I want to thank Matt Lauer for not giving away all the official, unofficial and exotic details of my book.

As the author of, Taking Aim At the President, I reveal the unpleasant, hidden, unpopular, unseemly, talented, warm, generous and quizzical sides to this West Virginia woman who ended up on that sidewalk 40 feet away from the sweat-beaded forehead of the president of the United States.

Lauer may...