Can’t is not an option — except, of course, when you just can’t…

I’m going to be on Pub Politics tonight (my sixth time!), and one of several topics the guys want to talk about is Nikki Haley’s book deal — which is a bit of trivia I had missed (I knew she was writing a memoir, but nothing about a “deal”), so I had to go look it up:

NEW YORK (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has a book deal.

Sentinel, a conservative imprint of Penguin Group (USA), announced Wednesday that Haley’s “Can’t is Not an Option” will come out in January.

Haley, a Republican and tea party favorite, was elected last year. At 39, she is the country’s youngest governor and only the second Indian-American governor.

In an interview in March with The Associated Press, Haley said writing had been “therapeutic” and that she would cover everything from growing up in rural South Carolina to her contentious 2010 campaign, when she faced — and denied — allegations of infidelity…

I wonder whether anyone at her publisher’s will pick up, between now and the pub date, on just how unsuccessful Gov. Haley has been in achieving her goals, aside from the goal of getting elected. And when they do, will they push for a title change?

13 thoughts on “Can’t is not an option — except, of course, when you just can’t…”

Mab July 5, 2011 at 5:52 pm

“Haley said writing had been ‘therapeutic’ and that she would cover everything from growing up in rural South Carolina to her contentious 2010 campaign…”

1. writing had been therapeutic –

No, obviously it hasn’t. You are still in need of serious (court-mandated) help.

2. cover everything from growing up in rural South Carolina to her contentious 2010 campaign [to blah blah blah].

clue=@nobodycares.

Kathy July 5, 2011 at 8:23 pm

Seriously (nobody cares). When Jenny Sanford wrote her book, one of my friends asked me if I had read it. I hadn’t. My friend, however, had read the book. I asked her how she liked it. She said the book was “depressing.” Just thinking about Nikki Haley, High School Governor, writing a book is depressing. Ewww. Do you think the book idea is because someone is planning to run for higher office and many of the VP and presidential candidates write books? Nah. Couldn’t be.

Lynn T July 5, 2011 at 11:09 pm

Kathy, your “High School Governor” is so dead on right that it should be Haley’s personal motto.

Cicero July 5, 2011 at 11:14 pm

A better title would be: “Leadership is Not an Option.”

`Kathryn Fenner July 6, 2011 at 10:00 am

@Mab– Alas, I suspect all too many people care….She’s still quite popular with the clue-challenged among our fellow citizens…

Brad July 6, 2011 at 10:37 am

I’ve started saying it all the time, very dramatically:

“Can’t… is not an option.”

martin July 6, 2011 at 11:23 am

I imagine one of the main differences between the Nikki book and the Jenny book is that Nikki’s will be pretty much fiction.

I think she could give Casey Anthony a run for her money where lying is concerned.

Mab July 6, 2011 at 1:10 pm

Kathryn,

I hope that clue-challenged demographic is down to about these three:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/us/03haley.html

Who are these people? Was this a forced field trip (not democratically decided)?

The looks on these kids’ faces seem to indicate that they get it. And don’t want any more of it.

`Kathryn Fenner July 6, 2011 at 1:36 pm

[ominous music]
In a world where transparency means never turning over your emails

Where paying taxes on time is optional…
Where the truth is just a good story….

Can’t…is not an option…..

Tim July 6, 2011 at 2:49 pm

“Can’t is Not An Option”. I guess her editor and publisher don’t not believe in double negatives. Essentially the title means “Can is an Option.” More Sarah Palindromisms, inventing the language as you speak.

`Kathryn Fenner July 6, 2011 at 4:04 pm

@ Mab– Yeah, them some mighty, uh, dazzled kids….My favorite line is ““Her understanding of the role of state government appears rather limited,” said the political historian Jack Bass”

True dat