You can fool some people some time, but you can't fool all the people all the time.

and by some people, I mean enough of the electorate in certain swing states to affect the presidential election. Oops!

But Hey, I can write a bestseller too! Chapter 1. ...
...Obama has thus far not answered to the allegations made by some that he was known to anally pleasure neighborhood cats in crowded playgrounds on Sunday afternoons before he became involved in politics....Obama is linked via Kevin Bacon to an all-communist cheer-leading squad in San Francisco where abortions are considered recreational activity. ...Obama is totally gay for Kim Jong Il (according to some).... Obama has plans to keep all of America's prettiest white women in a harem, and has brought Dolomite onto his advisory staff as a pimping expert...

We can go on all day, I like this game. I need a publisher.

If you don't like Obama's policy position then don't vote for him, but lets keep the duping of America's most gullible constituencies to a minimum.

Now, are the books flying off the shelves because everyone is an idiot, or because a lot of people are just suckers for controversy and won't necessarily believe what's being said in the book?

RobsterCraw: Obama is linked via Kevin Bacon to an all-communist cheer-leading squad in San Francisco where abortions are considered recreational activity. ...Obama is totally gay for Kim Jong Il (according to some).... Obama has plans to keep all of America's prettiest white women in a harem, and has brought Dolomite onto his advisory staff as a pimping expert...

Thought the Kim Jong Il and abortion things may have legs, everybody knows that Rudy Ray Moore is dead and Kevin Bacon is a Republican.

Sorry. Rudy Ray Moore is still alive and well.

Another book coming to your local 99 cent store in December 2008.

I do really like the way the Obama campaign is handling this, as opposed to Kerry. They know you can't take the "high road" with this shiat. You have to destroy whoever says it.

I think very few of the people who will read this book were on the fence about voting for Obama in the first place. Obama had to make a decision whether or not to draw more media attention to the allegations in the book this by fighting it. I guess after Kerry he would be hesitant to stay quiet.

Slaxl: Now, are the books flying off the shelves because everyone is an idiot, or because a lot of people are just suckers for controversy and won't necessarily believe what's being said in the book?

a lot of times these books are brought by conservative book clubs and the like to help inflate numbers. They then go on to sell them for a fraction of the price.

"What about the two hundred k for your phony foundation, Dick? How about the ten thousand copies if your goddam autobiography you muscled me to buy -- what's all that, ancient history?"

Obama could be the anti-Chuck Norris. It all comes clear when you watch Walker: Texas Ranger in reverse.

Father Jack Hacket: Slaxl: Now, are the books flying off the shelves because everyone is an idiot, or because a lot of people are just suckers for controversy and won't necessarily believe what's being said in the book?

a lot of times these books are brought by conservative book clubs and the like to help inflate numbers. They then go on to sell them for a fraction of the price.

This right here. The number of books sold for these right-wing whack jobs are artificially inflated. If you are part of some right wing group's mailing list you are libel to get one or more of these books in the mail for free (or as part of your monthly/yearly subscription) in the next couple of weeks.

corsi is an unamerican scumbag traitor who should be ass-raped by satan in a lake of fire for all eternity.

Concerned writer is concerned.

sepuku2: Rudy Ray Moore is dead

sepuku2: Rudy Ray Moore is still alive and well.

Well which is it, you goddamn flip-flopper?!?! Pick a stance and run with it, even if it's factually incorrect or else we can't let you be president!

/rages incoherently

Face it Obamafiles, the damage is done. This book is wildly popular, more so than the lame "rebuttal" Obama issued will ever be. It's already a NY Times bestseller.

This is all meaningless since Hillary is going to get the nomination.

ZachF81: Face it Obamafiles, the damage is done. This book is wildly popular, more so than the lame "rebuttal" Obama issued will ever be. It's already a NY Times bestseller.

Most people who will be reading it are the people who had zero interest in voting for Obama in the first place. Classic circle jerk. Much like Fark is for Obama supporters.

