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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-15-07 02:28 PM
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Online Auction for Michael Vick Note Generates $10,200 to Combat Dogfighting
Source: HSUS

September 14, 2007

Winning Bid Placed by Comedian and Writer/Producer Carol Leifer

The online auction ended today for what are believed to be Michael Vick's handwritten notes from his public apology on the day he pleaded guilty to dogfighting, raising $10,200 for The Humane Society of the United States, specifically for its Animal Cruelty Reward and Response Fund.

Carol Leifer, television writer and co-executive producer on the CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement, placed the winning bid.

"We are already proud members of the Humane Society of the United States. And when we saw that ALL the proceeds of this note were going to you guys, we jumped on it," said Leifer. "Michael Vick ironically never made the most important apology - the one to the animals themselves. 'Dogs have suffered' is the only talking point he left out on that note. So this note is for our 18-month old son, Bruno. For him to keep over the years and to show him that the mark of a man is not what you achieve as a sports star, but the kindness and compassion that lives in your heart."

<snip, and this kinda pissed me off>

At the bottom of the piece of paper were the final three words that appear to have been added as an afterthought. Dogs have suffered. At the conference that was to serve as a public apology for his role in the criminal dogfighting enterprise, Vick read through his talking points, but never mentioned the victims of his misdeeds to the assembled media throng.

http://www.hsus.org/press_and_publications/press_releases/vick_note_ebay_091407.html
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