So how many copies did the wingnut websites buy up and will be selling with a 90% discount in a few weeks?

Hucksters get hard-ons fleecing fools.

It's comforting to know that the more a book sells, the more accurate and insightful it is.

I was hoping this was going to somehow involve Ahhnuld. I was disappointed.

If only books were the same thing as votes, hmm

Dear NRO,
old people read more.

love,
Willy

I thought this was going to have something to do with John Milius.

You know, the bible is one of the best selling books of all time (or even the best?)and it's a steaming pile of dung too.

OMG, calling your opponents Hitler via crude smiley face cover art sells books?

/He Godwinned it on the farking cover. There's pandering to your base, and then there's that.

Why does the NRO get at least 2 links a day???? Are they secret fark sponsors??

I love how Jonah Goldberg and his publisher act so "shocked" and "amazed" that liberals are offended by being compared to Nazis.

The Audacity of Hope (new window), 182K and rising.

Tor_Eckman: You know, the bible is one of the best selling books of all time (or even the best?)and it's a steaming pile of dung too.

Yeah, but at least it left it open for a killer sequel.

His interview on TDS was great, John Stewart basically eviscerated him.

and how many copies did the "think_{(BWHAHAHAHAHAHA)} tanks" buy up?

So us liberals are fascists and socialists? Gotcha. More to put on my resume.

That article's a bit disingenuous, isn't it? I mean, Huffington's book's been out what, a month? And so's Greenwald's?

It appears to be a cult thing. The cult of GOP.

Because if there is one thing the Scientologists have taught us, it's that L Ron Hubbard was a best-selling author. Even if that meant they themselves had to empty the shelves of his drivel to prove it.

Paedophile_Deluxe: It's comforting to know that the more a book sells, the more accurate and insightful it is.

It is, just look at the bible

Wow, it sold a whole *90,000* copies in a country of 300 million people?

4. For Ur-Fascism NRO, disagreement is treason. (new window)

... and further it looks like these figures are just for the month of April, so at that point the books he's comparing haven't even been out a few weeks.

But God forbid the conservative right tweek stats to make themselves look more appealing than they actually are.

There's a three-month difference in release times according to Amazon between Goldberg's and Huffington's.

d'art: That article's a bit disingenuous, isn't it?

Let me check.....

Yup. It's from the NRO all right.

Paedophile_Deluxe: It's comforting to know that the more a book sells, the more accurate and insightful it is.

which is why this is the most accurate and insightful book ever made!

d'art: ... and further it looks like these figures are just for the month of April, so at that point the books he's comparing haven't even been out a few weeks.

But God forbid the conservative right tweek stats to make themselves look more appealing than they actually are.

Damn those Iron Man propagandists! How dare they say they have the number one movie in the nation when they were judge them against movies that were released last week!!

I'm sure those book sale revenues will be a great comfort when Obama wins in November.

Link (poppies)

dstanley: There's a three-month difference in release times according to Amazon between Goldberg's and Huffington's.

Facts shmacts. Reality hasn't been a big influence on Retardican policies for a long time.

The Stealth Hippopotamus: Damn those Iron Man propagandists! How dare they say they have the number one movie in the nation when they were judge them against movies that were released last week!!

If you are insinuating that the enlightenment contained in Goldberg's over-stuffed Godwinization is akin to that gained by watching the movie adaptation of a comic book, I think you may have a point.

The Stealth Hippopotamus: How dare they say they have the number one movie in the nation when they were judge them against movies that were released last week!!

That analogy only works if you have think tanks buying up thousands of tickets as a way to get the free publicity and appearance of legitimacy that many sales bring. And before you get your panties in a twist, the "libtards" do the same thing when the release a political book...

Headso: And before you get your panties in a twist, the "libtards" do the same thing when the release a political book...

Not that I don't think this has ever happened, but I wonder if you could provide a cite.

DarnoKonrad: 4. For Ur-Fascism NRO, disagreement is treason. (new window)

Interesting article. I'd heard the term before but not from the source.

Irrationalism also depends on the cult of action for action's sake. Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation. Therefore culture is suspect insofar as it is identified with critical attitudes.

Yep, that's pretty much this country in a nutshell right now.

Aren't we all still waiting for the Islington Underground to write "Colbert is God" on it's wall in grafiti since Colbert's book outsold Clapton's?

depmode98: Why does the NRO get at least 2 links a day???? Are they secret fark sponsors??

It's to replace the sorely missed FARKTV/SuperDeluxe FAIL threads.

