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John Grisham, Stephen King at Dem Fundraiser; Proud to be EX-Republicans
Richmond Times-Dispatch ^ | 09/24/2006 | Bob Gibson

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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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: allen; fundingtheleft; fundraising; grisham; hollywood; johngrisham; kaine; king; stephenking; virginia; webb
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To: ItMatters2Me
If you've already spent your Republican dollars on anything written by these 'former' goodfellows, forgive yourself and move on. Just make a promise that you'll never let it happen again. Please, let's all stay vigilant and alert to these celebrities that get such a kick out of funneling our money to the Dem cause.

I just felt like this bore repeating.
41 posted on 09/25/2006 6:25:00 AM PDT by no dems ("25 homicides a day committed by Illegals" Ted Poe (R-TX) Houston Hearings 8/16/06)
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To: ItMatters2Me

"The Pelican Brief" and "The Client" could have been written by Karl Marx (if he had been a moronic, illiterate hack). Stephen King is a typical New England ivory tower liberal. If either of these two literary giants (sarc) were ever Republicans, Hillary was prom queen.


42 posted on 09/25/2006 6:27:00 AM PDT by Dionysius
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To: wideawake
John used to be a great guy before he made the big time and still had his little nondescript brick law office on Stateline Rd. in Southaven, Miss. A Republican and Deacon in his Baptist church.
43 posted on 09/25/2006 6:28:54 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek
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To: Melchior

LOL


44 posted on 09/25/2006 6:30:06 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek
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To: wideawake
Bill Clinton proudly showed off his own new cowboy boots. Did he not get the memo?
45 posted on 09/25/2006 6:31:24 AM PDT by Carolinamom (Passivity is far slyer and more lethal than rabid Bush hatred.. --Mark Steyn)
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To: wideawake

If that. One good read of The Stand, where all the Good Guys are Liberal Arts majors and "artists", and all the Bad Guys are scientists, engineers and military, should reveal Steve-a-rino's political beliefs.


46 posted on 09/25/2006 6:31:39 AM PDT by jonascord ("Let 'em burn!...")
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To: ItMatters2Me
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.

What a coupla yawners. So they're supporting Webb. Whoopee doo.

47 posted on 09/25/2006 6:31:43 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: mariabush

If he was a Republican, why did he hold state office as a Democrat in MS?


48 posted on 09/25/2006 6:32:39 AM PDT by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: ItMatters2Me
"Willie Nelson said of our president..."

Yeah, quote a dope smokin' has been and then wonder why nobody takes the dim party seriously.

49 posted on 09/25/2006 6:32:52 AM PDT by Pietro
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To: Stanimal

Grisham was a state rep, but I don't recall him being a Democrat at the time. I could be wrong though!


50 posted on 09/25/2006 6:33:19 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek
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To: MuttTheHoople

OKAY I was wrong about the Republican part.


51 posted on 09/25/2006 6:34:07 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek
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To: ItMatters2Me

I've read both of them and fropm what I read neither of them have ever been Republicans unless they were of the Chaffee stripe. No loss in my opinion.


52 posted on 09/25/2006 6:34:41 AM PDT by saganite (Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
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To: ItMatters2Me
November 2004
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Mystery writers are a mixed bag. John Grisham is a pretty reliable Democrat -- he donated $25,000 to the DNC this year, and has supported Bill Bradley in the past. Sara Paretsky is a big donor to Barack Obama's campaign for the Senate from Illinois, and Ayelet Waldman has made contributions to MoveOn.org, EMILY's List, Howard Dean and John Kerry. Richard North Patterson has given to the campaigns of Democrats Tom Daschle, Ron Kirk and Blanche Lincoln, and Stuart Woods has supported Democrat Tom Udall. Elmore Leonard has contributed to Sen. Carl Levin's campaign. Levin, from Michigan, is one of the most powerful Democrats in the Senate

53 posted on 09/25/2006 6:41:01 AM PDT by Mo1 (Hey McCain and Graham .... our soldiers signed up to dodge bullets not lawsuits)
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To: mariabush

He's a flaming liberal


http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/John_Grisham.php


54 posted on 09/25/2006 6:43:24 AM PDT by Mo1 (Hey McCain and Graham .... our soldiers signed up to dodge bullets not lawsuits)
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To: ItMatters2Me
"Willie Nelson said of our president, 'He ain't no cowboy, and he ain't from Texas"...

There's a Democrat role model for ya'.

55 posted on 09/25/2006 6:43:33 AM PDT by veronica (NEW LITERARY AND ARTS JOURNAL offers free advertising for writers, bloggers, artists. FRmail me...)
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To: ItMatters2Me
Grisham, King and Webb each said he had been a Republican before switching parties.

I have a hard time believing this. Perhaps King was a Republican like Chaffee, but I seriously doubt that the liberal Grisham was a Republican.

Ha....they have to claim to be Republicans to get votes for their candidate. That tells you something.

56 posted on 09/25/2006 6:46:10 AM PDT by ncpatriot
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To: ItMatters2Me

"Willie Nelson said of our president, 'He ain't no cowboy, and he ain't from Texas.'"

This coming from Willie who writes a song about cowboys wanting to kiss other cowboys! Yeah, I guess Bush isn't a cowboy by those standards. But then Willie probably thinks the cowboy in the Village People is the real thing.

He should forget the crack and pot and get back on his meds.


57 posted on 09/25/2006 6:50:46 AM PDT by Blind Eye Jones
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To: Mo1
I never said that he isn't a flaming liberal today. I was talking about when he lived and worked and worshiped in my neck of the woods. I lived just across the stateline into Tenn. and john's office backed up to line.
58 posted on 09/25/2006 6:53:17 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek
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To: ItMatters2Me

And we are proud the RINO writers left BUMP!


59 posted on 09/25/2006 6:53:37 AM PDT by conservativecorner
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To: 7thson
I suggest if you sell their books at a yard sale, put up a sign that says, Republicans: 50 cents Democrats: 2 dollars.

Wait, I have to charge Democrats less, they are poor, historically underprivileged, and it would be discrimination to charge them more, since 90% of blacks vote Democrat that would also be a hate crime... Upon further review, too many Democrats can't or won't read, so it's a moot point anyway.

60 posted on 09/25/2006 6:57:44 AM PDT by AbeKrieger (Liberals are the Mongol hordes destroying America from within.)
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