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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,465 posts) Wed Jul 8, 2020, 11:53 AM Jul 2020

By this point in 2012, the conservative publisher Regnery was selling 13 books about Obama; in 2016,

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By this point in 2012, the conservative publisher Regnery was selling 13 books about Obama; in 2016, it was selling 12 about Clinton.

This year: Regnery only has 1 on Biden

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By this point in 2012, the conservative publisher Regnery was selling 13 books about Obama; in 2016, (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 OP

Landfills are at capacity LunaSea Jul 2020 #1

A sign of... Trump campaign disorganization? yardwork Jul 2020 #2

Regnery books have always been rage/hate-candy for the foamer brigade... JHB Jul 2020 #3

LunaSea

(2,894 posts)

1. Landfills are at capacity

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2020, 11:56 AM

Jul 2020

For regenery publications.

yardwork

(61,622 posts)

2. A sign of... Trump campaign disorganization?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2020, 11:58 AM

Jul 2020

Or were the Never Trumpers the driving force behind the lying books about previous Democratic candidates, and this time they're focusing their wrath on Trump?

That's my thought.

JHB

(37,160 posts)

3. Regnery books have always been rage/hate-candy for the foamer brigade...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2020, 12:18 PM

Jul 2020

...and that bunch now gets super-sized doses on practically an hourly basis. How are books going to compete with that?

They'll be back in form once the floodwaters have receded and they feel safe to lie their asses ofF again while maintaining a veneer of intellectual respectability.

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