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Palin Celebrity Fades As Few Show Up At Mall Of America Book Signing
Sarah and Bristol Palin were at the Mall of America today to sign their books…..and only a few people showed up. While they allowed people to show up at 5 AM to wait in line, only a few diehards trickled in to wait for the Palin family, just one day after Sarah Palin’s “The Undefeated” debuted in Iowa.
“I think there were only twenty people…I was kind of surprised by that,” said a Bristol fan.
The Palin family were signing Bristol’s book, “Not Afraid of Life,” and her mother’s “America by Heart” that came out last fall.
Kare 11 has the video:
This chilly reception was written up by MyFox9 as “It seems fitting that the mother-daughter duo received such a warm welcome, since it was here in the Twin Cities that the Palins burst into the spotlight during the GOP convention three years ago.”
This was the kick off of Bristol Palin’s publicity tour for her “memoir”, written at the age of 20.
Here is the list of rules a fan had to go through in order to get their book signed:
No overnight waiting. Line up starting at 5 a.m.
Wristbands will be distributed starting at 6 a.m. to those who buy Bristol’s book
You must have a copy of Bristol’s book to purchase either of Sarah’s books.
Each person must be present to get a wristband. They’re not transferable.
No belongings or bags allowed on stage for the signing.
No memorabilia will be signed; no personalization allowed.
No photos on stage; “cameras and cell phones are to be put away once you reach the stage stairs”
Stay in line. If you leave to use the bathroom or get food for a short period, someone in your party must stay in line at all times.
If you leave for an extended period, you must go to the end of the line.
Doesn’t seem as if they needed all of those rules, since there was hardly a rush. Overall, an estimated 300 people showed up according to the local TV station. This is the free market in its full beauty, for without demand there is no need to produce the product. While the media expresses shock over the low numbers, those who have been paying attention realized that Palin has been failing to draw big crowds for a while now. Her speech in Wisconsin was populated mostly by protesters, for example, and last night at her premiere, we could see the pavement in “crowd” shots just feet away from her.
When both the “celebrity” Palins show up and no one cares, the Palin phenomena is nearing its grisly end. Our long national nightmare is almost over. There’s nothing left to see here but just how crazy the unraveling will be when it finally dawns on Sarah Palin that her brief time as a Hollywood elite is over. It’s all she ever wanted, after all. Sarah Palin settled for becoming a politician when her TV career as a sportscaster didn’t work out. And we see what she did as soon as the national cameras turned her into a star after the 2008 campaign.
There’s no where to go from here except down.
New Update (back where we started basically): After some adjusting based on a link sent from Palin fans, we are back where we started. Here’s how it breaks down: The Star Tribune reports: “The Palins signed about 700 books, but mall officials estimated that 1,500 people attended the event — some merely strolling by and stopping to gaze over the rotunda railing.” As per the rules, 700 books does not mean 700 people (you have to buy Bristol’s book if you want Sarah to sign one of her books). They report “hundreds were there”. If we take the 300 number reported by the local TV and the 700 books, we can estimate about 350-400 people came to see the Palins, plus gawkers. In 2003, 4,000 people came to the MOA to see Hillary Clinton.
Two years ago, 1200 people came to see Sarah Palin in what local reporters call a “vast difference” compared to today’s crowd.
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Sally
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:12 pm
It seems even Minnesotans are wising up…with any luck they will vote Bachmann out next cycle.These two women have done nothing but lie about the media, lie about the President, lie about Levi and babies, lie, lie lie. At a certain point, people get weary of either trying to give them the benefit of the doubt, or listening at all. Praise God…the lights are coming on in some brains in Palinland. Enjoy Alaska and your boys, ladies. Leave the rest of us alone!
rod
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:16 pm
I couldn’t be happier!!!!
Roderic Deane
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:24 pm
Good Grief! A single book signing now has you relegating Sarah and Bristol to has-beens? Let me think about this for a minute. Oh, it’s a Wednesday night in the middle of summer. Oh, the book promotion just started about 1 week ago and, sorry, Bristol doesn’t command the same attention as Sarah. Oh, we didn’t know that Sarah was going to be joining Bristol until, what, yesterday?
