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April 2, 2004
Amazon Top 100 predicts 2004 Presidential Race?
If the books people purchase are any indication of what the 2004 Presidential Race is going to be like, looks like President Bush is in for a fight.
The Amazon Top 100 Bestsellers list includes six anti-Bush books, and only one pro-Bush book. In the top 25 alone, there are 4 anti-Bush, one at the top of the list, and only 1 pro-Bush (and I doubt that Karen Hughes carries the same weight that Richard Clarke, Paul O'Neil, John Dean do).
Average rating of pro-Bush books: 3.5 stars
Average rating of anti-Bush books: 4.17 stars
I have to hand it to the editors/publishers of the anti-Bush books. Not only are there three times as many to choose from as pro-Bush, but the titles are far more intriguing than Ten Minutes from Normal.
Anti-Bush
1. Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror
13. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
21. The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill
23. Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush
35. American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush
37. House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties
Pro-Bush
12. Ten Minutes from Normal
Posted by pete at April 2, 2004 11:44 AM