‘Reasons to Vote for Democrats’ jumps to the top of Amazon’s bestseller list. But its pages are blank.
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March 10 at 3:19 AM
As of early Friday morning, a new political book remained perched at the top of Amazon’s bestseller list: “
,” by Daily Wire managing editor Michael J. Knowles.
The book, published Feb. 8, is described as the “most exhaustively researched and coherently argued Democrat Party apologia to date” and “a political treatise sure to stand the test of time.”
Its cover is a stately white and features the image of a donkey colored by the American flag. An endorsement by Daily Wire editor in chief Ben Shapiro calls the book “thorough.”
“If Democrats copied and pasted the contents of this book into their national platform they could become unstoppable,” read one user review. “Exhaustive, yet concise, treatment of the reasons to vote for Democrats. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and recommend it as a teaching tool for any potential voter. This book is truly unparalleled,” read another.
“Riveting from cover to cover,” read a third.
A peek inside finds a quote from Thucydides, and a table of contents with such lofty chapters as “Foreign Policy,” “Civil Rights” and “Homeland Security.”
What follows next are roughly 260 blank pages, save for the book’s title printed atop each. The list price is $9.99.
This shouldn’t come as a surprise. The Daily Wire, after all, is a deeply conservative website, featuring articles such as “Illegal Immigrant Charged With Beheading Own Mother With Butcher Knife” and “The ‘Trump Is A Russian Plant!’ Case Is Falling Apart. Here Are 4 Things You Need To Know.”
On Thursday, Knowles appeared on “Fox & Friends” and said: “What’s really great about this book, you can go cover-to-cover in about 15, 20 seconds.”
“It took a very long time to research this book,” he said. “I’ve been observing the Democratic Party for at least 10 years now and when I observed their record and reasons to vote for them — on reasons of economics or foreign policy or homeland security or civil rights and so on — I realized it was probably best to just leave all the pages blank.”
“When I started researching the book and going through this exhaustive study process, at first I turned to the 2012 Democratic National Convention, and it turned out they were deciding whether or not to include God in their party platform,” Knowles said. “And the Democrats booed God. That’s not good. So I decided probably if I’m going to make a good case to vote for Democrats, probably just leave that chapter blank.”
During the vote, boos can be heard, which led conservative news outlets such as Fox to run headlines such as “
.”
Although it might be a novelty item, the book seems to be flying off the shelves.
Not wanting to miss out on the action, the Democrats appear to have responded with a missive of their own. “
,” by Char Daley, just published.
You can guess what’s inside.
No. 1 Amazon bestseller: 266 blank pages on why to vote Democrat
By Alexandra Larkin and Sophie Lewis, CNN
Michael J. Knowles' self-published book "Reasons To Vote For Democrats" is the number 1 book on Amazon's best sellers list
Story highlights
- Michael J. Knowles' "Reasons To Vote For Democrats" is a #1 bestseller on Amazon
- The book's 266 pages are all blank
(CNN)Looking for a quick vacation read? It doesn't get any quicker than Michael J. Knowles' "
" -- all of the pages are blank.
Knowles is a Yale graduate and correspondent for the Daily Wire, a conservative website. He self-published the book, which contains only headers and a bibliography, along with 266 empty pages. The book, a clear attempt to troll Democrats, has set the internet on fire and vaulted to the No. 1 bestseller spot on Amazon.
"What's really great about this book, you can go cover to cover in about 15, 20 seconds," Knowles said on "
" Thursday.
The book's Amazon page touts it as "the most exhaustively researched and coherently argued Democrat Party apologia to date."
"'Reasons To Vote For Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide' is a political treatise sure to stand the test of time," the description reads. "A must-have addition to any political observer's coffee table."
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It ends with a one-word review from conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro: "Thorough."
"It took a very long time to research this book," Knowles said. "When I observed their record and reasons to vote for them -- on reasons of economics or foreign policy or homeland security or civil rights and so on -- I realized it was probably best to just leave all the pages blank."
A similar work for the opposite side of the political spectrum debuted back in November. David King's "
," another book of blank pages, is currently rated 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon.
"Despite years of research, we could not find anything to say on this subject, so please feel free to use this book for notes," the description reads. One of the top comments calls the book "insightful and inspired."
