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Carr: New crop of books nobody wants
[BOSTONHERALD] Try to restrain your excitement -- Hillary Clinton
... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, sometimes described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as a crook...
, John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, unsuccessful presidential candidate, and utterly failed Secretary of State...
 and John Kasich
...political has-been current Republican governor of Ohio...
 are all writing books.

Think how many trees are going to die for ... what? And then there’s the carbon footprint. All those trucks taking all those thousands of books to warehouses and stores, then picking them up after they don’t sell and taking them to some place to be pulped -- at which point maybe they can at least be recycled into something more useful, like toilet paper.

Let’s start with Kerry’s proposed book. It’s going to be his "first memoir," which you could take as a threat -- there may be a sequel! Sadly, as someone pointed out yesterday, Kerry’s obvious title is already taken -- "American Gigolo."

You’ll be surprised to learn that he plans to mention his service in Vietnam, not to mention a "deep behind-the-scenes" take on his years as secretary of state.

Finally, we will learn the answer to that question we’ve been pondering all these years. Does Syrian dictator Bashir al-Assad prefer red or white wine with dinner?

A few suggested chapters: "Windsurfing for Dummies," and "Me and My Pink Girly Bike."

Self-help books have always done very well. Kerry should think along the lines of "You Too Can Marry an Heiress -- or Two!" Or he could offer more prosaic tips -- "You Can Fight City Hall -- How I Got that Pesky Fire Plug Moved."

Then there’s Gov. John Kasich. His long-unawaited book is coming out in April. Another obvious title: "Son of a Mailman." But no, his tome is going to be called "Two Paths."

An Ohio newspaper claimed that this weighty opus enables the bust-out 2016 candidate to "leave his options open for a possible 2020 bid for president."

They’re kidding, right? As the late Mumbles Menino used to say, hope burns eternal. But seriously ...

The blockbuster new book, though, is by Hillary Clinton. It’s being published in September by Simon & Schuster, which is owned by CBS, or should I say, "See BS." No word on what her advance was, but last September, even the worshipful New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
 couldn’t help noticing the downward trajectory of her first-week sales.

Her first book, in 2003, sold about 500,000 copies in its first week. Her 2014 "memoir" could only manage 85,000.

And then there was that final campaign book last fall, "Stronger Together." It sold a whopping 2,912 copies.

In retrospect, those numbers should have been an early warning to the Democrats that perhaps the election wasn’t going to be the slam dunk they thought it would be.

But now See BS is going to give Hillary yet another huge advance they have absolutely no chance of ever recovering. According to a blurb, Hillary will use "some of her favorite quotes to ’tell stories from her life.’"

Does she mean quotes from other people, like, "I did not have sex with that Ms. Lewinsky."

Or, "You better put some ice on that."
Posted by: Fred 2017-02-05
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