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noahmijo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 01:08 AM
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The REAL reason why the right is attacking Clinton's book
And why we should just sit back and calm down about it..

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/283155/ref%3Dtab%5Fgw%5Fb%5F3/104-5865809-5585557

Amazon.com NUMBER ONE TOP SELLER CURRENTLY
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the Kelly Gang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 01:12 AM
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1. I agree..give 'em the finger and just let the sales roll on
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Systematic Chaos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 01:13 AM
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2. Hell, if that weren't enough
It's ALSO #6 and #7! Face it. One spot on the list just ain't enough for the big dog. :)
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 01:16 AM
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3. the whores are jealous because he defeated them
they whores tried to bring him down and went after him on things that are personal issues and none of their business. but clinton continues to defeat their asses no matter how much they come out against him.
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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 02:03 AM
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4. obviously, I haven't read the book yet, but don't you think . . .
it's possible that Clinton's memoirs make for a lousy read? . . . especially at over 900 pages? . . . let's not pan the panners until we've had a chance to read the thing ourselves . . .
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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 08:13 AM
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14. Skip the Childhood Part, read the Presidency Part
at least that's my plan. . .
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 08:25 AM
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17. no
it's impossible to understand anyone without knowing their childhood. Clinton was our real, ELECTED president for EIGHT YEARS; I plan to read every word.
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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 08:42 AM
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20. Knock Yourself Out!!!!
I am sure it will be a good read! But that is basically what I am going to tell people who complain that it is "too long. . ."
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 02:05 AM
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5. The real reason? It's Clinton's book.
They don't need another reason. Don't tell me you've forgotten how they attacked him when he was in office.
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Tellurian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 02:08 AM
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6. It's safe to pan the panners..heres an excerpt:
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NewYorkerfromMass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 07:08 AM
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11. I see where "1 person recommended..."
1 person recommended The Death of Outrage: Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals instead of My Life
HA HA HA!!!! You stupid freeper morons. People LOVE Bill Clinton. More than Reagan even! HA HA HA!
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Tellurian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 08:27 AM
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18. Yes, and the book is by William Bennett. Better known as "The Gambler"..
Family Values my Aunt Fanny.. family of hypocrites is more like it..

Rush, Newt, Bennett, Ryan..theres no end to the hypocrisy!
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NewYorkerfromMass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 08:39 AM
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19. Soon to Come: The Death of Outrage: GW Bush and the Assault on
the Truth.
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Tellurian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 08:46 AM
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21. They're showing the lines in NY on TV... so far, one hour wait!
not to mention the people camped out on the sidewalk last night.

Hee!

The foamers must be seething today!

yahoo!

Anyone know if BC is planning on serializing his
book in the newspapers, sometime in the future?

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Don_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 05:09 AM
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7. It Goes On Sale Today
And orders have already hit the 2 Million mark per CNN.

Hannity, Coulter and the others are just mad because their material dosen't even make good Charmin.
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TexasProgresive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 06:35 AM
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8. If you wiped with Coulter etal
you'd certainly get a chapped ass- I get one just attempting to read their stuff.
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captain_change Donating Member (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 06:47 AM
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9. I think this is perfect for Kerry
The republican smear fest on President Clinton is perfect because:

- It has stopped all the talk about where Kerry stands on all the Administration screw-ups, trying to interject him into the middle of their circle firing squad

- It is reminding viewers of the how biased and unfair the media treated the Clinton's compared to the Bushes. Rational people will also compare Peace vs War, Prosperity vs recession and I hope realize how screwed the corporate media has gotten
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stanwyck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 06:52 AM
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10. Wingnuts absolutely hate
liberals with money. Streisand, Soros, Kerry, Kennedy, Corzine...and now, Bill Clinton. Wingnuts hate liberals. But liberals with money? Makes them foaming at the mouth rabidly enraged with fury.
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Shopaholic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 07:50 AM
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12. Screw the right attacking the book--that's expected--I'm sick of. . .
the media jumping all over it. They have learned absolutely nothing in the past four years. They're still giving Bushco a big, giant ass-kissing hall pass and they're jumping all over the Big Dog. Why does the media hate us so? What exactly have we done to them? And when, exactly, will they realize they are being used by the right to promote their reckless and might I point out, un-American, agenda? It is so depressing to me to watch this shit happen all over again. The time being spent analyzing Clinton's every word and action is ridiculous to me. Have we seen one millisecond of air-time spent psycho-analyzing Bush in the past four years? Hell no. If the press had spent one second analyzing Bush & his band of war criminals and their half-baked excuses and flat-out lies for attacking Iraq, the way they've spent attacking Clinton & the Democrats, not one American would have died over there because the American people would never have allowed the war to begin.

What happened to the press? When exactly did they decide to collectively roll over and play dead against the Republicans and become vicious attack dogs against the Democrats? I'm so sick of the double-standard. How sad is it that Jon Stewart is the only person on television with the balls to use Bush & Cheney's own words against them and shout it out to the heavens that these people LIED. And they didn't lie about sex--they lied about WAR. This is not rocket-science people--it's supposed to be your fucking jobs! If you're too lazy to actually report and to ask the hard questions--all you really have to do is splice some video together like Jon did last night. Just how many more Americans have to die because of woeful inadequacies of our so-called "liberal" and "free" press? :nuke:
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 08:11 AM
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13. It's great for Kerry! All, repeat after me:

'No Contest: Iraq-Gate Trumps Monica-Gate'

By Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON -- Former President Bill Clinton is back in the national spotlight to promote his autobiography, just in time to remind us of how trivial his sexual shenanigans with Monica Lewinsky were compared with the Bush administration's spin job concerning its war in Iraq.
After all, no one died in Monica-gate. No one was tortured. Our international allies were shocked or amused, but not alienated.
The Bush White House, by contrast, is in full spin mode to downplay a bracing conclusion of the bipartisan Sept. 11 commission that it found "no credible evidence" that Iraq and Saddam Hussein were involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States.
Team Bush turned on the media, insisting it never asserted any such connection. "This administration never said that the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated between Saddam and Al Qaeda," President Bush said. "We did say there were numerous contacts between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda."

Full story at:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-0406200434jun20,1,911685.column
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Tellurian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 08:52 AM
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22. Yes, I'm so glad Kerry had no fear of Clinton upstaging him...
He couldn't have a better warrior at his side to deal with the Thuglicans!
They must be crying because their scare tactics didn't work on Kerry like they did on Gore..
That tells you how secure Kerry is, about who he is!
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GreenArrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 08:16 AM
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15. it's a distraction from everything else that's going on
that's the real reason.
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GiovanniC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 08:22 AM
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16. Will Tucker Eat His Other Shoe?
EOM

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zanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 08:56 AM
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23. Has anyone read any GOOD reviews?
I'm talking about the mainstream press, of course. I haven't read or heard one positive thing about the book. I'd like to, if you have, please point me in the right direction.
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