Media Appearances for January 28

First off, Project President will be Dr. Laura's book giveaway this week!

At 7:05 AM, I'm on KSFO Morning Show with Lee Rodgers and Melanie Morgan (Brian Sussman is subbing for Lee) in San Fancisco.

At 8:35 AM, I'm on Dennis Miller's syndicated show, which is rebroadcast across the country. Check your local listings to see what time the interview will air!

At 10:15 AM, I'm on with Danny Fontana on the INSP Network.

Then at 2:35, it's the Jay Thomas Show, on Sirius Satellite Radio.

Meanwhile, I'm quoted in an ABCNews.com piece on Hillary Clinton's image. It's also been linked at Drudge.

More to come!

Thursday's Schedule

At 9:40 AM, I'm on with Jay Kesterling at KLIK in Missouri.

At 10 AM, it's Mark Larson on KOGO in California.

At 10:35 AM, it's Jerry Agar on WLS in Chicago.

At 11:00 AM, I'm on with Chad Bresson throughout the Midwest.

At 11:30 AM, I'm on with Lynn Wooley, syndicated throughout Texas.

At noon, I'm on with Mike Rosen of KOA in Colorado.

At 4:05 PM, it's the syndicated Kresta in the Afternoon.

Wednesday's Media Schedule

First off, here's the Good Morning America NOW segment. Great stuff!

Today I'm on the Stu Taylor Show on WBIX in Boston at 8:35 AM.

Then it's taping for CNN's "Not Just Another Cable News Show," which will hit in April.

At 1:40 PM EST, it's the Mike Stafford Show on 640 AM in Toronto.

At 2 PM, it's Thom Hartmann, nationally syndicated.

At 2:45 PM, I'm on MSNBC with Contessa Brewer. UPDATE: Gawker caught the appearance -- and, not surprisingly, didn't get the point of the book. Shocking.

Later tonight, I'm on Glenn Beck on CNN Headline News.

At 8:25 PM, I'm on with Frank Pastore on KKLA.

Finally, it's Andrea Shea King at 9:00 PM.

See you tomorrow!

Today's media schedule

It's Lanigan & Malone on WMJI in Cleveland at 7:10 EST.

Then it's The Brad Davis Morning Show on TALK in Connecticut at 8:20 EST.

From there, it's over to the Good Morning America studios to tape with Good Morning America NOW, ABC News' third hour of GMA.

Then it's The Morning Drive with Randy Cook on WGST in Atlanta at 9:30 AM EST.

Off to MSNBC at 11:45 through 12:30!

At 9:30 PM EST tonight, I'll be in studio with Jim Bohannon until 11:30 PM, talking about the book.

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National Review Question and Answer

National Review Online has a great Q&A with me today regarding the new book.

An excerpt:

Kathryn Jean Lopez: So, is image everything?

Ben Shapiro: As Vince Lombardi might put it, image isn’t everything — it’s the only thing. We judge politicians the same way people we meet in everyday life: based on superficial indicators. Scientists say that we decide whether people are attractive, likable, competent, trustworthy, and aggressive all within less than one tenth of one second. Those judgments rarely change, even after we take more time to reconsider. That means that politicians generally have one shot to woo us — and they better get it right.

Click here for more.

New York Sun column

I have a column in the New York Sun today about the issue of age in presidential politics. The upshot: being old doesn't mean you're at an automatic disadvantage. In fact, being young might put you behind the eight ball.

Here are the first paragraphs:

He was an old former military man. Past his prime, many said. He had run for president already — and he had lost badly.

Now, in 1840, William Henry Harrison was running again. At age 67, Harrison was a weather-beaten former general without any truly significant military victories to his credit. While his supporters called him "Old Tippecanoe," his detractors labeled him "Old Granny." One opposition newspaper wrote that Harrison was a "superannuated and pitiable dotard."

Read more here.

Associated Press review

The Associated Press published a glowing review of "Project President".

Here's the first couple paragraphs:

With the U.S. presidential election still 10 months away, voters seem to be tiring of political posturing, endless debates and negative ads. It's enough to make a voter nostalgic for the good ol' days.

You know, the days when politicians put the country's needs first, when informed voters favoured substance over style, when campaigns were free of the endless mudslinging of recent generations.

The only problem is, those good ol' days never existed.

In "Project President," syndicated columnist Ben Shapiro demonstrates how voters have been swayed by superficiality since the birth of the nation.

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Christian Science Monitor column

My op/ed for the Christian Science Monitor is available online. It discusses the history of humor in presidential politics -- and why there's so little humor in the 2008 race. There's also an audio interview with me available at the same site.

Here's the first paragraph:

Abraham Lincoln loved a good joke. During the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, Stephen Douglas accused Lincoln of being two-faced. "I leave it to you," Lincoln replied, "If I had another face, do you think I would wear this one?" Each one of Lincoln's jokes, Douglas complained, "seems like a whack upon my back."

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