MANAGER'S MEMO   11/20/09

Sarah Palin "Going Rogue?"

Unless you have been under a rock somewhere, you know that former vice presidential candidate, Alaskan governor and hockey mom Sarah Palin's new book was released this week. It is appropriately named: “Going Rogue.”

Appropriate, because that is precisely what the mainstream media has done in pursuing and discrediting the conservative lady. She's been attacked and treated miserably ever since John McCain surprised the world by picking her as his running mate last year.

If you question my assertion that Palin is mistreated on a regular basis by the mainstream media, consider this. Associated Press assigned 11 reporters to pour over all 432 pages of Palin's new book to find misstatements. They claim they found some minor problems…..but what they really did was opine that the book has ---quote---“all the characteristics of a pre-campaign manifesto.”

11 reporters.  Consider that the same organization….AP…..did not even review the late Ted Kennedy's last book…..or then-Senator Joe Biden's book. Didn't fact check either of Barack Obama's pre-campaign manifestoes. Think they did any fact checks on books by Bill or Hillary Clinton? Nope.

I find it fascinating that Biden, now the vice president of the United States, got out of the Viet Nam war on a deferment for asthma. That wasn't mentioned in his autobiography…and no reporter has ever asked him about it in my memory.

This media thing for Palin borders on obsession. An obsession to ridicule her for her looks, her accent, her moose-hunting and her conservative views.

While it certainly isn't fair, I don't think that really matters to Palin. This commotion about “Going Rogue” couldn't come at a better time for her.  No publicity is bad publicity these days…because her detractors are playing into her hands.  Why? 

She's not a governor anymore-----she's in another profession-----book sales.