(CNN) - In the wake of a high-profile two week publicity tour, Sarah Palin's memoir "Going Rogue: An American Life" has landed at the top of the New York Times bestseller list.
The former Alaska governor's book takes over the top spot previously held by tennis legend Andre Agassi's tell-all, "Open."
Another potential 2012 contender is also making a strong showing on this week's list: Mike Huckabee's "A simple Christmas" is at No. 5.
The Associated Press reported last week Palin sold 700,000 copies of her memoir in its first week, a number that far surpasses most political books. But it falls short of the more than 900,000 copies sold of Bill Clinton's 2004 memoir "My Life" during its debut week.
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what a bunch of gullible saps to have bought the boob's book.... LOL
I do not know who reads, she is totally brainless..and stupid, and an idiot...ok, not worth my time.....
Another potential 2012 contender is also making a strong showing on this week's list: Mike Huckabee's
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The GOP has oficially reached the bottom of the barrell when Palin and Huckabee are seen as "2012 contenders". More like "2012 PRETENDERS".
Good thing it's selling- now she can afford to pay for her private jet that's taking her between cities. Which wouldn't be an issue if she didn't continue to lie to her fans and try and pretend that she's one of the "regular people", out on a bus tour. Nope, she's just a big old ignorant hypocrite and those that follow her should realize that!
I wonder what the average IQ is for people who read her book.
And it only costs $4.98!!! ROTFL!!!!
Where can I find this book... is it in the "humor" section next to "Dilbert" and "Get Fuzzy" compendiums?
I can't wait for someone to give me a used copy of it, I'll keep it in the outhouse, shouldn't waste paper, you know. Wait untill the Balloon Boy's family comes out with their memoirs, I'm sure that one will far outsell Palin.
Lets use our CNN translator here.....CNN say AP says Bill Clintons book outsold Palins by 900000 to 700000.....
The truth is Palins book outsold Clintons by at least 3 to 1
Anyone out there honestly ever heard of Clintons book?
It shows the absolute stupidity of the American people.It's a scarey world when a person like palin can come so close to the White House.
Is this book on the fiction or non-fiction list?
I don't think the Democratic party gave away Clintons book to boost the numbers either.
There are orginizations connected to the GOP that will send you a copy of the book someone wrote for Palin for subscribing to their news letter.
Best Seller,......RIGHT.
Why anyone would waste their time reading this trash is beyond me.
It's no surprise. It's part of the human predisposition to rubberneck major accidents.
Yeah, thanks to Newsmax off-loading it for $4.97 and as an incentive for subscribing to their magazine.
When people use the phrase "republican brand", it is exactly that: something to be marketed. The machine can take any twit and prop them up in front of the american public with all the money in the world, and, strangely enough, they have a chance of winning.
In other words, republican politicians have written a book themselves on cynical politics.
Sarah The Quitter Palin can sell all the books she wants. Just keep her out of politics.
I guess people need to wrap their fish or line their bird cages with something other than the previous day's Wall Street Journal.
Well if the book is full of lies as told by everyone noted and quoted from her past including her friend and campaign manager, who got her elected as governor of Al;aska, It should be on the fiction list. But the people who love her and buy her book really don't care about the truth. They'll buy anything she sells.
It never ceases to firghten and amaze me just how stupid the American people really are.
Congratulations. Lets bring back our freedom in 2010 and 2012 that was taken away from this disaster administration. PALIN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012. The only exit strategy that our county needs is the exit of President Obama. Lets win the war on the Obama Crises.
Ahh, our obligatory story about useless white trash. This woman is truly a waste of oxygen. Thank you CNN.
hmmm... too bad she doesn't read the Times (aren't they part of the "liberal media conspiracy" that's supposedly against her?)
I cant wait for the next book "going away"
The only book I have every seen to be in the bargain bin ($4.95) BEFORE it's actual publication date. Heck, even Paris Hilton's memoir held out longer.
of course it did, thanks to CNN's free press coverage, now she can pay off legal fees and take care of her grandson because the deadbeat dad can't seem to keep his clothes on
700000 books? I wonder how many of those were purchased by NEWSMAX to sell at $4.99 for an incentive to subscribe?
It was funny watching Sarah on Hannity last week when he asked her what she reads... naturally NEWSMAX was the first thing to come out of her mouth.
