It appears that Kevin Phillips, author of American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush, will not be coming to Atlanta after all. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports:
Kevin Phillips, author of a best-selling book that is harshly critical of President Bush, said Friday that the Atlanta History Center had withdrawn an invitation for him to speak next Wednesday for political reasons.
"My book has become extremely controversial," he said. "Three of seven book reviews have used the word 'devastating' [to President Bush]," he said. "It doesn't surprise me that people connected with the [Bush administration] in Atlanta or Washington are not interested in publicity for this book."
Phillips noted that Tommy Hills, Gov. Sonny Perdue's chief financial officer, is chairman of the board of the History Center and declared that the cancellation "doesn't sound like a complete coincidence."
Hills did not return calls to his office at the state Capitol.
Phillips said he was told through his publicist, Yen Cheong of the Viking Penguin publishing house, that the History Center's board "had decided it wouldn't be appropriate to have a political book [author] in an election year."
Cheong said she was called by Lynn Rollins, manager of adult and community education at the History Center, and that "my interpretation of the conversation was they would have turned down Ann Coulter for the same reason." Coulter is a conservative commentator and author.
Which one is Coulter? Freddy or Jason?
Posted by: Trish Wilson at February 21, 2004 11:19 PM