Posted on 06/23/2005 7:44:19 PM PDT by CHARLITE
Just one day after its official release, Edward Klein's new book about Hillary Clinton has reached the No. 2 spot on Amazon.com's list of best sellers.
"The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President" shot past David McCullough's blockbuster work "1776" to take the list's second spot and was only surpassed by the latest Harry Potter book.
The news of Klein's success is bad news for Hillary, whose top aides have been working overdrive to close down the author's public appearances. Klein has been locked out of traditional venues for book publicity, such as NBC's 'Today' show, 'Oprah' and other major programs.
But Americans are voting for the book with their wallets.
Washington Times Blankley: Book Is 'Required Reading'
Edward Klein's controversial new book about Hillary Clinton is "required reading" for people who care about politics, says Washington Times editorial page editor Tony Blankley.
The commentator also counters media spin that the book is filled with gossip that even conservatives are shunning.
"This is not a scandal book intended merely to gratify the reader's salacious interests," Blankley writes about "The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President."
"Instead, Mr. Klein has written a serious political and psychological biography of the most likely next Democratic nominee for president - and thus, quite plausibly I fear, the next president of the United States."
The conservative pundit - who frequently appears on TV talk shows - writes in his column that Klein's "heavily researched" book offers "more than a peek" into the mind of Hillary.
"And whether you like or hate Hillary, the inside of her mind is a fascinating place in which to rove about," said Blankley. "Hillary haters will certainly find further evidence to support their sentiment."
He adds: "Principled liberals, I suspect, will be deeply disconcerted by what they will find out about her mind in this book.
Stunned Hillary Reacts to Book
New York Senator Hillary Clinton tried her best to sound unruffled Tuesday when a reporter asked her about Ed Klein's new blockbuster book, "The Truth About Hillary."
"It goes with the territory," Mrs. Clinton told the New York Post after a press conference on Capitol Hill to support funding for the Public Broadcasting Service.
Clinton then signaled she'd have no more to say, donning a pair of sunglasses and announcing, "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood."
The former first lady's reaction was a far cry from comments by her top aides in recent days, who Klein claims have been working overtime to shut down his radio and TV bookings.
"This is a book full of blatant and vicious fabrications contrived by someone who writes trash for cash," barked Hillary spokesman Philippe Reines.
"We don't comment on trash like this," said her husband's spokesman, Jim Kennedy.
On Tuesday Klein said the campaign to shut him up has succeeded with some hosts.
"A number of people who have booked me on TV and radio have already canceled," Klein told ABC radio host Sean Hannity. "And the reason they've canceled is because the publicity machine of the Clintons is hard at work."
In 1996, the Clinton media operation mounted a similar campaign against former FBI agent Gary Aldrich, whose bombshell tome "Unlimited Access" had blown the lid off the Filegate scandal.
"If you look at the people behind him, they're right-wing Republican political operatives who are determined to destroy the president," Clinton operative George Stephanopoulos fumed. "They're trying to tear him down."
Char :)
I hope someone can catalog the canceled appearances.
Not working this time.
How many copies have been sold so far?
***"It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood."***
Code for "When we're though with our whitewash you're gonna think Hillary is Mr. Rodgers himself!"
let's just hope this book release wasn't too early...the rats purposely released garbage like 9-11 farencrap and the kitty kelly book to try and sway the election.
The MEDIA WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY is quicly trying to circle the wagons and do some damage control...
Yep, the PROPAGANDA arm of the democratic party is collapsing. And the Klintons are having fits!
It truly is a "beautiful day in the neighborhood"...
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Caught with her pants down, literally.
She can run and lie, but she can't hide from her sordid, lurid past AND what she is.
Is he talking about the book, or Hillary?
It seems to oscillate between no. 2 and no. 3. I saw it as No. 2, then later as no.3.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/new-for-you/top-sellers/-/books/all/ref=b_tn_bh_be/103-7858909-2929445?%5Fencoding=UTF8
It is no. 3 right this minute, but that's still pretty darn good.
OK somebody help me here. What kind of power could those "top aides" have to "close down' the author's public appearances?
DOES HILARY STILL HAVE THOSE 900 FBI FILES? that were "lost" in her bedroom for 8 months?
The good books will come out in 2008.
While I was diving to the AM radio button to change the station, I heard that paramount jackass Michael Savage whining about this book.
The press has mortgaged the last shred of its credibility though, and now everyone knows it. By 2008, hopefully, the MSM will be even weaker.
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So very true. The MSM is sinking with normal, healthy people --- it will remain in the mode of printing any lies the left will make between now and 2008 -- and there will be volumes. Their credibility will be TOTALLY SHOT by then, and it is not far from that now. They picked the wrong side of fight between socialism and a free constitutional republic...
Who will rid us of this troublesome witch?
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