Mary Matalin

Will Simon & Schuster Have to Answer For Corsi?

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Corsi

Jerome Corsi, author of the 2004 Anti-John Kerry book Unfit for Command, has taken a lot of heat for his latest effort, a grouchy little volume called The Obama Nation that puts forth the notion that Barack Obama might be and probably is a drug addicted Muslim-lover. So far, Simon & Schuster, the company that published Mr. Corsi's book through its conservative Threshold Editions imprint, hasn't been asked to defend their decision to put it out.

Ben Smith at the Politico raises the issue today on his blog, asking a "series of Simon & Schuster authors—including Michael Moore, Alexandra Pelosi, and Paul Begala" how they feel about getting their paychecks from the same place as Mr.  read more »

Mary Matalin Prepares to Publish Deal Hudson, Defends His Honor to PW

Deal Hudson, the self-described "theocon" who served as chairman of the RNC's 2004 Catholic Outreach initiative before a sex scandal involving one of his students at Fordham University forced him to resign, has written a book called Onwards, Christian Soldiers. The book is coming out in March from Threshold Editions, the conservative imprint of Simon & Schuster run by GOP strategist Mary Matalin.

Dermot McEvoy at Publisher's Weekly wanted to know how Ms. Matalin felt about Mr. Hudson, whose righteous lifelong efforts in the name of Christian morality were ever so slightly tarnished when the student he got involved with with at Fordham brought a sexual abuse suit against him.

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The Carville-Matalin Joke Is on Us

The Carville-Matalin Joke Is on Us
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For the love of God, please stop enabling them.  read more »

Clinton's a Compartmentalizer-Are You?

It was summer 1996, and the writer George Plimpton was sitting opposite Bill Clinton on Air Force 1  read more »