YIKES: A Conservative Author's Worst Nightmare

By Linda L Barton

I was sipping my morning coffee and watching Fox News when my hubby turned to me with a frightening idea. They were showing Former F.B.I. director James Comey pimping his book, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership in a Barnes & Noble bookstore. My husband, who I must say has a sharp, and sometimes cruel sense of humor said to me, “How would you feel if one of YOUR books was sitting on the bookstore shelf between Comey’s and Hillary Clinton’s books?”

I just admit my first response was bone-chilling HORROR!! For those of you who don’t know I’m a published author. As any author knows, we dream of our books sitting on the shelves beside famous authors, BUT the thought I’d have one of mine trapped between those two works of FICTION hyper-babble, made my stomach turn. I mean, NO ONE would ever see my book!

With the initial surprising sales of Comey’s little love-fest with himself, I’m sure as the facts of his actions while at the FBI come to light, his sales will tank like Hillary’s have in her rambling last book, What Happened. Heck, I even saw a picture the other day where her book has been discounted 30% and was listed as FICTION. I’m sure Comey’s little piece of work will enjoy such treatment in the now so distant future.

I also have a question for her publisher. Where is the question mark after HAPPENED in the title??? Okay, I feel better now. That has been bugging the heck out of me and it had to be said… snicker.

So, there you have it my fellow Deplorables. You now know a Conservative Author’s WORST nightmare. I just hope I can put that frightening image out of my mind.

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Amazon Cheats for Hillary

By Linda L Barton

I must admit that I'm not surprised, but as a published author myself, I find this rather upsetting.  We've all heard about Hillary Clinton's latest book, What Happened.  And any of us who followed the 2016 Presidental campaign saw for ourselves how the Clinton campaign was not working on all cylinders.  She ignored several states and couldn't seem to fill a room, let alone an auditorium with thousands of excited supporters like President Trump did.

We repeatedly heard, how a Hillary win was a certainty and anyone who thought Donald Trump had a chance was just plain stupid and delusional.  But rally after rally only proved the support for a potential President Trump was strong and growing. Then we all saw the rallies for Hillary Clinton.  I don't know about you, but when I saw pictures of empty auditoriums where they had everyone all huddled together for the photo-op, I laughed myself silly.  

Now, we have her latest book release.  First, we all saw the picture of her in Costco for a book signing.  Sorry, Hillary, NONE of us believe this whole 'I'm one of the people' ploy you're doing.  Then I received an email today with an article on how Amazon is removing her 1-Star reviews. WHAT???  How is this even possible?  

As an author, myself, I find this beyond offensive.  How many of us who have sold our books on Amazon would love to have those nasty 1-Star reviews erased from our book page?  I know I would.  I remember the first time I read my first 1-Star review.  I was damn-near suicidal.  The problem was I didn't get them because my story sucked. No, I got them because of a stupid act on my part of not making sure my debut book was free of typos.  I didn't learn of my mistake until I did an Amazon Free-Days promo and 26,000 copies of my typo loaded masterpiece were sitting on kindles around the world. Yeah, that's a tough lesson to live with, but my writing career survived.

So, why does Hillary Clinton get to hide her 1-Star reviews?  I hate to break it to her AND Amazon, readers want honesty.  They don't want to be tricked into buying a book with false reviews.  Here is a quote from Amazon on the subject: 

“Amazon said it has mechanisms in place to ‘ensure that the voices of the many do not drown out the voices of a few.’”

What??? Did I read that correctly???  If that's the case, they need to remove all the 1-Star reviews on my debut novel.

Here's a taste of Hillary Clinton's reviews for What Happened - 

It’s the same tired list of excuses why Hillary lost. Nothing new that we haven’t heard from her and her minions before. It’s a very fast read, but a waste of money. Cheaper just to Google, Hillary Clinton’s excuses. She blames everyone but herself - Michael V.

I wrote a verified purchase review, and it has been deleted 3 times. If Amazon doesn’t like what we have to say, don’t ask for input -BabaLaon

I’m a non-partisan who has actually read this book and have to agree with many of the negative reviews here. This pretty much sums up the book:
1) It was MY turn
2) The campaign was absolutely impeccable..without any flaws whatsoever
3) It was everyone else’s fault - Manuel Beiroo

This book is exactly what we all expected, full of anger and bitterness and no actual remorse or even the hint of personal responsibility. Sure she writes the ubiquitous " I take full responsibility blah blah blah...". In fact, she blames everyone but herself. From the Russians to her emails to Kellyann Conway and fake news, no one is left alone. The only good part of this book is the ability to relive the experience of the total and complete take-down of a woman who dedicated her entire life to her own enrichment from a guy who is the exact opposite. It's nothing but poetic justice and this book is great at reliving every moment of it - Michael.

So, there you have it.  Amazon is propping up a book in an entirely dishonest way.  I realize that I don't have the name recognition as someone like Hillary Clinton, BUT we are both offering a product to the reading public.  Readers deserve the right to leave an honest review, and it's up to the writer to take those reviews and move on. 

Now, I hope you don't decide to boycott Amazon for this because there are authors who have excellent books on there for your reading enjoyment.  We work hard and spend hours sweating over our computers bringing our stories to life on the pages.  I just needed to voice my opinion of this practice by Amazon of handling certain people differently than the rest of us.  The sad part about all of this is we all know she had a ghost-writer do the all work for her.  

