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Hillary Clinton's 'History' makes history at bookstore (FReepers mentioned)
The Cleveland Plain Dealer ^
| August 14, 2003
| Carolyn Jack (Plain Dealer Arts Reporter)
Posted on 08/14/2003 8:27:24 AM PDT by tgslTakoma
Hillary Rodham Clinton was not openly campaigning last night in Cleveland's Shaker Square.
Instead, a lot of people were doing it for her, wearing "Hillary for President" buttons, cheering "Hillary in 2008" and signing up for Clinton booster groups at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, where the former first lady drew a crowd of about 2,000 for a book-signing of her recently published autobiography, "Living History."
Clinton, now a Democratic U.S. senator from New York, made an entrance by descending from the store's second floor to the first in a glass elevator to the delighted screams of onlookers who had begun gathering about 3 p.m., two hours before the signing actually began.
She waved to the crowd, posed for pictures with her book and immediately set about signing 1,000 copies of it for purchasers who had been given tickets to the signing by the store starting in June.
"Living History" already has made history by becoming the fastest-selling work of nonfiction ever.
First in line was a beaming Gladys Thomas, 64, of Shaker Heights. Earlier, while waiting for the queue to form, Thomas had expressed her unhappiness with President Bush. She said one of the reasons she came to get her book signed was her hope that Sen. Clinton would beat Bush in the upcoming presidential race.
"If anybody's gonna do it, it would be her," Thomas said.
Jean Joseph, 79, who lives in Shaker Square, agreed. Joseph, a native of Martha's Vineyard, where the Clintons often vacation, said: "I think she's fabulous, and the book's fabulous. I have a lot of admiration for the kind of human being she is. I even like Bill."
After Clinton signed her book, Joseph said she had told the senator that she had delayed a vacation trip to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts by a day so she could attend the signing.
While Clinton smiled, greeted people and wrote her name hundreds of times, local supporters Lana Moresky and Roberta Feinstein were in the store lobby, handing out forms to people interested in signing up for a Clinton support group.
"I'm doing this on my own because I couldn't let this opportunity go by," Moresky said, showing a bunch of already-filled-out forms.
Demand for the forms was so great, Feinstein added, "They're ripping it out of my hand."
But the opposition was there, too. A few protesters stood across the street from the store, bearing anti-abortion and anti-Hillary posters. One, scribbled in black marker, read, "I would have made a good sign for Monica."
One group of protesters had been brought together through Freerepublic.com, a politically conservative Web site. They took issue with Clinton's politics and what they called her untruthfulness.
"A better title for her book would be 'Omitting History,' " said Tom Adams of Wadsworth, who was part of the Freerepublic.com group.
Protesters and fans alike remained peaceful throughout the afternoon and evening. Secret Service and Cleveland police had secured the back half of the Joseph-Beth building hours earlier, and the book-signing line moved efficiently through the densely peopled store to the rear, where television crews and reporters squeezed in to record Clinton scribbling and chatting with the mostly female crowd.
She had a big smile and hello for everyone, but especially for the children who walked through with their parents.
"What a pretty dress," she said to a little girl in a long gold and black velvet gown. The child said her name was Chelsea, like Clinton's daughter. "You're kidding!" Clinton said. "How do you spell it?"
By 7:15 p.m., Clinton had signed her last book, posed with the Joseph-Beth staff for souvenir pictures and bought some summer reading on her way out of the store. Her appearance was the largest gathering for an author that the store had ever hosted, said Joseph-Beth spokeswoman Stephanie Siegel.
Clinton press secretary Philippe Reines said the senator was heading to a local fund-raiser and then home to New York last night after a book tour that had taken her to Minneapolis, Kansas City, St. Louis, Atlanta and Detroit before coming to Cleveland.
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:
cjack@plaind.com, 216-999-4739
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Cuba; Culture/Society; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: beelzebubba; hillapalooza; livinghistory; lyinghistory; wickedwitchofnewyork
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Cleveland Rocks!
(I had to say it)
:-)
To: tgslTakoma
I wonder if she'll visit the Joseph-Beth in Lexington, Kentucky on her tour. I want to protest, too!
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posted on
08/14/2003 8:29:28 AM PDT
by
LanPB01
To: tgslTakoma
We keep chip chip chipping away at her. Has to be at least an annoyance.
Thanks for posting this, and thanks to the freepers who were there.
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posted on
08/14/2003 8:32:41 AM PDT
by
basil
To: basil
We keep chip chip chipping away at her. Has to be at least an annoyance. I can hear her now: Hill "Is there some jack%$$ out there in a devil mask?
USSS "Yes ma'am"
Hill: I can't go anywhere without this happening
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posted on
08/14/2003 8:37:57 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(There they go again....)
To: basil
"Living History" already has made history by becoming the fastest-selling work of nonfiction ever.Total nonsense, Rush sold 2 million copies in 2 months.
To: tgslTakoma
FOX was talking about celebrity worship this morning.
30% of Americans feel they cannot live without celebrities. Out of that 30%, 10% live in a greater fantacy world. They literally believe they're personal friends with celebrities, and they have a psychic bond or family-like bond with them.
