An Iraqi girl gives a kiss to U.S. soldier PFC Louis Livargas, of Somerville, Mass., from Alpha Company, 37th Infantry, during his foot patrol in downtown Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) Friday, April 25. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
An Iraqi girl gives a kiss to U.S. soldier PFC Louis Livargas, of Somerville, Mass., from Alpha Company, 37th Infantry, during his foot patrol in downtown Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) Friday, April 25. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
And now for those not-so-heroic [reposting what I posted at the end of yesterday's thread:
To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
Lying History is much more accurate.
Hill's book headed for the NYT Bestseller list? Or no?
NO BIDS FOR BOOK EXCERPTS Hil book in a bind: Magazines not keen on excerptsBut three mags that have carried excerpts of other books - The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Vanity Fair and Newsweek - answered inquiries from the Daily News by saying they don't plan to publish a piece of Clinton's memoir.The New Yorker also is believed to be staying on the sidelines.
It was unclear if all four of the mags were among those approached by Simon & Schuster, which bought rights to publish the former first lady's book around the world for $8 million.
At the same time, a U.S. News & World Report spokesman said the mag is interested.
Time and People, both owned by Time Inc., appear to be the other likely contenders.
Their level of interest may depend on how much Clinton reveals about her White House years and marriage.
Newsweek editor in chief Richard Smith told The News: "It's fair to say that, given our significant spending on Iraq and other international coverage, we're looking very carefully at any spending on optional items."
Meanwhile, more than a month before the book's release, there was evidence of why Simon & Schuster ordered a million-copy printing.
At online bookseller Amazon.com, "Living History" was ranked No. 2,630 in orders late Monday, the day Simon & Schuster announced the on-sale date and title. By late yesterday, the book stood at No. 73.
The rival BN.com showed the book at No. 618,267 on Monday, but up at No. 13 yesterday.
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Bill Clinton's "Between Hope and History," a collection of political views released on the eve of his reelection campaign, became a best-seller and then a big flop. Of the 500,000 copies printed, 425,000 remained unsold at the end of the year.
New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers her message at the Aqua Turf. (JOHN WOIKE) Apr. 28, 2003
Story from the Washington Times:
In a fiery speech Monday night, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Democrat, accused the Bush administration of having the worst economic policies since Herbert Hoover, with no plan to end the nation's fiscal troubles.
The former first lady told about 1,550 Connecticut Democrats that an increasing number of Americans are unhappy with Mr. Bush's policies.
"There is an unease," she told the party faithful gathered at the Democrats' annual Jefferson Jackson Bailey dinner in Southington. "People know better than what they hear and what they see."
Mrs. Clinton accused Mr. Bush of squandering the surpluses that accumulated during the administration of her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
"In just two years, the country again faces hefty budget deficits," she said. "We are, unfortunately, reaping the bad consequences of a wrong economic policy. They have the most wrongheaded economic policies that we've seen since Herbert Hoover."
She received a standing ovation when she angrily said it was unfair for critics of Mr. Bush's policies to be accused of being unpatriotic, the Associated Press reports.
"We are Americans," she said. "We have the right to participate and debate any administration."
More quotes from NewMax:
"I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic," a shrill-sounding Clinton shouted during her address to Connecticut's Jefferson Jackson Bailey dinner.
"We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration," she shrieked. (they're not embellishing)
Keep up the howler monkey routine hillary, you only make President Bush look better and better.