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

[GOPAgainstGW]

Email Rec’d - 09.09.04

”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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[GOPAgainstGW]

1. The Family - Book 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

Related DU Threads:
Kitty Kelley and "Friends" Dupes the Republican National Convention – GOP Hits Back!

Huge Bush “Real Dirt” Books to Hit Stores – The September Surprise
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=735192&mesg_id=735192
Time, NewsWeek, and Other Magic Bush Lead Polls-Are GOP Rigged
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x744192

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[papau]

24. an unimpeachable 3rd party says Kitty is telling the truth vs Sharon lie

But seems unimpeachable 3rd source says Sharon lies, Kitty truth teller
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/230275p-19

Kitty: More support for Bush coke use

Sharon Bush tried to back away yesterday from quotes Kitty Kelley attributes to her in her new slice-and-dice book on the Bush family - but she may have backed into a smoking gun.

..."I categorically deny that I ever told Kitty Kelley that George W. Bush used cocaine at Camp David - or that I ever saw him use cocaine at Camp David. The one time I met in person with Kitty Kelley, she mentioned drug use at Camp David. I responded by saying something along the lines of, 'Who would say such a thing?'"

...But Sharon has one small problem: There was a third party at the lunch, an unimpeachable source who agreed to speak with us on condition of anonymity, who says Kelley's quotes are accurate.

"We met at the Chelsea Bistro on April 1, 2003," says our insider. "It was a very long lunch. Sharon was talking about affairs in the Bush family ... very dysfunctional. She said they talk about family values, but they don't practice what they preach.

"Then Kitty raised the drug issue," our source continues. "Kitty, who can make a rock talk, said: 'I know about the drugs. I know that W did drugs at Camp David during his father's presidency.'

"Sharon agreed. She said, 'Absolutely. That's all true.'"

[althecat]

2. Thanks this is fantastic.... I would love to see a picture of the RNC ad.

[DemBones DemBones]

3. Great info! You've assembled quite a collection

of information here. I had not heard about the ad for the Kitty Kelly book appearing in the RNC program. That is hilarious. Did the media ever report it?

"John O’Neill and his Dixie Cup Clowns for Bush" -- snarf! :7

[althecat]

7. Seems it made it into a couple of gossip sheets...

trawling through GOPA's chain of posts on this subject I found

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5868734

Author Kitty Kelley is touting her latest title in enemy territory. A full-page ad for “The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty” is appearing in today’s Republican National Convention Guide, which is distributed to 20,000 conventioneers, staff and others. Kelley's book, which will be published Sept. 14, contains over 700 pages of Bush dirt and scandals. . . . Looks like Michael Jackson’s star continues to wane at MTV. The network’s Video Music Awards has quietly done away with the honor named for Jackson that they’ve handed out for 10 years. . . . Maybe Russell Crowe didn’t bite his bodyguard’s ear after all; he bit the guy’s chest. In a letter to Australia’s Sunday Herald Sun, the bodyguard wrote, “He did take a nip at my chest — I was trying to smother him at the time, so I can understand the move.”

PLUS THIS

http://www.suntimes.com/output/zwecker/cst-ftr-zp01.htm ...

Talk about moxie! Controversial tell-all biographer Kitty Kelley is now touting her upcoming biography of the Bush family at the Republican National Convention in New York. The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty is being advertised in the Republican National Convention Guide -- distributed to 20,000 delegates and staff members at the GOP confab! -

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Only thing is the link is now dead...

[GOPAgainstGW]

8. Yeah, it was reported by the Regional East Coast Media - Here More Info:

Check out our GOPAgainstGW posts in these threads - Good Read:

Related DU Threads:
Kitty Kelley and "Friends" Dupes the Republican National Convention – GOP Hits Back!
Huge Bush “Real Dirt” Books to Hit Stores – The September Surprise
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=735192&mesg_id=735192
Time, NewsWeek, and Other Magic Bush Lead Polls-Are GOP Rigged
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x744192

It was great but the GOP-Rove machine sure went nuts and came back hitting hard, which is no big deal.

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[Darby]

4. Wonder if O'Neill is still happy he opened Pandora's box?

[cthrumatrix]

18. which one...Paul O"neill outed shrub in his book a year ago

The Price Of Loyalty shared the shrub was going into Iraq 8.5 months before 911

[althecat]

5. So why are you so exhausted?

I have been looking around DU you certainly have been busy promoing these too books. And I'll tell you something for free.... I kinda like the cut of your jib...

