Joan Walsh nails it! I don't CARE about this book either

[Horse with no Name]

it is old gossip and old stories and no reason to talk about it any more!
Woo hoo Joan. You completely rock!
I don't care about these "stories" either.

[babylonsister]

1. It's so so gossipy, orchestrated by men. I've changed

my opinion on guys and gossip, and I don't care either. Even Ed is defending this bunch of non-stories blown totally out of proportion.

[spanone]

14. it's old news if it's news at all. i couldn't care less.

[Horse with no Name]

2. Lots of misogyny in this book

"Hillary is a shrew"
"Elizabeth Edwards is more culpable than John Edwards"

AND she disagrees about how loosely it is sourced! Me too, Joan, me too.
If people are being honest, then they shouldn't mind being quoted.

[Hello_Kitty]

3. And the misogyny.

I read the excerpt on the Edwards' and I'm sorry but I just did not come away thinking Elizabeth was the biggest harpy shrew evah as they clearly wanted me to.

[chimpymustgo]

12. I think the book has a very misogynistic view of Elizabeth - they treat her cruelly.

There's a real sense of,"we are going to put you in your place." And of course, Hillary - well, we've been going through this for DECADES. They just can't get over her.

Even the "liberal media" - including Keith Olbermann, were often vicious and sexist.

This book should be roundly derided. No. Ignored.

[whathehell]

13. Yup...there's been so much hype on this book...I was considering buying it

UNTIL I heard Joan Walsh..She's absolutely right.

[whathehell]

16. I couldn't believe the way they (and Ed for that matter) went after Elizabeth

My God, the woman has inoperable cancer AND a cheating husband. Joan was right...Mysogynistic.

[chimpymustgo]

17. ANd just plain MEAN. Let the BACKLASH begin against this cruel gossip-mongering.

[whathehell]

20. Yes... and just plain Mean.

[Frustratedlady]

4. She is so sensible and smart. I really enjoy her comments.

They are sure getting mileage out of that book.

[pleah]

5. I agree with Joan 1,000%! n/t

[Captain Hilts]

6. We have to stop being so vulnerable to this divide an conquer shit. It's 3rd hand gossip. nt

[laughingliberal]

7. Going with Joan on this. Don't care for gossip. Would be very happy if candidates' sex lives weren't

an issue as long as consensual and legal. As I've said before, this is like living in a fucking theocracy that we keep focusing on this crap.

[virgogal]

8. Who's Joan Walsh? What book?

[Bitwit1234]

9. They sure scraped the bottom of the barrel trying to

manufacture remarks that were attributed, not directly quoted, to people in this book. Should I go ahead and write one, where I heard from someone who knew someone who was in DC about three years ago , or maybe four, that heard that bush said something bad about the white house staff.

[biscotti]

10. Yes Joan nailed it!

Also, i wouldn't trust any of Halpern's reporting. He seems like a Washington cocktail party gossip king and a weasel.

[spanone]

11. she was dead on.....

[wryter2000]

15. Two other people have said the same thing

Charlie Pierce on Stephanie Miller today and Brent Budowski on Ed Schultz. Both were really emphatic, and I agree with them.

[jillan]

18. You really have to question the motives of the people that wrote it - it seems like

their main goal is to bring dems down in an election year.

[Horse with no Name]

19. Yep

Nothing is sourced...it is all anonymous.
Yet it is being touted by M$M as the Holy Grail.