November 24, 2002

ROPE AND TIE AND RAND 'EM:

GORE BOOK SALES TANK, SUPPORTERS CLAIM UNFAIR TACTICS (APUPI, November 22, 2002)
Former Vice President Al Gore's new book, "Spirit of Family," has been out for over a week and a half, but it's selling poorly, despite an expensive campaign by Al and Tipper, and much free publicity from the media. Yesterday, it was #11,231 on Amazon.com's list of top-selling books.

Supporters of the former Vice President are calling foul, however, claiming that the Amazon web site is very confusing, and makes it difficult to purchase the book properly. They have airlifted a large number of hired lawyers into Seattle to sue Amazon, in order to force it to issue refunds on mistakenly purchased books, and instead send copies of the Gore book to Amazon customers.


Rand Simberg with a stroke of genius. Posted by Orrin Judd at November 24, 2002 9:05 AM
Comments

Why doesn't he just ask for a recount?

Posted by: Barry Meislin at November 24, 2002 8:25 AM

Maybe Bezos is a Republican appointee

Posted by: oj at November 24, 2002 9:28 AM

He should ask Ann Coulter to be his ghost writer

Posted by: neil at November 24, 2002 11:13 AM

Lefties can never win on a level playing field.



Why doesn't Gore get his friends, the ed biz people, to make his book required reading for all junior high, high school, undergraduate and graduate students.



That should put in in the top ten in no time.

Posted by: erp at November 24, 2002 1:08 PM

I was amused by the reax by NPR listeners to

the 2-part interview with the Gores (in which

Tipper was apparently kept away from the

mike; when she spoke you couldn't understand

a word). One listener said he would rather

have been spared Al's Hamlet performance --

Will I run, or won't I run?



Breathes there a man with soul so dead that

he didn't figure out that Al was running?

Posted by: Harry at November 24, 2002 2:17 PM
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