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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:47 AM Original message |
So the Today Show just did a piece saying Palin and Republicons outsell "librul" authors |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. People are very attracted to reading crap. I mean even I loved reading the |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I'm actually curious how many of those books ever get read. |
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Epiphany4z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. they get bought up |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. That's exactly right; I posted on the practice years ago. They also get donated |
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feuclair (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. Exactly and this has been their MO for many years |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I believe there was a suvey saying that the average teabagger was actually MORE educated... |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Having seen the rally signs of the more fervent supporters... |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Many engineers have difficulty with spelling and grammer |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. So do technicians.... |
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feuclair (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. not the old ones and most baggers are oldish |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. "...More educated than average" what...is the question. They omitted some info in that survey. nt |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I couldn't say if they read them or not but Palin is in Cincinnati today |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well sure. A fool and his money are soon parted. nt |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Emphasis on "fool" |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. It is the same theory and reality of why right-wing talk shows do better. The |
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Gaedel (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. I just can't help myself when handed a "straight line" like that..... |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I just can't help myself with a line like that you just did. First, we don't waste our time |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. You have been exposed accusing DUers of this before. Remember when you posted this? |
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Gaedel (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Having worked in a library....... |
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EV_Ares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 05:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Well, I agree with that and as I told you before where you were making the accusations about |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
4. Those books are "sold" in bulk units to right wing groups who all but give .... |
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lldu (272 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
7. I believe Sarah's PAC bought most of her books :) nt |
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Tippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Bought them and giving them away....... |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. Her "PAC" Bought 64,000 Copies... |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
12. Then Danielle Steele should run for president by that standard |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. With Stephen King or John Grisham as a running mate? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Steele/King 2016; I like it! Scandalous love affairs and mind bending |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Judging from what the media reports, I thought we already had that? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 10:28 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Ah, but at least with Steele/King, it would be crafted ever so much better... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
18. repukes are big on door stops. nt |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
21. Well it could be "libruls" buying those books, too.... |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
22. Did they subtract bulk buys by right wing groups? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Of course not. The NYT bestseller list doesn't even dagger those anymore. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Sorry to hear that. Another win for the Right. //nt |
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feuclair (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Another corporate media |
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texshelters (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. Fiction almost always out sells |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. It could be that people with more than half a brain don't need to read the |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
37. Bulk buys by right wing stink tanks that end up in landfill. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
38. Americans love underdogs ... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
39. Fuel for the winter? |
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