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Crowd Boos as Palin Quits Book Signing
Tom Uhlman / AP Photo
Sarah Palin disappointed fans in Noblesville, Indiana, when she abruptly quit her book signing. The large crowd had heartily cheered the former vice-presidential candidate when she arrived holding youngest child Trig at 5:30 p.m. at a Borders bookstore. The store handed out wristbands so that the first 1,000 customers could get their books signed, but the event ended promptly at 9 p.m., leaving several wristbanded attendees' books without an autograph. One fan said, "We gave up our entire workday, stayed in the cold. My kids were crying... I feel like I don't want to support Sarah." Others were far less diplomatic: Video shows hecklers shouting, "Quittin' on the job!"
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oaklynne
Finally, a moment of stunned silence from the Palinistas who are at a loss on how to explain people booing their diva.
Carole65
Well, at least there's one Palinphobic for a post. They'll be joining you in a moment....
Plantagenet
Liberals hate Palin
They say she's bailing
From signing their books
Liberals hate Palin
So liberals are wailing
Like crazy old kooks.
oaklynne
Plant, pathetic response - you're the one wailing here. Watch the video, it's her fans who stood out in the cold all day waiting for her to autograph the books they purchased only to have her leave, who are screaming and booing.
Granite
Carole, no one is Palinphobic. There is nothing to be afraid of. Palin's an f-tard.
galeso
Let's see we have people who wanted a free signature so they could sell the book on Ebay complaining about SP who is undoubtedly on a tight schedule, possibly giving another $100,000 speech in the morning.
Gr8Sted
Carole65,
Did I miss something? Or did Plantagenet?
Did liberals say Palin is bailing?
Or. Did she bail?
Has anyone been able to prove that the video was edited? Like the crowds at the Bachmann rally?
hfb1053
Your remark, Carole, further strengthens the old saw: The best defense is a good offense. One doesn't need to be a "Palinphobic" as you so cleverly stated to note that she is quite self-serving even when all those folks came out to see only her.
yankeechamp2009
Gr8Sted Has anyone been able to prove that the video was edited? Like the crowds at the Bachmann rally?@@@@@@ UUMMMM GR8STED, FOX HAS APOLOGIZED TWICE FOR THEIR EDITING THE TRUTH. I DONT THINK U NEED ANYMORE PROOF THAN THAT.
nightdragon09
Dude, she spent almost 4 hours signing nearly 1,000 copies of her book at ONE STOP... most authors would kill to have that many fans show up for their ENTIRE BOOK TOUR!!!
She sold over 300,000 copies of her book on day 1... by comparison, Bill Clinton's 2004 book opened with 400,000 copies sold, and Hillary's book in '03 sold 200,000 copies. And just today, HarperCollins announced they're upping the initial print run of 1.5 million to 2.5 million... that's a 66% increase!
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jlxDCO3o2Lipkwnit2WjvF 0TCa5gD9C3II6G0
Not too shabby for someone who's completely "irrelevant"... not to mention the fact that the AP deemed it fit to put 11 "fact-checkers" on duty for Palin's book... where are these so-called "fact-checkers" on the current President's own books??? Let alone stuff that actually matters, like the health care bill and the stimulus with its completely imaginary, so-called "jobs created or saved", including "jobs" in districts that don't even exist!
nortonclybourn
Dude, she campaigned hard to be Governron for FOUR YEARS! She has an even shorter attention span than her fans.
deegee
Uh.. You must not pay attention. Obama got slammed for some inconsistencies in Dreams From My Father.
cbeenthere
By whom deegee-Jerome Corsi?
diamondgirl
Palin apologized and it going to make it up to those who stood in the cold. She knows now what happened and it on it. You people should be worried, those people were upset because they like her, not because they hate her.
yankeechamp2009
nightdragon09, WHY ARE U COMPARING THE AMOUNT OF SALES ON SARAH'S BOOK TO THE CLINTON'S?? WHAT DIFFERENCE WOULD IT MAKE?? WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THE CLINTON'S DIDNT HAVE FREE ADVERTISEMENT THE WAY FOX HAS BEEN DOING. I LOVE THEIR COMMERCIALS ON HOW "SARAH PALIN'S BOOK IS ALREADY A BEST SELLER AND IS NOT EVEN OUT IN BOOKSTORES YET" LMAO.
WITH THAT KIND OF PHONY MARKETING, IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT SHE SOLD SO MANY BOOKS. SO THAT MAKES HER BOOK BETTER?
