Viacom/CBS To Publish Mother Sheehan’s Memoirs

Sweetness & Light ^ | January 10, 2006 | N/A

[Sam Hill]

You know the drill. Someone attacks President Bush in some vicious way and they immediately score a megbuck book deal with Viacom's publishing arm, Simon & Schuster.

Next, they get a puff piece on Viacom's CBS show, "Sixty Minutes." We've seen it how many times before?

Viacom has become an everflowing sewer pipe pipeline of hate America agitpop.

Behold the breathless press release:

Atria Books Acquires Memoir by Peace Activist Cindy Sheehan
Monday January 9, 4:20 pm ET

NEW YORK, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Executive Vice President and Publisher Judith Curr announced today that Atria Books will publish a memoir by noted peace activist Cindy Sheehan, to be released in September 2006. Senior Editor Peter Borland acquired World English rights to Ms. Sheehan's book from literary agents David Vigliano and Elisa Petrini of Vigliano Associates.

Since her son Casey's death in Iraq on April 4, 2004, Cindy Sheehan has become internationally recognized as a leader in the peace movement. Her book will take readers behind the headlines to share the wrenching, yet profoundly inspiring story of how she put aside despair over her son's death, and took on the mission of speaking truth to power in the Congress, in front of the Pentagon and the White House, and on President George W. Bush's personal doorstep with her Camp Casey protest in Crawford Texas.

Cindy Sheehan says, "My experiences over the last year have shown me that one person can make a difference. True change has only come to our country from grass roots movements. In telling my own story in my own words, I hope that I can help inspire others to activism."

Peter Borland says, "Out of unimaginable personal grief and tragedy, Cindy Sheehan emerged as one of the most influential figures of 2005. In this book, readers everywhere will have the opportunity to get to know her beyond the sound bites, the photo-ops, and the media coverage." Publication is scheduled for September 2006.

In 2005, Atria published 18 New York Times bestsellers, including Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult, Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston, Driven From Within by Michael Jordan, Afterburn by Zane, Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner, and Consent To Kill by Vince Flynn. Atria has now published 72 New York Times bestsellers in its short four year history.

Atria Books is an imprint of Simon & Schuster, a part of the CBS Corporation, is a global leader in the field of general interest publishing, dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for consumers of all ages, across all printed, electronic, and audio formats. Its divisions include Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, Simon & Schuster Audio, Simon & Schuster Online, and international companies in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit our website at http://www.simonsays.com

I ask again, exactly what difference has Cindy Sheehan made? All she has done is give hope to the terrorist that if they hang on, and blow up enough soldiers and civilians, the US might give up and leave Iraq.

Nothing else has changed because of Cindy Sheehan. Nothing.

But of course Mother Sheehan's book can be counted upon to uphold Viacom/CBS's hallowed tradition of being "fake and inaccurate."

I wonder if we will ever hear how much the Peace Mom Sheehan is getting for her tome. We never were told by our watchdog media how much she got for her last runaway bestseller.

I guess that isn't newsworthy. We know Mother Sheehan isn't interested in money. That's why she only charges $30,000 to give one of her rants.

[Army Air Corps]

With all of her anti-semitic rants, this publication may have a Foreword by the president of Iran.

[Army Air Corps]

"Anything that keeps her from speaking is OK by me.
THAT VOICE!! AAAAARRARRARRGGGHHHHHH!!

It's like they took the Valley Girl with the lowest IQ and put her on repeat."

You never know, they may have her narrate the "Books On Tape" version.

[BurbankErnie]

{snip}

[h]ow she put aside despair over her son's death, and took on the mission of speaking truth to power in the Congress, in front of the Pentagon and the White House, and on President George W. Bush's personal doorstep...

{snip}

First, she never set foot in a Congressional Hearing, it was Conyers "tea party" with other notable Moonbats.

Second, she was never on President Bush's personal doorstep, whatever that is supposed to mean. Sounds like Senator Kennedy wrote this dribble.

[OldFriend]

You can count on her editors deleting the really insane rantings of this woman. Such as her demand that the President immediately recall the troops from New Orleans.

They'll not allow her any critical comments about her heinous either.

[MadCharity]

So, will her book be titled "How to piss on your sons grave, the President and the US military"?

[Deb]

Still waiting to learn the name of a real "Gold Star Mother".

[veronica]

Can't wait to read the chapter about how the Jews and Israel are the root of all the world's troubles.

[Edgerunner]

I smell a movie deal...

[dighton]

... this publication may have a Foreword by the president of Iran.

If a safe or piano drops from the sky onto Mr. Ahmadinejad, someone comparable will write it for him.

[Sam Hill]

"Can't wait to read the chapter about how the Jews and Israel are the root of all the world's troubles."

Yep. And you have to wonder what Viacom owner Sumner Redstone (nee Murray Rothstein) thinks about that.

I guess he's long since gone over to the "progressive" side.

Of course Cindy Sheehan doesn't think any war has ever been justified. Not even the war against Hitler. (But especially the war against Hitler.)

"My son joined the Army to protect America, not Israel."

[Sam Hill]

"Still waiting to learn the name of a real "Gold Star Mother"."

And we're still waiting for the Real Gold Star mothers to say something about how Cindy has coopted their operation.

Actually they have complained about it, vociferously, but our one party media has ignored them.

And the always empathetic Mother Sheehan calls them brainwashed:

Cindy Attacks “Murder And Mayhem Moms” | Sweetness & Light
http://www.sweetness-light.com/archive/cindy-calls-other-gold-star-moms-brainwashed/

The motto of the real Gold Star Mothers is: "Perpetuating the principles for which they fought and died."

Quite the opposite of Cindy's agenda.

[Ticonderoga34]

I wonder if this book will have Cindy criticizing the leading women of the Democratic Party like Diane Feinstein and Hillary Clinton like Cindy has done with some of her public statements.

Somehow, I don't think that Viacom/CBS will allow Cindy to attack Feinstein and Clinton in her book. The book will be all Bush bashing from cover to cover.

[Rocko]

I smell a movie deal...

Call it, Days of Whines and Losers.

[Deetes]

It never stops bump ....

[SuzyQue]

I wonder what color of crayon she'll use to write it?

[beyond the sea]

Maw Sheehan

http://sj.blacksteel.com/

[bmwcyle]

[beyond the sea]

LOL......... Cindy can't visit the Bushes down in Texas in that!

[bmwcyle]

As proved at Walter Reed on the Friday night she showed up, if there is no cameras from the MSM, she is on her way out of town. What I just don't understand is how does the left put up a grating voice of Cindy on the press?