Sunday, December 21, 2003
Progress
The Center for American Progress points out the squabbling between our favorite zanies on the Right—Matt Drudge and Bill O'Reilly.0 comments
And no, it wasn't about O'Reilly's excessive use of eye liner.
It seems Matt was struck by O'Reilly's claim that his current book was "running against Hillary [Clinton] for most copies of nonfiction books sold this year!"
So, Sludge happened to release information about the comparatively dismal sales of Bill's book, which shows him to be a mere 654,113 copies behind the New York Senator's book.
Oh, and roughly a quarter million copies behind Al Franken's Lies and The Lying Liars Who Tell Them, as well. [It must be noted here that Bill is mentioned prominently in Franken's book. So, perhaps people would rather read something about Bill than by Bill.]
And being the emotionally balanced man we know Bill to be, he took this intra-conservative goshing with typical conservative grace and good humor when he referred to Drudge's report on his Fox News show:
Responding to an exclusive yearender DRUDGE dispatch, which presented NIELSEN's Top 20 BOOKSCAN list of 2003 sales, O'Reilly called the DRUDGE REPORT a "threat to democracy."
"I mean you can't believe a word Matt Drudge says," O'Reilly told the cameras. "Now you've got the Matt Drudges of the world and these other people, Michael Moore and all of these crazies, all right, no responsibility... that is a threat to democracy, I think." O'Reilly warned: "They'll just spin it and twist it and take it out of proportion every which way."
Hmmmm....Moore, I'm sure will be glad to know that he and Drudge are now soul brothers.
For those who are hellbent on catching Bill's epic tome, here's an Amazon link to it, where it's fallen to the exorbitant price of $11.95 USD, marked down from $24.95. (Personally, I'm waiting for it to come down some.)
In the meantime, since Bill has already tried Ann Coulter's eye makeup, I guess the next approach would be the hair. But, he may never get the plastic part down right. But, check out Bill's new training kit!
Overall, boys, please stop the squabbling! Think of the Neo-Con movement as a Big Tent. Where all the beasts and children can get along in peace and safety. Just like Siegfried & Roy.
posted by Gotham 1:12 PM
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