Never mind that "The Audacity of Hope" has been on the best-seller list for the past 26 weeks ....

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Never mind that "The Audacity of Hope" has been on the best-seller list for the past 26 weeks ....

Author: conorlarkin (13470 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 10:33 pm on Jun 28, 2008

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....... despite being published in Hardcover in 2006, where it soared to #3, and was a best seller for almost a year.

Obama's current paperback edition crushes anything authored by McCain, which has only enjoyed very modest sales at best.

Why is it, that America is drawn to Obama? Why is it, that he beat out the formidable Clinton political machine?

Call him a "post turtle" all you want. All I know is that his father wasn't an admiral in the US Navy, and he didn't marry into millions.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/books/bestseller/0706bestpapernonfiction.html

They're not gonna catch us. We're on a mission from God.

Replies to: "Never mind that "The Audacity of Hope" has been on the best-seller list for the past 26 weeks ...."

Obama is a "post turtle"... - Killshot - 9:07pm 6/28/08 (19) [View All]
- Reminds me of the folksy wisdom of Lyle Lanly. - JacksSmirkingRevenge - 10:21am 6/29/08
  - So are Texans - MAS - 12:38pm 6/29/08
- Never mind that "The Audacity of Hope" has been on the best-seller list for the past 26 weeks .... [LINK] - conorlarkin - 10:33pm 6/28/08
  - Really hurts your momentum when you post a dead link. [NT] - FLIrishK9 - 3:35pm 6/29/08
  - and quotes from that book will sink him deeper and deeper... - Killshot - 12:35pm 6/29/08
  - Really? - JacksSmirkingRevenge - 10:43am 6/29/08
    - So it's your opinion that only a few people are buying all the copies of his book? - conorlarkin - 12:59pm 6/29/08
      - I agree with a lot of that. - JacksSmirkingRevenge - 8:57am 6/30/08
    - If you feel uncomfortable typing my name, feel free to use "The OpenForumIcon" instead. [NT] - TheIrishHammer - 11:04am 6/29/08
    - And, let me add: - JacksSmirkingRevenge - 10:44am 6/29/08
  - JK Rowling has had a series of books on that list, too.... - TheIrishHammer - 5:46am 6/29/08
  - Wall-E for President. [NT] - Tenacious_P - 11:38pm 6/28/08
  - That's ok, "The Way Things Ought to Be" was on the best seller list for 24 weeks. [NT] - FLIrishK9 - 11:14pm 6/28/08
- The Texas ranchers wouldn't vote for a Democrat if their lives depended on it. [NT] - Tom Hynes - 9:30pm 6/28/08
  - Good thing their lives don't depend on Dems--they'd all be dead. [NT] - Killshot - 10:25pm 6/28/08
    - Let's see, Woodrow Wilson World War I, FDR World War II and some of us some how survived? [NT] - Tom Hynes - 10:48pm 6/28/08
      - FDR was a real man...a guy who knew how to pray... - Killshot - 12:30pm 6/29/08
  - no one should vote for a democrap if their life depended on it. [NT] - und67 - 9:32pm 6/28/08
    - hehehe, democrap, I haven't heard that one yet. [NT] - jabbadoody5 - 10:02pm 6/28/08