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Offline SVPete

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IT TAKES A DISTILLERY—OR THREE
« on: August 25, 2017, 11:15:32 AM »
IT TAKES A DISTILLERY—OR THREE
AUGUST 24, 2017 BY STEVEN HAYWARD
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Years ago I developed a standardized measurement for the agony involved in reading and reviewing tendentious books. I call it the “Donaldson Scale,” after Sam Donaldson of ABC News, whose book I once had to suffer. “One Donaldson” means that a full bottle of scotch or its equivalent is necessary to grind out a review.

Hitherto few books have rated more than a Half-Donaldson, though the occasional effort of a French literary critic, or any John Irving novel, comes close to rating a Full-Donaldson. The memoirs of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sidney Blumenthal have shattered the Donaldson Scale. To paraphrase one of Hillary’s previous offerings, these books take a whole distillery.

What Happened is going to require multiple distilleries if the early previews are any guide.   Living History was a major bestseller back in 2003, but I predict What Happened will be a sales dud. But this is a no-lose proposition, as it is certain to be an interpretive dud that I hope Democrats will blindly follow.

Combining, "I AM Victim, Hear Me Whine!" with Hilliary's natural condescending and pedantic tone ... how could this book fail to be a winner?!
If, as anti-Covid-vaxxers claim, https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2021/robert-f-kennedy-jr-said-the-covid-19-vaccine-is-the-deadliest-vaccine-ever-made-thats-not-true/ , https://gospelnewsnetwork.org/2021/11/23/covid-shots-are-the-deadliest-vaccines-in-medical-history/ , The Vaccine is deadly, where in the US have Pfizer and Moderna hidden the millions of bodies of those who died of "vaccine injury"? Is reality a Big Pharma Shill?

Millions now living should have died. Anti-Covid-Vaxxer ghouls hardest hit.

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Re: IT TAKES A DISTILLERY—OR THREE
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2017, 03:17:01 PM »
I find it hard to believe that publishers are still willing to pay an advance for her books.  They have lost money on the last couple of them.  :rofl:

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Re: IT TAKES A DISTILLERY—OR THREE
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2017, 04:32:21 PM »
I find it hard to believe that publishers are still willing to pay an advance for her books.  They have lost money on the last couple of them.  :rofl:

Purchasing peace with the D Party using investors' $$.
If, as anti-Covid-vaxxers claim, https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2021/robert-f-kennedy-jr-said-the-covid-19-vaccine-is-the-deadliest-vaccine-ever-made-thats-not-true/ , https://gospelnewsnetwork.org/2021/11/23/covid-shots-are-the-deadliest-vaccines-in-medical-history/ , The Vaccine is deadly, where in the US have Pfizer and Moderna hidden the millions of bodies of those who died of "vaccine injury"? Is reality a Big Pharma Shill?

Millions now living should have died. Anti-Covid-Vaxxer ghouls hardest hit.