Kelley on Today Show Sep 13-15, book extensively vetted

[librechik]

also will appear on Chris Matthews, Don Imus, and probably Bill O'Reilly!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3665-2004Sep7.htmlsnip
Kitty Kelley's volume on the Bush family won't be published until next week, but the White House communications director yesterday dismissed the book as "garbage" and a Republican National Committee spokeswoman said journalists should treat it as "fiction." With the author booked for numerous television interviews -- including three straight mornings on NBC's "Today," starting Monday -- "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty" is certain to generate media attention in the heat of a presidential campaign.

Peter Gethers, vice president of Random House and Kelley's editor, said the publisher's chief counsel and Kelley's own lawyer went over the book "with a fine-toothed comb."

"It was as extensive a legal read as a publisher could give," Gethers said. "Some things didn't make it, and we're 100 percent confident of the things that made it in. We erred on the side of caution because we knew how hard she was going to be hit."

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Gethers said Sharon Bush provided "confirmation" to the author but was not the initial source of the allegations. "Just because an ex-wife says it doesn't mean it's not true," he said.

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[roguevalley]

1. Sharon Bush talked with third parties present and talked to Kelley's

publisher. She can't deny what she said.

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[librechik]

4. oh bollocks off cassandra

you're posting on the wrong site. apparently.

[smirkymonkey]

5. THANK YOU, librechik!

:)

[TankLV]

6. They hit us with lies and we hit them with the truth!

Are you lost?

Maybe you are on the wrong site?

[luaneryder]

7. Oh my we must be very careful

We certainly wouldn't want to have a scandal in public at the expense of the chimperor. Have a nice stay!

[Trajan]

8. How is that 'memo thing' turning out ? ....

That 'memo thing' is quite legitimate, and any assertions that it is not, is a bunch of baloney .....

Funny how someone arrives as an 'expert' of voters sensibilities ....

Where were you when Kerry got slaughtered with a pack of unsubstantiated lies ? ....

[gratuitous]

9. Why would Kerry look bad if the book is bogus?

It's not as if his campaign or his backers are funding the publication of the book, unlike what could be said about the funding and publishing of the Swifties' pack of lies.

Kerry doesn't have anything to do with Kitty Kelley's literary efforts. And I wish the Bushies could respond a little more substantively than a blanket statement that the book is "garbage."

I wonder if the wingers are getting tired of offering excuses for the Dim Son yet?

[hippiegranny]

10. voters don't like mud-slinging?

you don't say? Then Bush is definitely out the door... as are you, apparently.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

11. Goodbye!

:hi:

[saracat]

12. Apparently they do

when it comes to the SNVFT. They can buy people for 40 million dollar contracts to say anything and then be proven liars but we should be"careful"? Of what ? Shrubs pristine reputation? Or perhaps we should show respect for the Resident. GAG! I say hit em where it hurts. Destroy him the way he has destroyed this country.

[PA Democrat]

13. Uhhh..... Kerry didn't write the book

Kitty Kelley has written about Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Nancy Reagan, Frank Sinatra, the British royal family. She's hardly a "political" operative. She writes about famous people and famous families.

[PA Democrat]

14. "Cute" Name

"dem and dimmer". Bye now!

[mitchum]

16. "I'll Be Gad When You're Dead, You Rascal You"...

is one of my favorite songs.

As for you, I can't wait to see your profile

[AnnInLa]

15. Email NBC Today Show

and tell them that you just can't wait for the Kitty Kelley interviews! The repugs have a tremendous email campaign going on to NBC to protest her appearance....let's hope she doesn't get pulled!

By the way, I will be at work during those interviews, so won't get to see them, damn, but will be checking DU every chance I get. Someone PLEASE watch them, take notes, and report on every little detail! No, I don't have tivo, nor do I know how to program my VCR. Duh.