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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:25 PM
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Let Me Guess: The right wing is buying all of Corsi's Books
to paint the perception that many folks out there are buying them...
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atommom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:27 PM
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1. It was rumored that they bought up Ann Coulter's books to make them look successful
and then sold them (by the case) to bargain bookstores. I would not be surprised to see them doing the same for Corsi.
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:35 PM
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I read somewhere that best seller lists indicate if bulk sales are involved
I don't know if it's the NYT or Amazon that does that. But they do something like put an asterisk or some other such designation. I find that practice very fair since the public deserves to know if the high sales are forced by interest groups who want to dupe the public.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:42 PM
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6. Truth ... look for the (†) symbol on the New York Times Best Seller lists
here at this link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/books/bestseller/besthardnonfiction.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Also note, this week, there's five with the (†) indicator, three of which are obvious Right-Wing books ... they're pulling out the stops ...

From the bottom of the page:

A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles.

(Adopted when the New York Times figured out that right-wing organizations found out what stores they use to figure the list, and started buying massive quantities to drive up the sales figures)
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:47 PM
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8. Thanks! I couldn't find the symbol at Amazon - so I paused to write a review
Might as well make good use of my time over there.
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:50 PM
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13. Awesome... ahahahahahaha
:rofl:
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atommom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 06:08 PM
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15. Thanks! I'm glad they do this. nt
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:49 PM
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12. danke....
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:32 PM
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2. Of course they are.
Whatever branch is responsible for this is buying truckloads of this book. Then they'll dump 'em on the remainder market. You'll see it in Dollar General a year from now.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:34 PM
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3. bulk buys...i heard a republican operative on teevee saying...it's #1...the people are buying it.B.S
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:35 PM
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4. Bulk buys of course
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:41 PM
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5. Yup...
just as I read your post I heard it said here: http://www.washingtonindependent.com/view/obamas-swiftboat
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:44 PM
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7. Not only that, as I understand it, they were giving it away free for
signing up for his "newsletter" ...
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:49 PM
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10. Well... hopefully lots of people saw him beet red
get his ass handed to him.
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:47 PM
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9. Good guess ....... these will turn up as doorstops soon enough
I hear Cindy McCain gives them to the help.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 05:49 PM
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11. i'm sure the conservative book club is helping out.
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Greybnk48 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 06:04 PM
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14. The right wing buys up the books to get the authors on t.v.
so they can spew their bile. At least that's what I heard. I find it highly improbable (anecdotally) that these books are flying off the shelves. Two anti-Obama books at a local discount store where I live have not budged off of the shelves in a couple of weeks.
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 06:09 PM
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16. have to admit, it's clever... dishonest, but clever
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Greybnk48 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 06:19 PM
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17. yup. We should be doing it too. n/t
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 07:20 PM
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18. There's no guessing to it. The right wings has been doing this for
many many years.
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