Swift Boat Ban at Borders - Mom tells it like it is

[pfloyd95]

I thought I'd share this with everyone. Please excuse me if I post incorrectly I rarely post here.

This is an e-mail my mother sent after having an interesting experience at a Borders book store. I thought I'd share it with everyone.

Subject: Borders Policy

Borders:

Yesterday, by chance I was in your Eatontown, New Jersey Branch store looking for a book on a particular subject. Not able to find what I was looking for I went to the reference desk. Three clerks were there and in discussion over a book. I waited and none of the clerks turned to me but I heard them say "Unfit for Command". Finally, a clerk asked me if I needed help (I was the only customer at the desk) and I told her what I was looking for. She very kindly escorted me to the bookshelves and I asked her what was the problem about "Unfit for Command" and she told me that a Marketing/PR employee of Borders had been on a radio station and had said that Borders was not carrying this book because it was full of lies. I did ask her if this branch carried it and she had said that the last copy of "Unfit for Command" was sold a few hours earlier and there were no more copies in the store. So I commented to the clerk since when does a bookstore chain make a judgement about the accuracy of a book's contents. This same book is also on the top of the New York Times best seller list. I thought it was their business to sell books and not to be censors. Look at all the copies of books you have by Bill Clinton, Michael Moore, and everyone else of the political left. I do not support any of their anti-American propaganda, however, I go to your store to purchase books that I want to read and have the strength and conviction to be able to withstand the onslaught of left-wing, anti-American propaganda written by these so called authors. I consider these books full of lies but I also have the right to purchase or not purchase these books. I thought bookstore chains were big supporters of freedom of speech. Since when has it become the policy of a bookstore to decide when and what its customers may purchase and read. Since when did Borders decide to go into the censorship business? If I as a consumer can tolerate walking thru aisles of Anti-American propaganda, the least you can do is give me the choice to buy the books that I want to read and not what you have decided politically to make available.

Since when has it become a book seller's policy to decide on what the public can and cannot read? Where in your Mission Statement does it say that Borders will not sell best seller books because it decided it has "lies"? Who made the decision that this book is full of lies? Strange - the one book in just about every category aisle throughout the store that you are pushing is the biggest liar of all "My Life" by Bill Clinton. Isn't he the one who lied before the Starr Commission and finally admitted it in his book?

Acknowledgement is requested of your policy regarding the sale of books.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Your horoscope says this is a bad day for dumping unused gifts.

[VisualizeSmallerGovernment]

It's interesting to note that all of the copies of the Bush-Bashing books on display are UNSOLD. They can print them up, but that doesn't mean they are rushing out the doors.

Meanwhile, every single copy of Unfit For Command that hits the shelf is quickly swept up and read.

Kerry opening his yap and attacking this book has to be good for another 1,000,000 copies sold.

[Fedupwithit]

Yesterday, by chance I was in your Eatontown, New Jersey Branch

With all of the shenanigans going on with the NJ Legislature, this story seems to make perfect sense when you know where the exchange took place..

[Zavien Doombringer]

Cool! I don't have expendible income at this time, but it's coming.

[SMARTY]

Time to boycott Borders.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Why are so many people being told it is sold out and will not be available for 5 to 7 weeks then? They've been taking advanced orders for a long time. They knew they needed a bunch of them.

[Malesherbes]

The more the Lurchites try to suppress this book, the more people will hear about it, wonder about it, and ultimately buy it. Why, even Juan (pronounced Wan) Williams has been "reading it" for the last two weeks (slow reader) and Chris Matthews may even get around to flipping through it.

[Zavien Doombringer]

There are several copies avalable at Borders on Laskin Rd. in VA Beach.

So I highly doubt that there is really a ban.

[hattend]

Chris Matthews may even get around to flipping through it.

Reading is a strictly conservative trick...he'll never finish it.

[ken21]

i no longer buy books from borders or barnes and noble for this very reason.

they've always censored books.

i buy my books on line.

[North Coast Conservative]

This is an open invitation to ALL FReepers, veteran or not, Vietnam era or not. Please join us on September 12th as we tell the world that John Kerry was a liar and traitor then, just as he is a liar and traitor now

KERRY LIED . . . while good men died

A gathering of Vietnam veterans from across America

John Kerry told the world we were war criminals who raped, tortured and murdered in Vietnam. Now, thirty-three years later, we will tell America the truth. Where: Upper Senate Park, Washington, D.C. It is easy to get to, shady and pretty, with a great view of the Capitol dome in back of the speaker's platform. THIS IS A NEW LOCATION AS OF 7/17/04

When: Sunday, Sept 12, 2004 2:00-4:00 PM (EDT)

Why: To tell the truth about Vietnam veterans. To counter the lies told about Vietnam veterans by John Kerry

All Vietnam veterans and their families and supporters are asked to attend. Other veterans are invited as honored guests.

Link to Printable Flier

If you are in DC on the 11th, look for the National March Against Terror.

Link to NMAT Website

In God We Trust…..Semper Fi!

[idkfa]

I picked mine up at Borders in West Des Moines last night after reserving it. The clerk said he couldn't believe how fast they were flying out of there and they went through the lastest shipment in a couple hours.

[JayNorth]

Chris Matthews may even get around to flipping through it.

No need to actually read it, the MSM has already decreed that it is full of lies. The MSM is never wrong.

[headsonpikes]

Book-readers are the most threatening segment of the population to tyrannies of every stripe.

If the allegations in the book are true, Kerry is roadkill.

The pen can be mightier than the sword in politics, if not in statecraft.

[SearchMaster]

"said that Borders was not carrying this book because it was full of lies."

This is what was said (original text), and also what I commented about. It is obviously not true.

"Why are so many people being told it is sold out and will not be available for 5 to 7 weeks then?"

This is what you said, and has nothing to do with my comment!
I have no idea why Borders doesnt have enough copies, nor do I care. I'm sure they will restock.

[AmericanMade1776]

The Border's in Framingham, Mass, is very, very liberal.

[mallardx]

I think all freepers should call their local bookstores and ask if "Unfit for Command" is in stock. It will ring a bell with the store owners, who need revenue more than they need their liberal principles. I am going to call B&N and a couple of leftist bookstores in my town. If they don't have it, I'm going to ask when they expect to get it in stock.

[Bassfire]

[AmericanMade1776]

What is next Border's burning books?

[savedbygrace]

No, this is a case of the store manager in each Borders handling UfC differently, and some are basing their decision on their political view. It's a store by store thing.