Some idiots send Jessica Lynch hate mail

[RamboLiberal]

What kind of jerk could do that? It wasn't her fault the propaganda artists in the Bush Admin tried to make her in to some kind of superheroine. I admire that she didn't try to milk her fame and after a short period just tried to get on with her life w/o media attention. Hell I don't mind she did a book when you see all the crap books put out by all the Repuke jerks in D.C. and their minions.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003559749

She hasn't been heard from much in recent years -- since the book "I Am a Soldier Too" based on her rescue in Iraq -- but a West Virginia paper has scored an interview with Jessica Lynch. She told the Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail for an article today that she gets hate mail -- and wants to become a journalist. The two do not appear to be related.

The press had hyped her 2003 rescue in Iraq, with most of the details proving to be wrong. She objects to the "Rambo" depictions and says she also could not sit through the made-for-TV movie.

"A lot of people hate me," Lynch, 23, said in nearby Parkersburg. "In the beginning, people thought I didn't deserve any attention or the book deal. I didn't ask for any of that, anyway. After the book came out, I was hated by a lot."

But she added: "People still want me to sign pictures, which is surprising. Four years later and you still want my autograph?"

She is presently a sophomore enrolled in West Virginia University. She majored in journalism until recently. "She said she became fascinated with the field after her experiences with the press following her rescue from Iraq," the paper revealed.

[Beelzebud]

1. I have nothing but admiration and respect for her for being honest.

I'd like to "talk" with someone that would send her hate mail for being honest.

[panader0]

2. I have often wondered if she was complicit in the hype. n/t

[wicket]

5. What makes you think that?

m/t

[Arkansas Granny]

12. I seem to remember seeing her on TV shortly after her rescue

and the story she told then didn't agree with the reports from the media. I think her story was hyped by the media because of the human interest angle - "Blonde girl held prisoner by terrorists" or something along those lines.

[wicket]

16. As soon as she spoke out with her version of the story...

...the Bushies immediately leaked the info that she had been anally raped repeatedly while she was unconscious. These people are disgusting traitors :grr: :grr:

[semillama]

20. it seems to me if she was complicit

then this wouldn't be the first time she's been back in the media since the media frenzy around her rescue. If she was an ardent war supporter, she'd have been trotted out on various repukes' campaign trails in 2004.

[wicket]

3. What pieces of shit

:grr:

[Zywiec]

4. Four years later and gets hate mail.

What is wrong with people?

[wicket]

6. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[NinetySix]

14. Zywiec? Polish for Piwo!

Witamy na DU!

[Zywiec]

18. Not Polish, but I love the Zywiec!

I'll be back in Warsaw in August drinking it fresh off the tap. Jeden duze Zywiec prosze! (I think that's how it goes)

[RedStateShame]

7. How likely is it the hate mail senders are the same people who accuse others of not....

...supporting our troops?

[Arkansas Granny]

9. And drive around with yellow ribbons on their SUVs.

[Cabcere]

11. Oh, I'd say the odds of that are about...

...oh, 99%. :grr: People can be such jerks.

[Bitwit1234]

8. Just think...

she did not run to Fox to lie about being spitted on by the jerk who said he was an Iraq Veteran.

[RagingInMiami]

10. I thought she looked nice in the topless photos of her that were circulating the Internet

a few years back.

[Zywiec]

19. I couldn't find any pictures...

Of course I was only looking for "research" purposes.

[NinetySix]

13. Save the hate mail for Pfc. Lynndie England.

Oh, wait... perhaps hate-mail writers have mistaken her for Pfc. Lynch. Or perhaps they actually PREFER Pfc. England.

[ComerPerro]

15. oh, they prefer Lynndie

[shortcake]

17. Check some old DU threads

There were some that weren't exactly admiring or complimentary.

[progressoid]

21. Yeah, she's a real embarrassment to the US.

What is wrong with people?

[Justice]

22. She seems like a genuine person, a few years back did a ABC show

to build a home for the parents of her friend, Lori - who died in that ambush. She was concerned about helping the family, and did not advocate for the war or Bush or anything else.