Posted on 08/20/2004 9:48:32 PM PDT by elenchus
The New York Times, email notification to email subscribers only, reads for the Sunday Best-Seller List:
"NEW ON THE BEST-SELLER LIST
Hardcover Nonfiction
#3) Unfit for Command By John E. O'Neill and Jerome R. Corsi A negative appraisal of John Kerry's conduct in Vietnam."
ACTUAL PUBLISHED SUNDAY BEST-SELLER LIST LIST READS (see NYT link):
"Hardcover Nonfiction
#1) AMERICAN SOLDIER, by Tommy Franks with Malcolm McConnell. (ReganBooks/HarperCollins, $27.95.) A memoir by the former head of the United States Central Command.
#2) MY LIFE, by Bill Clinton. (Knopf, $35.) From Hope, Ark., to the White House: the autobiography of the 42nd president.
#3) EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES, by Lynne Truss. (Gotham, $17.50.) An Englishwoman expounds on the use and misuse of punctuation marks."
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Note as well the biased characterization of the book, "A negative appraisal of John Kerry's conduct in Vietnam." -- Why not, "A TRUTHFUL appraisal of John Kerry's conduct in Vietnam."
The Revolution may not be televised, but it is certainly being played out on the internet! We are living in "interesting times."
Because... The NYT reviewer wouldn't stoop to actually reading the book first. Might be tainted.
Must be a coincidence that, "Unfit for Command" is omitted from the actual list.
Note as well the biased characterization of the book, "A negative appraisal of John Kerry's conduct in Vietnam." -- Why not, "A TRUTHFUL appraisal of John Kerry's conduct in Vietnam."
I can't believe Clintoon's "My Lie" is #2. Who's buying it? The same stacks are still in the same place, and not decreasing in size at my local bookstores. Clinton got his big rush the first week his book was out when all the Kool-Aid drinkers rushed out and parted with their money, but as far as I can see, it died as fast as it came on the scene. "Unfit" is the hottest book out there.
My local Wal Marts have My Lies at the best locations, selling for $20 or less, with big yellow tags that state "Best Book" and they can't seem to move them.
I actually enjoy seeing his book now in the aisles, gathering dust bunnies.
Thanks for the laugh :)
Had some time in an airport in a western city the other day. Took the opportunity to "rearrange" the book display of Bubba's masterpiece. Removed and hid every copy in places where they weren't easily found...behind magazine racks, under stacks of newspapers, etc. It was cathartic.
Eat, Shoots, and Leaves is actually from a sentence within the book. This statement describes Kerry's Tour of Duty in short.
Went to the local Barnes & Noble tonight to pick up Unfit For Command. An employee told me they were all out and couldn't get more before September 1st because the publisher couldn't keep up with demand. Clinton's book was all over the place with 30% off stickers plastered on the cover.
We've clearly drawn BLOOD from Kerry and his maniacal apologists. You can tell it from the fact that Chris Matthews and the other leftist reporters and commentators are absolutely hysterical and scream, yell, interrupt, insult and do whatever they can to prevent this story from reaching the public. They distract from the truth with ludicrous accounts about funding of the Swifties, ties to the Bush family, and phony allegations of "contradictions" in the Swifties' accounts. -- Last time I heard, when you have been told a bunch of lies and only after many years discover that they were outright fabrications, it's called "CORRECTION", not "contradiction." -- Anything but do their job and research the facts!
Sounds like a real page turner.
She must have just barely edged-out O'Neill's book a few seconds before the NY Times went to press; but why doesn't his book appear anywhere in the top 20, when it was supposed to be # 3?
"An Englishwoman expounds on the use and misuse of punctuation marks."
Amazing. The New York Times just corrected the list! Unfit now appears as # 3. -- Hey: it's not a correction; it's a CONTRADICTION -- just what they accuse the Swifties of doing!
I'm sure that we'll see the appropriate headline tomorrow on page one, above the fold: "NEW YORK TIMES CONTRADICTS ITSELF ON O'NEILL BOOK".
Very good! LOL
LOL, yep I always look at it, pick it up, put it under a good heavy art book. One less to Clinton book to offend the eye.
I love rearranging the "current events" sections in bookstores. Slipping our guys in front of their guys.
Phweeew. I feel much better now.
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