EXCLUSIVE: Bloggers slamming Frist book over Clarke comment

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BELOW THE RADAR
Bloggers slamming Frist book on Amazon

By John Byrne
RAW STORY EDITOR

Bloggers around the country are throwing dirt on Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's bioterrorism book after a comment he made about former Bush advisor Richard Clarke.

Frist's book, "When Every Moment Counts: What You Need to Know About Bioterrorism from the Senate's Only Doctor," has plummeted in the Amazon user rankings.

So far, in fact, that Amazon seem's to have taken the average user ranking off the lead page, which at the time of this writing had dropped to 1.42 out of five stars. One star is the lowest possible ranking on Amazon.

The comment which spurred the controvery was one made by Frist himself last week. Said Frist, "I am troubled that someone would sell a book, trading on their service as a government insider with access to our nation's most valuable intelligence, in order to profit from the suffering that this nation endured on September 11, 2001."

Frist's office, reached by telephone today, did not respond to requests for comment.

The slamathon appears to have been incited by a post on a popular blog, Eschaton. A post by Atrios on Sunday incited a phalanx of liberal bloggers to post their reviews on Amazon.

Many reviewers posted this exact quote in his/her comment, along with the remark: "I agree with Bill Frist." Seventy-three of 74 reviewers said they found the comment "helpful."

One reviewer asserted that Frist's advice on what to do in case of a terrorism attack is peculiar.

"Rather than ... duct-taping our windows and doors, Frist suggests rather that we switch from a diversified portfolio to one which will profit most from the coming crisis. His no nonsense approach to crisis investing includes chapters on shortselling, margin calls, and inside advice on pharmaceutical stocks."

[wicket]

1. Frist is such a hypocrite!

Bwahahahahahaha, this is TOO funny :) Good story!

[Streetdoc270]

2. We need to write Amazon...

And ask them why the deception on rating? On the home page http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/002-8113656-2650434 the book has a 4.5 rating but if you look at the detailed page at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0742522458/qid=1080747315/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-8113656-2650434?v=glance&s=books you see a 1.42 rating... why the descrepency?

[w4rma]

6. I get "Browser Bug?" from your first link.

Browser Bug?
Attention: There appears to be a bug in the web browser you are currently using. Here are some ways to get around the problem:

To return to the page you were previously on: --click the BACK button on your browser's navigation bar until you reach the desired page.
To checkout --click on the shopping cart icon at the top of the page and proceed through the checkout process using the standard server (instead of the secure server). You can phone or fax the credit card information to us.
Your Web browser is Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90; .NET CLR 1.1.4322).

Go to home page now.

[Streetdoc270]

13. Hmmm....

Trying to find useable link, in the meantime from the amazon.com page just search 'frist' and the page I refrence will come up. (BTW This book is ranked 94,443d seller)

[Catherine Vincent]

3. I love it!

Maybe next time he will THINK before he sticks his republican foot in his mouth! LOL!

[tandot]

4. LMAO - and the hypocrite award of the year goes to .... Bill Frist

I was going through some of the negative ratings myself, rating them as very helpful.

Hilarious.

[Loki]

5. Oh the irony, oh the irony!!!

Get a glimpse of what other readers are recommending along with his book... "The Confederate Flag Still Flies in the South". :evilgrin:

[Gman]

7. Frist's book will flop

because he opened his mouth! LOL!

[rawstory]

9. well

it's not a really new book anyway, i dont think, is it?

[maddezmom]

8. "How to get rich off of Bio-Terrorism" by Bill Frist n/t

[callous taoboy]

10. MEEEOW

Frist is such a dillhole.

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11. What's a dillhole?

What's a dillhole?

[VeniceBeat]

12. The Reviews of Frist's, Get This, "Good People Beget Good People"

are even funnier.

Here's one:

God has truly shined on the good people represented by Bill Frist and his brood pups. God gives them riches, contentment and power. They deserve all the accouterments of America's largesse, because in their ovaries and scrotums they carry the divine seed of God's blessing. Of course, they were also raised in good homes, went to good schools, and associated with the right people along the way. This is what good breeding does for you. Gives you good begetting. Good Christian rutting and siring. We should all feel blessed as well, that such products of divine stud service have been chosen by our nation, led by an equally well-bred Skull and Bones member of a parallel dynasty, to run the Senate. Truly, this is a golden moment in our nation's history, that we should have the products of such Christian eugenics inhabiting our most hallowed offices.

Enjoy the rest. Write your own:

Give the Cat-Killer a Good Fristing!

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14. Fristing

Ahhh!! That sounds awful!!!