PAY ATTENTION TO MEEEE!!!!!!!!!
(I know it's trite, but hey.)
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| Press turns on St. Cindy. 15 minutes are now up. |
| 2005-11-30 |
| The Washington Post, which carried Evan Vucci's AP photo, noted that at a protest the same day Sheehan had addressed a crowd of only about 100. âIn the morning,â the Post observed, âSheehan signed copies of her new book, being published this week, for an even smaller crowd,â although it cited bad weather as a possible factor. But in a statement today, Sheehan accused âright-wingâ sites of âspreading a false story that nobody bought my book at Camp Casey on Saturday. That is not true, I sold all 100 copies and got writer's cramp signing them. Photos were taken of me before the people got in line to have me sign the book. We made $2000 for the peace house.â Her publisher, Arnie Kotler at Koa Books, meanwhile released a letter to her supporters, charging that âAP and Reuters posted photos - I can't imagine why - of Cindy sitting at the book table between signings, rather than while someone was at the table. And now the smear websites are circulating an article, with these photos, that Cindy gave a signing and nobody came. It's simply not trueâŠ. the benefit books signing in Crawford, Texas on November 26, 2005 was well attended and a huge success.â Asked for a response, an AP spokesman commented this afternoon: "Photographer Evan Vucci, queried about the incident today said that he was present at the book signing from about 10 a.m. to about 11 a.m. During that time, he said, people were coming in to have their books signed in small groups of a few at a time. "At the time the photos were taken 'maybe 5 people had come in,' Vucci says, and Sheehan was waiting for more to stop by, which they did individually as well as in very small groups. Therefore the wording of the caption is accurate in that Sheehan was waiting for people to show up at her signing." |
| Posted by:Tater Tot |
| #21 LH: AP and Reuters editors are notorious for their âcreativeâ editing. Itâs not unusual for their stringers publically complain about it. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2005-11-30 16:51 |
| #20 Her publisher, Arnie Kotler at Koa Books, meanwhile released a letter to her supporters, charging that âAP and Reuters posted photos Kinko's Guy: "Let's see... 5 cents a copy.... that will be $1.25, sir." |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2005-11-30 15:54 |
| #19 "Wire services simply put up pictures" That is complete and utter BS, and I can't believe you don't know that. |
| Posted by: docob 2005-11-30 14:10 |
| #18 WaPo is generally liberal hawkish, support Joe and Hilary (and dislikes Bush) and has little use for Sheehan, esp now that shes turned on Hilary. NYT, LAT, are more dovish than the Post, and less enthused about Hilary. Networks are simply not that smart, and more reactive. Wire services simply put up pictures - the loonies around Sheehan may think there was an agenda to it, but thats cause theyre loonies - dont see why folks here would buy off on that. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2005-11-30 13:40 |
| #17 She could only find 200 moveon.org'ers who were willing to buy her pathetic book? Brahahahahahahahahah!!! What an attention whore! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-11-30 12:53 |
| #16 Do the crayons come with it or do you buy them seperate? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-11-30 12:09 |
| #15 Nah, Hirsute Creatures of Height. Don't want to be speciesist, ya know. |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2005-11-30 11:54 |
| #14 The day Cindy Sh*tbag's 15 minutes ended: Cindy Sheehan: Hurricane Rita was 'Just a Little Wind and Rain' |
| Posted by: The Happy Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-11-30 11:44 |
| #13 Hirsute Persons of Elevation. Gutter mouth... |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-11-30 11:27 |
| #12 probably the smell... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-11-30 11:21 |
| #11 I can't imagine why - of Cindy sitting at the book table between signings, rather than while someone was at the table. When I worked at a bookstore the next person was perhaps 10 feet back at the most. Well within the frame of the photos I saw on Drudge. If they did keep the signers back even further one has to wonder why. Perhaps Cindy was passing along secret instructions to each minion and didn't want anyone to overhear. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-11-30 11:19 |
| #10 PAY ATTENTION TO MEEEE!!!!!!!!! (I know it's trite, but hey.) |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-11-30 11:08 |
| #9 I'm just really looking forward to the pictures of Hillary's hunting trip. And maybe some photos of John Kerry standing behind her, holding her real close, showing her how to shoot. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-11-30 10:59 |
| #8 Persons of Elevation |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-11-30 10:58 |
| #7 I think that the Dems will still stick with the PC term of Mountain Persons, though, 2b. Old habits die hard, ya know.... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-11-30 10:55 |
| #6 it's the right link, but it won't get you there. Key passage... It's exactly this Western demeanor that helped Schweitzer unseat a Montana Republican governor in 2004. It helps his approval rating â a startling 69 percent, according to a November poll. And it makes him one of the rising stars of the Democrats, big enough to be the lead of a New York Times story this past Sunday as a "gun-loving, pickup truck-driving, church-going, jeans-wearing governor." Anyone who really wants to read it all can go here, and scroll down to Today's headlines. But I digress, back to Cindy. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-11-30 10:52 |
| #5 oops, I'll try again... Mountain Men |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-11-30 10:46 |
| #4 If there was ever any question that the liberal press is nothing but a mouthpiece of the DNC, this sudden turn on Cindy Sheehan proves it. Glenn Reynolds said said "Funny, but not long after Rep. Murtha's outburst on the war, we're seeing a bipartisan consensus that a cut-and-run approach would be disastrous." Hillary was given the blue light special on Drudge today, looking stately and with the caption: "finish the job". Liberman is touting all of his trips to Iraq and now sees "real progress". The democrats have stuck their finger in the wind and decided they are now for the war, after they were against it.. after they were for it. Got that? So now you will now see the WAPO, NYT, Reuters, etc, all simultaneously pulling the rug out from under their little Side-Show Cindy. No more rent a crowds compliments of Ben and Jerrys. And we even get to see Reuters photos that prove no one really likes her anyway. That's why I won't vote Democrat for a long time, even though I don't think the republicans are a heck of a whole lot better. For the dhims, it's all about image and perception. The concept of conviction is unknown to them. And if there is any question that they are going for an extreme makeover...here's an article from the Boise Statesman that gives a clue to how they will look when their new makeover is done. Dem's New Image No more wine-sipping, tree-hugging, hybrid driving ...the new dems are gun-totin', huntin', truck driving, mountain men. Watch out gays...you're next to be axed from their invite list. And with somewhere between 75-85% of Americans identifying with Christianity, you can bet they are all going to find Jesus real soon too. For some reason,that song by the Village People, MEN, MEN, MEN, MEN.. keeps going through my mind. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-11-30 10:42 |
| #3 Sounds like someone needs the Stuart Smalley daily affirmation. $2000? WoW! Probably spent more on pitching the tent, lighting, and refreshments. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-11-30 10:40 |
| #2 It becomes more pathetic by the day. |
| Posted by: MunkarKat 2005-11-30 10:29 |
| #1 "..We made $2000 for the peace house.â Yawn. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-11-30 10:17 |