I'm off to the bookstore...Then Dem HQ

[JohnnyRingo]

All year my friend SampleGirl and myself have made it a point while in bookstores to turn some copies around so that innocent book browsers wouldn't have to be offended by the front cover visages of people like Anne Coulter, Shawn Hannity or John O'Neil.
We consider it community service.

If someone really needs a copy of their favorite RW propaganda tome, we're sure that with a little searching, they will easily locate it by recognizing the back cover.

Then we're off to the local DNC to get tix for the John Edwards Rally, here in Warren Ohio on Wednesday. We'll take our digi cams and post some pix on that eve.

I hope everyone here has just as good a day.

[Richardo]

1. Bookstore hijinx: Fun for you, but...

...remember that a lot of people who WORK in bookstores are by their nature quite progressive (they ARE readers, after all) and get to clean up these alledged 'clever' stunts after you leave.

Since I work at a bookstore as a second 'BushCo-mandated' job, having my closing shift extended even later because of this kind of behavior really wears thin after a while.

Also: Putting sex books in the religion section, putting gay and lesbian books in the religion section, putting religious books in the gay and sex sections, might be an inspired bit of hilarity for the general public, but believe me it's all been done before and just pretty much sucks.

All that being said, the favorite move of people who don't like a book is to just turn them over so the back cover shows. Here's how smart Bill and Hillary's publisher was: On the back of both of their books there is a photo collage of a dozen or more photos of them and the Clinton family. So when the RW nuts turn over a Clinton book, there's 12 more looking right at them. Hee! :D

[King of New Orleans]

2. Ah, quit it!

Freepers occasionally do that in my bookstore. Thus far the Dems haven't sunk to that level. Remember it's the booksellers that have to go around cleaning up after you.

BTW--the freepers coming in for the "Unfit for Command" book have been so utterly rude and abusive to my staff that they've even manage to alienate the few Repubs on my staff. So don't go around undoing all the ill-will they are sowing.

[Richardo]

3. Testify, brother-man!

;-)

[JohnnyRingo]

4. Aww dammit.....(shuffling my feet) OK, I'll try to be more mature

But it's so unlike me. And we originally did it to spare ourselves the distraction while browsing.

How about at the grocery store?

[sniffa]

5. i pLay that game too

and i'd Like to think it pays off: the store i visit reguLarLy no Longer puts any RW books in the dispLay area. :D

i Like the new game: moving unfit for command to the fiction or fantasy section. :P

[samplegirl]

6. Your one up on me!!!

"Your putting ideas in my Head man!!!!!!!!!