GIMME A BREAK WILL YA.
nightdragon09
@nortonclybourn... Dude, WTF is a "Governron"?
@deegee... slammed by who? Only ones I can think of who ever criticized his books were Fox News, but then again they're not a REAL news organization, right?
@yankeechump... I mean, champ2009... I was comparing the book sales of Sarah Palin, a half-term governor (not governRON) from the least-populated state in the country, to that of a very popular (at least among Dems and the media) former president and former first lady / senator who is equally as famous as her husband... to illustrate the impact that she has had on the nation and how many people love her and are inspired by her, no matter how much you libs try to say otherwise. And you're gonna sit there and tell me that she sold all those books just because of Fox News, and that Bill and Hillary Clinton... a former (and very recent) PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY... didn't have "free advertising"??? Ummm... isn't being a former leader of the world's most powerful nation enough free advertisement in and of itself when it comes to selling books???
Linney
J.K. Rowling signed autographs all night (from midnight until the morning) for all 7 of her books when they came out and she read excerpts. I have no sympathy for Palin. Those people weren't there because she's some awesome author, either. I think it's pretty obvious they wanted to meet her. She's a crappy author, for sure who probably wrote very little of the book herself. She signed nearly 1000 but not the whole 1000 and that's the point. She said she would sign them all and she didn't. She failed, once again. It's about her, not Clinton and not Obama.
diamondgirl
Oh, naturally you would jump on this one Stalker, the people were upset because they didnt get their books signed, Palin is making arrangements to have every one of their books signed and she already apologized.
Its not because they dont like her they boo, its because they want her signature on the books they bought...
How Jealous you are of everthing PALIN!
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n--Y--johnnieghfb1053
Thanks, johnnieg, you said it for me. She is a quitter; that's the one thing she's got down pat.
ConstitutionalRights
I am amazed that Palin is creating such a stir with the left. Perhaps it is because she is a threat to their ideal of what a woman should be, whatever that is.
I expect that Palin will make many "mistakes" while under the microscope of the left wing and the media, but it still goes to show that she must be a threat. While our Secretary of State's only accomplishments were a failed health care "plan" and questionable billing practices at her law firm, Palin has at least taken over an executive position, been personally responsible for turning her state around, making payroll, and identifying things that matter to Alaska. She has been a hard target of the left ever since she became the VP candidate. Had she been more left wing, she either would be praised right now or ignored altogether.
While johnnieg is concerned about someone who "stayed in the cold" to get her signature and was obviously disappointed, I wonder how much johnnieg is concerned about the loss of jobs due to this "stimulous" package?
We are witness to the biggest public money grab in history and like dutiful lemmings we are following the leader, who is truly "changing" our way of life right before our eyes. Some say he is doing a good job with what he was handed. Well, I say he is not. John Kennedy did better in the 60's when he turned around the economy with tax cuts and streamlined government. Lyndon Johnson nearly destroyed us with his "Great Society" plans and his Vietnam policy. Reagan got us back on track with his economic plans and tax cuts that led to over 12 years of growth, Clinton took over "the worst economy in 30 years" (which was BS) and by the end of his 8 years had slowed the growth and started the recession. Bush inheritied a falling economy, then 911, but his tax cuts turned it around and then approved budgets that were stupic. Yes, he ended his term with a mess, but how much of that was policies (Ie Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, etc)
Since Obama has been in office he has increased the debt, decreased jobs, reinforced companies with our tax money that should have failed, paid off the Unions with stock ownership of companies that they helped destroy, did nothing to easy bank lending policy, and has spent a year on health care instead of jobs. That is clearly a man without clear priorities. Now he thinks the government can do a better job at health care, with the track record of public housing, New Orleans, Social Services, Welfare, Social Security, Medicare, and the like, why shouldn't I be concerned? I am not confident that kind of leadership will improve things.
We spend all this time on Palin who was from a state by herself and we are ignoring the nonsense that is going on in Washington DC. If the left is worried about Palin, and not the economic mess they helped create with their "feel good" politics, than I suggest we have bigger problems than whether a citizen waits in the cold for a book to be signed.
hfb1053
DG: I can only suggest that you calm down about Palin before you completely go off the rails. She is just another politician; she is not a god. You sound like a zealot.
bobj72
"Constipation Rites"; You have the gall....... You have the audacity....... You have the intelligence to draw a contrast and/or comparison between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Ex-Governor Sarah Palin??? UNBELIEVEABLE!!!
