Posted on 09/25/2006 5:31:15 AM PDT by ItMatters2Me
CHARLOTTESVILLE -- About 1,000 supporters of Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Jim Webb filled the Paramount Theater last night to hear readings by Webb and best-selling authors John Grisham and Stephen King. Webb is challenging Republican U.S. Sen. George Allen in the Nov. 7 election. Grisham, King and Webb each said he had been a Republican before switching parties. All three wore combat boots to honor Webb's son, Jimmy, a Marine lance corporal serving in Iraq. "How fitting that boots have become a symbol of this campaign," said Grisham, an Albemarle County resident. "On one side you have cowboy boots. A lot of these guys come from privileged backgrounds and to convince the public they are tough guys, they wear boots." "They are not real cowboys," Grisham said. "Willie Nelson said of our president, 'He ain't no cowboy, and he ain't from Texas.' The boots are part of a costume, part of an image. The trouble with political cowboys is they think they're tough, and to prove it they swagger around and they use macho language and they utter such wisdoms as 'Bring it on,' 'Mission accomplished' and here lately, 'Welcome to the real Virginia.'" His last reference was a paraphrase of Allen's remarks to S.R. Sidarth, a Webb volunteer with a camera, on Aug. 11. Sidarth, a University of Virginia student of Asian-Indian descent, joined musician Dave Matthews and other celebrities in the crowd. "Because they never saw the horror of combat, these cowboys are quick to decide that war is good and should be fought by the sons and daughters of others," Grisham said.
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Oh well, I guess the GOP is unable to boast the worst writer in American history as a member.
If you enjoy their works, might I recommend buying them at yard sales and from internet auction sites. This way you don't funnel any new dollars into their accounts.
Or if you want to get rid of what you own, sell them the same way. Again if someone wants the item they will buy it from you, and no additional $$ goes to the author.
Exactly my thought. Some trial lawyer suck-up like Grisham isn't a Republican? I'm shocked, shocked . . .
They had other priorities.
I'm having a hard time believing that King was ever a Republican.
Income tax make Republicans of many.
This Republican is proud to be an EX reader of Grisham and King.
King a former Republican? Not likely.
Mel had no where else to turn.
I was going to say. He's always made a big deal about being an old-time Maine Dem in any interview I've ever seen/read.
ditto
As someone who has spent time in the military I am perfectly aware that the services are full of screwups and goofballs. Officer nitwits. NCO animals. Sainthood is not guaranteed the General or the PFC. And because one hasn't served does not preclude that person's freedom to criticize the military. For those who recall, Webb was a screw up inside and outside the military. And, he was rarely a team player. His shortcoming probably result from having his brains rattled in a classic boxing match with Ollie North.
Never read Grisham, and King's stuff I get at the Goodwill for 75 cents.......
Being a cowboy is a state of mind. Lots of the original cowboys, on the range, out in the West, were from cities in the East
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
I love Hawaii and to live aloha is found in the heart, not always in the birthplace or in the genes.
Grrrrr some more!
If there are two more incompetent "authors" in the US than these two I'd like to see them. Lame lawyer tripe and absoutely stupid supposed-to-scare you junk. Not to mention King is probably the UGLIEST guy I've ever seen!
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