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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: LindyBill who wrote (65607)8/30/2004 5:48:24 PM
From: Andrew N. Cothran  Read Replies (2) of 794191
 
Well, Lindy, I did my duty as promised. I went back to Borders this morning. When I walked in the door, lo and behold, Unfit for Command was displayed along with all of the other NY Times best sellers. There were only a few copies however.

I inquired of the manager why it was not displayed the day before. His answer was that they held back their limited supply until all who had ordered it in advance had been served and then put the remainder on the open racks. He said that they were selling the allotment almost as fast as they arrived.

I checked on the 30% off label pasted on the Un in Unfit. then I checked all of the other 30% off labels. Every one of the discount tabs were placed in the upper left corner of the copy in question, exactly where the tab appeared on the Unfit for Command copies. It seems that Borders has a machine that applies the tabs on the discounted books as they are unpacked.

So, no conspiracy! I was disappointed. I wanted to rant and rave. But I was denied the opportunity.

I next went across the street to Barnes and Noble. There, too, Unfit for Command was on the open shelves, along with the other NYT bestsellers. The discount tab at B and N was in th lower right corner. They had only a few copies left also.

So, it looks as if my fellow Evanstonians have free and clear access to O'Neil's true story of our would be commander in chief's heroic four months in Vietnam.

Will it make a difference in how they vote? This being a heavily Democratic community, I am doubtful. But at any rate, some of them are availing themselves of the opportunity to have their conception of Kerry bathed in the facts of the matter.

Cheers to you.
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