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Publisher asks journalists not to comment on Obama novel
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Posted on 01/18/2011 11:13:25 AM PST by nuconvert

Time's Joe Klein said he didn't write Simon & Schuster's forthcoming Obama novel. Several other Beltway figures, in media and politics, have also denied being the anonymous author behind "O: A Presidential Novel," which hits bookstores next week.

Given such denials, could the field of likely suspects be narrowing down too much? Simon & Schuster seems to think so.

NBC White House correspondent Chuck Todd tweeted Tuesday that he received an email from the publisher that included the following request: "You may be asked to comment on whether or not you are the author. If so, it would be great if you refrained from commenting."

Todd's not alone. Klein -- who wrote the political novel "Primary Colors" anonymously -- told The Cutline that Simon & Schuster contacted him, too.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: book; obama
I guess that's one way to build up hype
1 posted on 01/18/2011 11:13:27 AM PST by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

They know its a good way to build up hype.

I wonder if Michelle wrote it?


2 posted on 01/18/2011 11:18:31 AM PST by GeronL (http://www.stink-eye.net/forum/index.php)
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To: nuconvert

I can’t tell — does this novel show Obama to be a shallow, addled-brained nincompoop who will do anything to gain power and destroy the country? Or does it show him to be a miracle worker who is brilliant beyond belief and dedicated to healing all the problems of the world?


3 posted on 01/18/2011 11:20:14 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: nuconvert

I thought it was that Gibbs guy, what was his name? Bob Gibbs. Joe Gibbs. Whatever.


4 posted on 01/18/2011 11:21:24 AM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: nuconvert
Could we be given an any bigger clue??....Like It's in the title

This is Oprah's love story!!!!

5 posted on 01/18/2011 11:28:37 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: nuconvert

The title should be: A novel president.

novel definition:
new and not resembling something formerly known or used


6 posted on 01/18/2011 11:33:44 AM PST by sodpoodle (Despair; man's surrender. Laughter; God 's redemption.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“I can’t tell — does this novel show Obama to be a shallow, addled-brained nincompoop who will do anything to gain power and destroy the country? Or does it show him to be a miracle worker who is brilliant beyond belief and dedicated to healing all the problems of the world?”

If it’s the former, then I’d suggest Newt Gingrich. If it’s the latter, then it can only be Billy Ayers.


7 posted on 01/18/2011 11:35:14 AM PST by Clioman
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To: nuconvert
did you see the cover...hilarious
http://www.amazon.com/Presidential-Novel/dp/1451625960/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1295379848&sr=8-1
8 posted on 01/18/2011 11:47:07 AM PST by FightforFreedomCA (Pelosi is a wretched, communist, b!#*&)
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Those are some big ears! LOL!


9 posted on 01/18/2011 12:00:08 PM PST by ConjunctionJunction
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To: nuconvert

In other words:

NEIN, MIT DER FREI SPEECH!


10 posted on 01/18/2011 12:07:43 PM PST by PATRIOT1876 (The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
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Who knows Obama better than Bill Ayers?


11 posted on 01/18/2011 1:46:15 PM PST by Beckwith (A "natural born citizen" -- two American citizen parents and born in the USA.)
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Who knows Obama better than Bill Ayers?

If this book includes a scene where he's with a white girl, paddling a canoe around a lake on her father's estate and there are autumn leaves dappling the water, we'll know it's Ayers.

After all, he's already written that scene twice...

12 posted on 01/18/2011 1:55:48 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: nuconvert



I'm just sayin'....
13 posted on 01/18/2011 1:58:55 PM PST by HushTX (I have finally started reading The Federalist Papers. Great stuff!)
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Or does it show him to be a miracle worker who is brilliant beyond belief and dedicated to healing all the problems of the world?

And a scratch golfer and 300 game bowler.

14 posted on 01/18/2011 8:24:06 PM PST by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
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