I guess I just don’t get the draw of buying a book and reading about a loser.

Heck, I rarely buy a book to read about someone’s success.

I suspect it will sell about as well as this did:



I'd just as soon forget about both of them.

As said in the post above, who wants to read these losers about why they lost? I suspect it will be 200+ pages of Never My Fault.

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Originally posted by kkina:
Releasing September 23. She'll be promoting it with a 13-city tour. I wonder if they're taking pre-orders?

You know, I don’t believe I’ll read that one, riveting though it may be.

The only people I can see buying this book are well-heeled Dem donors buying in bulk.

Kamala hasn't even colored in her copy, yet.

DNC Criticized Over "Private Agreement" To Continue To Pay Harris's Debts After The Election

https://jonathanturley.org/202...-after-the-election/

Axios has a story out this week that disclosed that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) continued to pay off the debts from former Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign. Over $15 million has already been paid out by the DNC, which is reportedly struggling to raise money in the aftermath of a failed campaign. Axios described it as a “private agreement” that was not disclosed to donors, who unknowingly contributed to the Harris campaign rather than the campaigns to retake the House and Senate. The question is whether such private agreements are lawful if not disclosed to donors. Harris shocked many in burning through over $1.5 billion in her brief 15-week campaign. Donors were irate over wasteful and excessive spending by Harris and her campaign. That has contributed to the poor fundraising figures reported from the DNC.

The article is likely to increase the anger of donors who have been reluctant to contribute after the wild spending of the Harris campaign. The notion of a bait-and-switch is even greater after the Harris campaign denied it had lingering debts that would have to be paid off by the DNC.

What is particularly shocking is that the Axios report said that in the “first six months of 2025,” the DNC has spent over $15 million on Harris’s debts. Politico is reporting that the DNC only raised $15 million as of the end of June in comparison to the Republican National Committee (RNC) having $80 million “on hand.”

The amount reported by Axios may be low. The New York Times reported that the DNC “covered” roughly $20.5 million in “post-election bills” for Harris’s campaign.

My assumption is that, absent a pledge to spend on future campaigns, the use of donations for debts (even of past candidates) is lawful. It is not without legitimate questions when the DNC is raising money on the pledge to retake Congress in 2026. The DNC can argue that money is fungible and paying off debts is part of its operating budget. However, at a minimum, there is a concerning lack of transparency and disclosure in the “private agreement” with Harris.

In the meantime, Harris is starting a book tour for her book “107 Days,” which promises that Harris will “tell the story of one of the wildest and most consequential presidential campaigns in American history.” It likely does not include a chapter on burning through a record $1.5 billion, which was insufficient even with supportive media, to secure the White House.

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Originally posted by egregore:
I suspect it will sell about as well as this did:

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I'd just as soon forget about both of them.

As said in the post above, who wants to read these losers about why they lost? I suspect it will be 200+ pages of Never My Fault.

I don't think many politicians have books ghost written for normal readers. Instead:

If they still have power, entities (e.g. corporations, PACs, etc.) will buy 10,000 to 30,000 copies and put them directly in a warehouse. They're legally giving money to the "author."

If they no long have power, it'll be a flop and a rude awakening for the politician as for the first time no entity bought in mass.

Book sales being a flop is not that different from how the Clinton Foundation's donations dried up after killary lost to Trump.

Who wants to buy a book where the only text, repeated on every page, is "I lost"?

I'm pretty sure it will suck.

The former VP will lose her Secret Service protection starting next week, right before her national book tour

https://www.breitbart.com/poli...-service-protection/

I'm sure her publisher will cover security for her events, you know, because they're probably selling those books by the truckload. Am I right?

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Originally posted by oddball:
The former VP will lose her Secret Service protection starting next week, right before her national book tour

It looks like it's simply that the normal protection timer has expired.

The H.R.5938 - Former Vice President Protection Act of 2008 provides for just six months of protection after leaving office. But the left won't acknowledge that, while screaming that it's a Trump vendetta.

^^^^^^^

Trump discontinued all security procedures for her beyond those required by law. Biden was the one that extended her SS detail one year past the 6 month deadline, but that is now void.

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Am I right?

Her train of thought is elementary at best, generally non-sensical. She couldn't couple two cars of thought, let alone do it rationally. What would her book contain that is worth readying by ANYONE with an education higher than first grade? And if there is some sense in the book, then she didn't write it and so what's the point? I just don't get it. Who and why would ANYONE buy "her" book? Surely the publisher realizes this?

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Originally posted by oddball:
Biden was the one that extended her SS detail one year past the 6 month deadline, but that is now void.

There's as much chance that you or I extended it. It was anyone but ol' Droolin' Joe.

I think it may be a non issue. Why would she need SS protection. Nobody cares about her.

End SS protection and save taxpayers some money.

Yahoo News is now reporting that the California Highway Patrol will now be providing protection.

(Link)

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Originally posted by parabellum:
There's as much chance that you or I extended it. It was anyone but ol' Droolin' Joe.

True.