Shrub is SO shunned, he can't get a book deal.

[UTUSN]

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http://www.nypost.com/seven/11112008/gossip/pagesix/lauras_hot__but_dubyas_not_138130.htm

LAURA'S HOT, BUT DUBYA'S NOT

LAURA Bush is lining up a multimillion-dollar deal to write her memoirs - but the first lady's lame-duck hubby may have to wait years before cashing in on a tell-all about his two troubled terms as president. ....

Those same literary poobahs see George W. Bush as literary poison for now. "Dubya is going to have to wait about five years," a top publishing insider said. "He's so unpopular at this point that there's no market for any book by him." ....

Asked how long George should wait before shopping his memoir, Janklow quipped, "30 or 40 years might be good."

Public relations guru Ken Sunshine, who was Mayor Dinkins' chief of staff, said: "In time, there'll be interest particularly in how it went sour. But right now, is at such an abysmally low approval rating, I don't think anybody thinks he could sell two books." A new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll found 76 percent of Americans disapprove of Bush's performance.

Another insider said: "Bill Clinton's memoirs, published by Alfred A. Knopf, were hugely successful. Ronald Reagan's were a financial disaster for Simon & Schuster. Bush is probably more of a financial risk for publishers at this point than either Clinton or Reagan." ....



http://www.nypost.com/seven/11112008/gossip/cindy/fame_isnt_always_pomp__glamour_138142.htm?page=0

OBAMANEWS: Election Night both Clintons still worked the phones on Obama's behalf. Also, although the president-elect called Hillary often before, he did not phone that special day . . . Possible Bill gets some freshly appointed cosmetic title like maybe special envoy to the Middle East which a) looks good, and b) actually utilizes his talent . . . While Hillary's run finds her deep in the hole financially, she raised $10 mil for Obama. He promised her $1 million back. So far she's gotten, give or take a pledge, $300 thou.

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[marmar]

1. They're probably looking at the $1 bin full of right-wing books by Coulter, Hannity.....

Bill Frist, etc etc. and thinking, "Maybe nobody wants to read this detritus."

[Ganja Ninja]

2. I guess most publishers feel they can cut out the middle man ...

and go directly to Karl Rove for the book.

[dysfunctional press]

3. if he wrote an HONEST tell-ALL autobiography, it would be a HUGH bestseller...

maybe he could even work with kevin phillips, greg palast & kitty kelley on the manuscript, and for help in remembering some of the 'foggy areas'...if j.h.hatfield were still around, i'm sure that he could have contributed some pertinent info to the collaborative effort as well.

[dweller]

4. publisher/printer should just cut to the chase and print it

on a two-ply perforated roll.

then it will sell.
dp

[hvn_nbr_2]

5. Maybe George could do a book tour signing copies of "My Pet Goat" nt

[Kahuna]

6. Who wants to buy a memoir by a pathological liar????

:shrug:

[pipi_k]

9. yeah, file it under "fiction"

:+

[hlthe2b]

7. I'd buy his self-penned memoir...

written from a cell in the Hague.....:evilgrin:

[pipi_k]

8. bwahahahaahahha!!!!!

Asked how long George should wait before shopping his memoir, Janklow quipped, "30 or 40 years might be good."



Maybe if he waits that long he'll be able to include one good thing he's actually done in his life....


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