Nabb1: I think very few of the people who will read this book were on the fence about voting for Obama in the first place. Obama had to make a decision whether or not to draw more media attention to the allegations in the book this by fighting it. I guess after Kerry he would be hesitant to stay quiet.

Perhaps. I would tend to agree save for the fact that this will push more lies out into the public conscience, regardless of whether people read it or not. Will it change minds? Probably not. But it will guarantee the persistence of ridiculous falsehoods.

And for what? One of the least credible people I can think of. I heard that 7 of his first 9 footnotes cited himself. But who are we to let the facts get in the way of a good smear?

If I were Obama, I would have found a way to quietly finance an author to write a book about Corsi. I suggest the title "Purveyor of Lies."

ZachF81: Face it Obamafiles, the damage is done. This book is wildly popular, more so than the lame "rebuttal" Obama issued will ever be. It's already a NY Times bestseller.

#1 with a flag indicating bulk sales. It's the Sammy Sosa of bestsellers. I hope the RNC finds the waste of money buying them all up worth it.

If Rove was a Democrat you'd see ads like this ^{(^)}

Have you read Obama's "lame" rebuttal?

ZachF81: This book is wildly popular

that's a lie, think tanks buy up the books to get it on the best seller list, you lie-ey lie-erson...

Funny how the liberal press never gave this book ^{(^)} much attention but Corsi's books get millions of dollars of free publicity.

Damned liberal media

I'm pretty sure you can get this book free when you fill up your tank at Kwik Trip.

Until the left stops treating the "Tell-All" books written by the former Bush administartion folks like gospel, I'm going to have to ignore any indignation towards sensationalist writings for the purpose of profit.

What's good for the goose...

Darconix: I heard Obama was a Muslim.



Some people say Darconix blows dead goats.

dracos31: Darconix: I heard Obama was a Muslim.

Some people say Darconix blows dead goats.

Must be true, I read it on the internet.

Well, Obama better not publish a rebuttal of this, or the even more people will know about the book. As long as he ignores it, the liberal media will bury the story.

I mean, it's not like Corsi's gonna go on the Larry King Show or anything. Obama's already too powerful to let something like that happen . . .

Diogenes: #1 with a flag indicating bulk sales.

I bet Obama's book doesn't have a flag.

A collection of insane, poorly spelled, and ridiculous email chains can become a best seller.

How's the Republic? Well?

I heard McCain thinks he's Robert Jordan

Ace Frehley's Ghost: dracos31: Darconix: I heard Obama was a Muslim.

Some people say Darconix blows dead goats.

Must be true, I read it on the internet.



I even saw this guy named Ace Frehley's Ghost quote somebody on it. Proof enough for me!

How is this shiat not slander?

Ceph: How is this shiat not slander?



The magical phrase "some people say"...

I saw this trash on display at Barnes n Noble... I turned it backside... yes i did.

dracos31: Ace Frehley's Ghost: dracos31: Darconix: I heard Obama was a Muslim.

Some people say Darconix blows dead goats.

Must be true, I read it on the internet.



I even saw this guy named Ace Frehley's Ghost quote somebody on it. Proof enough for me!

I've already e-mailed this to everyone in my address book.

lulz...conservatives love to make fun of celebrities and 'popularity' as bad things except when they turn around and point out how great sales are for their fodder books. Then it's suddenly this great thing to be associated with the rubes who make American Idol famous.

someonelse: dracos31: Ace Frehley's Ghost: dracos31: Darconix: I heard Obama was a Muslim.

Some people say Darconix blows dead goats.

Must be true, I read it on the internet.



I even saw this guy named Ace Frehley's Ghost quote somebody on it. Proof enough for me!

I've already e-mailed this to everyone in my address book.

You spammed both of them with that?

/I keed

Johnny Savage: Until the left stops treating the "Tell-All" books written by the former Bush administartion folks like gospel, I'm going to have to ignore any indignation towards sensationalist writings for the purpose of profit.

What's good for the goose...

Tu quoque fallacy. Plus, Corsi's book isn't a tell-all. It's a hit piece whose sources largely include his own musings. If you want to opt out of scrutiny of the book, fine. But let's not pretend it's legitimate because there's a bunch of other self-serving crap out in print.

