive it as an attack on them.
As to Palin being ignorant - well her fans are equally as narcissistic and ignorant - and they all probably think that they are qualified to do what ever they want. So again - they take it as a personal insult when Palin's competency is questioned.
Concerning Palin's deceitfulness - well there I think that her fan's are in denial.
crypto
MManion: don't come forward with that crap. Your "fellow citizens" have already had the shit scared outta them with this organizer you call president. I don't expect much outta your whacko party. But I would expect that when logic smacks you in the face you would recognise that. I don't think Palin could win if she ran. But if she does run your Obamason is gonna sweat bullets. She can take enough votes to upset the whole election even if he pulls the same crap he pulled last time. At least we now know what kinda crook we're up against. And that game can be played by all.
xlntcat
Where do you get your information. Obama was out of the country and he has spent nothing, made no comments and I have seen zero ads regarding Palin positive or negative. Would you be "just makin' thing up"
nortonclybourn
This isn't credible because clearly d--dgirl IS Sarah Palin. The evidence was always right there--the preoccupation with obscure blogs that mention her, the illiteracy, the made-up charges, the obsession with Sarah Palin.
JohnnyBeagle
Palin scares the shit out of anyone with an average or higher than average IQ.
liberaljesus
Buckleys are true conservatives, you others wannabes are just religious nuts!
JohnHedtke
Speaking as a longtime liberal, I admire the hell out of C. Buckley and his late father both. I've not always agreed with them about many things, but there was never any doubt that they were coming to their opinions with thought and care, and that you even stood a chance of convincing them that they needed to change their opinion based on a good argument... although you'd need to have a really GOOD argument to out-argue either one. :)
Perhaps most importantly, their opinions are not based on the quasi-religious 'purity' that's sweeping the GOP these days. I'm sure, for example, that Buckley, Sr., would be excoriated today for his ardent belief in legalizing marijuana, but that wouldn't change his opinion.
AlanD2
diamondgirl: $500,000 spent by Obama on negative ads against Palin?
You've got to be crazier than usual, diamondgirl.
Running against Palin in 2012 would be a gift beyond price for Obama. So if anything, he should be encouraging her to run.
diamondgirl
Alan, what I dont understand is why you Liberal nut jobs find this so unbelievable? Here is the web site you stupid @ss holes...
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/20/obama-organizing-group-palin-book -tour-dangerous/
diamondgirl
Alan, 2 more web sites you wont believe.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/68837-obama-group-atta cks-palin-to-fundraise
http://www.redstate.com/scipio62/
diamondgirl
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/68837-obama-group-attacks- palin-to-fundraise
http://www.redstate.com/scipio62/
diamondgirl
Alan I am not going to do your homework for you, you know dam well the libs arent going to post that info. We will see if the bashing begins from the liberal Web sites, oh thats right it has never stopped..
diamondgirl
Here is the link: I never post if I dont have proof, you bunch of losers!
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/20/obama-organizing-group-palin-book -tour-dangerous/
AlanD2
diamondgirl: From what I can tell, hotair.com is just another Neo-Conservative propaganda site.
I'd like to see some link from a neutral site, or even a news site (and no, Fox News does not count).
I stand by my original comments if you cannot produce one.
diamondgirl
Alan here is two more web sites you wont believe...
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/68837-obama-group-atta cks-palin-to-fundraise
http://www.redstate.com/scipio62/
AlanD2
diamondgirl: I thought I mentioned that I'm not interested in conservative sites.
I want facts, not opinions.
ThisThatTheOther
I prefer reading Buckley's distillation of the inane to reading anything Sarah Palin has to say. I think he is providing a public service to those of us who are so amused by SP's idiot folksiness. I guess if you're right that we're so "scared," then I love it because I haven't laughed this much since Dan Quayle.
mfkpadrefan
Wimp AND a Chicago thug? I lived in that great city (what a sports town) in the 70's...Wimp and thug are both insults Dgirl...but not the same thing.
Warehouseone
um...Buckley is a writer.
This IS what he does with his time.
DavidBarron
Everybody's someone's kid.
Anyways, I liked "Florence of Arabia" and "Supreme Courtship". This unofficial index article tradition you've developed is great, and quite helpful. I had to check each "god" reference at the bookstore just to make sure.
JeffreyinLA
That was deliciously clever. Thank you for the most interesting look at Palin.
Sempronia
While I appreciate the humor in your endeavor, I would like to point out that the same concept has been up on Slate for a few days now:
http://www.slate.com/id/2235917/
Still, it's quite different, and invites creative comparison.
crymeariver
Other sites took on the task of making an Index to Palin's book along with Slate.com. I find them all very funny!
http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/the-going-rogue-index
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/17/going-rogue-the-unofficia_n_360 988.html
mmanion
Taibbi has a great post up at True/Slant. Helps to understand the "Palin phenomenon" a bit:
http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/
Dreamer4Ever
For as long as Christopher Buckley is a thorn in the side of the idiots, I'll continue to be a fan.
nortonclybourn
He neglected to mention the three page letter written not about but BY GOD (with Sarah's assistance as secretary) to SP.
Sidewinder
Thanks for the index, CB.
For me, the truly scary thing about Sarah Palin is her inability to separate her evangelical Christianity from her politics. Her stand on abortion and on teaching creationism in our schools make it frighteningly clear that she is blind to the difference between a democratic republic and a Christian theocracy. And that, ladies and gentlemen, should be the end of the matter by anyone's standards.
Yet more frightening, many of those who still support Palin's political ambitions want that Christian theocracy.