Low key makes for a very good event when you’ve never done a book signing before. I would bet that Bristol’s admirers were thrilled when they realized they were meeting Bristol’s mom as well.
Then again, I guess I should take solace in the fact that your piece has drawn next to no comments. I just had to level the playing field a bit.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:37 pm
You leveled nothing as you cant see past the fact that a book signing for sarah used to draw a very large crowd.
Low key makes for a good event for a book release? Low key is the smell of death for a book. People knew Sarah would be there before the 27th. And this was inside one the largest malls in the US
Wait Im sorry, you got leveled on the playing field.
Roderic Deane
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:41 pm
You seem to think that it takes a line around the block to have a successful book tour. Bristol’s book is not going to be a best seller, although by deriding it, you may get the majority of the country to buy it.
laprofesora
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:47 pm
Obviously the majority of the country couldn’t care less.
sharon
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:53 pm
Brisdull’s book is not going to be a best seller?
HAH! Understatement of the year!! Not only is her book a huge fail, but her mother’s tanking as well. Say bye-bye to your grifter queen and her trash family. Maybe Brisdull can take it on the chin….whoops….my bad! :-)
Shiva (Moderator)
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:58 pm
No I seem to think it takes more than 300 people to see Sarah Plain. That’s why people would go there to start with.
I thought the site didnt have any influence? Now you are saying we can get the country to buy it? the room is spinning here
Listen, I have nothing against Bristol, I used to think she was very beautiful before the chin job. Her mother is nothing more than a grifter trying to squeeze every penny out of the people. SHe diminished herself.
Dragonpuff
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:18 pm
No, I don’t think the rest of the country will be propelled to spend their hard earned money on a ghostwritten book about a boring twenty year old woman who has not made one penny on her own initiative.
Dragonpuff
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:23 pm
I forgot to say—Bristol got a huge advance. No way will the publishing house get it back on book sales unless SarahPac buys a buttload—which they will.. Of course all Palin books are just more wingnut welfare.
Viva
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 12:35 am
Bristle’s book has already been deemed a failure by the publisher (first week sales less than 2,000), so they dragged Mama Grisly onto the stage – and stipulated that you couldn’t even BUY either of S. Palin’s books there without buying B. Palin’s book first. Would that be called bookmail?
Sarah Jones
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 12:39 am
That book is alienating more people than it’s selling. Now the people of Middletown are mad because Bristol said their hotel wasn’t grand enough, and the paper said, “Like mother, like daughter.” This is after Bristol accused the hotel of having cockroaches. Not nice….
jcinco
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 10:22 am
Shouldn’t you be watching the grandkids tawd?
craigtamy
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 11:40 am
NOTHING would get me to buy that trash. I don’t give a flying eff about the nasty sex life of a redneck teenager; and there is nothing of substance that could ever come out of her mouth, (or should I say the “ghostwriters” mouth).
DannyEastVillage
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 1:46 pm
enjoy your slide down the tubes with the dumb duo, Roderic.
majii
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:56 pm
It’s great that you’re still supporting Palin, just don’t expect us sane Americans to follow you down that path of insanity. This is what makes America great. We can support, or not support, whomever we desire. Personally, I want Palin to run for president in 2012. I’m very interested in seeing whether she has the courage necessary to face questions from the media to which she doesn’t already have the answers. Talk is cheap, and it’s past the time for Palin to show America some of that thick skin and Mama Grizzliness she has convinced those like yourself she possesses.
Boscoe
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 10:41 am
I’m with you, I’d love to see $arah run! It would be fun betting how long she’d last before the nervous breakdown.
Someone who can’t even handle Katie Couric and who fled in terror of the MSM, hiding out in her Foxhole/twitter bunker could never handle the pressure of the full on spotlight she’d get running for POTUS.
As much as she and her supporters want to perpetuate the myth that she “took more abuse than any other candidate”, we all know the media was extremely gentle with her, and the only real heat she ever took was due to the dumb things she actually said.
