Much like the Virgin Mary, Sarah Palin takes her ass to Bethlehem in order to reveal to the world her creation. Another stupid book. Update!

"OMGD! You people ARE gullible enough to buy anther ghostwritten book."

Courtesy of The Morning Call:  

It was everything red-blooded Americans love: politics, Christmas and 20 percent off. 

There was a hum of anticipation Tuesday evening at the Barnes & Noble at Southmont Center in Bethlehem Township. It was too early for Black Friday. Stephen King's new thriller was already out. Bill O'Reilly's latest effort was old news. 

The buzz centered on Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, and her new book, "Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas." 

Bethlehem being the Christmas City, it was a fitting kickoff for Palin's new book. 

The Fox News pundit met her fans — at least 600 of them — shook hands and emitted a million-watt smile behind a table strung with ornaments and beside a lighted tree. The men and women, babies and great-grandmothers swooned and giggled. 

"She is the embodiment of American exceptionalism," said Ronnie DelBacco of Easton. (Clearly a Fox News viewer.)

DelBacco was first in line to see Palin. He arrived at the store at 5 a.m. to secure his spot. As he approached Palin at 6 p.m., gripping two copies of her new book, he shook hands with her and her husband, Todd Palin. 

Only six hundred? Those numbers are almost as bad as the ones from her Anchorage book tour in 2010, and we hate her ass!

These are clearly the percentage of people who either get all of their information from Fox News and Right Wing radio, or who are so uninformed that they simply do not know very much about Sarah Palin.

That does not seem to bode well for a book that she has been on literally EVERY network trying to sell.

 I like this quote:

Christopher Collopy of Chester County, wearing a red shirt and a star-spangled-banner top hat, said he got to the store early enough that he killed the hours before the signing by reading the first few chapters of the book. 

"It's good," he said, "though most of the stuff I already knew."

Yeah, I would not look for any originality coming from a book written for Sarah Palin to hawk to the paint chip eaters. It is hard enough for the ghostwriter just to wade through her bizarre ramblings and edit them down so that they some kind of sense.

I will hand it to Palin for going all out this time in order to drum up interest, but let's face it MOST of the interest will be of the kind that circus sideshows attract when Jo Jo the Dog Face Boy is a featured performer.

Update: Chelsea Handler's segment on Palin's book ("Sarah Palin hates Jews!") is not to be missed.

Update 2:  I also think this article by the Atlantic Wire is a must read: 

For the people I spoke with, Palin was no longer a politician. She was a communicator, a symbol of conservatism and Christian forthrightness and traditional values. Of the three or four people I asked, none could remember who they'd voted for in the 2012 Republican primary. Politics, for most of us most of the time, is a clunky, complex irrelevance. For many, it seemed, Palin had moved outside of that sphere into the realm of symbolism. They showed up to buy a book that hadn't been widely reviewed, that, for all they new, contained nothing but blank pages. But its message and the name on the front were good enough. Buying the book and meeting Sarah Palin were reinforcements of a world view — central to who they are and what they believe.

Typical Sarah Palin supporter?