Cindy Sheehan Claims Photos Falsely Implied Her Book Signing was a Flop

Editor & Publisher ^ | November 29, 2005 | E&P Staff

[West Coast Conservative]

Antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan and her book publisher are upset about Associated Press and Reuters photos that allegedly presented a misleading impression of her book signing last weekend in Texas.

Sheehan, whose soldier son was killed in Iraq, gained wide fame last summer in an antiwar protest near President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, and then in a march in Washington, D.C. She returned to Crawford last week for a Thanskgiving protest. Her new book, “Not One More Mother's Child,” had just been published, and her publisher organized a book signing in a large tent in Crawford on Saturday.

Photos of the event, carried widely on the Web, and then picked up by conservative blogs, seemed to imply that the book signing was a bust. The photos showed Sheehan looking dejected, sitting at a table, with no one in the tent except for a couple of photographers. The AP caption simply read: “Anti-war activist CindySheehan waits for people to show up at her book signing near President Bush's ranch on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005 in Crawford, Texas.”

The Washington Post, which carried Evan Vucci's AP photo, noted that at a protest the same day Sheehan had addressed a crowd of only about 100. “In the morning,” the Post observed, “Sheehan signed copies of her new book, being published this week, for an even smaller crowd,” although it cited bad weather as a possible factor.

But in a statement today, Sheehan accused “right-wing” sites of “spreading a false story that nobody bought my book at Camp Casey on Saturday. That is not true, I sold all 100 copies and got writer's cramp signing them. Photos were taken of me before the people got in line to have me sign the book. We made $2000 for the peace house.”

Her publisher, Arnie Kotler at Koa Books, meanwhile released a letter to her supporters, charging that “AP and Reuters posted photos - I can't imagine why - of Cindy sitting at the book table between signings, rather than while someone was at the table. And now the smear websites are circulating an article, with these photos, that Cindy gave a signing and nobody came. It's simply not true…. the benefit books igning in Crawford, Texas on November 26, 2005 was well attended and a huge success.”

AP has not yet responded to a request for comment.

[West Coast Conservative]

Bahahahaha!

[dfwgator]

I see she's gotten lessons from Baghdad Bob.

[john_baldacci_is_a_commie]

Ah cindy, if you ahve a book signing and no one shows up, it is a

flop!!!

[freedomson]

Peace House

BWHAHAHAHAH!

[Palladin]

One picture is worth a thousand words; the camera does not lie,...etc.

Cindy is a loser.

[RedCell]

I didn't hear her complaining when all those other "doctored/cropped" photos came out.

[shield]

LOL....she's history...not even the loons care...most think she's a disgrace anyway...and she is!!!!!!!!!!1

[Danae]

"WWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" says, Sheehan.

[HOTTIEBOY]

This useless treasonous waste of air ate traditional Iraqi food for Thanksgiving while camped at Crawford.

I don't know whether to laugh or vomit. :)

[traderrob6]

100 copies? WOWEE. now that's significant.

[YouPosting2Me]

ha,

ha, ha

hee, hee, hee

ohhhhhh, stoooooooppppppp!!!!

Haaaahhahaaahaahahahaaahaahaahaha.... whooooooohahhahahahahah.

[ncountylee]

Pathetic!

[D-fendr]

Surely they have their own photos of the excited masses...

[petercooper]

She's not the only one who can't draw a crowd.

[July 4th]

I sold all 100 copies and got writer's cramp signing them.

Writer's cramp from about a page of text, at most? She really is an idiot.

[ladtx]

Rather than complain you would think that they would post pictures of the throngs of people trying to get close to an already crowded table with hundreds more outside waiting to get in. But---so far I haven't seen any. Wonder why?

[Vasilli22]

[Salvation]

Picitures don't lie.

[GSWarrior]

I sold all 100 copies and got writer's cramp signing them

Good God, when will the casualities end?

[ZULU]

George Soros bought them all.

[Dems_R_Losers]

Where are the pictures??? I didn't see them!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

100 copies! Zooming right to #1 on the NYT Best Seller list. LOL.

[M203M4]

Didn't she say something bad about Hillary? INSUBORDINATION!

[YouPosting2Me]

100 copies of what? She has nothing to say.

[derllak]

Cindy and her publisher must be on hallucenogenic drugs.
ALL THOSE PEOPLE! HUGE SUCCESS!
Is there anybody stupid enough to believe them? Not here!
What a joke!
Now those two idiots can go wipe the egg of their faces!
Ahahaha!!!!

[kempo]

She got "writers cramp" from signing 100 books! Well, bless her heart.

[nuconvert]

I sold all 100 copies and got writer's cramp signing them.

[West Coast Conservative]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1529647/posts

[george76]

[burrian]

I wonder if she has a problem with all those pictures of Cheney sneering or Bush looking confused that they almost always seem to post in the newspapers for no other apparent reason than to undermine the President.

[DA740]

What's she complaining about? She got her photo in the news again. Isn't that all she wants anyway?

She should consider it a "successful flop" (but alas, perhaps the last one).

DA740

[kevkrom]

I sold all 100 copies and got writer's cramp signing them.

She must be as overly verbose with the pen as she is with her mouth.

14:59.99

[NautiNurse]

More pics on Amazon. Book is already selling new and used for $8.95.

[reagan_fanatic]

Well, she wasn't totally alone...

[Red Badger]

All 100? My, my..........NYT Bestseller material fer shure.......

[nuconvert]

LoL

[Williams]

It's an old trick, most famously used against Scoop Jackson to keep a defense hawk from winning the dem nomination, by making it look like two people attended an appearance where he had a thousand.

My theory is they decided to demolish her because they are fickle, but mostly because she dared to criticize Hilary.

[GregoTX]

"But in a statement today, Sheehan accused “right-wing” sites of “spreading a false story that nobody bought my book at Camp Casey on Saturday."

Hey, I resemble that remark.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

You can get a 100 people to a stip mall in New Braintree for a book signing by an obscure poet. Gimme a break, given all the free [undeservedly flattering] publicity she's gotten, anything less than lines around the block ashram have to be seen as a disappointment.

[ghitma]

Thats great!

[george76]

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Do they want whine with that?

[Tzimisce]

She wrote a book? For profit?

Wait until the Commies who support her hear this.

[savedbygrace]

I sold all 100 copies and got writer's cramp signing them.

Oh no, not the dreaded writer's cramp.

(BTW, they misspelled crap.)

[OldFriend]

The ditch witch bashed hitlery and now she must pay!

[HEY4QDEMS]

100 copies eh?...Well whoopity doopity dooo!

Cindy and Mapes ought to team up.

[mosquitobite]

Rather than complain you would think that they would post pictures of the throngs of people trying to get close to an already crowded table with hundreds more outside waiting to get in. But---so far I haven't seen any. Wonder why?

Shhh! We're not supposed to have common sense 'round here! We're just supposed to BELIEVE!!!

[DustyMoment]

There's a simple way to disprove the photo - simply list book sales for the week - something the article noticeably lacks.

[Grampa Dave]

"George Soros bought them all."

If $oreA$$ only bought 100 copies, Cindy's new book is a real loser.

[Bigh4u2]

She signed 100 books???

In my world, that's a FLOP!