[Palladin]

You're right--one has to watch the tape to see the contrast in the demeanor of Erin Runnion and of Lois Smart.
This cannot be determined entirely from the transcript. Certain people seem to enjoy the fame that is brought to them after being caught up in a tragedy. Book? Movie? What's next for Lois and Ed?

[FR_addict]

RUNNION: Well, I just remember so vividly when Polly was taken. And it struck a chord with me then. And when Samantha was taken, the first thing I did was go to the Klaas Foundation. That just was the first thing that it triggered for me. I identified with Polly Klaas and her spark and charm. It reminds me, actually, now again of Samantha.

CHUNG: And when you talked to Marc Klaas, was he able to give you some comfort?

RUNNION: He was very encouraging, very supportive. It was so nice to finally meet him. And I told him how much his daughter had meant to me and that it makes me sick to think that my child and Elizabeth and Danielle and Casey, there are so many of them now that it took to raise awareness again.

There is also a stark contrast in the way Erin Runnion feels about the help and encouragement given by Mark Klaas and the Smart's negative viewpoint towards Mark Klaas, when he reached out to help the Smarts. The Smarts used the excuse that he was a paid consultant by Fox News. Evidently his paid consultancy wasn't enough to stop Connie Chung from asking about Mark Klaas' support for Erin Runnion.

[Jolly Green]

You're right--one has to watch the tape to see the contrast in the demeanor of Erin Runnion and of Lois Smart. This cannot be determined entirely from the transcript. Certain people seem to enjoy the fame that is brought to them after being caught up in a tragedy. Book? Movie? What's next for Lois and Ed?

I wouldn't expect you to understand since you have been a Smart-basher for months and have all of the sensititivy of a slug, but there is a huge difference between Erin Runnion and the Smarts. Runnion knows beyond a shadow of a doubt that here daughter is dead. The Smarts believe that Elizabeth is still alive. Statistically that is highly unlikely, but they are still clinging to hope. Hope is all they have.