Posted on 09/26/2005 2:36:21 PM PDT by doug from upland
The Face of a Democrat, and a Liar
Written by John Armor
Monday, September 26, 2005
On 26 September the Associated Press ran the photograph below on its wire service, with the titles, “Thousands Protest the Iraq War,” and “Jeb Eddy joins thousands of demonstrators to protest the war in Iraq on Saturday.” This photo was taken by Noah Berger, who presumably also obtained the information for the cut lines run with the photo. The impression of Mr. Eddy, his sign, and the AP photograph of both, is that Mr. Eddy is a disgruntled Republican. This impression is a deliberate lie, which the AP should have caught.
A Google search finds a Jeb Eddy, software writer and author in Palo Alto. A search of Federal Election Commission records shows that Mr. Eddy made the following political contributions: to John Kerry for President, $250 on 5/23/04, and six contributions to the Democrat National Committee of either $250 or $500 between 9/25/98 and 2/25/04.
Mr. Eddy may LOOK like the false image of a Republican – older, white, wealthy male, with a craggy face that’s been out in the sun, and the touch of silver in his hair. But he is no such thing. He is a Democrat.
He’s pretended to be a disgruntled Republican before, in a demonstration joined to a speech by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in the San Francisco Library to attack President Bush’s proposals for Social Security reform, in February. SFGate.com reported Eddy as saying:
“ ‘This is one of the most visible ways in which the Republicans are misleading America,’ said Jeb Eddy of Palo Alto, who carried a sign proclaiming that he was ‘ashamed’' of the GOP on the topic.” That article then referred to “Margaret Garvin of San Francisco, another registered Republican.” While this author doesn’t know the bona fides of Ms. Gavin, this reference suggests that Eddy represented himself as a registered Republican.
Don’t the reporters of these false-Republican appearances by Mr. Eddy have computers? Don’t they know how to push the buttons for a Google search, or an FEC records search? These things are really simple.
Or, perhaps the reporters have the personal view that Republicans should be trashed on public issues, and that a photograph of a disgruntled Republican is an excellent way to accomplish the desired result. In any event, the reporters did not check him out. And since Mr. Eddy has played this game before, it seems he is counting on the press not to do its job, and help him get away with his public lies.
So, look at this face. It is the face of Democrat dishonesty. It is also the face of complicity of the press in promoting the lie, by not bothering to check out the truth of the “facts” of the person in the photo.
About the Writer: John Armor is a First Amendment lawyer and writer who lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. John receives e-mail at John_Armor@aya.yale.edu.
Ping. Well done.
ditto and BTTT
Ha, ha, ha...these DemocRATS have no shame, no dignity, no morals. Thank you for unmasking that despicable weasel.
What do you know, a live and in color protest version of the world famous seminar caller.
We suspected it, Thanks for proving it.
bttt
The unmasking was done by our own CongressmanBillybob.
He does not look like a Republican, he looks like the President of NAMBLA
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Come'on now; would you admit it if you were a democrat?
Why do these idiots think they can continue to think they can get away with same tired old "I'm a republican... BUT" routine?
Nothing causes people to start digging faster than that.
Exposed by crcokspot of conservativeunderground.com
http://www.conservativeunderground.com//forum/showthread.php?t=19525
I love the way the Lib tries to play stereotypical Conservative dress up at the Crazy Cindy Circus. How many people wear blazers to a Marxist protest?
Bravo-
If this dude wants to be on the media so much, let's put him on TV and expose him- O'Reilly? Hannity? Scarborough? Where are you? Giddyap!
Don’t the reporters of these false-Republican appearances by Mr. Eddy have computers? Don’t they know how to push the buttons for a Google search, or an FEC records search? These things are really simple.
And then I posted it here:
Dang Internet.
Come and listen to the story of a man named Jeb
A lousy commie rat who was done in by the Web
Good Work!!
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