I get on average about 1,800 hits a day. Today I'm at 1,180 with three hours to go until midnight.
Why do I mention this? Because even a slow weekend for me is not generally too shabby. I don't know why. But whatever the reason, I'm grateful I haven't fallen to the depths of this famous person.
At Amazon (US), the book from Cindy Sheehan, the top of the news only four months ago, is ranked at #6,502. The book hit the stands November 11, Veteran's Day.
Despite that bit of clever, if tactless, marketing, a mere two weeks has passed and the book is tanking. Not all that many people seem to want to hear what she thinks about war and peace and the United States.
Maybe they've already heard it. And maybe it wasn't all that well written:
I was hoping for some fresh insight from someone more involved in the political side of this conflict than I am. Instead, I found this to be a poorly written, dogmatic screed, full of the same cliches and unsupported accusations that have been thrown around again and again. I really expected better.
Other political views seem to sell better, though. Better written? Better ideas?
At #24 we find Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy by Peter Schweizer, who argues that when "conservatives betray their publicly stated principles, they harm only themselves and their families, but when liberals misbehave, they harm their principles first and foremost".
At #204, we find the hardcover version of Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild by Michelle Malkin, who chronicles "the bizarre world of leftists gone mad in their natural habitats: the mainstream media, academia, Hollywood, and Washington".
I didn't bother putting in the link to Cindy Sheehan's book. Didn't seem worth the effort.
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Her book ranks down there with James Brewster's "How to Tat in 10 Easy Lessons".
Posted by: maz2 at November 27, 2005 09:41 PM
No wonder she's crazy, having to deal with crowds like that.
Posted by: Jay at November 27, 2005 09:58 PM
If you wanna see your traffic hit the roof, keep on this Liberal pork barrelling. Hopefully someone in that organization will have the balls to "Tell All" over the next six weeks or so. We can only hope.
Keep up the great work.
Posted by: themaj at November 27, 2005 11:26 PM
Can't stand Cindy Sheehan, but I do like YOUR weblog! :-)
Posted by: isirota1965 at November 28, 2005 09:01 AM
I think "Mother Sheehan"'s 15 minutes are just about ...
*checks watch*
Yep... they're up. ;)
Posted by: JulieM at November 28, 2005 10:45 AM
I think your watch stopped a while ago.
Posted by: Jay at November 28, 2005 01:02 PM