Posted on 06/07/2003 11:08:26 AM PDT by kristinn
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton ('Rat-NY) is embarking on a summer-long book signing tour across the country to promote her memoirs, Living History, the product of her $8 million deal with publisher Simon & Schuster.
Fans expecting to witness the former First Lady personally autographing copies of her book will instead be given editions with an additional pre-signed page inserted in the book.
Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, California, where Mrs. Clinton is scheduled to make her only appearance for the book in southern California on June 29, states on their Website that they have been assured that the author is personally signing the inserts. A Vroman's employee said that the publisher has informed the store that Mrs. Clinton is having difficulty keeping up with the expected demand for autographed books.
Another store, Trover Books in Washington, D.C., where Mrs. Clinton will appear on June 12, has informed the public that for security reasons, no photography will be allowed at her 'book signing'.
Vroman's has not been informed yet whether photography will be allowed at their store. Their Website states that people attending Mrs. Clinton's 'book signing' will be given a voucher for each autographed book purchased. They will "get to say hello and shake hands with the Senator"--an arrangement more akin to a receiving line than a traditional book signing. The vouchers will be exchanged for the autographed books afterward.
Authors much more accomplished in life than the freshman Senator, such as Lady Margaret Thatcher, the former British Prime Minister who helped win the Cold War, and retired Army General Norman Schwarzkopf, who led American forces to victory in the Gulf War, have labored to sign books in person without photography restrictions at appearances to promote their respective books.
Given Mrs. Clinton reputation of dishonesty in public matters, one wonders if 'ghost signers' will be employed to autograph Living History like ghost writers were used to write the book itself.
If anyone would like to contribute to the calendar, freepmail or e-mail (kristinn@verizon.net) event info to me, please.
I suppose the sycophantic media will continue to talk about hrc doing "book signings".
Thats a weird statement.
If this self anointed woman did not write this book, yet seen signing the books, would she be libal?
Is the self anointed woman still receiving First lady protection?
If this s.a.w. is away all summer handing out pre-signs - how necessary is her position as senator?
and we keep on paying, yuck!!!
I have a guess, as well, and that is that Hillary doesn't really come across as "the smartest woman in the universe" in unscripted moments, far from it. I'm guessing she gets rattled easily in public and says a lot of dumb things while constantly repeating her trademark "ya know".
Though I would not welcome it, a run for president hy Hillary would certainly be an interesting experience in desperately managed PR even beyond what algore's campaign was. I wonder if enough of the press would be willing to cover for her dismal lack of skill in this area. Certainly a healthy chunk of the lamestream media would sign right on and play along. I'm guessing that Hillary unscripted is actually significantly worse than alore's terminal mix of weirdness and arrogance.
My theories are (in no particular order):
The receiving line idea keeps the peons moving along with little chance of a "scene" being caused, in case a member of the VRWC gets in.
She is not about to put in the effort to put pen to paper for a bunch of nobodies, or
She's afraid her real signature will be analyzed for personality traits and results would not be pretty.
Hear, hear.
So9
Only security reason I can think of is that people won't be able to determine that in fact it is Hillary's double who is at the event.
I wonder if the pre-autographs will be by the book's true authors, i.e., the ghost writers.
It's her book. Having ghostwriters is accepted practice.
Is the self anointed woman still receiving First lady protection?
According to law, she'll be the last First Lady to receive lifetime protection. From now on, it's only ten years.
If this s.a.w. is away all summer handing out pre-signs - how necessary is her position as senator?
The book appearances look to be scheduled around Senate business. I doubt she'll miss many votes for the book tour.
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