Austerlitz
You are right, and I would add that Palin and her fans believe in democracy only to the extent it functions within a theocracy. To them, anything less is contemptible. She, and they, would be so at home in Calvin's Geneva or (if they were Muslim) in 21st Century Iran. Facts are relevant only so far as they support Godliness. Unfortunately, the abstractions of tolerance and fairness that underlie democracy, are beyond the comprehension of many folks. They will follow over a cliff a cheerleader, like Palin, who has the ability to articulate their own ignorance into some sort of twisted world view.
Her nonsense has to be opposed every day because otherwise she will keep repeating it until it acquires the patina of the factual. Opposing the ridiculous is one of our duties as citizens of a still great democracy.
nortonclybourn
And of course she has to pave The Way to the Apocalypse, ""I disagree with the Obama administration on that," Palin told Walters. "I believe that the Jewish settlements should be allowed to be expanded upon, because that population of Israel is, is going to grow. More and more Jewish people will be flocking to Israel in the days and weeks and months ahead." She believes that she will live to see the End Times, and she is willing to bring it about.
loloo33
well, that's Repub base anyway. Not everybody is cracy about Christianity in Republican party but they have to because all those repub christian freaks vote and their votes are based on their beliefs. I miss the good old conservative idea, that has nothing to do with religion.
diamondgirl
sidewinder, you are a left wing liberal, who is afraid of Christianity, WOW! Why doesnt that surprise me. Just because Palin is a Christian doenst mean she is going to govern like that. We do know how to make decisions based on facts and logic, not Religion...What is wrong with you people that you need to spin her religion as a reason for your hatred?
loloo33
well we do know that she would exactly govern the country with her crazy christians agenda. BecaUSE SHE COULDN'T STOP TALKING NONSENSE, THAT'S WHY!!!!!!
diamondgirl
lulu, How do you know that, did a little birddie tell you that?
loloo33
probably the same bird that you prayed to, from dust till dawn.
acastos
Sheer genuis! But why didn't you send this to the New Yorker's "Shouts and Murmurs" where you would have appealed to more than bottom feeders?
Marjorie2
Christopher,
I am amused that you devote your time and waste column space for a thinly veiled and pompous attack on Sarah Palin. Unlike our dear leader, Palin didn't not spend two years trying to convince everyone how smart she is. I am still waiting for those Columbia an Yale transcripts.
My recollection is that your 2008 reason for supporting BHO was his "first rate mind"--the basis for that description being his penning of "Dreams of My Father" (I think that is the title).
That book was the perfect foil for vacuous, elite, ivy leaguers always trying to appear to be the most reasonable, tolerant intelligent person in the room. You know, you put the word "smart" in front of something and every liberal, ivy league graduate and uninformed emoticrat (emotional democrat) jumps on board like a lemming.
Apparently, Bill Ayers is being cited for ghost writing the book based on reasearch and comparison between Dreams and the much more pedestrian "Audacity of Hope." And, apparently, Ayers is not denying it. Ahh, the beautiful thing that is the ego of the anarchist Ayers.
So, Christo, why don't you write a column--or whatever you call this thing-about how you've been punked. Yes, that is a rhetorical question.
marcyj
You write surprisingly well for someone who is so deluded.
Marjorie2
Marcyj,
I figured I would ferret out at least one emoticrat. I just gave a nod to my Harvard diploma hanging on the wall for providing me my superior skills of prediction and speculation. But really, provoking a female emoticrat with some trumped up axe to grind against Palin is just too easy. I think I could have done it just going to community college.
Have a good one!!
lickenmesomepussy
Marjorie2...double check your Harvard degree, and make sure it qualifies you to talk about lemmings. Just to educate your supposedly Ivy League a bit...lemmings do not follow each other to their demise. It is a myth, and an illusion, as are many other of your beliefs and opinions. Read books...kill your TV, and destroy your car. Save humanity.
nortonclybourn
Ayers is not denying it writing Obama's book. But Glenn Beck has still not spoken up to deny the rumors that he raped and murdered a young girl in 1990. All he has done is try to sue the Concerned Americans who were Asking Questions. Fortunately, the courts came out on the side of Freedom of Speech--yet Beck still refuses to speak. Personally, I don't believe that Glenn Beck raped and murdered this girl, or any of the other girls whose murder he has been linked to. He may not have either raped OR murdered them. But I do find it disturbing that he refuses to clear the air. Americans have a right to the Truth.
diamondgirl
Not that again, Norton, give it a break will you buddy? Cant you find anything else to talk about on here?
gavottes
Not so thinly veiled attack.
Well, not veiled at all.
A full frontal attack of satire.
crypto
Wish I'da said what Marjorie2 said!!!!!!!! You go ahead. They don't have a D A M thing to match that.
diamondgirl
Sounds right on to me!
loloo33
It's enough about Palin, she is the symbol of idiocracy in America, it's embarrasing that stupidity gets so famous. That's why there are so many reality shows on tv, and people can die for fame, singing dancing, nobody embitious to be a doctor or scientist anymore.
diamondgirl
Palin's popularity is not by accident, she is a symbol of democracy, free speech, capitilism, budget concience, and a patriotic American.
loloo33
stalker.
loloo33
gosh...........diamondgirl, do you have an education at all? or you are a homeschool girl? that would answer few questions about your pink elephant.
diamondgirl
lulu, gosh it looks like more than you have!
elgordone
It appears to me that only about 3 people posting here understand that this index is a SATIRE. I don't care whether Buckley is a conservative or not, he does have a good sense of humour.
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djanimaequeen
Bingo. Satire requires intelligence. The fact that they take this seriously is proof they have none.
Willow207
For someone whose education was in journalism (communication) what language did she study, "Hillibilly"?
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