Comments on: Countdown: Clinton Staffers Seeking Exit Book Deals

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:22:00 +0000

Um,ok. Not much of a distinction, but a distinction nonetheless.

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:39:22 +0000

Actually, no…she’s saying the opposite. Without calling her bloc “dumb hicks,” she just says that everybody who supports her opponent are arrogant, elitist minorities who don’t work very hard.

A winner of a strategy, that.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:23:38 +0000

Sorry. I just couldn’t leave it lying there.

It does nobody any good to assume that the voting bloc HRC claims as her own is just a buncha dumb hicks.

Yes, but isn’t that exactly what she’s saying?

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:45:52 +0000

Now, now, Duros. I reject and denounce going so far as to do what you just did. It does nobody any good to assume that the voting bloc HRC claims as her own is just a buncha dumb hicks. I know Obama isn’t going to do that (and he didn’t, no matter how badly interpreted the “bitter and cling” phrasing was).

Many working-class whites are incredibly intelligent. Many are, in fact, college-educated. (And quite a few, lest we forget, are breaking for Obama.) It’s important to remember that a college education doesn’t guarantee you a high-paying professional career anymore.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:31:28 +0000

“Our books are read by more white, working-class Americans from the big states,”

because they have small words and large type.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:54:48 +0000

Spider: Haw!

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:52:13 +0000

I also look forward to the article in which these operatives explain how, even though their book is being outsold by similar books from Obama campaign operatives, their book is the one that most deserves to be on top of the Best Seller list.

“Our books are read by more white, working-class Americans from the big states,” said Patti Solis Doyle. “In fact, if our books had been written about the Republican primary, we would have broken all sales records. I think the real question is, why does David Plouffe [of the Obama campaign] want to stop our book from being sold in Michigan and Florida?”

By: I'm a Hick

I'm a Hick — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:25:17 +0000

But you may be right. How many people have been interested in Guy Lewis’ (who I think was a great coach) account of things?

By: I'm a Hick

I'm a Hick — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:20:52 +0000

“It’s all kind of like doing a book on the loser in the NCAA semi-finals.”

Except this is one of the great semi-final loses of all time.

And thanks for making me think again of NC State and Houston.

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:13:01 +0000

Unfireable: The Mark Penn Story

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:42 +0000

I propose the title I Was Right (You Just Did It Wrong).

Alternate title: Whaddya mean Democratic primaries aren’t winner-take-all?

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:41:10 +0000

It’s all kind of like doing a book on the loser in the NCAA semi-finals. OK, it takes a good team to get there and lots of interesting stuff probably happened along the way, but most folks are more interested in the story behind the winners.

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:14:25 +0000

Screw both of these knobs. The only book on the Clinton campaign worth reading will be Mark Penn’s (doubtlessly) unapologetic and huffy attempt to continue his career as a Democratic “strategist.”

I propose the title I Was Right (You Just Did It Wrong).

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:31:02 +0000

Once the real contest begins, no one will care.

Assuming anyone cares now.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:45:51 +0000

Howard Wolfson and Patti Solis Doyle are currently negotiating book deals about their time on the Clinton campaign

They better hurry. In about a month, nobody is going to want to hear anything about their “time on the Clinton campaign.” You can sell a book about being inside a Presidential administration. You can sell a book about being inside a Presidential race.

But a primary campaign? Once the real contest begins, no one will care.