Unfortunately for me and the TV comedians, all we get to look forward to is how long until she admits she ain’t runnin’. :( Personally, I think she’s already waited too long and even her remaining supporters are going to blow a gasket at how they’ve been had.
dz
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:08 pm
Good grief! A few people comment negatively on the princess and the loyal bots can’t stand it. With the poor showing of paylin, Inc. as of late, it’s apparent her fax machines are burning up with pleas for her loyal followers to defend her on every left leaning blog. What you seem to miss RD is that your comment is here, your job is complete. You’ll win no one to your side but your opinion is duly noted for all to see. So, so different from the pro-Paylin sites that absolutely ban any liberal comments or any defenses of the President when sweet $carah calls him a terrorist or unAmerican. You do see the difference now don’t you???? Nah, I didn’t think so.
Deb
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:34 pm
How about the fact that Bristol sold only 1400 books the first week?
Sarah Jones
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 12:24 am
Ah, facts…..
omomma
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 1:01 am
How many of those “books” were purchased by SarahPAC or any other Palin-related PAC?
Gryphen
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 1:09 am
Ooh, ooh, I know this one!
All of them?
jcinco
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 10:25 am
any of them that were put in front of me over all the years?
sodakhic
Jul. 1st, 2011 at 11:04 am
How many did you sell at 20?
YOUR MOM
Jul. 3rd, 2011 at 11:46 am
she’s not a writer! she never will be either. Go away… shoo!!!
leonardosobe
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 7:51 am
Yes, one week sales for Bristols book: 1,500 copies and 18 audio copies sold. I have more friends on FB!
Dummy
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:26 pm
Sarah seems to be a hit with the effete males if that video is any indicator. She IS fabulous.
lou sarah
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:55 pm
The Palins have some fabulous themselves! ;-)
jcinco
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 10:26 am
don’t forget the manly chick fans, ram, tammy bruce, greta…
Boscoe
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 10:44 am
I think they’ve bought into and identify with Palin’s persecution complex. They’ll grow out of it.
lalamen
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:30 pm
So pathetic! I love it.
Roderic Deane
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:32 pm
Oh, by the way, your left-wing audience will be appreciative of your attempts to diminish Sarah Palin. Perhaps your ridiculous premise will keep them home in 2012. Unfortunately, I doubt that your blog has that much influence in the total scheme of things. Keep trying though!
Shiva (Moderator)
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:55 pm
Oh BTW, Sarah diminished herself. Cant face the few people that showed up can you? Instead you attack a website! Wow! internet tough guy!
I guess this site has as much influence as Rush does. Rush couldnt get a 2008 presidential election for you either.
Sarah Jones
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:57 pm
Oh, ouch!!! :-) Also, while we don’t claim to have any influence on the elections, every check I get from George Soros goes right into my liberal socialist machine, so there’s that.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:00 pm
thats funny, he sends me checks too! I bet roderics checks come from the Koch brothers!
NoMooseStew
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:24 pm
I am really tired of hearing this. My checks are always late. Can you please contact George concerning this? :D
Sarah Jones
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:50 pm
I called him. He should know better. We have to start a government take over to regulate these things.
sharon
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
oh roderic – c’mon…it’s over. Turn in your sarahpac IP address and go back to your life. She’s toast. It’s not the leftwing audience that’s rejecting her – it’s everyone. All of us. Any of us that have been put in front of her all these years. (snicker) I swear I am doing the happy dance right now. I’ve been waiting for this moment ever since I heard her first screech. The sound of crickets is so much nicer then her high pitched dog whistling voice. Rejoice!
omomma
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 1:03 am
Nah. We won’t be staying home in 2012. Feet are already on the ground re-upping neighborhood groups from 2007.
Elizabeth
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 3:13 pm
You bet we won’t be staying home in 2012! 2010 taught us the consequences. We get the best candidates we can, and then we stand behind them even if we don’t agree 100% with them. The alternative is getting worse all the time.
Boscoe
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 10:48 am
LOL Palin doesn’t need any help diminishing herself. We may engage in meanspirited mockery, but those news reports speak for themselves. They anticipated a LOT more than 300 people showing up.
And no, I’m not counting the gawkers who came for the freakshow and didn’t buy books. I’d guess those were the people who are “appreciating the efforts” of this site.
Sarah Jones
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Well, since we get more visitors in an hour than have bought her book in the last week, I’d say the “efforts” of this site are being “appreciated”. Hey, if we went to the MOA, do you think we could get 300 people to show up? I’ve seen more people than that standing around a set to gawk.
Roderic Deane
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:39 pm
One last thing. Your estimates of attendance seem to be disputed by the local paper. www.therepublic.com/view/...
I doubt that you’ll publish my comments, because they just don’t fit your left-wing narrative.
So much for truth.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:46 pm
Yep so much for truth. The people in line estimated far far less than the mall did, and as was reported by an Indiana newpaper. Lets see, who do I beleive? The people in line and who were there or the mall that will say pretty much anything to make the mall look good?
BTW, looks to me like the site left your post in. So much for truth eh?
NoMooseStew
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:26 pm
I was there! I was going for ice cream does that count toward the Palin book count?
Shiva (Moderator)
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:36 pm
was it chocolate?
NoMooseStew
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:43 pm
Vanilla Bean. I waved and told Bristol to keep her chin up. I was escorted out of Mall. I don’t know why. I may not be accepted over at C4Palin anymore. :(
Shiva (Moderator)
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:47 pm
I guess you didnt read the rules
jcinco
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 10:54 am
I’m going to email george soros and ask him to send you a bonus :-)
Sarah Jones
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 12:26 am
And just to be extra nice, I updated with the “mall” numbers and still, the story is the same.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 12:34 am
Go ahead and say I was there, thats one more
Sarah Jones
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 1:20 am
That’s so sweet of you:-) I just read the latest paper and that was “books signed” not people present, so we are back where we started and every person we can add is a good thing.
Boscoe
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 10:51 am
I believe the local news reports, eyewitness reports and the actual video and photos. Roderic believes one paper from Indiana. I think that says it all. Roderic, please seek therapy.
sharon
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:49 pm
seems like that’s the ONLY report showing that many people were there and I also, too do not believe that for a minute. Her crown has lost it’s luster and we have put up with that ragtag, grifting family far longer then we should have. The witch is dead! YAH!!
jcinco
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 10:55 am
the bloom is off that shrew..errr rose.
Sarah Jones
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:54 pm
Roderic, you really need to chill out and learn how to read. These numbers came from the local TV news report, as well as people in line. The “truth” is not at risk here, because the pictures tell the story. Buck up.
la Zingaro
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:02 pm
Even that mall report is hardly a slam dunk. And what is with the rider clause that in order to speak to Sarah you HAVE to buy Bristol’s book? That is super sad for her. LAME.
Shiva (Moderator)
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:03 pm
Those rules were hilarious.
Deb
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:38 pm
Watch the local news reports and pause when they show the line. I actually did a head count on one of the videos. There were less than 70 people in the line. If you have any evidence or photos that show something different, please feel free to share.
Also, many were simply gawking from the sidelines and weren’t there to buy anything. Others were reporting.
Sarah Jones
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:42 pm
I updated it with that right wing website’s estimates just because with crowd estimates, there are always high and low numbers. But in this case, the story is still the same. As you point out, the pictures paint the story.
craigtamy
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 4:23 pm
So if there were 1500 there buying her book, I guess that wasn’t included in the first weeks sales of 1400. Not to bright of you.
Brad Forward
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:40 pm
This was a part of history?No, A part of history is more like when we (all 7,000 of us)in Madison ,Wi. destroyed her whilst she gave her speech to around 500 of her supporters this winter.Since that day, she has plummeted in popularity and went nowhere but downhill.Now that’s history you can be proud to be a part of.On Wisconsin!
laprofesora
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:48 pm
Great job, Wisconsin!
sharon
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:50 pm
Great comment Brad! Very cool – she got her ass handed to her that day with her big mouth and stupidity. It was the REAL America that day. :-)
Sarah Jones
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 1:21 am
That was a great moment, Brad. Also, loved the sailboat canoe protests:-)
Elizabeth
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 3:17 pm
At the rate you folks in Wisconsin are going, Scott Walker is going to wish he never even thought of running for governor.
Sarah Jones
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 3:23 pm
:-) I am not in Wisconsin, actually — I’m just fascinated by the political tug of war between the people and corporations playing out there – and Madison, with its high student population and liberal leanings, happens to be well situated to fight this on a daily basis. The folks in WI (and Oh, MI, Fla, etc) deserve huge recognition for the work they are doing for all of us.
patriotaxe
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 8:58 pm
Thank you, from MI.
Max in Miami
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 1:48 pm
you guys are Rocking in Wisconsin…
thanks Brad.
just hope that this momentum you guys have created carries through to 2012.
and we can finally shut this palins up for good.
they are truly a national horror show!
Shiva (Moderator)
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:43 pm
I think the girl at the end should know that justice thomas still on the bench and is still crooked is history. Not Bristol palin writing a book.
sharon
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:44 pm
ahhhh…wow..this feels so good! FINALLY! The grifters well has run dry and nobody cares anymore. Nobody wants to hear the same BS from sarah ..the same old blah, blah, blah..Obama is a terrorist, blah, blah, blah…the media makes things up, commonsense conservatives…blah, blah, blah…haha! It’s over! Buh-bye
Elizabeth
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Its not over yet. Don’t celebrate too soon. Yes, its looking good, but we still haven’t seen what the “puppetmasters” decide to do. Sarah has money and power behind her. I think they thought they had a good puppet. Sarah proved to be erratic to be a good puppet. So what are those who’ve put time, and money into her going to do. Remember, she was anointed by the Domionists in something like 1999; this has been building for quite awhile.
sharon
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 10:54 pm
Ok, I can think of so many chin jokes….like keep your chin up brisdull…..oh..nevermind. You already did that.
jcinco
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 11:02 am
or how about, “brisket, why such a long face?” I recall sawah thought that was a funny line when she zinged it at John Kerry. How’s the shoe feel on the other foot simple one?
Elizabeth
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Ignore Bristol; she is history. I’ve noticed we’ve heard nothing new about the “reality show”. Bristol’s just a kid caught up in her Mother’s web. In my opinion the kindest thing we can do is ignore her, and remind her that she is nothing special or unusual. Someone needs to encourage her to get on with real life.
sixdollarman
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:01 pm
Sooo satisfying. Neither of these nitwits has anything to say of relevance or import. I suspect (and hope) that they’ll soon be banished forever to info-mercial land. Shake Weights, anyone?
sharon
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:04 pm
hahahaha..brilliant sixdollarman! Thanks for the laugh.
patriotaxe
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 8:56 pm
Please, Shake Weights deserve far better. I’m thinking moose-flavored condoms and duct tape with “STFU Palins” imprints.
neil
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:26 pm
Buh bye Sarah don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.
Xenon
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:29 pm
How old was this “Bristol fan,” 12?
lou sarah
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:50 pm
Gosh, ya would have thought real Christian Americans would be interested in reading a story about an underaged drinking, knocked up teenager there…. This was a VERY disappointing turnout, also, because plastic surgery doesn’t pay for itself, y’know!
Shiva (Moderator)
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:53 pm
I sure liked her old chin better. That full faced Aleutian look just made me forget my favorite chinese waitress.
MG
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 1:15 am
Her new chin could double as a shoe horn in a pinch.
RILL ALASKAN
Jun. 29th, 2011 at 11:57 pm
Nobody wants poor little lying phony christian “rill” amercan sarah palin. Don’t let the door hit your fat a** as you’re “plowing” out of it! Alaska doesn’t want you and the rest of the lower 48 may finally be waking up from the oppressive nightmare of little devil paylin. sarah: you’re just not pretty enough – professional enough – ethical enough – humble enough – RILL enough – HONEST enough – and the daughter you USE, lets herself be USED BY YOU. She’s the apple fallen right under your rotting tree. Good riddance to you all. Did I mention we Alaskan’s can’t stand you and your LYING FACE?
rm
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 12:52 am
pictures at the mall: www.startribune.com/local...
MG
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 1:13 am
Oh how the not so mighty have fallen. Crikey,I’ve seen longer lines for the bathroom at Caribou Coffee.
Elizabeth
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 3:26 pm
LOL good one.
Doris
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 2:28 am
Ding! Dong! the witches are Gone! phoof!!!!
FauxPalin
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 3:21 am
I love this site and all things megative about Sarah baby.
prddem
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 7:27 am
Two Palin’s – no waiting……
Anne
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 9:09 am
It was only a matter of time before the Palins’ irreversible slide into irrelevance took place. The only things noteworthy about them are their greed for the spotlight, their gifts at grifting, and their conspicuously dysfunctional family dynamics. They have no talent to speak of, and SP offers nothing of value to politics, only negativity. I laugh when I hear or read of us “libs” trying to “diminish” the Palins, when I know for a fact that many conservatives are equally disenchanted with them.
Boscoe
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 10:55 am
We’re talking about someone who’s claim to fame is a failed VP bid and her daughter, who’s claim to fame is being the unwed pregnant teen daughter of the failed VP bidder.
When did America start glorifying losers?
MsJoanne
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 9:18 am
There will always be people who love the Palins. And will buy whatever tripe has her name or a teabag on it. Probably people who need that cash more than the Palins do. But there’s always a mark for a con.
Boscoe
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 10:56 am
There’ll be a LOT fewer of ‘em when she finally crushes their dreams of a Palin presidential run…
JustNosy
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 6:24 pm
Nah, she has nine lives and they’re counting on her to use the last one for 2016.
Nora
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 11:27 am
Most Americans listening to Sarah Palin’s comment asking why Americans make such hateful comments about her family already know the answer. She is dumb if she doesn’t know…..the palins criticize everyone every time they open their mouths. Never have I heard a 20 year old whose heart is filled with so much hate. Every day she attacks someone else for the wrongs she thinks she has endured. What has Michelle Bachman or Meghan McCain or President Obama or even Levi said about her in public that caused Bristol to become so bitter and to lash out against them in her daily criticisms. The Palins have lost touch with reality–they think they are at war with the other Republicans. Maybe Alaska is a place where everyone is loaded with rage–a dog eat dog place where residents act more like savages than classy people. $arah seems to think that her kids shouldn’t follow the same rules about how to treat other human beings. My daughter would never get away with pushing people aside and telling them they had ruined my vacation. Piper isn’t a Diva and nothing that she does warrants treating adults like that. Willow and Bristol seem to think that everyone is jealous of their family. Not Jealous–dears, they watch the way your mom and dad treated the woman at the boat harbor; and also the way they bullied that man who was seeing his wife off at the airport–and realize that the Palin family thinks they are entitled and greedy and think they can treat others very rudely. Palins have no idea what it means to be Christians.
Trevor
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 12:45 pm
Went to YouTube and saw the videos with Palins taunting the man at the Valdez airport. Palins thought they were so cute–both Sarah and Tawdry challenging the man about taking a picture; shoving him; threatening him; and then Sarah walking up to complete strangers at the airport and shaking hands and introducing herself and expecting to be treated as a Diva. These Palins have no idea of how to act in public or how to treat other people. It is all about them.
Then I watched the video with the fisherman’s wife and Willow making negative comments about teachers and Sarah agreeing and laughing. Todd is shoving the man taking pictures of the interaction–the Palins are verbally abusive; and then when the camera crew begins filming they became phoney and dripped with sweetness. Voters are not dumb–all the Democrats would have to do is show these two videos and Sarah would not get a vote from anyone except her loyal fans who toss the money her way or listen to all the false praise piled on this family of hillbillies from Alaska by Greta van Susteren or Sean Hannity. Levi Johnston would be smart not to write a book–public opinion is certainly against Bristol Palin and all the lies she has been caught in and the voters think the comments she is making publicly against him is way out of line. If you don’t have something nice to say about the father of your son, don’t say anything at all rather than trying to poison your son’s mind at a young age.
rm
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Bristol Palin knocks ‘Middleton’ in autobiography
www.middletownjournal.com...
johnnybgoode
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 3:31 pm
It’s heartening to see that the media is showing character by staying away from the Palin farce.
Anne
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 3:54 pm
Farce is the exact word to describe these two train wrecks in short skirts and high heels. My grandfather used to say that you don’t have to stop a fool he/she will stop himself/herself every time.
