Sarah Palin's roguish book tour: The details seep out

It starts in Michigan.

Our good buddy Josh Painter over at the Texas for Salin Palin blog, a must-bookmark for SP fans, has assembled the schedule for the ex-gov's upcoming book sales/autographing tour and we have some of it below.

You'll note that the tour starts in Michigan. Get it? Oh, c'mon, sure you do!

Longtime Ticket readers will recall it was the stumbling McCain campaign's decision to, in effect, forfeit Michigan to the Obama Democrats a year ago and stop campaigning there.

Which caused McCain's Republican pitbull partner to grumble about giving up anywhere so easily.

Which caused those brave McCain staffers to anonymously leak their own grumblings that Palin was "going rogue."

Which provided the rebounding political celebrity with her best-selling book title -- "Going Rogue: An American Life" -- which so far has 1.5 million copies in print.

And that's before the Oprah show on Nov. 16. There'll be a five-part interview with....

...Barbara Walters on ABC. No doubt a bunch of Fox folks. Probably won't have any time to squeeze in a chat with that late-night CBS guy who made the sex joke about Palin's underage daughter.

Palin's got 13 stops booked before Thanksgiving, a break, and then back on the road to drive those crucial holiday sales.

Palin will focus on numerous smaller cities (yes, Iowa's Sioux City is in there), many of them past successful campaign stops. She'll see the troops at one Ft. Bragg event in North Carolina. And she'll even pack them into a Pennsylvania Sam's Club.

Of course, Minneapolis' massive Mall of America is on the schedule. That's near the Republican National Convention site where, despite a faltering teleprompter, Palin gave a flawless debut....

...national political speech that electrified that audience and attracted some 37 million viewers at home. For old time's sake, we dug that video out of The Ticket's archives and re-publish it just above here.

But the Republican politician and possible 2012 presidential candidate mapped her travels to skip many traditional book tour stops -- Seattle, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Los Angeles -- because they have a lot of you-know-who's there.

11/18: Grand Rapids, Mich. - Barnes & Noble, Woodland Mall, Kentwood, 7 p.m.

11/19: Fort Wayne, Ind. - Meijer

11/19: Noblesville, Ind. - Borders, 7 p.m.

11/20: Cincinnati - Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Norwood, noon

11/20: Columbus, Ohio - TBA

11/21: Washington, Pa. - Sam's Club, South Strabane, 11 a.m.

11/21: Rochester, N.Y. - Borders, Henrietta, 7 p.m.

11/22: Roanoke, Va. - Barnes & Noble, Valley View Mall, noon.

11/23: Fort Bragg, N.C. - AAFES Post Exchange Bldg. North Post Mall.

11/23: Birmingham, Ala. - Books-A-Million, Birmingham, 7 p.m.

11/24: Jacksonville, Fla. - Books-A-Million, Orange Park, noon.

11/24: The Villages, Fla. - Barnes & Noble, Lake Sumter Market Square, 4 p.m.

11/24: Orlando, Fla. - Barnes & Noble, Colonial Plaza,  7 p.m.

12/03: Fayetteville, Ark. - Sam’s Club,

12/04: Dallas, Texas - Legacy Books, Plano, 11 a.m. -  2 p.m.

12/06: Sioux City, Iowa - Barnes & Noble, Southern Hills Mall, 1 p.m.

12/06: Sioux Falls, S.D. - Barnes & Noble, 5 p.m.

12/07: Bloomington, Minn. - Barnes & Noble, Mall of America, 7 p.m.

Josh promises on his blog to keep updating the book tour schedule as more events are added, complete with addresses and links. He's also taking guesses here on where the additional sites will be.

-- Andrew Malcolm

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[whodunnit]

Main Entry: 1rogue
Pronunciation: \ˈrōg\
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1561

1 : vagrant, tramp
2 : a dishonest or worthless person : scoundrel
3 : a mischievous person : scamp
4 : a horse inclined to shirk or misbehave
5 : an individual exhibiting a chance and usually inferior biological variation

[Johnn]

Oh please. She should just stick to skinning moose and caring for her oddly dysfunctional and conspicuous "special needs' family. I cringe at the thought of her on TV again.

[djn]

Bill O'Rielly said last week that he has a 3 part interview with Palin coming up...

[George Bosh]

Palin, Cheney, & all the rest of the republicans.. It's all about the money and nothing else.

[we're still talking about caribou barbie?]

Going rogue?

More like going full retard, amirite?

