Kennedy Memoirs Said to Fetch $8 Million

New York Times ^ | 11/27/2007 | MOTOKO RICH

[RDasher]

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the most prominent surviving member of the Kennedy family, has agreed to sell his memoirs for an advance of more than $8 million, people with knowledge of the negotiations say.

[RDasher]

I am sure there will be no complaints about Sen Kennedy making a haul ($8 million) on his book deal. After all he is not a Republican. Remember the stink over Newt Gingrich's book deal while he was Speaker of the House. He had to return the money... but even that was not enough to quell the rants from the Democrats... NEVER APPEASE A DEMOCRAT!!!

[coconutt2000]

Maybe now would be a good time for Senator Kennedy to invest in some Carbon Credits. I have a few million dollars worth that he could buy to offset the additional harvested trees, fuel consumption, and electrical generation that his book deal will cause... /sarc

[Huntress]

I doubt that Kennedy’s memoirs will be very interesting or insightful. So much has been written about the Kennedys that already that the only material Teddy could add would be the stuff he won’t want to publish. Instead, we’ll get a sugarcoated version of stories already told.

[goldstategop]

I bet Mary Jo Kopechne will be kept out of the memoirs. Just like Bubba did with his White House romp.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[LibFreeOrDie]

Chapter 13: Chappaquiddick

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[hawkeye101]

Book sponsored by Cutty Sark and Oldsmobile.

[RDasher]

LOL — Perfect. It fits him to a tee.

[taxesareforever]

Not the first time $8 million = $.02

[JennysCool]

It's been done.

[Atchafalaya]

First two words”Errrr aaaaaa”.

[boop]

"I doubt that Kennedy’s memoirs will be very interesting or insightful. So much has been written about the Kennedys that already that the only material Teddy could add would be the stuff he won’t want to publish. Instead, we’ll get a sugarcoated version of stories already told."

Yep the galleys show long stories about his brother's assassinations, but virtually nothing on Chappaquiddick or Joan Kennedy. Plus I'm sure some chapters on how bad republicans are and how he's for the little guy. Who the hell cares what this sleaze would write anyway? Not $8 million worth anyway.

[robomatik]

floatation device needed alert!

[MaxMax]

So much has been written about the Kennedys that already that the
only material Teddy could add would be the stuff he won’t want to publish. Instead,

Maybe the book cover will have Teddy's head poking out from behind a closet door.

[Joe 6-pack]

"It's been done."

[Arthur McGowan]

Mr. Kennedy, who will work with a co-writer, is expected to write candidly about his personal history...

Expected by whom?

[Arthur McGowan]

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[Wally_Kalbacken]

 

 

[PzLdr]

That include the instructional DVD on swimming?

[Welsh Rabbit]

Mr. Kennedy, who will work with a co-writer, is expected to write candidly about his personal history

I'm picturing Ted drinking scotch after scotch, recalling all the babes he perved on over the years in slurred speech to some hack ghostwriter, who mostly ignores him while trying to piece together a new memoir from old biographies and interviews.

[sheik yerbouty]

Maybe he’ll an an OJ with the book..”If I Did It”

[no dems]

Geesh!!! When is the ol’ fart gonna die?

[cubreporter]

I could care less what he writes. I could care less about him.

[singfreedom]

I going to be very curious to find just how much of this tome will be truthful. Kennedy doesn’t have much of a reputation for truth OR good judgment.

Specifically, I wonder how he will recount the murder of the young lady who was riding in his car during that fateful bridge crossing.

[SteveH]

One is left to imagine that good old fashioned bribery, fraud, vote purchasing and brazen money laundering is never out of style in DC.

[river rat]

That old Nazi sympathizing “Old Joe” Kennedy, would have been furious to learn that only the dunce of the litter survived.....and was ridiculed most of his life as a drunken womanizer...

Just like “Old Joe”...

[Enchante]

Time to suggest title ideas for Teddy the Swimmer. Here's mine:

"A BRIDGE TOO FAR"

[Enchante]

Another title suggestion for Teddy the Swimmer’s fictional “memoirs”......

“NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLES I’VE SEEN”

[napscoordinator]

Isn’t 8 million to a Kennedy like 10,000 dollars for us. They are extremely rich. I don’t even know why he would accept a check. His brother was a Saint next to his sleazy brother. He didn’t even accept a check as President.

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[dfwgator]

Will he name the book “If I Did It”?