Posted on 09/30/2004 1:08:40 PM PDT by Rastus
Frost drops folk singer with criminal past from fund-raiser
10:04 PM CDT on Wednesday, September 29, 2004
By DAVE LEVINTHAL / The Dallas Morning News
U.S. Rep. Martin Frost is canceling a fund-raising appearance by Peter, Paul and Mary member Peter Yarrow because the entertainer pleaded guilty to molesting a 14-year-old girl more than 34 years ago.
The fund-raising event, slated for Oct. 11, will go on as scheduled without Mr. Yarrow's participation, campaign spokesman Justin Kitsch said.
But the Frost campaign said it had no immediate plans to refund money to donors who have purchased tickets ranging from $250 to $1,000 believing they would see the folk music legend perform.
Mr. Frost, D-Dallas, continually mentions his support for Amber Alert and anti-child abduction legislation in his campaign against U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Dallas, to represent Texas' 32nd Congressional District.
"While Mr. Yarrow received a presidential pardon in 1981, crimes against children are very serious offenses," Mr. Frost wrote in a statement. "I do not believe it is appropriate for Mr. Yarrow to campaign on my behalf."
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So, this explains puff the magic dragon.
I vaguely remember the incident. He probably thought it was so long ago, it was buried forever.
Speaking of that, Ceci said that Kerry mimed toking a doob while listening to this jackass perform Puff the Magic Dragon. Presidential material?
It's another shining moment in the Carter legacy. He pardoned Yarrow as one of his last acts before leaving office.
So I guess that Peter Pawed Mary?
Mary would have been about 32 when that happened, so she was about two times too old for Peter.
"Pedro, play us a song." - John Kerry
If you read the All-Music Guide's entries on Peter, Paul and Mary, and the individual members, there is absolutely no mention of this incident. Do you think that would be the case were they conservative Republicans?
Speaking of that, Ceci said that Kerry mimed toking a doob while listening to this jackass perform Puff the Magic Dragon. Presidential material?
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On Saturday, Kerry kicked off a 4-day Iowa swing which is fast becoming the Peter, John & Caucus tour as folk music legend Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary travels with the Senator as his activist event opening actThis vote-seeking, folk-singing tour took an unusual turn Saturday night as Kerry and Yarrow dropped by a party held by the Story County Democrats in Ames, IA.
Moments after the Senator's arrival, none other than Howard Dean walked in the door, prompting one partygoer to debate, Should I talk to Dean in the kitchen or Kerry in the living room?
The Governor strummed a tune with Yarrow then quickly exited stage porch. Kerry listened from the kitchen and cringed as his friend called him forth to the center stage den for a group rendition of Puff the Magic Dragon.
As the folk star began his signature song with an unintended double meaning, Kerry mouthed a few words then took his index finger to his thumb, pursed his lips, and feigned a marijuana toke.
All Music Guide is notoriously sloppy with facts.
Among the happy memories from my childhood in the '60s was listening to our collection of Peter Paul and Mary records. Such great harmony. Oh well...Now they are Kerry supporters and former child molesters. Shut up and sing indeed.
Wow. I'd never heard of this.
So, this is the little baldheaded guy with the mustache and a sweet expression on his face and a gentle demeanor who's always singing about peace and justice and magic dragons and stuff? Sheesh! Who woulda thunk it?
I thought it would be Bob Dylan.
Bob Dylan was a man who wanted to fight
Set fire to the dropouts, late into the night
He packed a Winchester rifle and Colt when he went out
And he came back smiling cause he knew what lifes about
Shades of Mel Brooks' Frankenstein.
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