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Barnes & Noble Website Carries Altered Cover of Anti-Kerry Book
Human Events Online ^

Posted on 08/09/2004 1:45:22 PM PDT by freespirited

Will Kerry's supporters stop at nothing?

The cover of the new anti-Kerry book, Unfit for Command, set to hit shelves soon, has been given an alternative, pro-Kerry cover at the Barnes & Noble online store. The title of the book has been changed to Fit for Command, and the cover image has been changed from a close-up of a finger-pointing Kerry to a picture of Kerry in uniform with other Vietnam veterans. (The book currently sits at #7 on the Barnes & Noble Top 100 and at #2 on Amazon.)

The book, which challenges the "war hero" status of John Kerry's four months in Vietnam, was a part of a major firestorm last week as portions of the book were first revealed by The Drudge Report and a new anti-Kerry advertisement from the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth -- a "527" group of which the author of Unfit, John O'Neill, is a member -- was first reported by Human Events Online. Following the Human Events exclusive, a letter from DNC and Kerry lawyers to various TV stations attempting to intimidate them into blocking the ad from the airwaves was also exclusively revealed by Human Events Online.

Though no information on the source of the cover change has been found, the latest tactic from the pro-Kerry crowd -- whether from a computer hacker or an employee of Barnes & Noble -- can hardly be considered surprising.

[go to link to see how cover has been altered]

(Excerpt) Read more at humaneventsonline.com ...


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To: freespirited
Leaving on His Jet Plane

Leaving on a Jet Plane



JohnDenver

All his records sealed, he’s ready to go.
He’s flipped and flopped, as we well know.
But we must now wake up,
And say goodbye.
Now the light is shining,
It’s a new morn.
His bus is waiting,
He’s holding corn.



Already he’s so funny,
I could cry.


So wave bye, don’t look at me,
Turn around and really flee.
Told you that, you really need to go.



He’s leaving, on his jet plane.
We all hope, he won’t be back again.
Oh John, we wish you’d go.



There’s so many times, he’s lied, we found.
We all just wish, he would leave town.
The words he says, they don’t mean a thing.
Everything he says, a lie to you.
As he flips and flops a time or two.
When he leaves town, much sunshine it will bring.



So wave bye, don’t look at me,
Turn around and really flee.
Told him that, he really needs to go.



We all hope, he won’t be back again.
Oh John, we wish you’d go.

Now the time has passed we’re tired of you.
Please be gone we won’t miss you.
We’ll hold the door, you get on your way.
Think about the time will come.
You will see that you are dumb.



We’ll recall the day we got to say.



So wave bye, don’t look at me,
Turn around and really flee.
Told him that, he really needs to go.



He’s leaving, on his jet plane.
We all hope, he won’t be back again.
Oh John, we wish you’d go.




Conspiracy Guy aka DIF 8/6/2004

121 posted on 08/09/2004 2:23:08 PM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I'm Conspiracy Guy and I approve this message. "John Kerry is a liar !")
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To: Constitution Day

122 posted on 08/09/2004 2:23:24 PM PDT by steveo (Member: Fathers Against Rude Television)
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To: Grampa Dave
The title of the book has been changed to Fit for Command, and the cover image has been changed from a close-up of a finger-pointing Kerry to a picture of Kerry in uniform with other Vietnam veterans. (The book currently sits at #7 on the Barnes & Noble Top 100 and at #2 on Amazon.)

HAHAHA .. how much ya want to bet alot of Kerry supporters buy this book thinking it's a pro kerry book

123 posted on 08/09/2004 2:23:25 PM PDT by Mo1 (Kerry & Edwards .... they will leave no Special Interest Group behind)
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To: All

This is great news IMO. The more this book is in the news the more questions about Kerry’s credibility are in the news. It doesn’t matter what the truth is or who is suing who. Taking a page from the Left- let the lawsuits flow, let them hack away.

Let’s claim that someone is trying to squash the author’s First Amendment Rights! The RNC should have a press conference demanding Kerry denounce such dirty tricks. John McCain should get on a Sunday show and talk about the nastiness of this whole thing (fat chance). LOL.

This is classic big league politics. Controversy breeds attention and more people will buy the book. Maybe the altered title will prompt so maybe some on-the-fence-type or a Kerry supporter to buy the book. Only good can come of this. Relax and enjoy… unless a reporter asks you what you think; then be OUTRAGED!


124 posted on 08/09/2004 2:23:44 PM PDT by Combat Override Button
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To: Howlin
And the thing that infuriated them most? After he got his film/photographs, he left. He did not stay for the memorial service for those who died.

OMG ... He is a POS

125 posted on 08/09/2004 2:24:58 PM PDT by Mo1 (Kerry & Edwards .... they will leave no Special Interest Group behind)
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To: freespirited
I emailed the staff just before they changed the main picture for the book to it's rightfull one.

