Hoffman in deal for campaign memoir – Already finished with “Going Vague”
November 06, 2009 By: ERITAS News Service Category: Elections, Humor, Politics, Satire
Unsuccessful New York Republican/Conservative Party congressional candidate Doug Hoffman signed a deal late Thursday to write a memoir of his campaign experience and rise to prominence. Observers say the book deal guarantees Hoffman will continue to be a visible figure in national Republican politics.
Hoffman turned in the manuscript for the book, “Going Vague,” this morning. It was co-written by former Texas congressman Dick Armey and will hit bookstores November 17.
“Going Vague” covers the final ten days in Hoffman’s campaign for the open congressional seat in New York’s 23rd District — what he had for breakfast, his reaction to a matinee screening of the Michael Jackson movie ‘This Is It,’ and what he had to do to win the endorsement of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Supporters are likely to savor Hoffman’s recollections of his masterful interview with the editorial board of the Watertown Daily Times, whom he succeeded in tricking into thinking he is a clueless hack with no knowledge of the issues.
In an advance preview of “Going Vague” for the New York Times Sunday Book Review, critic Janet Maslin calls the book “a fast-moving eighteen pages.”
November 6th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Eighteen pages is a bit much, having seen him on TV. I think eighteen words, eighteen slow, boring words, eighteen excruciatingly monotonous words, would be adequate.
November 6th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Doug Hoffman looks like a Giant Font author if ever there was one.
November 7th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Is it a comic book?
November 7th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
@3:
Dunno. What’s the shortest possible cartoon one can produce– napkin doodle?
November 7th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
As long as he doesn’t end up going Vogue. When Madonna got into that hyper-narcissistic tripe it really put me off.
November 8th, 2009 at 12:57 am
Going Vague is the perfect title, all right. I’m sure Hoffman will be a hit at the upcoming CPAC annual gathering, handing out copies of his, booklet, dodging questions and basking in the conferred glory of being described as a winner even though he lost, big time.
November 8th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
And I bet you didn’t know it but it was ghost-written by Bill O.
In that, now famous, clip from “Inside Edition” when he yells, “Fuckit, I’ll write it and we’ll do it live!” he was talking about the deal he just struck with Hoffman where he was promised a new cabbage patch doll and that the big kids would never make fun of him if he would ghost write a book when and if Hoffman ever did something to warrant a book.