Palin not a big draw on the lecture circuit

[Liberal_in_LA]

Source: LA Times

She quit as governor of Alaska in the middle of her term, presumably to cash in on her new-found fame as the Republican Party's first female candidate for vice president. Feisty and controversial, Sarah Palin was thought to be a magnet for moneyed interests seeking star-power speakers.

But now the New York Post is reporting that Palin has been a difficult sell for the Washington Speaker's Bureau, which represents everybody from former President George W. Bush to magician David Blaine. Offered at $100,000 a speech, Palin is not attracting as many offers as might have been expected.

"Palin is polarizing, and some subscribers might cancel if she's on the lineup," one industry rep told the Post.

Still, Palin does have a deep well of fans. Publication date for Palin's memoir, "Going Rogue," has been moved up to Nov. 17, with a first printing of 1.5 million copies, so she's got an obvious conservative audience out there somewhere.



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From NY post:

http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/sarah_lectures_tough_sell_Z6eKRnldUitBmiOfXCBjlI

Many big lecture venues are subscription series, "and they don't want to tick people off," said our source. "Palin is polarizing, and some subscribers might cancel if she's on the lineup." Other lecture buyers are universities, which have a leftist slant, and corporations, which dislike controversy.

"Palin is so uninteresting to so many groups -- unless they are interested in moose hunting," said our insider. "What does she have to say? She can't even describe what she reads."

[Jennicut]

1. Ha! She is worthless as a speaker...she can barely make a coherent sentence.

My husband is not political at all and thinks she is a total idiot. She will keep people away, not bring them in. So much for "quitting".

[EFerrari]

4. Who could have foreseen that people want to avoid the pain

of watching Sarah Palin trying to speak English?

lol

[truthisfreedom]

2. Pale-in... "Going Brogue"

[polichick]

3. Time to start popping out of cakes - there's the real money! nt

[superconnected]

25. That's a more fitting job for her than govenor was.

[RedCloud]

5. So stupid doesn't sell well?

Palin's new face:

(@_@)

[TlalocW]

6. Wouldn't it be great

If everything Palin did from now on was so full of fail that her job as governor of Alaska was the highlight of her career path... and he quit that? Oh, that would be such delicious (and well-deserved) schadenfreude.

TlalocW

[XemaSab]

28. Do you think there's any likelihood whatsoever

that she will ever succeed at anything ever again? :shrug:

[donco6]

7. Polarizing speakers never make it on the circuit.

Just for the reason they mentioned - who wants to book someone who will cause 50% of their attendees to cancel? I did it when neil effing boortz was invited to speak at a business convention. They called me to ask why and I told them the ONLY reason I was cancelling was because of him. I think they were suprised.

[wilt the stilt]

20. like Neil knows anything about business

he was a two bit lawyer(I called on him once when I sold for dicatphone). His office was joke. He has been a nothing except an employee and a radio jock. what does he know about business.

[Bluenorthwest]

8. And yet they think the book is going to sell

which is will, a bit, but not much. Chris Matthews has been going on about how Palin can make a hundred grand a night speaking, and I have been wondering who's going to pay her and for what. She does not speak well to say the least, and she is not informed enough to have the podium in any room that can afford to pay her....but Chris was dang sure she'd get rich, and quick, as if she'd be sought after, and I had to laugh at him for it. Still do. He's transparent.

[tblue37]

11. It will sell for the same reason Ann Coulter's sell:

Rght wing groups buy the books up in bulk and then give them away to their people. For example, people who subscribe to the National Review might be offered a free copy of Palin's book, just as they are typically offered free copies of Coulter's books. Those that get their free copies often don't even read them (many are not exactly big readers anyway).

Even Palin's superfans probably won't read the book when it is given to them, first, because they aren't readers, but also because it's obvious that the book has to be ghost written, so since she didn't write it, they won't get the thrill they would get from reading their idol's very own words.

[superconnected]

26. Yep, I had a RW boss(way up toward CEO) who when he left the company

gave us all a RW book that he signed himself to us, that he didn't write. It was weird getting his political goodbye present. I figure he gave out about 50 copies of the book. I don't want to say which one because I figure I'll be recognized - being one of the few liberals there.

[CurtEastPoint]

13. Oh, ALLEGEDLY, it is a big hit alrady at B&N and Amazon (preorders)

Just two days after HarperCollins announced that the release of Palin's memoir, "Going Rogue," had been moved up from the spring to Nov. 17, preorders for the former Alaska governor's book have made it No. 1 on Barnes&Noble.com on Wednesday and at No. 2 on Amazon.com, trailing only Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol.

[Auggie]

9. The GOP should pay her NOT to speak

[tridim]

10. I have yet to see any proof that she has "a deep well of fans".

That's not a statistic I'm going to take on faith.

Her fan base is loud and dumb, but not deep.

[polichick]

12. It's a typo - they mean deep fried fans. nt

[janet118]

14. Last night, Chris "Tweety" Matthews was ranting about . . .

how hot Palin would be on the lecture circuit. Once again, the Tweetster is clueless.

[Timefortruth]

15. "blithering idiot."

"Palin's bookers are said to be asking for $100,000 per speech, but an industry expert tells Page Six: "The big lecture buyers in the US are paralyzed with fear about booking her, basically because they think she is a blithering idiot."

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

16. "Palin is so uninteresting to so many groups ...,"

Love it. May she wallow in irrelevance.

[rocktivity]

17. And in an unrelated story, Palin's book

will be out in time for the holidays--or should that be, in time to cash in on the last of her fifteen minutes? Thank goodness she has the Rethug "dagger" bulk buyers to fall back on!

:eyes:
rocktivity

[MilesColtrane]

18. Shatner has already demonstrated that she needs bongos and a bass player backing her up.

[donco6]

31. Shatner has become the coolest guy ever.

Who knew?

[MilesColtrane]

32. F. Scott Fitzgerald said, "There are no second acts in American lives."

He didn't say nothing about Canadians though.

[mitchum]

19. Her natural audience is the right wing raincoat crowd

[jacobfloyd]

21. Ha! What a surpise! Darn tootin! You betcha!

[lisa58]

22. I think this is why she is releasing her book in November....

...I don't think anyone is going to be interested in April and she might make some "Christmas" sales if she releases in November.

[cynatnite]

23. She might do well at a Daughters of the Confederacy gathering...seccessionist that she is. n/t

[superconnected]

27. hahahahhah rofl.

[olegramps]

24. Palin's book would exceed my budget for ass wipe.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

29. She need to incorporate some wild west stunts in her act

Trick shooting off the back of a charging moose. Throwing axes in the air at Todd to give him a buzz cut while he circles the stage on a snowmobile. The act really needs refreshing.

[subcomhd]

30. she should hit the comedy clubs.