Okay, I'll jump down from my soapbox now.  I just wanted to voice my protest at the way she is ALWAYS given cover.  Come on, Hillary put on your big girl panties and face the music like the rest of us must.

The Phoenix Rising!

Written by Linda L Barton
Wow, what a night.  I have to admit that I had no idea how this debate would turn out.  Would Hillary control the narrative, or would Trump finally push back and put her in her place?  Well, I am thrilled to say it was the latter.  I have to say I was a bit concerned earlier in the day with the feeding frenzy by the media over the "Guy Talk" video, but when I saw Trump sitting at that table with the victims of BOTH Clintons; I knew it was going to be a good night.

I'm sure that Hillary and her crowd never expected for Trump to pull off that brilliant stunt just a short time before the beginning of the debate.  I'm also sure that her handlers were in full panic mode, wondering how best to handle this unexpected surprise.  I have always known that Trump was a smart man, but that move was PURE GENIUS.  To see the expression on Bill Clinton's face when he was forced to sit not far from the women he attacked, was something I will always remember.

I also have to say that Trump was on his game.  He seemed a little tense for the first 15 minutes or so, and he really needs to pull the microphone away from his face some; however, once he slammed Hillary back on her heels, it was off to the races.  Where Hillary was saying the same worn out lines, Trump was clearly explaining what he wants for this country, while surgically destroying the false image of the Clinton Machine.

When Hillary used the whole Abraham Lincoln line, I nearly choked on my beverage.  But then when Trump came back with the perfect response, I cheered and clapped my hands with glee.  I also loved the "you'd be in jail" response to Hillary's snarky comment about her being glad that Trump wouldn't be in charge of the Judicial System.  It was absolutely PERFECT!!

It was the perfect ending to 24 hours of unending attacks from the Media about the video.  Now, let's see if the Media will challenge the Clintons on their personal, War Against Women.  I'm so proud of Trump for giving those women a national stage to give voice to the abuse they suffered at the hands of the Clintons.  After all, Hillary did say that ALL women of sexual assault should be heard AND believed. (snicker)

I'm also waiting for the cowards in the GOP to come crawling back to Trump now that he wiped the debate stage with Hillary.  The Democrats and GOP Elites counted Trump out too early.  They underestimated him for Trump is like the mighty Phoenix, rising from the ashes!

Watch the full Debate

Best Moments of the Debate

Donald Trump with Bill Clinton accusers before Debate

God Bless You, my Fellow Patriots

God Bless Donald Trump

God Bless the United States of America

Post-Debate Opinion

By Linda L Barton
As millions of the American people tuned in this last Monday evening for the first Presidential Debate between the Democrat Candidate, Hillary Clinton and the Republican Candidate, Donald J Trump, we all held our breath wondering what would happen.

Would Hillary "short circuit" and/or lie endlessly, or would Trump lose his composure and go after Hillary with guns blazing?

As a staunch Trump supporter, I have to say that I was disappointed that Hillary didn't experience one of her now famous "episodes", but she didn't let me down on her inability, to tell the truth.  I gagged every time she brought up the supposed Fact Checkers.  This from a woman who lies about EVERYTHING???   Then when she made the snarky comment about Trump "living in his own world", I'm glad I didn't have anything in my mouth at the time because I probably would have choked.  This said by a woman who has absolutely NO grip on reality.

Now, on to Trump's performance.  First of all, I think he did a good job.  Not a great job, but good for his first time with a platform such as that one.  I do have to say that he started out strong.  He was clear and spoke with authority when it came to the economy, taxes, and how best to create jobs by taking the burden off the true job makers...the American businessman.

However, as the debate went on Trump seemed to fall back on his heels.  He was given plenty of opportunities to after Hillary on issues that she cannot defend.  Instead of worrying about a fallen beauty queen and other stupid topics....just stick to the script!!  Trump needs to learn how to pivot the conversation around to things important to the American people: Jobs, Illegal Immigration, National Security, Revoking Obamacare, and Terrorism.

Hillary is going to try and use the "Woman Card" against Trump should he go after her many scandals.  I believe that Trump can stop her in her tracks by just saying this first.

"Madam Secretary, out of respect for the position you held and your desire to be President of the United States, I will not treat you any differently than I would a man."  Then go after her. By doing it that way, I firmly believe those who would want to cry sexism would be hard pressed to complain that he didn't show her the respect they say she deserves as a woman.

Donald Trump has a difficult battle ahead for him, so he needs to be prepared for any and all crap that Hillary and the Liberal Media will throw at him.  He needs to stop with all the counter-punching and just turn things around on her.  Don't give Hillary the opportunity to land a single blow.  Trump needs to stay light on his feet, don't give Hillary a still target.  Every time she tries to bring up something negative about Trump, he needs to weave and bob like a nimble boxer and set her up for a clean punch with the truth of her corruption.

Now, I'm not a professional, but I know common sense.  Trump needs to use his common sense against Hillary and stop playing by her rules.  He needs to watch the debate, see where he went wrong and where he was strong.  Then he needs to go to the next debate ready to take her on, and NOT let her control the narrative.

Now we wait for round 2