Mother Sheehan's Book Signing

[crabcake]

Is there anything that woman won't complain about? I swear, if I were her son, I'd be turning over in my grave and plotting ways to issue her a biatch-slap post-mortem.

[Lenny]

Originally Posted by kwillia

Sheehan Claims Photos Falsely Implied Her Book Signing was a Flop

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. “In the morning,” the Post observed, “Sheehan signed copies of her new book, being published this week, for an even smaller crowd,” although it cited bad weather as a possible factor.

But in a statement today, Sheehan accused “right-wing” sites of “spreading 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.”

Her publisher, Arnie Kotler at Koa Books, meanwhile released a letter to her supporters, charging that “AP 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 true…. the benefit books signing in Crawford, Texas on November 26, 2005 was well attended and a huge success.”

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."

Since her Crawford Texas protests depended upon the liberals bussing in the protestors off the streets, maybe they lost use of the bus when the New Orleans public school system reopened!

[crabcake]

Originally Posted by FromTexas

But it has been reported that she has 200 people with her protesting at the Ranch. Where are they?

I'm an admirer of lots of artists ... doesn't mean I'd go shlepping all over the country to fall at their feet.

[FromTexas (Premo)]

Originally Posted by crabcake

I'm an admirer of lots of artists ... doesn't mean I'd go shlepping all over the country to fall at their feet.

The signing was near the ranch where the protestors already were.

[crabcake]

Originally Posted by FromTexas

The signing was near the ranch where the protestors already were.

Then I guess they really didn't give a damn about her book, huh?

[ylexot (Premo)]

They were probably busy smoking weed

[Penn]

I think her time in the sun is fast coming to an end. It's only when she says or does something outrageous - that the newshounds will come around her anymore.

She's old news.