Comments on: Chapter One – The Last Frontier

By: Arakasi

Arakasi — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:40:21 +0000

(Umm. Could it be that Reagan had an arms for hostages deal with Iran which is why they were released before his hand was even off the Bible? Could THAT be the story??)

To be accurate, the arms for hostages deal was part of Iran-Contra, which was a completely different illegal negotiations between Reagan and the government of Iran. The release of the hostages when Reagan took the oath of office was probably the result of James Baker’s trip to Iran in October 1980.

As for Palin’s support of Title IX: This appears to be another example of a Republican supporting a traditionally liberal platform as long as it benefits her personally. It is in the same category as Nancy Reagan supporting stem cell research or Cheney being surprisingly supportive of gay rights. It’s like they have no conception that real people would be helped by these positions unless they happen to know someone personally affected

By: Kimosabe

Kimosabe — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:19:37 +0000

Eugene Robinson, who is a regular on Olberman, has a very insightful column about “Our Evita” that ran in yesterday’s Washington Post. About why so many (well, maybe not SO many) people seem to like and support her. Read it here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/16/AR2009111602632.html

By: Ms. K. Kat

Ms. K. Kat — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:18:02 +0000

RE P.26:
Gerald Ford sitting parade style atop the backseat of an open convertible? Didn’t our presidents and vice presidents stop doing that kind of thing in 1963? Just wondering.

By: philajenny

philajenny — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:46:58 +0000

The reason they wrote “abortion,” Mrs. Palin, is that the medical term for a miscarriage is a spontaneous abortion. Your body aborted a non-viable fetus. I am so sorry for your loss, but abortion is quite natural!

By: karen

karen — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:39:53 +0000

“With the grey Talkeetna Mountains in the distance and the first light covering of snow about to descend on Pioneer Peak, I breathed in an autumn bouquet that combined everything small-town America with rugged splashes of the Last Frontier.”

Hilarious!!

By: Baker's Dozen

Baker's Dozen — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:43:27 +0000

This sounds like a cheesy romance novel. Don’t get me wrong; there’s nothing wrong with a romance novel, but that’s what they are. They don’t come out in hard back. They’re meant as escapist reading. They have hunks you wouldn’t divorce because they’re hunks. They aren’t great literature and aren’t meant to stand the test of time. But they also have plots that hold a reader’s interest and a sense of structure so the plot can be followed. Maybe she needed Barbara Cartlan (sp) as her ghost writer.

By: Terry in Maryland

Terry in Maryland — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:33:35 +0000

With all respect to those of you who do live in small towns, I really don’t get how politicians like Palin claim that small towns are “real America”. We’re ALL real America, we just live in a variety of places.

By: moseyon

moseyon — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:08:08 +0000

Sorry ment to say. How do you compare this book.

By: lovemydogs

lovemydogs — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:08:06 +0000

Marnie@38: My thoughts exactly!

Those of us who didn’t benefit from Title IX but had mothers who went to the wall with NOW and other organizations to get their daughters more opportunities, as well as the grandmothers who marched and went to prison to get the vote want to strangle her. How DARE she?

Oh-I forgot. She’s SP and making babies is what all women should be praying for. Puke.

I went by our local bookstore today. There were 2 copies on the counter. All other copies were in boxes with people’s names on them (as they had been special ordered). The copies on the counter were 25% off (already). My friend who works there said she had to take her anti-nausea meds before coming in today because she had to line out all of the “special orders”. I’d buy her a drink but she is still at work. She asked me (jokingly) if I was going to buy one of the on sale copies…I told her “not just no but h**l no”.

Thanks for plowing through the dung for us AKM. Is Brian OK? I’m not sure how he must feel about the “place for all of Alaska’s animals” part.

I will never forgive this woman for making us (Alaskans) look like a bunch of whack jobs…although the teenagers driving fast on ice in their pickup with not just one but 2 full size Confederate flags flying in the back and the bumper sticker I saw yesterday saying “I’ll keep my guns and my money and you can have the change” really make me wonder why I am living here. I’m sure that both of these people have a copy with their name on it in the “special order” box.

By: A Fan From Chicago

A Fan From Chicago — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:08:05 +0000

AKM–It’s time to stop. Put down the gun and walk slowly to the corner. You gave us the juicy parts yesterday in the page 200’s. No need to start at the begining and try to bring things up to speed.

I would almost go out right to the local Barnes & Noble and come back and take up the baton if you would stop.

Short of someone reading a footnote and discovering that she acknowledges being the Spawn of Satan there is nothing new to learn here.

The substance of the book doesn’t matter at this point. What will be interesting to watch is how the crazed crowds react to the book signing events. And how they’re portrayed in the right wing media.

Time to rest.