There have been a lot of people around here feeling a bit dispirited of late. I hope you are right that there is a huge underbelly of Republicans standing ready to vote for Kerry to rid our world of this curse called *.

Glad to say hello.

al

[LibertyorDeath]

6. This is great.

I'm loving this.

Cheers

[GOPAgainstGW]

9. SAYS IT ALL!

[blueblitzkrieg]

11. Holy Shit - ROLFMAO! nt

[Myrina]

30. What a hell hound she is !!!

OMFG I don't think I have ever seen an uglier, more bitter looking woman !!!

:scared: :scared: :scared:

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

10. Bookmarked for future perusal of the links

Cheers, thanks for this.

:toast:

[LibertyorDeath]

12. That was an Amazing Read!

Thank you GOPAgainstGW

Wow this is the best info re bush & the people who surround him I have ever read & I read alot.

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

JEFFREY ST. CLAIR is one Excellent Writer IMO

This is unreal

[hlthe2b]

14. Grat suff, thanks! (I may never get any work done again!)

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. CNN deciding to boycott Kitty Kelley per N.Y. Daily News

Apparently, CNN and especially Larry King are refusing to book Kitty Kelley on their network.

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/230329p-197785c.html

And according to today's New York Times, the White House placed a phone call to Neil Shapiro, President of NBC to ask him to boycott Kitty Kelley and refuse to book her on any of their shows.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/09/politics/campaign/09book.html?ex=1095393600&en=718787dad442f371&ei=5006&partner=ALTAVISTA1

[Truth is True]

15. Sharon Bush Denies Kitty Kelley Account

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6706-2004Sep8.html?nav=rss_politics

:shrug:

[cthrumatrix]

16. more than one person heard the interview with Ms Bush...are you

surprised that she denies... the notes are validated.

[Truth is True]

17. Nothing surprises me anymore

Just reporting the latest news.

[Clinton Crusader]

19. She's NOT going on Imus

He mentioned this today, saying there was some article out there saying she was gonna be on his show but he said he will NOT have her on.
:kick:

[blm]

20. Correction: Dems aren't running a "smear campaign" against Bush.

Kelley was writing the book for 5 years.

Smears are unsubstantiated rumors circulated about a candidate. As was done to McCain and Kerry.

Please use your words CORRECTLY. It matters.

[Bridget Burke]

21. Yes--where's the evidence .....

That the book was "underwritten by Bush enemies"? Kitty Kelley's books are published because they make lots of money for the publisher. And this one was announced long ago.

Since you've been energetically spamming this message all over DU, please try to disseminate the correct information.

[GOPAgainstGW]

22. Try to Read!- Where Did I EVER Say Democrats were Doing This-NEVER SAID IT

[blm]

23. I was addressing this part of the email you posted:

>>>>
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
>>>>>

Whether intended or not, the resulting implication is that it is Democrats who are now running a bigtime smear campaign.

[GOPAgainstGW]

25. No It Does Not! It means "Friends" supporting the cause, NOTHING MORE!!

Friends supporting the Democratic cause, Friends that care about this Country, Friends that know Bush-Cheney MUST be thrown out of office to avoid more horrible Terrorism on U.S. soil, FRIENDS!!!!!!

Obviously, only a total idiot Democrat would every be involved in something like this. That's what Republicans do, believe me I now, and the Karl Rove's et.al. have totally disgraced the GOP Party.

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[GOPAgainstGW]

26. Al Gore Totally Rips Bush better than Kitty Kelley – Excellent Read!

Gee, Gore needs a Chapter in Kitty Kelley's new Book. He rips Bush better than she does, LOL!-NKR

Al Gore Total Rips Bush – Excellent Read!

THIS WEEK IN THE NEW YORKER
Albert Gore Discusses President George W. Bush
http://www.newyorker.com/press/content/

Gore is very outspoken about the Bush Administration and its policies. "I wasn't surprised by Bush's economic policies," Gore says, "but I was surprised by the foreign policy and I think he was, too. The real distinction of this Presidency is that, at the core, he is a very weak man. He projects himself as incredibly strong, but behind closed doors he is incapable of saying no to his biggest financial supporters and his coalition in the Oval Office. He's been shockingly malleable to Cheney and Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz and the whole New American Century bunch. He was rolled in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. He was too weak to resist it."

