Posted on 09/01/2004 1:33:32 PM PDT by dubyaweluvya
BOYCOTT BORDERS BOOKSTORE.
I went to a local Borders Bookstore last night and not only did they not stock "Unfit for Command" they were bursting with anti-Bush books and of course, Hill & Bill books. Looking at the prominent display (right behind the cash registers starring at you) for Bill Clinton's book, I knew they were biased. I say "Boycott Borders". I know I will. I also emailed the manager to complain about their political bias effecting customer service.
So, where was this store? Ann Arbor Michigan perhaps?
Jeff Carneal, CEO of the conservative book publisher Regnery, said the book is in its 10th printing with more than 650,000 copies in print or on order."Despite what some customers may believe, it isn't the stores' fault that supplies are scarce. I wish I could blame it on a vast left-wing conspiracy," said Carneal in a statement, "but I just can't. The book's record-setting demand just couldn't have been anticipated by the stores or by us."
I had the same experience at borders in new orleans.
You should protest against Regnery for not printing enough of "Unfit for Command" in their first run.
There is an upside-- it means that the anti Bush message isn't selling. :)
The funny thing is, that Kerry and McAulliffe, et al, with their calls for stores to stop selling the book, are giving the impression that bookstores are refusing to sell it.
Well, there is another thread about this and Regnery Press (the publisher) explained that they miscalculated and did not expect the book to be as big a success. They said it's not Borders or B & N's fault.
It would surprise me if they did in fact plan not to stock Unfit for Command, the bottom line is money. If they think they can sell the book they will. I live less than an hour from Ann Arbor and we have several Border's Bookstores in the area and have been told they have the book. I think it is just selling faster than stores can get the copies.
- What an arrogant elitist Kerry is;
- How all three of his Purple Hearts are fraudulent; and,
- How he virtually mutinied in An Thoi because he was afraid to go up the narrow river surrounded by a dense mangrove swamp.
Regnery is the reason you couldnt find Unfit for Command. As far as caring the other books, many of them are in the top 50. Are you are a "book burner" who is going to deny Borders the right to sell what wells just as you are afraid libs are going to deny you the right to buy Unfit? Live and let live.
There is a Borders book store here in the Denver Colorado area that is so blatant with their bias against conservatives and President Bush. I had always heard about these kind of books stores but I saw it first hand with this one. You should have seen the hippies working behind the counter. I won't go into one anymore.
I was in Borders 2 nights ago. I felt I was at a Democratic headquarters. Everything is far left. I will never go there again. I am in conservative Idaho.
Ms. Casey
"There is an upside-- it means that the anti Bush message isn't selling. :)"
Or bubba's ramblings.
Stay Strong,
Fuzzy122
It may not be Borders fault that "Unfit for command" is on back-order, but it is there fault that they have an end-cap marked current politics and about 20 liberal authors to the 1 token conservative(a book on reagan).
I could not find a single book by ann coulter in the whole store, and she is a best-seller.
My favorites are a tie - either getting a Purple Heart for getting pelted in the behind by rice grains or in his valiant rescue of Rassman after having knocked him overboard inadvertently in a panic.
Even the liberals say that now that he's out of office, he's a real bore. He ignores the women over 30 and tries to monopolize the attention of those under 30
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