Posted on 09/07/2004 11:32:04 AM PDT by RWR8189
Something to Yak About Kelly Continues Legacy of Bogus Muckraking Kelly Critics Blast Error-Filled Tomes The Kerry Campaigns Wrong Spin At the Wrong Time And Speaking Of Iraq
Can Clinton Heavies Rescue Kerry? From The Hill To The Garden And Back Again Talkers Profile Steve Gill, WWTN/Nashville The Final Yak
Hey everyones entitled to a mistake now and again, right? But whats up with perennially discredited muckraker Kitty Kelly? Her latest diatribe, a smear job on the President, the First Lady and just about anyone named Bush, is even less credible than some her more notorious failures. In some of her screeds masquerading as biography, Kelly has tried to advance more than a few certifiable Tin Foil Hat theories including the one about Jackie Kennedy undergoing electro-shock and another accusing President Reagan of rape. Next thing you know, Kitty will report that The Yak was in on faking the moon landing.
Just for the moment, lets forget what the targets of Kitty Kellys scorched earth Shinola have to say and take a look at the observations of other writers. Howell Raines of New York Times fame called Kellys 1991 book on Nancy Reagan the unproven claims of a writer whose way of making a living is writing unauthorized biographies, while Joe Klein called the Nancy Reagan book, trashy, and Jonathan Alter called it, salacious. nuf sed.
Theres been a staff shake up at the foundering Kerry campaign, but it doesnt seem to have helped much. The Gang That Couldnt Spin Straight now seems to be glomming on to Howard I Have a Scream Deans old talking points on Iraq, with John Kerry now calling the war to oust Saddam Hussein, the wrong war at the wrong time. Thats pretty much what Dean was doing back in February 2003 when he was busy becoming the new darling of the extreme left. Just how many positions on Iraq can John Kerry stake out?
Its a tough job but somebodys got to do it. Were talking about keeping tabs on the continuing evolution of John Kerrys position on Iraq. This week, we think hes against it. At least were pretty sure he was when we wrote this. Want the details so far? Visit KerryOnIraq.com and view the documentary yourself. Its all John Kerry, all the time.
The Kerry campaign is hoping to grab a life preserver in the persons of former Clinton operatives James Carville, Paul Begala and Joe Lockhart, but will it make any difference? Dems would like us to believe the Kerry campaign shake up is just the tonic needed by the Gentleman from Massachusetts, but even Carville and Begala say its the candidate that counts, not the spin doctors.
Ya, were back from the big RNC at MSG in NYC after a little R and R. But enough with the acronyms. Call Radio Services at the Republican National Committee now at 202-863-8614 and we will do our level best to rock your world.
Steve Gill is an attorney and host of the most influential talk show in middle Tennessee. Business Tennessee recently named him among the "100 Most Powerful People in Tennessee" (#34) and Nashville Post business magazine has twice recognized him as the most powerful media personality in middle Tennessee He received 2000 and 2002 AIR (Achievement in Radio) Awards as the Best Talk Host in the Nashville market and has twice received recognition as a Hero of the Taxpayers from Americans for Tax Reform for his leadership in opposing a state income tax in Tennessee. (SOURCE: Supertalk 99.7 WTN)
My opponent and I have different approaches. I proposed, and the Congress overwhelmingly passed, 87 billion dollars in funding needed by our troops doing battle in Afghanistan and Iraq. My opponent and his running mate voted against this money for bullets, and fuel, and vehicles, and body armor. When asked to explain his vote, the Senator said, I actually did vote for the 87 billion dollars before I voted against it. Then he said he was proud of that vote. Then, when pressed, he said it was a complicated matter. There is nothing complicated about supporting our troops in combat. (SOURCE: President Bush, acceptance speech, Sept. 2, 2004)
Very credible.
Well I hope Sharon Bush got paid plenty by KK for her lies. Gampy Bush is (was?) paying for her house. Told her he would do it for 5 years. but she was going to need to find some sort of employment when the children reached 18. It's 3 1/2 and counting. She is still really pissed about the divorce.
Gampy is not going to be happy
I wonder how long Barbara Bush will remain quiet about KK's book when she finds out that her husband is accused of sexually abusing minor children and her son is accused of use coke at Camp David some years after he quit drinking cold turkey and found the Lord. Also, isn't Barbara herself basically called a witch? Me thinks Kitty has just falsely attacked the wrong woman and her family!
It requires her and her children to move out of their longtime home so it can be sold. Of what's left after lawyers and bills are paid, Sharon gets 75 percent. She also is getting alimony, about $30,000 a year, but that ends after four years when all her children are 18.
Sharon says that what she really wanted for her children was a little more time. In a letter, she says, she appealed to George Sr., whom she affectionately called "Gampy," for help, asking him to help her stay in the house with the children for just another four years.
"It would give me the opportunity to raise my children in the house that they have grown accustomed to and lived in for the last 10 years," she says.
George Sr. declined to comment to the CBS affiliate. But Sharon says in an email back to her, the former president said that he couldn't go against Neil's wishes, and the court had already ordered that the house be sold to pay the couple's debts.
He wrote, "I do believe the kids would happily adjust to a new house, even if it is not as grand as the one you are now living in." He also told her to "forget the past with Neil find a job, and look to the future not the past."
He is helping provide her another house, but only to stay in while her children are still living with her. In five years, she'll have to pay the bills herself or move.
So this stay-at-home mom is preparing to look for a job. The former teacher says, Not in my wildest dreams would I have imagined it, or I would have prepared myself more.
Neil Bush again would not comment to the CBS affiliate, but in e-mails last year to his wife, he expressed concern for her welfare, saying, "My goal continues to be to work with you to get you settled."
His attorney describes that settlement as both "fair and generous."But Sharon Bush's attorneys say bills and legal fees may consume much of her savings. All in all, she says, it's not what she expected out of a life lived with the Bush family.
She says, I thought for sure, I mean, I believed the family values, and I lived the family values."
Some lawyers told CBS News that some of the terms of the agreement are more favorable than required by Texas law, including the child support being paid by Neil Bush: $1,500 a month for the two minor children until they turn 18.
this is from July 2003.
Barbara is not going to take this laying down, and Laura will probably go ballistic. I wonder if KK has good lawyers. she's going to need them.
I think whatever they can do to go after KK they should; On Nov 3.
Bringing anything up now will just boost interest in this bovine feces diatribe which KK, acting like the 7th grader who never grew up, cannot live without.
Agreed.
"...not what she expected out of a life lived with the Bush family." Sounds like she married for money. Guess the gravy train stops here. Like GHW Bush said, "Get a job!"
Heads up on this: Hannity just announced that the "Today Show" is going to give KK a segment in the upcoming week on the book.
Could backfire.
Cutie Katie was none too friendly to Michael Moron when he showed up when she got back from Athens. (but that could have been jet-lag).
Yes, I heard that.
Kitty (meow, what a perfect name) also did a big hatchet job on the Royals and Jackie.
We need to take a clue from the Royals and Jackie. Don't dignify anything with a comment. My bet is that's the way the Bush's will handle it. It's called CLASS. Something of which the dims know knowing.
We can only hope they sue her. Bush 41 sexually abusing minor children? Give me a break! Larry King said he will not have her on his show due to her book. I read that, not sure if it's true or not. You can bet she will be with Chris Matthews and perky Katie. What a disgusting b*tch she is.
I hope this is one time that KK gets what she deserves. I can't remember if Frnk Senatra went after her over her lie about him and Nancy. I think she had to do a retraction on that.
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