Sarah is so shallow and easy to read, it is a wonder that people are actually so stupid that they believe what she and people like her are saying while pushing an agenda that is lining their pockets.
What a bunch of fools...
It is obvious those numbers are inflated by at least 2 Right-Leaning magazines whom are offering Sarah Palin's book for free if they buy a subscription to their magazine, or being able to buy the book for $4.95 with free magazines if the person signs up to their site.
the AMERICAN people need jobs and healthcare, please make this the last time you report on this wretch
Sadly, I thought that with all the real news today we could have one day without a SP story. I was wrong.
And so did those many biographies of professional wrestlers and such....not exactly a discriminating measure of intelligent discourse....much like Palin herself along with her 'Real American' bigots.
Just to make mention – no matter whether you love or hate Palin, remember this about the booksales: as with Clinton's book and every book like this in the past few years, you'll soon see Palin's book in discount-bins and Goodwill stores far and wide. Because the people that buy these are buying them to show their support for their "heroes" and not because they want to actually read anything they have to say.
Good for you Sarah!!!!! Congrats!
She can sell books but thank goodness she can't win elections!!!
I'm surprised NY Times is reporting her on top of the list. They usually will lie about that sort of thing because of their politics. And on Huckabee, he can forget 2012.... apparently, he's the one that let that guy go that shot up the Seattle coffee shop and killed all those cops. So, he's finished in politics.
I wonder how many copies she bought herself as well as he GOP...Ypu have got to be kidding that people actually buy let alone read this !!!
Only in America can the village idiot become rich by expounding on their buffoonery. What a country!
I wonder how many copies she bought herself as well asthe GOP...You have got to be kidding that people actually buy let alone read this !!!
Come on, CNN. "True Compass", Ted Kennedy's autobiography also made #1 on the NYT Best Sellers list.....yet it didn't get a feature in your political ticker. What's with the Palin obsession?
Palin's book should be listed on the Fiction best sellers list for its lies, distortions, and delusions of importance.
Unbelievable that anyone would buy a book by someone who obviously does not have the ability to write it. From all the reports I've seen, much of it is lies and payback...
What's next for our beloved airhead? I hope we won't have to read about what's next for her in the press anymore...
Yeah w/e...people also keep the National Enquirer in business. If Ameicans had taste and class, this would mean something, but we don't.
There's no accounting for taste.
And that is why the left continues to bash the living crap out of her.....Keep it up, the more you do, the more we like her! After all look what you put into the white house...............you have NO credibility.
With all the free press she has received from CNN, MSNBC, FOX, etc. she could have published a book on connect-the-dots water color painting of Alaskan landscapes and it would have risen to the top. The media obsession with this woman is pathetic. Does it even matter? You people in media have gone 'reality'. Get back to the basics and start reporting 'NEWS'!
The churches are buying the books in bulk and handing them out for free.hahaha
Sarah has the big bucks now and is totally free to do what she wants, when she wants......thank you to all of her detractors for making this possible.....she wins, you lose....
Two of America's best in the top 5, what great role models for our children, much better than Chicagoland thugs.
Palin, always falling short to a democrat.
Be wise repugs!
you can land on the best seller list for your pre-orders
on another side, all you Huckabee fans and general GOPers:
the spineless, take no responsibility Huckabee said: "Should he (the gun man) be found responsible for this horrible tragedy, it will be the result of a series of failures in the criminal justice system in both Arkansas and Washington state," Huckabee's office said. WOW Huckabee. Aren't you the one that commutted his 99 year sentence?
Don't you take responsibility, even just a little for letting this cop killer out of jail? Huckabee represents the GOP very well, the TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY party. It is the judicial and criminal systems fault; not mine who let him out of jail.
Pathetic Huckabee.
eat that keith oberman....
Amazing...for a book she didn't even write!
No big surprise. It's interesting that, while a majority of Americans don't think Palin is qualified to be president, roughly the same percent like her. I believe that if Palin can become less ideologically blunt while retaining her forthright, plain-spoken manner she could become the "conservative Oprah" and a powerfully influential force for the conservative movement.
Ms. Palin and her book are proof that "No one ever went broke underestimating the bad taste of the American public."
Fake book, fake bus tour, fake parent, fake governor, fake sportscaster, fake runner... but many real dollars wasted. Oh wait – her book is being hawked on CNN for $4.95 along with some other political nonsense.
