Kitty Kelley’s “The Family”– The Inside Scoop, Part 1

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”Insider’s News”, Vol 1.3, - 09.09.04 (Draft)
Kitty Kelley’s “The Family”– The Inside Scoop, Part I

Here’s some detailed information on Kitty Kelley’s new book, The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty. I’m exhausted so please excuse typos and grammar.

The initial printing was to be 500,000, but this week they increased it to 600,000. The expected full print is 1 million copies. Kitty Kelley was paid $4 million to write "The Family." It is a political hit piece, bought and paid for by Doubleday publishers but underwritten by Bush enemies.

They have indemnified Doubleday, though it's unnecessary since the book will sell very well, and place quite well on all major Top Seller Lists. People love rooting through other people’s trash, particularly people of power. Besides, the Bush-betrayed will see that the word gets out. Gosh, I’m sure glad we don’t know any of these disgusting Repubs,…do we..lol!

I’m impressed how Doubleday has set up the marketing and promotion side for the Book, and are doing a good job of keeping it under wraps. Their attorney’s went through the book’s draft and final with a fine tooth comb twice. They have the book placed with almost 50 different retailers. On the larger outlets they have guaranteed residuals, and paid upfront promotion fees.

For this type of book, overall it’s pretty well documented, thorough, and will probably convince a large number of average readers. Next week Kitty hits the talk show circuit, with a three part interview on the NBC’s Today Show with Matt Lauer; Dateline, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, MSNBC Hardball with Chris Matthews, CNN with Aaron Brown, MSNBC- The Don Imus show, Late Night with David Letterman, Live Regis and Kelly, and we understand much more TBA.

After Kitty’s talk show tour she is doing a large promotional tour in Texas. First stop is Karl Rove’s home city of Austin, and the Texas Monthly is writing an article and backing her. The Texas Monthly has been an institution for the Bush Family for 15 years, and never written a negative word about them. Like many of us, all that has changed and the Bush’s are going to get everything they deserve. After Austin, Kitty does similar appearances in San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, then hits the smaller Texas markets.

The Austin market has been softened up for Kitty’s appearance, by none other than Larry Flynt, who spoke at the University of Texas last week promoting his book:
Sex, lies, politics and Larry Flynt: The Naked Truth
(Getting rid of George W. Bush and his Administration)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0758204833/102-3463721-1125747?v=glance

Larry did a great job and there was a huge attendance. Here was his schedule and several articles:
Monday 8/30/04 - Larry Flynt in Austin:
7 p.m. discussion - BookPeople, on the corner of Sixth and Lamar (Same store Kitty Kelley will appear)
9:45 p.m. signing and showing of "The People v. Larry Flint"
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

Tuesday 8/31/04 - 8 p.m. Lecture
Jester Auditorium
Hosted by Students for John Kerry

The Daily Texan - 8/30/04
Sex, lies, politics and Larry Flynt: Getting rid of Bush
Hustler founder to promote anti-Bush book, speak at UT
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2004/08/30/Focus/Sex-Lies.Politics.And.Larry.Flynt.Getting.Rid.Of.Bush-707024.shtml

The Austin Chronicle – In Person, Larry Flynt – 9/3/04
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-09-03/books_inperson.html

While they state otherwise in public, the Bush-Cheney-GOP is very concerned about Kitty’s book release, and are scrambling. I think the “Dem Friends” got the Bush Family Mafia’s attention when a full page ad for Kitty’s book mysteriously appeared in 20,000+ Republican National Convention’s Guide books they got stuck having to use in New York City. Gosh, every time I think about it I start laughing...slick!

More importantly, John O’Neill and his Dixie Cup Clowns for Bush, with their 2-bit book and KKK publisher Regnery, are going to get a first class education on how the real pros run a big time smear campaign. – jj

Next - Part II, Selected Details of “The Family”

Good Read!
High Plains Grifter - The Life and Crimes of George W. Bush
Part I:...http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair08312004.html
Part II:...http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair09012004.html
Part III:..http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair09022004.html
Part IV:...http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair09032004.html

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1. Kitty Kelley "The Family" - Info, Details, and Articles

"The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty"
By Kitty Kelley
Release Date: 9/14/04 (Already Top 10 on Amazon.com)

The “tell all” Queen lowers her journalistic hammer on the Family few dare touch, in an explosive don’t miss expose. Also Kitty starts her book promotional Tour in Texas the week following her book release.

HomePage: http://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday/thefamily/
Book Stores:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385503245/qid=1094490587/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-3957129-3771132?v=glance&s=books
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=HEr72w48ou0A&isbn=0385503245&itm=1

As soon as “The Family” is released Kitty Kelley starts a promotional Tour for her book in good ol’ Texas. She hits Karl Rove's home town of Austin, Texas first with a book signing, newspaper article, and interview with award winning Texas Monthly magazine, which has turned against G.W. Bush & Family for the first time in 15 years. Then she does the same gigs in San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas, before hitting the smaller markets.

Texas Monthly Author Series–Kitty Kelley: http://www.texasmonthly.com/authorseries

Articles
Feeling queasy? – 9/8/04
The GOP campaign braces itself for the Kitty Kelley treatment as the details
in her new book on the Bush dynasty come out.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/08/kelley_bio/index_np.html

Media View Kitty Kelley's Bush Book With Caution – 9/8/04
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3665-2004Sep7.html

To Snuff out W’s Secret – 9/8/04
George W. Bush snorted cocaine at Camp David while former First Lady Barbara Bush smoked pot while at Southern Methodist University
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/230034p-197386c.html

Sharon Bush Denies Kitty Kelley Account
By Howard Kurtz, Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 9, 2004; Page C01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A6706-2004Sep8?language=printer

Other
Nice hint of material in Kelley’ book – Good Read!:
High Plains Grifter - The Life and Crimes of George W. Bush
http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair08312004.html

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2. so there is a God after all.

I cannot wait to read this book.

I shall savour every word.

We already know what a repulsive family this is ,beginning with the traitorous grandfather so it will be good to see the history put into a readable time-line.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. But she won't be on "Today"

according to an article in the NY Times today:

A representative of the White House recently called Neal Shapiro, president of NBC News, to discourage that network from broadcasting interviews with Ms. Kelley about the book on its "Today'' program and on its MSNBC cable program "Hardball With Chris Matthews,'' a network executive said.


Or did NBC tell the Emporer thanks but no thanks?