I was both surprised and dismayed when I viewed your changed cover for the book Unfit for Command. I have been a loyal customer of Barnes & Noble for many years as I am an avid sci-fi fan and you have some the best selection, but I can not trust your authenticity in the future if you have made such a great mistake with a top ten book. I can believe it is a mistake if you take actions to correct the mater and discipline the person who is responsible for this purposeful error in judgment. Thank You. Your cover: http://a1055.g.akamai.net/f/1055/979/5h/images.barnesandnoble.com/images/8050000/8057268.gif The Original cover: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0895260174.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

126 posted on 08/09/2004 2:25:30 PM PDT by tricky_k_1972 (Putting on Tinfoil hat and heading for bomb shelter.)
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To: onyx
And the altered cover is on display at B & N stores?
No, don't think so... this was only on their website
127 posted on 08/09/2004 2:25:36 PM PDT by kellynla (U.S.M.C. 1/5 1st Mar Div. Nam 69&70 Semper Fi http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnkerry.com)
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To: So Cal Rocket

It's moved up to number 7 from 8 during all of this.


128 posted on 08/09/2004 2:26:05 PM PDT by socal_parrot
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To: PurpleHeartHaze

We have BEEN in Soviet territory since Klinton was elected. Bush's election changed nothing.


129 posted on 08/09/2004 2:26:38 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (The time is coming for all true Patriots to rise up and take back this Republic!)
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To: coloradomomba; jtminton
B&N must by now be aware of the error....why haven't they pulled the photo yet?

The have now.

The media needs to DEMAND Kerry and the DNC now condemn the actions of his hacker supportes in the strongest possible terms.... (crickets)

130 posted on 08/09/2004 2:27:07 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy ("Despise not the jester. Often he is the only one speaking the truth")
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To: steveo

That was the original cover that was rejected by the publisher


132 posted on 08/09/2004 2:27:50 PM PDT by Rome2000 (The ENEMY for Kerry!!!!!)
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To: socal_parrot; Mo1; Ernest_at_the_Beach; MeekOneGOP; PhilDragoo

"It's moved up to number 7 from 8 during all of this."

Liberals probably started buying it with their food stamps because they thought that it was their book.



133 posted on 08/09/2004 2:28:50 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Has the Franchurian Dork candidate, le Jacquestrap Kerri ever not lied to Americans!")
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To: Mo1

When exactly does this book come out? When will it be in the stores?


134 posted on 08/09/2004 2:29:05 PM PDT by Howlin (Saving Private Hamster)
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To: freespirited
Fit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out against John Kerry

John E. O'Neill, Jerome R. Corsi

The image is corrected but the title remains altered. Check out B&N and see for yourself.

135 posted on 08/09/2004 2:30:00 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Truth, Justice and the American Way)
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To: Yossarian
If they're trying to scare people off, it will backfire. There ain't no such thing as bad publicity, as long as they spell the name right!

LOL.

I was thinking current sales might be depressed among folks who have an account set up with B& N but are put off by the thought of ordering a book from a web page that is "funny."

They might figure, if the picture is hacked, something else, (like the shipping information page), at B& N might be hacked.

Those people might wait to go to a bricks-and-mortar bookstore, after the book comes out.

136 posted on 08/09/2004 2:30:04 PM PDT by syriacus (Let's give a jeer, and 1 jeer more, for the ersatz hero of Swift 94. He IS a flipping man.)
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To: steveo

ROFL! Boy, you're quick!


137 posted on 08/09/2004 2:31:05 PM PDT by lonevoice (Some things have to be believed to be seen)
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To: Constitution Day; jtminton; areafiftyone; Toddsterpatriot; Happygal; So Cal Rocket; ...
Two words.

LA-AME!

What are these nitwits going to try next, tying Scott McClellan's shoelaces together?

138 posted on 08/09/2004 2:31:09 PM PDT by The Scourge of Yazid (You mean Maura Tierney isn't a real doctor? Then who the hell gave me that prostate examination?)
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To: freespirited
Stay away from the FreeRepublic for a few hours and we have BARNES AND NOBLE GATE.

I hear there is a New book coming out on John Kerry, and the cover will have this picture and title.

UNFIT TO SALUTE

Just teasing, but it could happen!

139 posted on 08/09/2004 2:31:21 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: freespirited

Boy this makes me want to go out and use Barnes and Noble's website. They either were hacked or their internal security was so lax that an employee was able to make the change without getting caught. Makes you wonder how safe credit card information is on their site.

On another note, maybe Algore did it. After all he invented the Internet.


140 posted on 08/09/2004 2:32:21 PM PDT by OC_Steve
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