The Savaging of Sarah Wasn't Personal, It was just business

Creative Minority Report ^ | 11-06-08 | Matt Archbold

[marcbold]

If the caricature of Republicans as heartless capitalists with cash registers instead of souls is accurate then they should gleefully accept prodigals Peggy Noonan and Christopher Buckley back into the fold. Because I absolutely believe that their personal attacks on Sarah Palin were nothing personal. It was nothing more than a money grab.

I'd imagine the pressure to sell books is enormous. The top book publishers have a lot riding on each title. And if your book doesn't sell you don't get to write books for the top publishers anymore. It's capitalism in its purest form. And that's why I think Peggy Noonan's and Chris Buckley's savaging of Sarah Palin was simply about selling books. It was about media exposure for them to hawk their books.

Patriotic Grace came out in October. Oddly, that's around the time Noonan discovered that Sarah Palin was a vulgarization of the political system after first having praised her. And she went on every show she could find running Sarah Palin down while holding up a copy of her book which ironically was called, "Patriotic Grace."...

[Irishguy]

that is the most appalling piece of writing i have read in a long time (at least 24 hours). to use capitalism as an excuse for disgraceful personal behaviour that you would basically throw your country, its citizens and its future wealth to a marxist shows how stunningly mindless that writing is. it is not even coherent thinking. i guess this guy wants to get invited to the posh dinner parties in DC and laugh about the little people.

enjoy the 30 pieces of silver peggy, you earned it oh and by the way dont forget the marxist will want more then his share...

[zerosix]

Oh no, I’ll just have a little “book burning” in my fireplace to help with the local “Global Warming” cycle we are now experiencing (temps hovering around 50 in daytime but soon to drop another 10 degrees!)