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Barracuda: The Unauthorized Biography of Sarah Palin Paperback – June 14, 2010

by Aladdin Elaasar (Author)
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- "A must read for all American voters",The Huffington Post

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Award-winning author Aladdin Elaasar's latest; ―BARRACUDA: The Unauthorized Biography of Sarah Palin is a timely book that reveals how McCain's choice of the Barracuda', a.k.a. Sarah Palin, as his running mate, opened the flood gates of the media to controversy and speculations. Will Palin play a role in the 2012 presidential elections? Will she be the next and the first female American president, or at least vice-president?

While Radio host Rush Limbaugh and former Bush adviser Karl Rove hailed Palin, some Republicans were dismayed, who felt the choice underscored McCain's weaknesses. Palin faced an investigation in Alaska for alleged abuse of power involving her former brother-in-law.
In the last presidential election, the stumbling McCain's choice of Palin could not have been more timely and savvy. Palin managed to distract all the negative attention and the limelight from Senator McCain who could not be happier!

American media quickly turned its attention from JoeBama to McPalin - but more so to Republican VP and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Where does Palin buy her eyewear? Will Oprah ever have Palin on her show? The media wondered. She's been in the spotlight and has given plenty of news for the media to talk about.

McCain-Palin Republican presidential campaign buttons were reading ―The Hottest Chick,‖ ―Our mama is better than your Obama,‖ ―Read my Lipstick,‖ and ―She proved you can throw a punch with a French manicure.‖
The choice of Sarah Palin was a high risk bet. Many wondered whether she was ready to be vice-president and lead the US, should something happen to McCain if he was elected president.

Democrats said they felt insulted that McCain thought he could woo women by just putting any woman on his ticket, with one sentence making the rounds: "Palin, you are no Hillary Clinton".
In this timely book, Aladdin Elaasar investigates: Who is the real Sarah Palin? Palin's Political Records, and Palin's connections with Big Business and Big Oil. Is Sarah Palin' an Extremist?
 Is she a Zombie Republican or a Right Wing Feminist? How Populist is Sarah Palin? Can Sarah Palin's faux-feminist machismo and her handlers succeed in using purely symbolic appeals and Culture Wars to camouflage her actual record and the Plain contradictions in her story? Will the slogan of a Palin Administration- in big business's quest for oil- be: Drill, Baby, Drill?

Columnist Kimberly Gadette describes Palin pick as ―The Bikini Car Wash: One Sexist Tradition‖. ―In selecting Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain is dusting off an old GOP tool: the estrogen guard. Slap a friendly, female face on a hard core-conservative political platform, and pray that the pundits will only take pot-shots and talk about gender. It worked for George W. Bush, and it just may work for Palin‖.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Beacon Press (June 14, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 158 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0615381103
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0615381107
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.8 x 0.6 x 5 inches
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Aladdin Elaasar is an expert on Egypt and the Arab World. He has been a frequent commentator on the Middle East on American and international TV and Radio networks such as CNN, ABC, NBC, NPR, MSNBC, FOX NEWS, BBC radio and TV, and others. Elaasar has been teaching Mid-Eastern studies at several American universities, at the Defense language Institute in Monterey, CA, Senator Mansfield's Center at the University of Montana, and at the School of Foreign Languages and Culture at the University of Illinois, Urbana. He was nominated as a candidate for the presidential elections in Egypt in 2005. His campaign gained worldwide media coverage. His columns cover international relations, current events, and Arab/American issues. He was cited in Guardian, New York Times, The Huffington Post, Washington Post, Sunday Times, Paris Match, La Stampa, and the international press. He is the author of The Last Pharaoh: Mubarak and the Uncertain Future of Egypt in the Obama Age.He also wrote: For Stars and Stripes: American-Arabs in the U.S. Military, and Barracuda: The Unauthorised Biography of Sarah palin, Silent Victims: Arab and Muslim Americans Post 9/11.

CONTACT: Aladdin Elaasar

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