[Steveo]

Good god, why can't she just go away.........

[Michael]

Your IQ drops 10 points every time you see her picture. I wish the tea-bag queen would just go away, all she does is lower the collective intellegence of this country and continue the poisoning of our political process.

[Ryan D]

The great thing about this is that it will truly be the last we hear of her except for the occasional snicker while reading a footnote about her in a poli sci textbook.
It's what makes this palatable - her 15 minutes are nearly over.

[Travis]

I think a lot of people who have gotten their view of Governor Palin from the Dead Tree Rags, Fringe Media, DL and SNL, are going to be in for a shock.

They are going to be exposed to a very smart and articulate lady with whom they have much more in common with than they knew.

[Ucl2]

You all wishing she would just go away? Funny, because that's the same way many feel about the homosexual community and the 'marriage' vote. But I guess that comminity wouldn't be considering taking their own advice, wouldn't they? Here's a thought. You go away first and I will bet she will go away thereafter.

[todd]

Isn't it great that we live in a country where a heretofore no-name, underperforming governor can rise to the level of best selling (allegedly) author and political "star" (questionable) simply based on looks, a bad choice made by her running mate based on those looks and a segment of the electorate who believes in the "cult of personality" in lieu of actual intelligence and policy expertise? Having already proven her roguish nature by prematurely quitting the office that gave her the ability to cluelessly ascend to become the GOP's equivalent of a poison pill for any candidate endorsements, how long will it take before the right wakes up and causes Sarah to exclaim "I can see the end of my 15 seconds from my house"?

[Cherie]

I don't get it, why would she name her book "Going Rouge"? Didn't someone along the way realize that being a Rouge is NOT a good thing??

[idesign]

I always thoroughly enjoy when I see leftist sheep deride Palin on her “qualifications” …
Yet they somehow believed Teleprompter Jesus was the one….
what a bunch of B.S. I challenge you leftist trolls to list his quals… go ahead.
We all need a good laugh.

[Jim Again]

I love it. I want a 24 hour Sarah Palin television network so we can all turn into a big old American Mush-brain!

[observer]

Finally, Mr. Malcolm returns to the "Boost Sarah" beat. It's been a while, and I've been wondering what the delay was.

[Robert M]

Flawless debut! Electrifying! She overcame a faltering telepromter! Going Rogue, national bestseller! At long last, the exciting details of Sarah Palin's whirlwind tour of the Real America have been released!
Is this the L.A. Times or the National Review?

[Someone who gets it]

Wake up people! Read some history books and find out what why the Constitution is there to protect the people from a government that is too powerful. We need Sarah more than ever. This country is on a path to hell led by a dangerous muslim that hates this country. If you people don't wake up and get it soon, our freedoms will be long gone.
Listen to Sarah and appreciate our great country.

[chuckles]

Rougue, not a flattering word kinda like reckless. Look it up, seems appropriate though.

[Mike]

Sarah appeals to a special population of Americans that don't really know how to handle a gun but belong to the NRA anyway, and think they know how to improve government but can't tell you what the VP's job is.

Sarah and the Team Sarah ding-dongs can help this country by staying out of politics. Nordstrom is open, they should whip out their plastic and go be all they can be.

[Sapwolf]

I picked up my coupon for the book and my ticket to get it signed by the Cuda in Cincinnati on the 20th.

She'll be a dynamite leader of this country.

Radiant and courageous, how could it be any other way?

Palin/Rubio 2012!

[Alan Srout]

You can cut the fear and flop sweat here with a knife! LOL
If she was truly "washed-up", a "quitter", "15 minutes almost over" and etc. you would just ignore her. Since the attacks on Governor Palin have been non-stop since last year, that tells me all I need to know...

[peter]

Enough of Palin. She is a zero. Stupid !

[Eric]

Go Sarah!
2012

[RJW]

The Quitter is Dubya in drag, no more, no less, and she would have to answer to the same puppetmasters -- Rove, Cheney, et al. This country could not survive going down that road again. America is barely breathing as it is, thanks to eight years of fraud, cronyism, decay and abuse by the PNAC Boys, enablers like Bush and Palin, and the proto-fascist muscle provided by ignorant "good Christian values" folks who can't find the handle on reality.

[cedric]

How did this get in the LA Times?

No sneering gutter smears?

No paranoid leftist lies?

You will probably be fired. You are supposed to be a slobbering socialist shill for Obama.

