Obama Kids Book Sells 50,000 Copies in 5 Days

[ProSense]

Obama Kids Book Sells 50,000 Copies in 5 Days

President Barack Obama's latest book may not outsell "The Audacity of Hope," but it's off to a good start.

Random House Children's Books announced Tuesday that "Of Thee I Sing," a picture book Obama wrote before he was president, sold 50,000 copies in its first five days. The publisher called it the fastest selling picture book in the company's history.

"Of Thee I Sing" is a tribute to Jackie Robinson, George Washington and other Americans. It came out Nov. 16.

Obama is donating his proceeds from it to a scholarship fund for children of disabled and fallen soldiers.

[liberal N proud]

1. Got one

[jenmito]

2. OH NO-THE INDOCTRINATION HAS BEGUN!!!11!!!1111ELEVENS!1

[Clio the Leo]

3. Not quite "Pat the Bunny" but good stuff. ;-) nt

[AspenRose]

4. My copy came today :-)

[Metryguy]

5. Not too impressive.

Call of Duty: Black Ops sold 5.6 million copies in its first 24 hours. Shows you where people's priorities lie.

[SoCalDemGrrl]

6. Well whoop te do!!! I cant get excited by this its like fiddling while Rome burns

You've got to be kidding me - Obama is heralding the publishing of a kids book - while the rest of the country suffers under record unemployment and an economy bordering on another Great Depression????

Sorry but I can't get excited about this no matter what cause the proceeds go to. This really is akin to fiddling while Rome burns.... this must be some kind of a joke.. right??

Please Duers don't publicize this, it will surely be misconstrued

[dbmk]

7. Eeh?

Heralding - where?

"fiddling while Rome burns" vs "written before he became President"?

Granted, in the scheme of things its not important and completely understandable if one could care less. And yeah, making it a talking point is probably not the way forward.
But then again, I am not so sure anyone argued otherwise.

[Fruittree]

8. First, Obama is not heralding it...

Second, I believe it was written sometime between the campaign and when he became president not when he was president...Third, it's a nice book for his daughters...Fourth, please calm down...

[1776Forever]

9. I don't think anyone can blame our current President for all the problems in this country!

You also seem to think he is out there pushing this book. I haven't seen anything about it until I read it here on DU and it says it was written before he became President.

[ProSense]

10. "Please Duers don't publicize this, it will surely be misconstrued"

No thanks, I'll pass.

Nothing wrong with publicizing the book.

It's inspiring and for a good cause.

[treestar]

11. A scholarship fund for children of disabled and fallen soldiers?

Hello? What is wrong with that? Everyone stop doing anything good at all until the economy is perfect!

[alcibiades_mystery]

13. SoCalDemGrrl's post a pretty good look at why the Left can't be taken seriously anymore

That's your response to this?

Oy vey.

Get help.

[impik]

16. Word. It's getting frightenly fringe out here

[cottonseed]

14. You seem excited about this.

Enough to expend some energy on this fairly meaningless comment.

[OhioBlue]

17. Oy... it is an educational book for children with the proceeds

going to a charity to educate children. I completely disagree with your opinion.

I actually love how the Obamas can look at the future while dealing with the present.

[babylonsister]

12. I saw this book @ B&N today; it's beautiful! X-mas is coming. :) nt

[Kdillard]

15. Nice that the proceeds are going to charity.