Skleenar: If you are insinuating that the enlightenment contained in Goldberg's over-stuffed Godwinization is akin to that gained by watching the movie adaptation of a comic book, I think you may have a point.

golf clap. Well played

Headso: That analogy only works if you have think tanks buying up thousands of tickets as a way to get the free publicity and appearance of legitimacy that many sales bring. And before you get your panties in a twist, the "libtards" do the same thing when the release a political book...

I was just pointing out that anyone trying to sell anything always puts the object in the best light possible. You have to be nuts to believe that someone trying to sell a book would do anything less. As far as think tanks buying up tons of books, lets see some proof. And remember it's not proof on fark unless it is in graph form.

Speaking of Colbert's book, that thing is farking hilarious.

Subby:

But where's the crushing? First you crush, then you drive, then you hear those sweet, sweet lamentations.

The Stealth Hippopotamus: And remember it's not proof on fark unless it is in graph form.

NYTIMES Best Sellers

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

Top 5 at a Glance
1. THE REVOLUTION, by Ron Paul
2. A WOLF AT THE TABLE, by Augusten Burroughs
3. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea Handler
4. HOME, by Julie Andrews
5. ESCAPE, by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer

docmattic: But where's the crushing? First you crush, then you drive, then you hear those sweet, sweet lamentations.

mmmmmmm Crush......

With the reputation that NRO has, this smirks of the tricks of old Joe Kennedy, JFK's daddy, buying up a few hundred thousand books and conspiring with New York Times columnist Arthur Krock to have his son's book, "Profiles in Courage" win the Pulitzer prize for literature.

The Pulitzer committee never officially nominated "Profiles" in 1957, yet somehow it came away with the award. Rumors swirled that Joseph Kennedy - and good friend and New York Times columnist Arthur Krock - leaned on the committee to get JFK the award, but those charges have never been, nor likely ever will be, verified.

I mean, they are already paying supposed journalists big bucks to
"catapult the propaganda", what's a few more dollars to buy up the books and distribute them to their ready made chain of rabid right wing radio hosts as "complimentary gifts"? It's even tax deductible.

right-wingers don't actually read those books. they're like bumper stickers for the coffee table.

varmitydog: I mean, they are already paying supposed journalists big bucks to
"catapult the propaganda", what's a few more dollars to buy up the books and distribute them to their ready made chain of rabid right wing radio hosts as "complimentary gifts"? It's even tax deductible.

What next? I supposed you think that the Pentagon will have paid spokesmen on the news posing as impartial X military analysts.

\That's Crazy talk

Let me tell you of the days of high adventure.

Car_Ramrod: So us liberals are fascists and socialists? Gotcha. More to put on my resume.

There have been a number of "Why is the Republican party headed for electoral calamity" pieces in the news and on the talking head shows recently, and they never seem to bring up what I think is one of the more obvious reasons.

Give or take, basically half of the voting public pulls the levers for a Democrat and for almost eight years the people who skew left in this country have been called:

-Communists

-Socialists

-Terrorist enablers

-Fascists (Thank you Jonah Goldberg - because it makes perfect sense that in between rounds of hackey sack and drug induced casual intercourse we like to burn books and/or Jews.)
Wimps

-And now "Appeasers", because we all know that every Democrat has a poster of Neville Chamberlain in their bedroom.


Hmmm.....I wonder why sensible people in this country that tend to vote Democratic, but would potentially vote Republican simply based on the issues might be slighly offended.


I listed to Conservative talk radio for 3-4 hours yesterday and I was called a Socialist (by virtue of voting for Obama) a minimum of 5 times.

varmitydog: With the reputation that NRO has, this smirks of the tricks of old Joe Kennedy, JFK's daddy, buying up a few hundred thousand books and conspiring with New York Times columnist Arthur Krock to have his son's book, "Profiles in Courage" win the Pulitzer prize for literature.

The Pulitzer committee never officially nominated "Profiles" in 1957, yet somehow it came away with the award. Rumors swirled that Joseph Kennedy - and good friend and New York Times columnist Arthur Krock - leaned on the committee to get JFK the award, but those charges have never been, nor likely ever will be, verified.

I mean, they are already paying supposed journalists big bucks to
"catapult the propaganda", what's a few more dollars to buy up the books and distribute them to their ready made chain of rabid right wing radio hosts as "complimentary gifts"? It's even tax deductible.

It's actually quite easy to bulk buy a book onto the best-seller list, too. A few hundred grand should be able to pull it off.

listed = listened.

"Secret History of {insert topic here}" is pretty much just a polite way of saying "It's full of facts, see it has History right there in the title" or "You want evidence?...didn't you see the part about it being a secret?"

Did anyone actually read the book?