(2006-01-18) — Random House today announced it had signed two major political figures to record an audio book version of Margaret Mitchell’s classic Civil War novel ‘Gone with the Wind.’
Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, who celebrated Martin Luther King Day this year with remarks that likened the U.S. House to a “plantation” under Republican rule, will record the fictional story of love and war with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who once said he was leading a “slave rebellion” against the Democrat plantation.
An unnamed Random House spokesman called the Clinton-Gingrich pairing, “a match made in heaven between two people who share a passion for vigorous historical analogy as well as health care reform.”
Sen. Clinton she said she’s currently too busy to contemplate the work and time required to record the massive novel.
“I can’t think about that right now,” she said. “If I do, I’ll go crazy. I’ll think about that tomorrow.”
Mr. Gingrich, a rumored candidate for president in 2008, showed little concern over criticism from conservatives that he has grown “too cozy” with Sen. Clinton, viewed by many as the Democrat party’s presumptive presidential nominee.
“Frankly,” said Mr. Gingrich, “I don’t give a … moment’s thought to my critics.”
Random House said both politicians would donate their portions of the proceeds to an NAACP fund established “to combat the trivialization of slavery.”
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