Posted on 10/01/2002 8:49:08 AM PDT by jbstrick
Me thinks she doth protest too much.
Cagney never said, "You dirty rat."
Bogart never said, "Play it again, Sam."
Any others?
Clinton never said oral sex is sex.
If...sometime within the last 7 days a falsehood has been written in print, spoken on radio, or aired on television about Ms. Streisand...the TRUTH ALERT will contain a statement made by Ms. Streisand and/or her representatives to correct that falsehood. Current falsehood corrections will appear in the section called "Truth Alert." After one week all "Truth Alerts" will be transferred to the Truth Archive. A daily visit to both will keep you up-to-date with these additions.
Barbra's Preamble to Truth Alert
TRUTH ALERT: MEMO LEAK BURIES THE TRUTH
It seems that when the Republicans don't like what you say, they attack you on the lowest and least pertinent level. At least, that was the way a Republican source leaked a private memo which had been sent by Barbra Streisand to House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt. The manner in which this memo was leaked obliterated the imperative message of the note by drawing attention only to the fact that a few words had been misspelled.
The story behind the misspelled words is explained here only because those spellings were used as a ruse to avoid addressing the real substance of the memo. The questions raised in that note are far more pertinent to the decisions Americans will be making this November. The memo was sent from one of her offices. It had been DICTATED BY HER ON THE PHONE as she was rehearsing her performance at the recent gala to raise funds for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Unfortunately, it was taken down and interpolated by a new employee who sent out a first draft before it had been reviewed or checked for spelling. On top of that, as Barbra Streisand ruefully recalls, "It was faxed to a wrong number.. my luck, a Republican."
THE IRONIC FURTHER TRUTH.. Hidden in this example of diverted news priorities is the fact that Barbra Streisand is a former spelling bee champion, meticulous in her written communications!
But read the memo (on home page of this website) and come to your own conclusion as to what aspect of it should have been brought to the attention of a nation facing one of the most crucial elections in its history.
The incident illustrates how the Democratic message of the failures of this Republican administration are repeatedly pushed aside in the media, pre-empted by silly side-issues. The real truth, the really important and relevant truth, is having a hard time getting through.
You are one "funny girl", Babs!
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