I am stunned by the revelation that Trump did not write his much touted book "Art of the Deal"

[glennward]

The interview with the author on George Stephonopolis just now floored me.

But this is what has floored me even more: It appears that the media is going to glam over this as though it doesn't matter as much as Benghazi or e-mailgate. Imagine if someone came forth and claimed that Hillary did not write "It Takes a Village." Now we know most people have ghost writers or at least significant editorial help. But this guy who says he wrote every word of Trump's book says that he regrets writing the book since he learned that Trump was running for President. He said Trump is a liar with an attention span of 15 minutes and he fears what will happen with Trump as President.

If you didn't see the interview you must catch it on line. Amazing! I see Elizabeth all over this and I see a great ad coming out about Trump's lying. Big problem is that it won't matter to most Trump supporters. I only hope it matters to some fence sitters and Independents.

[auntpurl]

1. Here's a link to the New Yorker article about the ghost writer

in case people didn't catch the segment you're talking about.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all

“I put lipstick on a pig,” he said. “I feel a deep sense of remorse that I contributed to presenting Trump in a way that brought him wider attention and made him more appealing than he is.” He went on, “I genuinely believe that if Trump wins and gets the nuclear codes there is an excellent possibility it will lead to the end of civilization.”

I was not surprised in the least. Trump cannot string a coherent sentence together while speaking; why would I have believed he could have ever written an entire book?

[Squinch]

2. Also, IIRC, the book came out shortly after one of his more public and huge bankruptcies.

I remember being stunned at the people who I saw reading it who thought they were learning something.

[randr]

3. How long before Trump calls out the lawyers?

[democrattotheend]

4. Why are you surprised he didn't write it?

Like you said, most politicians use ghostwriters. I believe Hillary did have a ghostwriter whom she chose not to credit for "It Takes Village" - this came out in 2008 when she accused Obama of "plagiarizing" a line from one of Deval Patrick's speeches.

The only politicians I know of who wrote their own books entirely are the president and the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan.