Oprah and Sarah, sittin’ in a tree
October 22nd, 2009 by Rhiannon Bowman in News
Oprah needs viewers. Sarah needs more conservative groups to buy her book in bulk so they can give it away for free or sell it at a discount.
Ah, capitalism. As long as everyone’s making money, anyone can jump under the fiscal sheets together.
But, don’t feel pressured to run out and pre-order a copy of Palin’s book. If you’re patient, you can pick a copy up on the Conservative Book Club’s one cent list in a couple months.
And before you get excited about how much Palin’s grammar has improved over the last year, don’t forget that Lynn Vincent actually wrote her book.
Oprah Winfrey, on a campaign to climb back from last season’s ratings slump, will attempt to kiss and make up with conservative viewers on Nov. 16 when she has Sarah Palin on her syndicated talk show .
You may have noticed that the appearance by the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate is happening smack dab in the middle of the November ratings derby.
It’s also the day before Palin’s new book, “Going Rogue: An American Life,” is scheduled to hit bookstores.
Oprah’s production company, Harpo, claims it will be Palin’s first interview about the book. We’ll see about that.
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Oprah has largely abandoned her whole aspirational programming mantra this season and gone in for the more purely commercial.
That has translated into the longest-two-day-interview-ever with Whitney Houston to kick off Houston’s latest comeback attempt; Oprah’s deliciously detailed interview with Erin Andrews, the ESPN reporter who was unknowingly videotaped nude in a hotel room by some stalker guy; and her highly touted, things-could-get-rough, face-to-face meeting between former world champion boxers Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield — their first meeting since Tyson bit off part of Holyfield’s ear during a 1997 WBA heavyweight title fight.
And now, add to that list Palin, whose book was No. 2 on Amazon.com’s bestseller list Tuesday afternoon.
Read more from The Washington Post.
Conservatives don’t seem too excited about Palin’s interview with Oprah, either:
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:21 am
Atleast Palin admits someone else is writting the book.
Notice how Obama’s grammar got better too all of a sudden. There is a high probability that Bill Ayers the domestic terrorist ghost wrote Obama’s book. Now that is a story. If it came out before the election it would have sunk his little battle ship.
Also it would be fair and balanced to atleast read the book before you condemn it.
BTW most famous people do not take the time to write there own books. As long as what is written comes from the famous person and is truthful we are all much better off. Everyone is much better off if we let the professionals do what they are good at so let Palin do what she is good at and let Vincent do what she is good at.
Maybe Palin should fix he own car according to Bowman’s logic.