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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 10:02 AM
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My "Coward of Crawford" letter published
I'm surprised, as it was a little more strongly worded than my normal letters.

Coward Of Crawford

I hope the experience of Cindy Sheehan trying to meet the Coward of Crawford will serve as a wake-up call to Americans about the insidiousness of the right-wing corporate media machine. If you listen to the mainstream media, you would get an out-of-context quote from Matt Drudge that makes it looks like Sheehan loved Bush last year and now has flip-flopped. However, if you actually take time to read the whole article from last year, you will see that Sheehan decided to be polite and not to make a scene with Bush because there would be other moms in the meeting as well. She was strongly against Bush's war and Bush even at that first meeting, but decided to hold her tongue. However, as more of Bush's lies on Iraq are exposed, she has gotten angrier and is now being Swift Boated like John Kerry by using a badly out-of-context article to make it look like she changed her mind. Meanwhile, Bush gets a free pass for his monthly flipflops on the reason for invading Iraq.

http://www.remindernewspapers.com/Daily/skins/Vernon/navigator.asp?skin=Vernon&BP=OK&AW=1124809020109
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 10:05 AM
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1. nice job NewJeffCT
way to kick some ass. :)
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AllyCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 10:08 AM
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2. Good work Jeff!
I'm surprised they published it too. Not only did you criticize Dear Leader, but you slammed the slumbering press too.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 10:10 AM
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4. I usually have at least 1 per week in there
3 this week, with Coward being my favorite.

I also had the one on Peter Jennings & the one on Clinton fighting terrorism & the buck stopping with him.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 10:09 AM
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3. love that you used Coward of Crawford!
Wooo hooo! Tell 'em!
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Infomaniac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 10:23 AM
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5. Good Job
The hypocrisy and double standards of the media deserve strong condemnation. Nominated for greatest.
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 10:25 AM
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6. Well done!
LTTE are supposed to be the most-read portion of a newspapaer.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 10:38 AM
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8. thanks
It's not a big newspaper, but since I moved to eastern Connecticut a little over a year ago, I've tried to send letters in regularly.

When I first got to the area, it was only 1 non RWers defending Michael Moore's just released 'Fahrenheit 9/11' from a horde of RWers... so, I wrote in, got published and then got hooked into writing in at least weekly.

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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 10:35 AM
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7. Excellent letter!
The title "Coward Of Crawford" is perfect.
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IdaBriggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 10:40 AM
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9. Yeah! Nominated! nt
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 10:49 AM
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11. 'sniff', my first nominated thread
thank you, thank you all.

but, in reality it shows you how little I've contributed here at DU in almost 2 years & 8,000+ posts!
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AzDar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 10:43 AM
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10. Hurrah! Way to go.... n/t
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Helga Scow Stern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 10:52 AM
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12. Yes! Keep counteracting the lies.
We all have to speak up.
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NoSheep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 10:54 AM
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13. Good Job! Expose the lies.
:bounce:
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sonias Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 11:09 AM
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14. Congratulations NewJeffCT!
Great letter.

Sonia
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satya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 11:14 AM
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15. Great letter! "Coward of Crawford" is a classic! n/t
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 09:01 PM
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16. M$M's Disney owns ABC which owns KSFO who pays Melanie Morgan
who is doing the counter-protest to Cindy Sheehan in Crawford TX. I wonder when the media will fess-up and start getting off their Operation Mockingbird project ?
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