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The Book Grift Loophole

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Posted By: Hazymac, 6/5/2025 7:39:02 AM

We saw it after Watergate. The parties involved with almost every aspect of the cover-up cut some sort of book deal. Woodward and Bernstein wrote All the President’s Men which amplified their involvement as members of the media. G. Gordon Liddy wrote Will where he accepted responsibility for his actions. John Dean penned Blind Ambition to paint himself in a favorable light. Most got hefty advances from publishers for their tomes, and a few got movie deals. After Watergate there were cries to prevent this kind of profiteering, but nothing was done. Now, with Biden’s mental collapse, we see the grifters emerge once more.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: BeatleJeff 6/5/2025 8:20:16 AM (No. 1960105)
Yeah, I've been saying for quite a while now that the publishing industry is merely a conduit through which wealthy libtards launder bribes, kickbacks, and payoffs to their favorite political insiders. Glad to see someone with a bigger bullhorn than I have bring this up publicly.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: DVC 6/5/2025 8:53:10 AM (No. 1960125)
Apparently Texas Congressman Wright, former Speaker of the House, perfected this method of bribery. Get people to "buy" 100 cases of your worthless book and this launders money into your bribe fund. Been used to pay off various scummy members of the deep state "legally" for decades now. And sometimes, the 'publisher' is the crook, paying way, way too much in advance for a worthless book.....like the scribblings of this brainless fool. No one will buy the book, but she gets a huge payoff.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: john56 6/5/2025 9:47:56 AM (No. 1960170)
Only time I remember any press on these advances is when Mr Newt got elected Speaker and got an advance on a book from a reputable publisher. Dems had a cow Mr Newt cancelled the advance and made more from the sales of the best seller.
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