Rocky in Texas said...
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 7:15 pm
Better get the “Rubber Room” ready for the Grifter sarah…
She’s gonna need it as soon as the med’s wear off.
Wyoming Liberal Female
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 8:04 pm
I saw a photo posted by the Minnesota Independent that showed a long winding line and stated that 1500 people showed up with 700 book signings. So who is lying? Is the photo an old one or recent. It wasn’t people wandering by but a definite long line. I thought people must be stupid to still be following this bimbo but the photo showed it all. Then I just decided that the folks in Minnesota are a disappointing lot. After all, didn’t they also elect Bachmann?
Sarah Jones
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 8:22 pm
I think what happened was this: there was no line in the morning, as they expected. There were 20 people waiting. They were there for two hours. in the first hour, there was a line (people had to go through major security and give up their bag, camera, cell, etc). The mall said they signed 700 books, but they had to buy two books at least to get one signed – which means that there were 350 people. Several other news outlets, including the tv station, said there were “hundreds’ of people there, and cited 300 twice. The 1500 came from the mall, and if you read the Star Tribune, they were counting people who weren’t there to see the Palins, some of them didn’t even like them, but were gawking at celebrities. All outlets say that this was not the turn out they expected and it was down considerably from Palins last appearance. There’s no way around that, since before she had people lined up waiting in the morning.
gsb
Jul. 3rd, 2011 at 9:02 pm
To Wyoming liberal, Please don’t equate all Minnesotans with those who adore Plain.
I can hardly wait till she fades away,to the nothingness from which she came.She and her daughter with the chin. Bachmann is a flake and so was Jessie Ventura.
patriotaxe
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 8:48 pm
Bristol Palin has a “memoir” at the age of 20? Most folks wait a little longer and accumulate a lot of significant achievements before they feel that it’s time to look back. What has Bristol done that makes her any more remarkable than any other 20-year-old American young woman, other than get pregnant without bothering to get married, and brag on MySpace about being a slut? This is a role model? This is “American Exceptionalism?” Vomit.
CHiNDi
Jun. 30th, 2011 at 8:57 pm
This is just a random thought, but, had this article actually been one paragraph, it would have been much more appropriate as the obituary it actually is …
howard levine
Jul. 1st, 2011 at 2:03 am
It seems to me, plenty of people have commented, the rest just don’t care. Palin was a very entertaining oddity, her quirky command of the English language, holy moly, was enough to keep me peeing in my pants for hours, you betcha.
Bristol is famous for what again? Oh yeah, teen knock ups and being unwed. My kids need advice from her like they need a root canal. Palin is yesterdays news, there is a new dummy in town, her name is Michele Bachmann.
Scarsdale
Jul. 1st, 2011 at 7:37 am
Seems as though the repubs. welcome low I.Q. people, especially if they are running for office. Had Palin been a democratic politician, she would have been off the scene long ago. We give dumb people short shrift. McCain should take a lot of responsibility for these grifters. Now Bristol is cutting them down in her “book” Had she written the REAL story of her life, it might have been interesting. How many times has she been pregnant, really? When did she become sexually active? Long before Levi came on the scene, according to people who know her.
PDXer
Jul. 1st, 2011 at 9:57 am
Who’s looking after Bristol’s babies?
sodakhic
Jul. 1st, 2011 at 11:09 am
1500 for a book signing, That’s amazing in blue Minneapolis.And the whole family looked great.
Mike
Jul. 4th, 2011 at 12:54 pm
soda k. hic did not read the article, or the thread. There were no where NEAR 1500 people there. The Palins, who have actually been failing ALL ALONG, are now failing publicly.
Thank goodness.
Tap Duncan
Jul. 1st, 2011 at 3:58 pm
My son is 9 and has just decided to write his memoirs. I feel it will be a great read. How he loved breastfeeding, his hatred of Pampers,(they bunch up), his first attempt with training wheels, DAD yells when you get to close to the weed whipper, don’t pull the dogs tail, cats hate water, the dryer is not a spaceship, etc. I can’t wait to edit it…