THINKNIUM
I'm so jealous of all the big money she's making from all you dimwits. Nice cashing in.
THINKNIUM
Sign my teabag, all you righties.
spotted
Now they know how the citizens of Alaska feel . . .
AlanD2
Right, spotted. The Alaskan quitter goes rogue again...
Desertpenguin
The British slang term for "going rogue" says it all.
It's what she does best.
diamondgirl
You all want to slam her so bad you are a bunch of tansparent worried losers.
Palin already apologized and is going to make it up to everyone of them
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n--Y--johnnieghfb1053
desertpenguin - I just found the slang definition the Brits use for "going rogue". I'm right there with you on your remark. But don't tell diamondgirl as she will have to be sedated to get past that.
FatFreddy
What a lame crowd (video). Hell, I was at a Jane's Addiction concert in Philly (Tower Theater) and they walked off the stage after about 30 minutes. People started busting the seats, breaking windows and throwing beer bottles at the tour bus. There were cop cars, fire trucks and ambulances. People were getting clubbed arrested and trampled. I was in the bar across the street watching from the door.
I'd hate to have to live in Indiana. What pussies.
sophia5
FatFreddy
You're comments perfectly illustrate why Philadelphia is often
regarded as the most classless, uneducated, boorish
city in the entire country.
Low self esteem, Uneducated Philadelphians can't stand the thought of being
in close proximity to Intellectual Boston, International New York,
and Powerful Washington D.C.
Philadelphia . . . the city that throws ice balls at Santa Claus.
Classless Bottom Feeders.
FatFreddy
Get your facts straight Missy. We booed Santa. We threw snow balls at Jimmy Johnson and the Dallas Cowboys after they intentionally ran up the score against the Eagles. They deserved it. They're lucky that's all we threw.
Uneducated? The Philadelphia region has the most colleges and universities per square mile in the country.
NYC is NYC, the greatest city in the World. Boston is a bunch of uppity snobs, and DC... well, if you'd rather live in DC than Philly, there's something seriously wrong with you.
And I'd rather be "classless", than a pussy.
RockyMissouri
Sophia5- Perhaps in your arrogance you overlook the fact that you need to acquire some manners- surely your 'upbringing' is classier than that ?
wbishop12
I hear Fat Freddy Scat is working undercover for our Government these days.
Has anyone seen Freewheelin' Franklin?
Ignore sophia. She is a well documented dumbass.
FatFreddy
Where'd you get that name? Kos? I haven't been there in a while.
matthewbenzor
I TOLD YOU, I TOLD YOU, I TOLD YOU ...! Sarah Bush is going to quit on america, This book signing tour should be looked at very closely ,Because it would give you good look at how she would run her campaign if she was to run in 2012, The Presidents team should keep a eye on Sarah Bush's book tour ,Because its going to give you a good look at how she would run a campaign........! Sarah Bush is already pulling a Bush43 screw them attitude.........!
Carole65
Have you ever tried a paper bag for hyperventilation syndrome?
diamondgirl
You only wish you loser
DD3075
Let's see.......she's scheduled to sign books from 5:30 to 9:00. She signs books from 5:30 to 9:00.
Some yo-yo expected her to autograph 1,000 books in 3 1/2 hours? That would be about 300/hr, or 5/minute, or about 1 every 10 seconds. The fact that anyone is willing to sign their name repeatedly for 3 1/2 hours, shows dedication. Nobody in the world could have signed 1000.
I'm lovin' how the liberal left sees her as, and expects her to be, Super Woman. If only the left expected half that much from our current POTUS. Oh, no, couldn't be, cause we'd all be told he's only human. Let's weigh that..........only human vs Super Woman. Yep, that must be why they are worried.
And this was posted for you by someone who is not yet a "Palinite". I like a lot of her policies (not all), but the left is definitely pushing me to focus on her. The more I see, the more I like.
yankeechamp2009
NOW WHY IS THIS NEWS? SHE QUIT BEING GOVERNOR OF A STATE WITH A POPULATION THE SIZE OF BOSTON, AND NOW SHE QUITS AFTER 4 HOURS IN A BOOK STORE. TOMORROW BE READY FOR THE BIG PRESS CONFERENCE SHE'LL HOLD BLAMING THIS ON OBAMA SUPPORTERS.
AlanD2
We got it, yankeechamp2009. You don't have to shout...