This lady provides concrete evidence that conservatives are just, well, kinda dumb.
so let me understand this Palin
you beat out a story about a meth user (Agassi) and maybe followed by someone who used his powers as gov. (Huckabee) to let out a cop killer from a 99 year sentence (very sad for the nation, he killed four cops this week)
very impressive, good thing you as a quiter fit right in
Not with my support,I simply can't stand to hear her speak,let alone,read her life story!!!!!!!!!
why isn't this in the entertainment section where it belongs?
But they didn't say which best seller: Fiction, or Non-fiction?
ya you can buy gthe joke magazine for around $4.00 so whats the big deal . for a fiction magazine what a joke the whole thing is . she makes money and a bunch of idiots buy into it LOL
fiction has always been popular
Yeah she also landed in the bargain bin at Half Price Books the same week too so it really means nothing other than people bought her book out of morbid curiosity. It's no different then when Yahoo or AOL list "Jon Gosselin' the #1 most read story of the week.... it's not that anyone actually cares or likes the guy. Same for Miss Sarah "I'm a victim of everything " Palin.
Wasn't someone on here bagging on her yesterday because they didn't see her name on the list?
Hmmmmm.
How sad.
Yeah only in America a book full of lies and fabrications will be a best seller. Indeed we have a huge 60% of the active population High school drop outs who can't make a thoughtfull decision distinguishing fact from fiction, truth from lies, fabrication from reality.
I won't spend a dime of my money buying that toilet paper called book.
Well, now she's ensconced for all posterity with other bestselling literary giants like Clive Cussler and Jackie Collins. Congrats, Sarah. Have a nice day!
Freak Factor???
This is a comment on how many bulk orders it got, not how many PEOPLE actually bought the book. If your Sarah Palin Fan Club bought 10,000 books to use as coasters, that counts as 10,000 books in circulation.
I predict that conservative organizations will wind up using these things as party favors, giving them away en mass.
But it falls short of the more than 900,000 copies sold of Bill Clinton's 2004 memoir "My Life" during its debut week.
Of course it did, everyone knows sex, lies and deceit sells best!
When you sell crap, people will buy it
Top of the bestseller list for fiction, right?
What is their a toilet paper shortage we haven't heard about??
How dumb of CNN to compare a book sold by a former governer of Alaska with a former President of the USA!
I wouldn't buy this pathetic book if my life depended on it! This woman is a complete narcissist, not to mention a dim bulb and a hypocrite. She talks about Levi Johnston seeking his 5 minutes of fame to make money! What does she think she's doing!!!? There is no way in hell this woman will ever become president. God help us if the American people are THAT stupid.
Who are you kidding? FOX News bought thousands of these dogs and they are stacked in a warehouse somewhere. Other right-wing organs bought them by the case. After the xmas season ends, they'll be flooding the used bookstores. I'm waiting until the price goes down to a dollar per, and then I'll load up on them and use them as toilet paper.
this person whose mentality is equivalent to a talk show host, does not deserve a voice in american politics - at best, she should be allowed to vote - that would be the extent to which her voice is heard. if i was pro-book burning (which no doubt she would espouse if she lived in another century), I would have this book banned and burned.
I think it's rather sad anyone cares what Palin has to say or would support her in any way, such as buying her silly book. I mean I'm excited for all the dumb Palin quotes to come out – maybe make a calender out of them! Other than that, I have to say she's a dimwit. "If god intended us to be vegetarians, he wouldn't have made animals out of meat." That is one of the silliest and dumbest things I've ever heard!
This woman is not fit to lead anyone. In a way I hope she runs so we can find out more about her Pentecostal church and her building that community center on someone else's land then having to buy that land at a much higher price. Don't forget about using public money to fly her children around the country.
What a joke!
All I can say is my 11 year old writes better fiction and uses proper grammar. Can I get him a book on the best seller's list?
Please.....any baffoon that's willing to part with even a modest sum to buy this collection of toilet tissue and used cocktail napkins is in serious need of counseling or at minimum a 3rd grade education. I hope at some point these Palin supporters take a class in critical thinking to stave off a portion of the stupidity.
Clinton she is not and I bet his book was a book and not a pack of attack dogs and lies. Like him or not he had more common sense then to write a book that was rogue.
Even with all the lies she should pay the real writer, a lot of money. But next time she should get someone to write a book for her who is truthful. But maybe not LIES ARE SELLING.