Sarah "Palineates" Over 300 Fans, Quits Without Signing Their Books

I hope the people who adore this woman for who knows what reason and refuses to see who she really is can finally see her true colors now. She just pretends to be whatever people want her to be so she can get their support, and after that, she couldn't care less about those people. It's so apparent she's trying to get people to buy her book at bookstores that charge a huge amount instead of the mass produced one for a few dollars, and she does that by pretending as if she's really going to meet those people and sign their books. I really have no idea what people see in her. For the most part I'm a very open minded person and I try to really see someone for who they are before I make any kind of conclusion as to who someone is... but that woman is just out of her mind and arrogant.

The Sarah Palin many of us saw is finally being witnessed by those who adored her and failed to see. She is far too self-absorbed to truly be anyone who would ever do them any good. It's a shame, really, because so many felt she represented their interests and lifestyles. But, it seems she really glorified in the fame and celebrity she gained by being chosen as McCain's running-mate. I hate seeing that done to anyone, even if I am personally glad her true colors are coming out?

I think Sarah Palin could sacrifice her right arm and some ppl would still complain. Ppl like who they like and they tend to tear down those that they don't. I think even if she signed 500 books, it was great. I doubt there's very many ppl that would sit and sign a thousand or more books. [b]~~I AM WHO I AM~~ **STANDING STRONG IN MY BELIEFS**[/b]

Out of protest annie I will not be responding in this Palin thread. for starters, you are already way over your safe limit on them for a 24 hour period. Second, you have yet to respond in MY palin thread, despite the incredible depth of thought it entails and the incrednble time investement I put in to it......took me minutes of slaving over a keyboard. I bore my soul in it and you ignore it...I'm hurt. SO, Hmph! I now have something else to complain about to congress next wednesday...november 25th....

I'm sure you're right, that these we all plants from the McCain camp and media. Shame on those meanies for making the conservative queen look bad!

I think we need to stop every once in awhile and realize these are people too. They get sick, have tummy trouble, schedules, miscommunications and flat out failures sometime. When you are Sarah Palin, you don't exactly get to do whatever you want. What was the contract for? If it was for a certain timeframe and more than what could be supported arrived, I would see it as the store's isue. Perhaps she truly HAD to go. I say we leave peole alone and quit being so picky about every little thing. She could have said nothing. She doesn't have to come up with a solution. and... I agree with the $6 book deal. While it is cool to meet a celebrity...too many people take it as a right rather than view it as something exceptional if it were to happen to you. People need to demand less and appreciate more. The fact that those angry mobs got to SEE Sarah on a bus that up close is cool! They can't except the little that they got. They are demanding more. That's sad. If you can't be thankful for the little you recieve... then you're not going to be thankful for more. These are the kind of people that will complain because Sarah signed the wrong page. Or didn't pell their name right, or didn't shake their hand or something. These people can't be pleased. Folks in the public eye are danged if they do, and danged if they don't. Wouldn't you, and one of us, be sick of that kind of treatment if you or I had been the one put up here on MyLot? Accept her apology and don't assume that it was with ill intentions that she left. That doesn't seem to be in her nature. My guess is there is something we may or may never know that happened behind the scene. There is always more to the story.

I have seen other book signings and they have strict hours and it is more in the hands of the publisher and the book store and author have little to say in the event.

Annie, just to give you a bit of perspective on how things are at book signings, I'm linking you to a condensed video of her at a book signing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lOi-XHy19w As you can see she is rushed out (at warp speed). I don't really see how she could have known if there were still people around that should have had their books signed before she got on her bus.

I give every story the opportunity to prove itself to me, so I had a look at the video and I also looked at the local coverage of the book signing in Noblesville to see if she was jeered by angry mobs. The reports I read estimated the crowd that waited outside from around 4:30am to be about 1000 to 1,100. I didn't find an estimate of how many didn't get their books signed, but even if it was say 300, that means she signed between 700 and 800 books. For more in-depth coverage see this link: http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=11534984 And this: http://www.indystar.com/article/20091120/NEWS05/911200393 Even your link contains a blurb of a story that says " Hundreds of people meet with Sarah Palin, but dozens are angered because they didn't get to meet her. " So, it seems that she didn't blithely ignore the throngs of fans who bought her book. She met with hundreds. I watched the "angry mob". They were very well-behaved as mobs go, I thought. There were two, perhaps three voices chanting "sign our books" with one woman's voice being the loudest and most persistent. I saw several cameras held up taking photos. I honestly don't see this as the scandalous and callous insult to her fans that you obviously do. I am not sure how many books you think she should have signed or if you think that book signings by other authors go on well into the night to make sure no one misses getting a signature. I think most signings have a pre-determined length. Much ado about nothing, or at least, very little. I am sure you will disagree. Why don't we wait to find out what the "solution for those who were left behind" turns out to be? Wouldn't it be embarrassing if she did something nice for those folks?

Well I would have to say this has happened to all authors at book signings. Or at least popular authors LOL. More poeple show up to get their book signed than the author has time to actually sign. Most of those events have a set time schedule. They start at a certain time....they end at a certain time. When an author is on a book tour they have to keep to the schedule the publishing company sets up for them. Plus how many hours can someone write constantly without their hand falling off. I always wondered about that. How they sign over and over again for so many hours and not have a hand cramp.