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Originally posted by bilmore
During a casual stroll through downtown this morning, I was in three bookstores. Two big-chain stores, one indie.
Tons of Franken, Moore, Ivins, Krugman, Alterman occupying the front tables and shelves.
Nary a Swiftboats book to be seen.
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For one, I think you need to get back to work, if you're prowling bookstores on a Friday morning to see if they are "fair" in their presentation of political books.
But perhaps this is more reflective of the tastes of the community rather than the bookstores. They (especially the chains) are in the business of selling books, after all. Perhaps all the Republicans are picking up their copies out in the 'burbs, like the Borders near my house, which seems to have every pro-Bush/anti-Kerry screed front and center as you come in the door (although it did also have a big display of the Clinton book about a month back). And I live in Mary(might as well be Taxachusetts)land.
