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 ...
I wouldn't be so sure. There's a big pattern at work there.
all ready emailed B and N. i have to assume this is a hackers job. a major company like barnes and noble can't be this stupid.
Aside from all the outrage...anyone remember what the federal sentencing guidelines are on hacking? It might be good for the guilty parties to know...
Amazon's site is unmolested.
I just sent Barnes and Nobles a picture of the book cover and the website link.
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I heard Jerry Agar reading some of this book today; if the part he read is indicative of the rest of it, I now know why Kerry brought out the lawyers.
It's devastating.
The part Agar read was about the swift boat commanders' reunion in 2003; Kerry showed up with a camera crew, shoved aside some of the veterans so he could get to the dock to be photographed beside the boat; when asked, none of the swift boat veterans agreed to be photographed with him.
These were the men who served in his unit (is that the right word?).
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.
Hugh Hewitt, author of "If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat: Crushing the Democrats in Every Election and Why Your Life Depends On It", has had his website hacked today, as well... it's down:
http://www.hughhewitt.com
Nope! Go to the Barnes and Noble website and look it up.
If everyone who is really poed at the libs on their Swiftboat actions, they should donate money to the Swift Boat Vets to keep these ads running!
To Donate to Swift Boat Vets
$100 via my credit card is in their account now.
Here is the link to donate:
https://coral.he.net/~swiftvet/swift/ccdonation.php?op=donate&site=SwiftVets
That's staggering (hopefully).
There are several. Go to townhall.com and get it for $19.95.
Truer words were never spoken.
Buy it cheaper . . .
http://www.campusi.com/bookFind/asp/bookFindPriceLst.asp?prodId=0895260174
Unfit for Command : Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry
Author: John E. O'Neill Jerome R. Corsi
ISBN: 0895260174
Buy.com
$20.93
Amazon Marketplace
$22.50
Amazon
$23.00
BooksAMillion
$23.54
BarnesAndNoble
$23.55
That they would alter a cover is a no brainer.
Wow. The left is not only stupid, scared and desperate...they are engaging in overt criminal activity.
I hope they can trace the hack back to the souce. Anyone want to place bets on who is responsible? MoveOn? DUmmies? The Kerry-Edwards campaign?
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