SFGiants
Right your are Yankees! Bit by bit, her fans are going to find out she really is a quitter.
xlntcat
When it gets to be work, Sarah bails. She has a long history of doing just that.
bdluttrull
Dang, Yankee, you think with all the money your team spent on baseball championships, they could've gotten you a keyboard with the option to turn off caps lock.
She's not the first author, nor the most famous, to ditch a book signing. Breathe in, breathe out, and get over it.
yankeechamp2009
GET OVER WHAT? WHO CARES IF SHE DID WHAT SHE'S GOOD AT? HOW ABOUT LISTING A FEW NAMES OF THOSE WHO HAVE QUIT IN THE MIDDLE OF A BOOK SIGNING SINCE YOU HAPPEN TO POSSESS A LARGE LIST.
oldpunk
If book signing turn out is anything to go by JK Rowling should be in the running, & her books are not as much fantasy based as Palin.
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n--Y--AConcernedAmericancbeenthere
I thought people were worried about their jobs, obviously not if they can skip work for this easily predictable fiasco; and money-no worry either apparently, paying full price. What saps.
diamondgirl
It's amazing that that many people love her isn't it? You just can't take it can you?
I don't ever remember anyone who got this much attention, Its mind boggling for you left wing losers to grasp... What a shame for you, and she isn't going away any time soon... She is not going to quit until she becomes president.
cbeenthere
diamondgrll-
Sarah apologized yakkity yak Trig, Trap, yakkity yak.
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n--Y--AConcernedAmericanAlanD2
AConcernedAmerican: While I agree with you, I have to point out that posters who criticize other people's literacy, grammar, or spelling have more of an obligation than most to ensure that their post is up to snuff in these areas.
The old "pots and kettles" thing, you know...
tolatetocry
The store and mall closed at 9pm. what did they really want, Sarah to sit out in the parking lot and sign books. I don't know anything about who is responsible for all that, so I don't know where the problem occured. Wish it hadn't happened.
doesn't sound like Sarah and they don't sound like fans. So I think I'll wait for Sarah to respond.
sophia5
It would not surprise me in the least if some
of the raucous people screaming and booing were far left plants.
Maybe some thugs from SEIU ?
Isn't that what they do ?
"Organize" and plant themselves among the crowd
for the purpose of disrupting and tarnishing the opposition ?
Just ask Kenneth Gladney.
tolatetocry
good point! I hope she responds
Mauiboy
How about bad planning, a consistent theme in her life.
SFGiants
Sorry, Sophiacinco: as a member of SEIU, we've been told not to stand around witing for some bozo after 9 PM/
oaklynne
ha ha, nice try. watch the video - some of her fans speak and they're not happy about the diva's dissappearing act.
nortonclybourn
The Palinistas are the ones using Alinsky's tactics these days. By the way, they are out of date in today's media environment, but teabaggers are big fans of obsolete ideas.
Gr8Sted
sophia5:
Seems as if your so-called "thugs" have simply adopted your tactics as well as from your fellow reactionary teabagger, birther, deather, traitorous loonies.
DD3075
I agree. There was a singular, very loud, male voice doing most of the booing.
If anyone is interested in how the media treated the Obama booksigning tour,
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/Barack.Obama.The.2.332948.html
Tells about the lines, standing in the rain, skipping classes, etc. But the rest is very amusing, and oh-so different from the treatment given the Palin signing. Not once did they mention how many were in line to get a book signed. No report of how many did or didn't get their's signed. Oh, and they reported how "everyone" was just "gushing" over Obama. But we have no idea.....could have been only 100 in line.
If you don't believe that the whole Obama thing was a heavy duty sales job from a leftist media, do your own comparison of the booksigning articles on Obama, and the ones on Palin. At least we now have some transparency.......of the MSM.
THINKNIUM
Yes, sofreak5, they look like far left teabaggers that the SEIU planted, maybe organized by super far left off the edge ACORN and the DNC, oh yeah and the entire President administration. Tune in for the Sophibeck Show for new conspiracy developments
judgeinmillvalley
Doesn't sound like Sarah? You bet it does. She quits, although with a brain or common sense she would see that she would have to sit in the parking lots and sign books. It's all a come on. She quit Alaska when she found out something more was required than just sitting at her desk and posing for pictures. Her book is full of lies that are so transparent I'm disappointed. Don't put something in print that can be so easily checked should be the first rule. But her fans don't even know what she thinks. One wearing a T-shirt against the bailout was told that she was for it. (True.) "Where did you get that information?" She's little more than a good looking cheerleader who wants to be a talk show host or a figure head president while others do the work.
xlntcat
Sounds exactly like Sarah. She has bailed on everyone who tried to help her. She failed to show for meetings she scheduled as governor and just left the legislators waiting. She failed to show a speaking engagements which is why after she bailed on her job most of the offers were pulled.
