Palin book signing in Anchorage is a dismal failure. Go figure!

From ADN:

It was her first public appearance in Alaska since she appeared at a political rally for then-U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller in late October.

Christmas music played as Palin and husband Todd sat at a decorated table between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. signing copies of Palin's bestselling "America By Heart." The Palins chatted with book buyers as the line passed through a curtained area, where the signings took place. News photographers inside and gawkers outside the curtains angled to snap photos of the Palins.

Several times onlookers caught a glimpse of the Palins and exclaimed, "Oh! There she is!" Security kicked out at least two people -- a woman with a "Worst Governor Ever" shirt, and a blogger critical of Palin who claimed security escorted him out after Todd recognized him. (The ADN must have read my Twitter feed since I did not talk to them directly.  And yes I am pretty sure that Todd thought he recognized me when he first saw me, but there is NO doubt that both he and Sarah knew who I was the minute they heard my name.)

The store was prepared to give out paper wristbands to 1,000 customers, assuring the first 500 they would see Palin. The next 500 had no guarantee; however, fewer than that showed up. (I have heard unofficially that Costco was unable to give away even the first 500 wrist bands, but I am waiting for the official number to be released later to confirm that.)

A line that started forming in the single-digit temperatures before sunup numbered about 200 at 9 a.m. By the midway point of the event, fewer than 500 had passed through, Costco general manager Trevor Desatoff said: "We're having a good flow, and people are able to get their books signed, and so far it looks like ... whoever wants a book signed during the time is going to be able to, at least so far, and people who need to get a little Christmas shopping can do that too." (The midway point would have been about 12:30.  I had not yet been ejected at that point and can confirm that there were not many, if any, new customers joining the queue at that point.

The store had portable toilets outside the night before, Desatoff said, but nobody camped out overnight in the subzero cold.

"Some of our members want this and some don't," Desatoff. "It's kind of like skim milk. Some people want it; some don't. It's not for us to decide what's right or wrong."

Well personally I would compare Sister Sarah more to sour milk, than to skim milk, but hey that's just me.

I forgot to mention that as I was led out of the book signing area, they left me next to a young adult male with Down syndrome.  I did not get the young man's name (I was still kind of wondering about my book) but he asked me if I had gotten my book signed, and when I replied that I got kicked out, he suddenly stiffened up and said "I am Sarah's cousin, and I am the real thing!"  I have no idea what he meant by that, so I just nodded my head and said "Oookay, that's nice." After that he kind of turned away from me like I was radioactive or something.

Then the handler brought my book and I left to retrieve my coat, which they had confiscated from all of us before we were allowed close to the "brittle one."

I have received a couple of interview requests so I assume that this story will continue to be in the news for a few more days, which is kind of crazy when you think about it. 

I mean if Sarah and Todd had sucked it up for a few seconds, there would be NO interest in my experience at the signing. 

But since they overreacted, yet again, it is now something that people want to talk about, and to add to the long list of negative Sarah Palin encounters like the ones listed by Tina Dupuy.

In my opinion if Sarah Palin wants to REALLY confront the person destroying her children, and her reputation, all she has to do is walk up to the mirror and start demanding that the person staring back STOP screwing things up for her.

And Sarah if you are reading this, I want you to know that I will NEVER have to make things up about you and your family so long as I have you around working so hard to make those molehills into mountains.

Namaste, you lunatic.

P.S. And yes  the book they gave me at the end was signed.  Kind of.

I think it was actually a stamp of Palin's signature.  I just looks weird to me.

Update: Here is Alaska Dispatch's coverage of the event.