This is probably the group followes Hillary around, and she's probably seeing bus loads of the same people every where she goes (but would never admit it).
This is probably that 30 something % we always see in the polls. There's always 30% who oppose logic, and vote celebrity.
They need to get a life. They live through their television sets.
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posted on
08/14/2003 8:46:21 AM PDT
by
concerned about politics
("He who controls communications rules the world." - Adolf Hitler)
To: T. Jefferson
And Dr. Phil's diet book has out distanced her in pre-publication orders.
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posted on
08/14/2003 8:49:22 AM PDT
by
sarasota
To: T. Jefferson
Total nonsense, Rush sold 2 million copies in 2 months. And Anns book - Treason- has out sold her and still selling.
This is pro-Hillary propaganda. I'd like to see photos of the people at the signing. I'll bet we'd see the same people over and over where ever she goes. Hillary's hired groopies. I'll bet they're there for the pro-Hillary photo ops every time.
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posted on
08/14/2003 8:50:29 AM PDT
by
concerned about politics
("He who controls communications rules the world." - Adolf Hitler)
To: T. Jefferson
Let's make a little comparison...
Hmmm... Interesting. Way behind
Treason in sales, sold at a much steeper discount, and far more used copies people are trying to get rid of...
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posted on
08/14/2003 8:55:59 AM PDT
by
Redcloak
(All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
To: tgslTakoma
The child said her name was Chelsea, like Clinton's daughter. "You're kidding!" Clinton said. "How do you spell it?" Doesn't remember how to spell her own daughter's name......
:-) In related news, Bill Clinton said "Which daughter?"
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:16:12 AM PDT
by
wbill
To: tgslTakoma
A little girl named Chelsea???? Spontaneously???
This piece is so bad at hiding the staged atmosphere of a Hillary event it's pathetic.
Even the Free Republic mention is done to show a fringe enemy in the wings, causing people to take sides even when reading the piece. Free Repulic is serving as the Bogeyman in this case. That's not a bad thing nor good thing, it's just the way her handlers wrote the piece and for a specific reason.
I want someone to follow home a few of these people getting a signed book. I bet they don't make it ten blocks before tossing it in the can.
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:17:42 AM PDT
by
blackdog
To: blackdog
Hillary! came to speak at my college during her 'town meetings tour' on health care in '93. Questions were sumbitted and screened weeks in advance.
One guy tried to sneak his own question in (A future FReeper?) and was shouted down. Made the news locally, not a peep nationally.
Another question was asked by a man who was severely mentally retarded. I respect the man for having the courage to go up and present the question, but it was so ridiculously staged - I felt nothing but contempt for those that would use people in such a manner.
And, for those who are wondering, no, I didn't attend. Told my friends that I'd only go if I could throw rocks at her. :-)
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:24:35 AM PDT
by
wbill
To: tgslTakoma; All
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:34:07 AM PDT
by
ALOHA RONNIE
(Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 www.LZXRAY.com ..)
To: wbill; All
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:37:36 AM PDT
by
ALOHA RONNIE
(Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 www.LZXRAY.com ..)
To: tgslTakoma; Doctor Raoul; BillF; All
"Clinton support group"...<---OH, how that would make a GREAT caption. Please post your goofiest pictures for it.
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:39:42 AM PDT
by
Xthe17th
(FREE THE STATES. Repeal the 17th amendment!)
To: concerned about politics
I'll bet we'd see the same people over and over where ever she goes.Well, not exactly the same people but they all seem to have the same brain chip.
Here are a couple of typical Hilliary-ites in Corte Medera, CA a few weeks ago.
Not that I doubt people are bussed to these events for her.
More Pictures Here and another after-action post on the same event Here
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:47:36 AM PDT
by
Syncro
To: Syncro
Well, not exactly the same people but they all seem to have the same brain chip.I'll bet if all the FReeper pictures were laid side by side, we'd see people copies. Whoever does the next FReep, they should try to get a picture of the people in line, and their busses. I'll bet they'll look like photo copies.
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posted on
08/14/2003 9:52:13 AM PDT
by
concerned about politics
("He who controls communications rules the world." - Adolf Hitler)
To: kristinn; Angelwood; Jimmy Valentine's brother; staytrue; sauropod; LisaFab; RonDog
Another book FReep story in the press.
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posted on
08/14/2003 10:10:44 AM PDT
by
BillF
(FReep Hillary's booksignings and help preserve U.S. liberty!)
To: Redcloak
good charts.. reveals much. Thanks
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posted on
08/14/2003 10:51:29 AM PDT
by
DollyCali
(Authenticity: To have Arrived !)
To: blackdog
I tend to disagree.. Sad as it is she does have her loyal & blind groupie following... They love her no matter what.
(sorta like I was with Nixon *G* )
....... but I think there are a lot of curiousity seekers who will not keep book... but will read part or all of it before e-baying, garage selling, door stopping etc
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posted on
08/14/2003 11:07:05 AM PDT
by
DollyCali
(Authenticity: To have Arrived !)
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