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| Bill's Book - Brutally Boring |
| 2005-05-20 |
| Yes, tough call, I know... NEW YORK - In the paperback edition of "My Life," former President Clinton acknowledges that his memoir may have been too long, recounts some friendly faces from his book tour and some odder ones sighted under the influence of anesthesia as he underwent heart surgery last September. How would you remember friendly faces when some of them were playing face plant with your crotch? "At first I saw a series of dark faces, like death masks, flying toward me and being crushed," writes Clinton, whose book comes out May 31 in both trade and mass market paperback. "Then I saw circles of light with the faces of Hillary, Chelsea, and others I cared about flying toward me, then away into a bright, sun-like source." My god - He's seen 'Revenge of the Stith' before the rest of us! Well, it's that or a bad flashback... When Clinton regained consciousness after surgery, he "waved to people, said I was all right, and laughed." At least, that's what his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, told him. The former president himself doesn't remember. "Get well soon - I need you for the New Hampshire primaries!" "My Life" has sold just under 2.2 million copies in its 957-page hardcover edition, and interest apparently is strong for the paperback. The trade paperback, which has the same dimensions as hardcover, will have a first printing of 300,000 — 50,000 copies more than originally announced. The mass market paperback, a cheaper, pocket-sized edition, will have two volumes, the first with a printing of 600,000, the second in late June at 575,000. Cheaper? Yeah, it seems to fit... Much of the new material — a 12-page afterword, and a brief preface — summarizes Clinton's recent activities, from the building of his presidential library in Little Rock, Ark., to raising money for Tsunami victims. He also offers a quick analysis of last year's presidential election, urging fellow Democrats not to move "hard to the left." Shot at Dean-O? Nice! Clinton acknowledges complaints about the book's length and names a possible culprit, his wife. He calls the senator's memoirs, " So Bill wind up writing 957 pages of chaff and somehow almost miss a deadline? How does that work again? "Most people thought it was too long — a fair criticism. Thomas Jefferson once said that if he had had more time he could have written shorter letters," writes Clinton, whose afterword helps make the trade paperback even longer, 969 pages. I know Thomas Jefferson, and you, Bill Clinton, are no Thomas Jefferson, unless you're banging black women too... Many reviewers were bored by "My Life." The Associated Press likening it to being trapped "in a small room with a very gregarious man who insists on reading his entire appointment book, day by day, beginning in 1946." Clinton directly mentions only a favorable review, by novelist Which narrows the crowd considerably... He remembers a better reception on his promotional tour, such as the $35 for a proven conversation stopper? Where do I sign? "When I saw how many people of modest means came to the book signings, I worried about my long and heavy book also being too expensive," writes Clinton, whose book has a $17.95 suggested price in trade paperback and $7.99 for each of the mass market volumes. Such noble sentiments... (* sniff *) Gets ya right here, doesn't it? "I can't change the length, but I hope the paperback edition, in reducing the weight and cost, will make `My Life' accessible to a new round of readers." Yet another reason why I don't shop at Wal Mart... |
| Posted by:Saddam Hussein |
| #9 "unless you're banging black women too..." I remember a story about Bills love child with a black women. It was talked about during the second election. Even had a picture of his (alleged) son. So, I guess on that point he is Tommy Jefferson. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2005-05-20 18:26 |
| #8 Bill who? |
| Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-05-20 16:56 |
| #7 That would be "bitch's", but then you never were much of a detail man... |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-05-20 14:49 |
| #6 Clinton acknowledges complaints about the book's length and names a possible culprit, his wife. Yeah. Every bad thing ah do is that bitches fault... |
| Posted by: William Jefferson Clinton, Former President of the United States of America 2005-05-20 14:45 |
| #5 "The trade paperback, which has the same dimensions as hardcover..." Oh shucks, it's not flushable. |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-05-20 14:35 |
| #4 Bill Clinton - A legend in his own mind. And we know where that "mind" (such that it is) resides.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-05-20 12:58 |
| #3 tu funny |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-05-20 11:56 |
| #2 Bill? Nobody cares? Okay? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-05-20 11:25 |
| #1 "At first I saw a series of dark faces, like death masks, flying toward me and being crushed." Those would be the demons from Hell comin' ta get ya, Bill. "Then I saw circles of light with the faces of Hillary, Chelsea, and others I cared about flying toward me, then away into a bright, sun-like source." And that would be them, though it's questionable about Hillary, going to heaven as you descend into the pit. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-05-20 10:51 |