Washington Whispers: Bush poster child (President to contact 3-year-old Sophia Parlock!)

U.S. News and World Report ^ | September 17, 2004 | Paul Bedard

[Dont Mention the War]

Bush Poster Child

If the picture of little 3-year-old Sophia Parlock crying after some Kerry-Edwards supporters tore up her Bush-Cheney poster got to you, well, you weren't the only one. President Bush and even first pup Barney were dismayed too, we hear. It happened at a West Virginia rally last week for Democratic running mate Sen. John Edwards, to which Phil Parlock brought his daughter. After seeing the picture of the tearful Sophia on her dad's shoulders, aides said the president was sending her a little note Friday along with a signed campaign poster and an autographed photo of the prez and his dog. "Dear Sophia," Bush penned, "Thank you for supporting my campaign. I understand someone tore up your sign. So I am sending you a new sign and a signed picture. Please give my best to your family. Sincerely, George W. Bush." And on the picture, he inked: "To Sophia, Best wishes from me and Barney." Phil Parlock tells us it really wasn't necessary. "He already said 'Thank you' when he hugged her" at a previous Bush rally they attended, he says. "She bragged for days."

See the picture:
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040917-010155-8041r.htm

[notforhire]

I just back back from there. I wanted to let RandallFlag that they used on of his post on a Buckhead thread.

I ain't afraid of no DUmmy!

[Quix]

Wise move! THANKS TONS.

CONGRATS FOR ACHIEVING IT!

[Malsua]

Great story.

Had the roles been reversed, sKerry would have said "This little girl was attacked by mean Republicans that would deny her healthcare. Her Family is suffering under Bush's Tax cuts and her father is underpaid".

The difference between class and well, class without the cl.

-Mal

[notforhire]

I FReepmailed you something you'll find funny.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Du says it's a set up job by a Bush supporter. Supposedly this guy is around a lot of stuff that happens, like the gunshlt at the headquarters recently.

[RandallFlagg]

WHAAAAAAT? DU's yappin' about me?

What did they say -I can't look because these work 'puters block, erm... shall we say, "Crappy" sites.

[Hilltop]

And you have a problem with that, if in fact that were true?

Are you impugning Mr. Bush's motives because you have the ability to read the content of another human's heart?

I think not, so, keep your acidic comments to yourself.

[lowbridge]

But what the heck is this story really about? The DU sucks butt however, if this tale is true, then come on gimmie a freekin' break.

1) Both the girls brother and sister have registered on FR. Sis herself has hotly denied that the union thug in the photo is her brother:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/1218914/posts?page=32#32

The place where this incident took place was not an official Kerry rally, so one would assume that the kids would be safe, at an airport at the very least:

"I'd just like to point out that this was not a Kerry/Edwards "event" or "rally" or anything of the sort. John Edwards went to the airport for the same reason you and I do: To get on a plane. Since he was passing through, the airport set aside an area for people to come gawk and maybe hope to shake his hand if his schedule allowed for it (which apparently his schedule did, as it turns out). Thus, regardless of what Parnock did or his underlying motivations for doing it, he was doing it somewhere where he had every right to be."

"If he had been interfering with a Kerry/Edwards rally in a place they had booked for a private event, then he would definitely deserve excoriation regardless of the details of his actions. But this was just was some John Edwards fans waiting by a fence on public property. There's no reason Parnock couldn't be there too."

http://dislogue.dansch.net/archives/000139.html

Now one can expect some sort of violence when you infiltrate a private rally of theirs, which is what he did twice in the past, but this was not a private rally as I understand it.

[RonDog]

The person who noticed that the girl's sign was torn up must be a Republican activist.

He probably even posts on fr. Not to be believed, donchaknow.

No, but Sophia's big brother and big sister are both now registered to post on this forum:

spiderman9

and

big_sis_10

[notforhire]

They are just tickled to death that Buckhead was outed.

One of them used a post of yous where you ask about him and if everything was ok.

Does this mean that you've made the BigTimes?

[Bigg Red]

I e-mailed that to Bush / Cheney campaign and RNC yesterday when the photo was published & urged them to something good like this :)



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Good call!!

[RandallFlagg]

LOL!!!

OOHH!

I scared! All three of them are gonna be after ME?!

BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Please Welcome spiderman9 to Free Republic

He is Sophia's older brother and seving in the National Guard

[JustPiper]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1212973/posts?page=728#728

[TaxRelief]

It is much more likely that he agitates the Democrats in his community and they are striking back. It takes a lot of guts to stand in the middle of a group of Kerry radicals, and apparently he does it regularly.

Personally, we have had several things done to our cars; our Ronald Reagan memorial was destroyed by someone who wrote "white" slander all over his picture; we've had signs stolen and ripped; we even caught the city garbage men burying our Bush signs under a pile of leaves. We were also put me on every liberal mailing list out there, from NARAL to NOW. (The Sierra Club sticker is on my Ford Excursion! It baffles them.)

The more visible we get, the more angry they get, and the more they attempt to intimidate us. I assume I'm speaking for Parlock when I say, "We don't care and they won't stop us."

BTW, the union thug next to Parlock is holding a cell phone, not a piece of the sign.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Welcome, spiderman!! Thank you for your service!

[mylife]

welcome aboard Spidey!

Thanks for your service.

[notforhire]

Ha! I've got your back.

[AmericanMade1776]

Hey Spiderman :-) Welcome !

[Americanwolf]

Thanks for the ping Tonk!

Spiderman9,

Welcome! Thank you for your service in the Guard, and thanks to you family for standing up to the party of intolerance. If you need anything give me a ping or freepmail me!