The secret's out. The anonymous author of O: A Presidential Novel is Mark Salter, a former McCain campaign advisor. Time magazine’s Mark Halperin listed his clues and confirmed Salter’s authorship earlier today, even though Salter emailed he has "the same comment [he] had the last time. None."
Just two days after the book’s release, it didn’t take long for political reporters and D.C. staffers to narrow down their running list of potential ghostwriters. That list included names such as Stephen Colbert, Joe Klein and our very own Lawrence O’Donnell, Jr.
O is a fictional account of the 2012 presidential election, but the intimate portrayals of major-league political figures had some believe the book was a personal narrative. For instance, a character branded as "The Barracuda" is described as a "lusty librarian" with "thick hair piled up high, chin out, defiant, taunting, flaunting that whole lusty librarian thing, sweet and savory, mother and predator, alluring and dangerous." Can you guess who that is? (Psst, here's a hint.) You can read more of O here.
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Lusty "librarian". This Palin woman is a half wit. Has never visited a library in her life. Someone has a Palin fetish and it's gross and disgusting.
The California Seagull saved Mormon settlers very early on from mass starvation. They ate all the locusts that were destroying crops, long before FEMA and railroads. They are considered a God-sent miracle. You likely offended a lot of religious folks back there my friend. Its a rookie mistake. Get better interns to do your research. Are there no historians on staff there?