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As we wrote Monday, Sarah Palin announced the early dates for her "Going Rogue" national book tour. At the same time, Sarah announced that she will be back on Twitter.Sarah’s new Twitter account, SarahPalinUSA, has exploded with an incredible surge of followers. In the 24 hours since she announced the site 12,758 people have signed up to be a part of the excitement.
It should be noted that Sarah’s former Twitter account, the one she used as Governor, had 152,650 followers when she suspended it’s use. To put that in perspective, that was more than Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Bobby Jindal, and Tim Pawlenty had combined, with over 60,000 to spare. Two thirds of those folks joined up after her July 3rd speech announcing she would step down as Governor of Alaska.With almost one million supporters on Facebook, a number that grows by the hour on her very busy site, it’s quite obvious that Sarah has mastered the internet in ways other politicians have not been able to.Sarah has been able to by-pass the old media, and get her messages out to America, unfiltered, and unedited. With these messages she has been able to shape the national debate on health care, energy independence, and economic policy. By forgoing traditional media in favor of Facebook, Sarah has been able to make national headlines, and in the case of energy and monetary policy, headlines world wide for her astute reflections on the state of affairs.This is a brilliant strategy, obviously. The media follow her every move, and as her every Facebook post reaches millions, you don’t have to be signed up to read them, the old dinosaur media is obliged to report what she says, even as they try in vane to refute it. A total win-win situation for her.When Sarah stepped down, she promised her tweets wouldn’t be so "politically correct" as they had to be when she was Governor. It will be very interesting to see what she will have to say as she tours the nation visiting with Americans on the "Going Rogue" tour.
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Here are some details of the upcoming book tour. I’m starting in Michigan and you’ll understand why when you read the book. Last year, I made a promise to the good people of Michigan that I would be back, and now I’m keeping that promise. (Michigan is near and dear to my family’s heart! Our eldest son, Track, lived with a great host family there during his hockey days.) From Michigan, the “Going Rogue” tour will cover as much of the country as possible. I’ve decided to stop in cities that are not usually included in a typical book tour. For instance, I’m looking forward to meeting our honorable men in women in uniform and their families at a Fort Bragg book signing, and to reconnecting with friends my family made last year on the campaign trail in different book signing venues. We have a tight schedule, but I’m working with the publisher to allow possibilities of stopping at a few unannounced places, too. I’ll Twitter information when the tour starts, so I’ll post our progress from the road. You can follow on Twitter at SarahPalinUSA. Below are dates, times, and locations for the first part of the tour – this schedule brings us up to Thanksgiving, where I’ll get to connect with family in Washington state for the holiday. Stay tuned for our post-Thanksgiving schedule coming soon. Please contact each venue for more information. Can’t wait to see you soon! - Sarah Palin PS: Included below is a flyer for the tour. Feel free to pass it around! November 18thGRAND RAPIDS, MIBarnes & Noble 3195 28th Street SE Space B116 Grand Rapids, MI 49512 6:00 – 9:00 PM November 19thFORT WAYNE, INMeijer’s 10301 Maysville Road Fort Wayne, IN 46835 12:00 – 3:00 PM NOBLESVILLE, INBorders Books and Music 13145 Levinson Lane Noblesville, IN 46060 6:00 – 9:00 PM November 20thCINCINNATI, OHJoseph-Beth Booksellers 2692 Madison Road Cincinnati OH 45208 12:00 – 3:00 PM COLUMBUS, OHBorders Books and Music 6670 Sawmill Road Columbus, OH 43235 6:00 – 9:00 PM November 21stWASHINGTON, PASam’s Club 80 Trinity Point Drive Washington, PA 15301 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM ROCHESTER, NYBorders Books and Music 1000 Hylan Drive Rochester, NY 14623 6:00 – 9:00 PM November 22ndROANOKE, VABarnes & Noble 4802 Valley View Boulevard NW Roanoke, VA 24012 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM November 23rdFORT BRAGG, NCAAFES Bragg N Main Shop Bldg 8-5050, 2nd & Butner Road Ft. Bragg, NC 28307 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM BIRMINGHAM, ALBooks-A-Million 757 Brookwood Village Birmingham, AL 32509 4:30 – 7:30 PM November 24thJACKSONVILLE, FL AREABooks-A-Million Orange Park Mall 1910 Wells Road Orange Park, FL 32073 9:00 – 11:00 AM THE VILLAGES, FLBarnes & Noble 1055 Old Camp Road The Villages, FL 32162 2:30 – 5:00 PM ORLANDO, FLBarnes & Noble Colonial Plaza Market Center 2418 East Colonial Drive Orlando, FL 32803 7:30 – 10:00 PM
(cross-posted from The Palination)
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