Kalikynos
tolatetocry---
"I don't know anything about who is responsible for all that, so I don't know where the problem occured."
The problem occurred because "someone" agreed to sign 1000 autographs in three-and-a-half hours with a special needs child in tow. To autograph that many books in that amount of time, she'd have to sign one every 12.5 seconds. Not likely.
But then, if "someone" had set the signing limit at a more reasonable number, like maybe 300 (giving each book buyer a generous half-minute or so) it would have reduced the size of the cheering crowd by more than 2/3.
That just wouldn't do. No...not at all.
Better to disappoint many of those who did show up, than to draw a crowd so small it wouldn't make the news.
tolatetocry
Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" third printing. going to press, need another million. 2.5 million
first print 1.5 second 1.6 third 2.5 million, of course, in one week!
magoo363
Actually the first run was not as large as you say and the second run will not be as large as you say either. The total for the two printings will be 1.6 million copies TOTAL. I know you right wingers like to inflate numbers, a la' your Tea Parties, but it gets kind of ridiculous after a while when any reasonable person can look up the actual numbers online. I've posted a link to the actual numbers below.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/11/17/sales-of-palins-going-rogue-pro mpt-another-press-run/
tolatetocry
Wrong Magoo
up to 2.5 million!
FatFreddy
Bad link
cbeenthere
Maybe magoo-
She penned a deal to have her books replace the Gideon Bible and the phone book in Motel Six etc. requiring another printing.
MWaterman
Magoo - I get so sick of you idiots who try to paste a link without testing it first. DUH!
magoo363
To all of those who doubt the veracity of the link, TDB has a habit of taking long links and placing spaces in them. Take out the space and it works just fine. It is valid information, unlike the information tolatetocry has been spouting.
nortonclybourn
Eat Shit! 70 trillion flies can't be wrong!
newz4i
Palin (riding away in her bus), "I can make money faster than this."
DD3075
Obama (inside the White House), "I can print money faster than this."
DD3075
Geithner (under the bus), "I was printing the money as fast as I could."
tolatetocry
that's funny:)
AlanD2
Goldman Sachs (in the top-floor executive penthouse), "We're giving out bonus money as fast as we can."
jaydeekay
This is just golden entertainment value being paraded around as political intrigue.
It's almost as if it's all scripted...
But there is NO WAY that could happen here... right?
shortcourse
sure it can....think John Edwards....
jaydeekay
The psychic?
;-)
den123
Tina, Tina Fey! I know you can't resist.
Mrs. Palin sitting there signing autographs, 700 down with 300 to go......
tolatetocry
Greta just showed video from book signing in Cincinnati, thousands showed up. She looked as happy as can be, but I don't see any way she could sign all those books for all those people, there were thousands!
den123
Greta, Fox News. Sure about that "video"? Just saying.
tolatetocry
yea, I'm sure. Unlike other news organizations, the people who flubbed those videos were fired.
cbeenthere
Not good enough to cry-
People who made mistakes at Acorn were fired, and that didn't satisfy you conservatives lust for punishment.
You are a hypocrite.
tolatetocry
Cb
listen miss thing, its becoming clear you are an acorn! Love the James and Hannah story don't you, your acorns lost millions in funding and there will be some prosecutions and some politician are probably gonna go down.
Fox is the #1 in cable news just minus a couple of employee's at the moment
cbeenthere
tolatetocry-
You fancy yourself judge, jury and executioner, a poor Fox news guided judge, jury and executioner at best.
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n--Y--AConcernedAmericanmaspring
Finally her fans get to see a little bit of what the rest of us see every time we look at her: nothing.
5 will get you 10 that in the next few days someone connected to Palin rolls out an excuse / explanation as to how this was someone else's fault.
magoo363
Sarah suddenly realized that it will it is in the best interest of the book owners that their books not be signed by her, so she quit signing them and took off. It was her responsibility and was costing the book owners too much of their time by her signing their books. She hopes by doing this she can do more inspirational book things in the future from other locations. Look for a statement on her Facebook page on how Obama is ruining book signings through taxing pens and making lines mandatory at all types of signing type events.
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