Bush personally enters the Phil Parlock story

[Cocoa]

Remember, this one could become a big story, due to our efforts at DU. Tons of reporters know about this fascinating story...

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/040927/whispers/27whisplead.htm

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 father'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."

[Ganja Ninja]

1. No child left unexploited! n/t

[Bozita]

2. perfect comment

bullseye

[RandomKoolzip]

3. Imagine if Clinton had pulled a stunt like this......

Wow. He would have been impeached the day it happened. The press would have condemned him for "lying" to the nation and excessive photo ops. The "liberal" equivalent of Phil Parlock would have been a national joke, a punch line for the late night comedy shows.

Anybody else remember when we used to have a free press?

[Search Party]

4. " and tell that daddy of yours anytime he wants to come

to the WH for an after hours circle jerk, he's more than welcome."

[napi21]

5. Nationalizing the story is fine, as long as they tell the wgole story!

They also need to show the other pics at former rallies, and that this is a scam!

[JimmyJazz]

6. I can't believe how much effin mileage they are getting out

of this story when the story about the woman at the Laura Bush speech has already fallen off the news pages. Sometimes, I just wanna :puke:

[TA]

9. Al Franken interviewed her this morning - Hopefully it will still get legs

[gratuitous]

7. Shoulda laminated the sign, George

That way, Sophia's brother couldn't tear it up so easily!

[Karenina]

11. I'm STILL waiting

for an ID on the "union thug" who so "terrorized" the little "Jessica." :shrug: Where's the Painters' Union? Where are the Marshall U. students? Where are the neighbors and community members? :shrug:

WHERE ARE THE FUCKING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS??? :mad:

[ComerPerro]

8. Wait... Let me get this straight....

Are you saying that Republicans lied and exploited people, that the media refuses to cover the lies and exploitation, and that now Bush is embracing the lie and using it to boost his ratings? And still the media does nothing, won't even discuss the other side of the story?

I refuse to believe it. Surely you jest.

I have never known Bush or Republicans to embrace lies and then use them as central issues in their campaigns.

And I have never known the media to be a bunch of pathetic whores and yes-men for the Bush administration....

[BrotherBuzz]

12. DU really needs a good sarcasm smilie thingy!

:thumbsup:

[kerry-is-my-prez]

10. There's about 55 stories if you do a "google search" for "Parlock"

http://news.google.com/news?q=Parlock&num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&tab=wn&scoring=d