[s]

Who is Trig Palin's biological mother?

[Melaine Samson]

She is worse than a joke. The only thing dumber than a Republican is a Republican with an erection.

[howardx]

the book has already dropped from an initial price of $28.99 down to $9.00, 99 cent store by xmas.

[Sandy]

God, Please let Sarah Palin be the 2012 Republican nominee, for two reasons: 1) The funniest season of Saturday Night Live ever, and 2) She'll cause a Democratic landslide of unprecedented proportions. Sarah for Prez.

[SAD]

Todd wrote - "Isn't it great that we live in a country where a heretofore no-name, underperforming governor (legislator) can rise to the level of best selling (allegedly) author and political "star" (questionable) simply based on looks... and a segment of the electorate who believes in the "cult of personality" in lieu of actual intelligence and policy expertise?" Sure sounds like Todd could be talking about Obama!!!!

[Eileen O'shea]

A new novel just released is waaaay more interesting than Sarah's book. It's called "Dalton Shores" and has 5 star reviews on Amazon.com

[Anthony]

All you libs are just scared! Go Sarah!

[drj]

Why can't you Conservative Women Haters (please don't deny it) just ignore her and hope she'll go away.
Now take your pill and go to bed.

[K. J. Davis]

It is too bad the lame brains who don't have anything good to say can't just shut up. " If you don't have anything nice to say, just don't say anything".

Then we would have less posts to read and more time to talk to the sensible intelligent people who like her and want to listen to what she has to say. I say go Sarah! Don' t worry about the left, they will always be there like a bad dream. Do what you want and see who follow!!

[Steadfast, hold tight, American]

For those of you who TRULY believe that our country and her peoples best interest is the top forum of Obama.....snap out of it..quick! Lets not forget the great men and women who fought for OUR Constitution," that blue print for our country that separated us from everyone else. Oue forefathers saved us from a so called.. "Early Socialism" (remember England, your history, taxes, only one religion, etc)..... and fought to protect future generations. What has happened here in America is so wrong...DO YOU RELISE WHAT IS HAPPENING?

" How many rolls of toliet paper will your family need each mouth, ready to have your card stamped"?

GOD BLESS those who know right from wrong, and GOD BLESS those who have NO CLUE!
YES, I wrote God Bless and I am praying for everyone, even YOU!

[Scott]

If you look up our constitution it talks about our freedoms as human beings. Today all of what that document stands for is in jeopardy. There is not one person that deserve more or less rights. You put down someone like Sarah, because why, she stands up for herself. Its funny how tv can make someone so smart or so stupid by cutting conversations up. When some of the people here that have left such nice comments about her get their chance in front of the camera, and see how the media can make you or break you on their own whim. Only at that point can you say anything.

[MT WOMAN]

I Feel that the people blogging on here against Sarah this and that have know idea what is really happening in the political world or the world out there in general. Have you looked into anyones voting records and the thought about what the impact of what they are voting on will have on the USA. No you haven't you sit in your little office or at home and sling mud instead of thinking about the whole of the nation, all of your freedoms or the fact that the United States should not depend on anyone for anything we are the greatest country in the world. The conservative party is not against women we conservative women just don't need all our PMSing women friends to make a stand with us. we stand for what we believe and are not afraid to show it. Go Sarah!!! You got the libs running scared and slinging a bunch of crap cause they cann't think for themselves. If you want to reply to this all I ask is that you come up with one thing against Sarahs voting record that proves she is not a great politian and truely does not have the peoples best interest at heart.

[Tom]

All these empty negative remarks. Why can't these people just be honest and say "I believe in really high taxes, complete control of the government in every area of life, and that we are a bunch of idiots waiting for the government to feed us, provide health care, give us a job, tell us what kind of car to drive, and when we can die" there, that is a bit of clear honesty that goes beyond all the mindless criticism we keep hearing about Sarah Palin.

[Melissa R.]

How about Sarah coming to Houston? I heard she might be in Dallas in 6 weeks. How do I find out about when she will be in Dallas/Houston next?

[liferalaskan]

Palin book-signing at Elmendorf closed to general public

By SEAN COCKERHAM
scockerham@adn.com

Published: December 11th, 2009 11:32 AM
Last Modified: December 11th, 2009 11:37 AM

The final stops on former Gov. Sarah Palin's nationwide book tour will be Sunday at Air Force bases in Alaska, at a pair of events that will be closed to the general public. They are Palin's first and only scheduled book signings in her home state.