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Edited on Fri Jun-25-04 10:12 AM by Richardo
He looked at the "Current Events" table and walked up to me and said, "What is that, the 'I Hate Bush' table?"
I replied that the table had books from both points of view, it's just that there are more books from the 'anti-' side right now.
He asserted that conservatives don't write bad books about Kerry.
I nodded imperceptibly and walked away.
(You have to be uber-diplomatic when you are serving even the most ignorant members of the public.)
I did look at the table after he left and I'd say the anti-Bush titles outnumber the pro-Bush titles by at least 8:1. Of course this idiot had tried to turn over every anti-Bush title. He got about 10 of them.
But here's my take:
#1: Conservatives make a HUGE deal out of the fact that market forces dictate the dominance of RW talk radio. They say it's what the public wants. (I say it's because the barriers to entry into the radio market are too high, and market dominance by the likes of Clear Channel prevents or at least marginalizes dissenting voices) Does it not follow then, that these market forces also apply to publishing? If the public wanted more pro-Bush books, there would BE more pro-Bush books. Face it, dude.
#2: This guy apparently wants me to believe that he is not aware of Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly, Savage, Reagan, Elder, Beck, Ingraham, Coulter, or Novack if he hasn't heard or seen anything bad from the RW on Kerry. At best, he's disingenuous. That's why I did not even acknowledge that comment. He knew as soon as he said it that it was utter bullshit.
#3: Many of the most critical and credible books are written by Republicans or former administration officials. Now why is THAT?
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