Bad Glacier

Did anyone else see last night’s episode of The Daily Show? Did Newt Gingrich actually go from pimping a novel about an alternate ending to the Civil War to basically admitting he’s running for President in ‘08?

I just thought the two acts were mutually exclusive, that’s all.

Extra!: I looked the book up on Amazon, and this section of one of the reviews cracked me up:

The key factor to an alternative history such as this one remains have the characters ring true. Lee continues to take advantage of the tendencies of his opponents and Grant refuses to back off not matter what the body count. George Armstrong Custer is always looking for glory while Pete Longstreet will always want to be safe rather than sorry.

Yup, nothing rings true like one-dimensional, stereotyped characters.

(Of course, this says nothing about the actual books. They could be quite good for all I know. I just wanted to mock this reviewer.)

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