Gore also says that while he is not of the school that questions the President's intelligence, "I think his weakness is a moral weakness. I think he is a bully, and like all bullies, he's a coward when confronted with a force that he's fearful of. His reaction to the extravagant and unbelievably selfish wish list of the wealthy interest groups that put him in the White House is obsequious. The degree of obsequiousness that is involved in saying 'yes, yes, yes, yes, yes' to whatever these people want, no matter the damage and harm done to the nation as a whole—that can only come from genuine moral cowardice."
Gore, a Southern Baptist says of Bush's kind of faith, "It's a particular kind of religiosity. It's the American version of the same fundamentalist impulse that we see in Saudi Arabia, in Kashmir, in religions around the world: Hindu, Jewish, Christian, Muslim."

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[GOPAgainstGW]

28. The Family Hits #4 on Amazon, #9 on Barnes & Noble

Release Date is September 14, 2004

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/new-for-you/top-sellers/-/books/all/ref=pd_ts_b_nav/103-1583527-6846208
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/bestsellers/ar_cds2.asp?PID=371&userid=pB5kDJ1ACX

[Bridget Burke]

27. What do you mean by "underwritten by Bush enemies"?

What's your source?

Please supply a link to evidence that somebody besides Doubleday is behind this book. We know that Bush supporters sponsored the Swift Boat guys. I thought Doubleday wanted to make some money with a proven best-selling author of gossipy biographies; but you seem to indicate the book is Democratic propaganda ("Friends supporting the Democratic cause"). Details, please.

Having lived in Texas most of my life, I, too, know what Republicans do.

[GOPAgainstGW]

29. KITTY KELLEY'S PUBLISHER SEEKS DAMAGES FROM NEWSWEEK

Kitty Kelley publisher seeks damages
By HILLEL ITALIE,. AP NATIONAL WRITER
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/artandlife/apother_story.asp?category=1404&slug=Kitty%20Kelley%20Book%20Newsweek

NEW YORK -- The publisher of Kitty Kelley's controversial new biography of the Bush family has accused Newsweek of allegedly violating a prepublication agreement and said the magazine owed "substantial damages." "We demand public acknowledgment and additional remedies," Stephen Rubin, president and publisher of the Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, said Thursday. Rubin declined to say how much money Doubleday was seeking and whether the publisher would sue. A letter sent this week to Newsweek editor Mark Whitaker cited a signed confidentiality agreement reached in August in which the magazine promised not to disclose details of the book before publication. Newsweek was to receive an early copy.

According to the letter, Newsweek violated the terms when correspondent Howard Fineman appeared on Don Imus' radio show Tuesday and "disparaged" the book, saying the magazine would not publish excerpts because of questions about Kelley's reporting. The letter also noted a Washington Post report that Newsweek had decided not to run an advance story on "The Family," citing similar concerns. The magazine had allegedly promised such an article. "In reliance upon such representations, Doubleday turned down an offer from Newsweek's major competitor (Time) to publish a news story," reads the letter from Katherine Trager, general counsel for Random House, Inc., of which Doubleday is a division. "This flagrant disregard of basic principles governing the prepublication review of books is unprecedented" and entitles Doubleday and Kelley to "substantial damages."

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[GOPAgainstGW]

31. TODAY'S KITTY NEWS: NBC SAY NO TO GOP-KITTY ON ALL NEXT WEEK!

Email Rec’d 09.10.04-15:36

As of this afternoon NBC has refused to drop any of its television interviews with Kitty Kelly, including the 3 part segment on the Today show next week. So we will see what happens with the book release next Tuesday and her jaunt through the media gardens.

Presently “The Family” is #4 on B&N and Amazon, and will be #1 on both next week, along with hitting #1 on the New York Times Best Seller List.

Also noticed the GOP ops are buying O’Neill’s “Unfit for Command” book like mad to keep it at the top of the book charts. No way that limited print, two-bit, yesterday’s news book can compete with “The Family” with a total planned printing of 1 million copies and retailing through almost 50 distributors . It will engulf them like Hurricane Ivan.

This was in the WSJ today: Could the White House assault be boosting one of its least favorite authors? - "A Republican attack on author Kitty Kelley's forthcoming biography, 'The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty,' is helping to build advance demand for the title scheduled to hit bookstores Tuesday.

"At a time when political books are leading the ranks of nonfiction bestsellers, 'The Family' is expected to be one of the biggest titles in the critical fall season. Bookseller Borders Group Inc. yesterday ordered more copies of 'The Family' based on the media attention the book is receiving. 'We expected it to be a big seller, but now we want more,' said Mike Spinozzi, Borders chief marketing officer." Copies now in print: 720,000. and No. 4 on Amazon this morning.

– J.A.L.

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