Sarah Palin’s Memoir Gives Hope To Wolves Everywhere
Posted by: Ami Angelowicz
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1:20PM, Wednesday November 18th 2009
Since the release of Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue: An American Life, many folks have been howling about the claims made within its covers. But there is one group that stands to profit from her opus—and it’s not the donkeys or elephants. It’s the wolves. San Francisco bookstore Green Apple Books has decided to “go rogue” and donate 100 percent of the profits from Palin’s book to the Alaska Wildlife Alliance. The AWA seeks to stop the aerial hunting of wolves and other game, which the gun-toting ex-governor supports. Why is hunting wolves a problem? Because they’re a vital part of the healthy Alaskan wilderness and aerial hunting is decimating the population and disturbing the delicate ecosystem. Who’s howling now, Sarah? [Newser]
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Squidtermz
wrote on November 18 2009 @ 01:28 pm: [report]
Whats with the cover? is she admiring her scenic view of Moscow from Alaska? :-p
spatula
wrote on November 18 2009 @ 01:39 pm: [report]
Well, good. But I still hope no one buys the damn book.
theattack
wrote on November 18 2009 @ 01:42 pm: [report]
Am I misunderstanding this? The profits of HER book are going toward stopping something that she supports? I mean, I don’t like Sarah Palin, and I’m all for saving the wolves, but this doesn’t really make a lot of sense to me. If someone bought the book because they want to support the wolves, they’re also supporting Sarah Palin in doing so.
spatula
wrote on November 18 2009 @ 01:46 pm: [report]
@theattack: It’s my understanding that Palin supports aerial hunting, and the AWA wants to stop aerial hunting. So the proceeds for her book would be going to fund a cause that she is against. Hence the “going rogue”, from what I gather…
powplz
wrote on November 18 2009 @ 01:47 pm: [report]
@theattack - it seems more like that bookstore is using sales from her book to support something that opposes what Palin supports because they oppose her. Kind of a little btchslap publicity stunt I would assume?
Jenn27549
wrote on November 18 2009 @ 01:50 pm: [report]
Publicity is right…doesn’t seem very effective. If you are buying her book then you probably support her and so you wouldn’t buy the book there knowing where the store’s proceeds are going. And if you don’t like her you wouldn’t be buying the book, and you could just donate directly to the cause if you were that into it…
I Go To 11
wrote on November 18 2009 @ 01:54 pm: [report]
What would be funnier is if you were to make a donation directly to AWA and say it’s in Palin’s honor. Cut out the middleman that way.
Lizard
wrote on November 18 2009 @ 02:28 pm: [report]
Hahaha, I love Green Apple—it’s a fantastic bookstore and this just adds to my love. I wouldn’t have expected them to carry it in the first place, but I guess it’s not surprising given the number of Ann Coulter books that turn up in Goodwill stores around here. I suppose people read them just to be offended.
Shosanna
wrote on November 19 2009 @ 12:53 pm: [report]
I don’t think Green Apple is expecting to make a large contribution to AWA, it’s just deviously funny.