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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Ripsnort on August 05, 2004, 07:32:15 PM
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Probably be cause he no longer agrees with his previous opinions put to words in that book because it does not fit idealy into his current political convictions
Rip just wait till this comes out:
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0895260174.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
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Originally posted by Gunslinger
Rip just wait till this comes out:
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0895260174.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
I'm on the list. :)
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Want a preview? (http://home.comcast.net/~m.tucker46/UnfitCh3.pdf)
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
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I don't know, and neither do you. You are now entering the rhelm of the uber-sad. :(
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Originally posted by Thrawn
I don't know, and neither do you. You are now entering the rhelm of the uber-sad. :(
Kerry supporters are willing to pay hundreds of dollars to get a copy of Kerry's hard-to-find book, The New Soldier. Some of those bidding on Ebay reveal why.
(PRWEB) February 8, 2004--An unusual thing is happening over at Ebay. One of John Kerry’s books, The New Soldier, received a bid of $355 and didn’t even meet its reserve price. Another copy of the book is up to $147.50 and the bidding isn't over.
It isn't common for the books of presidential contenders to be that expensive. Wesley Clark’s book, Winning Modern Wars, is also available on Ebay. One copy has an asking price of $15.00, another is going for $9.99. Kerry's other books are selling at similarly reasonable prices.
One of the potential buyers says she was drawn to bid on the book because she is a Vietnam vet and interested in Kerry's viewpoint.
Another of the bidders said he'd recently donated to the Kerry campaign because he believes Kerry is the man to beat Bush. “John Kerry and his friends were right to do what they did in Washington, D.C. back then. I think the acts discussed in the book show great insight at an early age and quite frankly I want to read the manuscript to make sure my assumptions are correct.”
But the reason why a former library book with no dust jacket and “slight wear" might fetch an asking price of over three hundred dollars is somewhat more complex.
The description in one of the Ebay listings reads, "Due to the controversial nature of the book, most copies were pulled off the shelves when Kerry decided to run for office making this book a rare find."
The seller of the first book stated that he is a Republican with an open mind and had got his copy signed at the Old Capitol mall in Iowa City when Kerry was campaigning there recently. But he had some reservations about the item he was selling. “I am a marine and do not care for the cover of the book,” he said. Because “what they are actually trying to do is mock the Iwo Jima flag raising done by the marines in the past.”
Iwo Jima is where nearly 7000 marines died in World War II. Six marines were forever immortalized in a photograph as they raised the American flag over the island. Only three of the six ever got to go home again.
The cover of "The New Soldier" features a group of long-haired men mimicking the famous photograph with an upside down flag.
We'll probably be seeing a lot more of this rare book in the coming months.
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Is is available online. I read it a couple of months ago and last night. All it is is a bunch of pics, his speechs to congress and the anecdotes of the men who said they committed atrocities. My guess is that since some of the men quoted in the book were not who they said they were, he does not want it reprinted.
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X2Lee, I'm not sure what your post has to do with the patheticness of Rip's post.
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(http://www.awolbush.com/images/dancart1914.jpg)
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Originally posted by rpm371
(http://www.awolbush.com/images/dancart1914.jpg)
Well damn, that convinced me! Bush, go Kerry!!!!
Good lord this is all so retarded. The only thing more retarded are the fools who waste an hour of their day to go vote and encourage more of this nonsense...
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Thrawn, why is it a pathetic question? I'd like to know why he won't authorize it for re-release...after all, its election year.
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Originally posted by rpm371
(http://www.awolbush.com/images/dancart1914.jpg)
Originally posted by Thrawn
...as the election desperation starts taking a more highschool tone...
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Well damn, that convinced me! Bush, go Kerry!!!!
This curiously sounds like something a voter would say. You ready to exercise your civic duty there GH? ;)
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Originally posted by Gunslinger
Probably be cause he no longer agrees with his previous opinions put to words in that book because it does not fit idealy into his current political convictions
I don't think the man has any, convictions or principles I mean. He took the popular view in the 70s and claimed it to be his own, now he's taking the opposite view for the same reason. IMHO he's no worse than the most of those whohold or seek public office. Tell the majority what they want to hear and make it sound like you mean it.
Nothing new there, and thats what saddens me the most.
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Originally posted by Sandman
This curiously sounds like something a voter would say. You ready to exercise your civic duty there GH? ;)
I'm practically running to the polls as we speak...
(http://home.a-city.de/guido.wanner/filme/fgrun.jpg)
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
I'm practically running to the polls as we speak...
(http://home.a-city.de/guido.wanner/filme/fgrun.jpg)
LOL :aok