Posted on 11/06/2002 8:31:38 AM PST by BigWaveBetty
The notoriously tardy former commander in chief, it was announced with much fanfare two summers ago, would have his "candid" memoirs published in 2003 by Alfred A. Knopf.
Mr. Clinton reportedly is being paid $12 million — the largest deal in book-publishing history — to recall the myriad milestones of his celebrated albeit controversial life, which in no way is nearing retirement.
"Well, it's not scheduled for publication as of right now," Paul Bogaards, executive director of Knopf, tells Inside the Beltway in a telephone interview from New York. "Of course, that can always change."
Unlike past presidents in terms of public interest and intrigue, the globe-trotting Mr. Clinton enjoys unprecedented "staying power," thus Knopf's editors aren't overly concerned with a set publishing deadline for the hardcover (Vintage Books was to have released a trade paperback of the same memoirs in 2004).
"The writing of the book is going very well," Mr. Bogaards insists. "The president is enjoying his time with his editor, Bob Gottlieb, and we are all thrilled — including the president. He is dedicated to the process, he writes on schedule, he is committed to his book, and that's great news as far as we are concerned." [Translation - Blubba is going to start writing this pile of crap any minute now.]
Mr. Clinton's memoirs will center mostly on his two terms in the White House, and that said it will be interesting to read how his version owns up to former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's recollection of events. New York's junior Democratic senator is writing her own memoirs, for which Simon & Schuster reportedly has paid upward of $8.5 million. Ja-Shin Tsang, a publicity assistant for Simon & Schuster, tells this column Mrs. Clinton's book is due for release in the spring, although she, too, said the date was not set in stone.[Translation - Hitlery's going to start writing this pile of crap any minute now.]
A Sept. 15, 1998 file photo of Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. in Seattle. Her name will not appear on any ballot Tuesday, but Murray, chairwoman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, is campaigning as if her career depends on the results.
AWWW! Poor Murray. Many of us think this might be "Murray MOM" here on FR.
OUT: Lautenberg
HAHAHAHA!
Lautenburg shows his IQ.
Get them new glasses while you're at it.
Jessica Lange declared that she ''hates'' President Bush
Mash here
At a film festival in Madrid, Oscar-winning actress Jessica Lange declared that she ''hates'' President Bush while Eric Roberts, star of a struggling new TV series (appropriately called Less Than Perfect), told Fox News that he considers the president ''fascist'' and a co-conspirator (with Osama bin Laden in deliberately ''wrecking the American economy.''
Meanwhile, Jane Fonda, Susan Sarandon, Gore Vidal, Oliver Stone and many others signed a public ''Statement of Conscience'' drafted by a group called Not in Our Name, which has promised ''to resist the injustices done by our government'' and pledged ''alliance with those who have come under attack.'' Sean Penn spent $56,000 for a nearly full-page ad in The Washington Post to run his ''open letter'' warning of the Bush ''legacy of shame and horror.'' And Barbra Streisand embarrassed even some of her political allies with the strident partisanship of her Democratic fundraising concert in Hollywood, during which she slammed the president for ''the arrogance of wanting unlimited power.
HA! HA! HA! HA!
Winona Found Guilty of Grand Theft, Vandalism
Poor thing. She won't due any jail time. It's California.
Someone remind Patty the Dems never kept a campaign promise in their miserable lives. Empty threats from an empty politician.
AMEN! That's what Mr. Teacup said this morning.
A large field of potential Democratic candidates led by former Vice President Al Gore will decide in the next few months whether to challenge Republican President Bush whose historical sweep of Congress left him in a commanding position heading into 2004.
Run Al Run!
I would like to say that Norm Coleman gave the most beautiful acceptance speech I have ever heard, and I predict that he will be a rising star in the Republican party.
I also want to direct you to Terry McAuliffe's press conference this morning (several threads on it). Brags about costing the Bush brothers money, and is totally Sore-Loserman and delusional.
Racicot, on the other hand, is a class act. One of the fund-raiser callers called me this morning to thank me for my donations, and not ask for money, and then wished me Happy Thanksgiving! Marc Racicot is a good man.
That's the greatest accomplishment Terry the Clinton SockPuppet can cite? Oh my.
Sq Miles
Gore 580,134
Bush 2,427,039
Population
Gore 127 Million
Bush 143 Million
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