Link (new window)

If anyone would like a copy of the "lame" rebuttal, here you go.

Johnny Savage: Until the left stops treating the "Tell-All" books written by the former Bush administartion folks like gospel, I'm going to have to ignore any indignation towards sensationalist writings for the purpose of profit.

What's good for the goose...

Right, because former Bush administration folks have no credibility--they're clearly biased liberal moles that were placed by the DNC, whereas a World Net Daily* author who's "goal is to defeat Obama" is completely unbiased and trustworthy.

*Today's Banner Headline: Newton's Bible secret revealed: Is Temple Mount God's time bomb?

"But his detractors have been quick to point out that it is published by Threshold Editions, whose editor-in-chief Mary Matalin was once one of President Cheney's closest aides."

Man, that's funny

Right wing charities like to bulk buy.

The response I would have like to see:

Reporter: "Sir, do you have anything to say in response to Corsi's accusations?"
Obama: "Who?"
Reporter: "Corsi, who just published a book about you. He also wrote about Kerry in 2004."
Obama: "Oh, that guy. He's batshiat insane. And you can quote me on that."

HighOnCraic: Right, because former Bush administration folks have no credibility--they're clearly biased liberal moles that were placed by the DNC, whereas a World Net Daily* author who's "goal is to defeat Obama" is completely unbiased and trustworthy.

*Today's Banner Headline: Newton's Bible secret revealed: Is Temple Mount God's time bomb?

To be fair, former Bush administration folks really shouldn't have any credibility. They lied then, why should we believe them now?

palelizard: The response I would have like to see:

Reporter: "Sir, do you have anything to say in response to Corsi's accusations?"
Obama: "Who?"
Reporter: "Corsi, who just published a book about you. He also wrote about Kerry in 2004."
Obama: "Oh, that guy. He's batshiat insane. And you can quote me on that."

"I don't have the time to read fan fiction."

FTA: Mr Obama faces the dilemma of whether he should strongly defend himself - and risk publicising the book's wild allegations further - or merely ignore it.

So far he has kept quiet.


So apparently the journalist missed this little dandy from yesterday...

Obama swiftboats the swiftboater: Releases "Unfit for Publication", a 41 page point-by-point rebuttal to 2004 swiftboater Jerome Corsi's new anti-Obama book "The Obama Nation"

Link (new window)

Obama ftw

palelizard: The response I would have like to see:

Reporter: "Sir, do you have anything to say in response to Corsi's accusations?"
Obama: "Who?"
Reporter: "Corsi, who just published a book about you. He also wrote about Kerry in 2004."
Obama: "Oh, that guy. He's batshiat insane. And you can quote me on that."

As much shiat as I know that he would get for it, I would love to hear the words "batshiat insane" come out of Obama's mouth in reference to Corsi.

palelizard: HighOnCraic: Right, because former Bush administration folks have no credibility--they're clearly biased liberal moles that were placed by the DNC, whereas a World Net Daily* author who's "goal is to defeat Obama" is completely unbiased and trustworthy.

*Today's Banner Headline: Newton's Bible secret revealed: Is Temple Mount God's time bomb?

To be fair, former Bush administration folks really shouldn't have any credibility. They lied then, why should we believe them now?

Yeah, I'm kind of divided on how to regard those guys. I can believe that some of them actually didn't realize what kind of operation they were signing onto. Paulsen, Whitman, maybe Powell. McClellan? He's an interesting one. I could believe he really is/was that naive - he always looked like a babe in the woods. What makes me think there's something to his story is the fact that he's been willing to get skewered by his former "friends" and colleagues.

But you're right in that the 11th hour conversion is awfully convenient sometimes.

Anyone that is familiar with the publishing or record industries knows that a best seller or #1 album does not mean dick anymore.

Get the popcorn out because this shiat is going to be good.

McCaintheUniter: Anyone that is familiar with the publishing or record industries knows that a best seller or #1 album does not mean dick anymore.

Oops.