STREISAND RESPONDS TO NY POST:THE LIES

Streisand Truth Alert ^ | 10.05.2002 | Streisand

[fight_truth_decay]

THE LIES:

On the final day of election campaigning (Nov. 4, 2002) The New York Post created one more viciously false story to try to malign Barbra Streisand's support of Democratic candidates and Democratic issues. Richard Johnson, in his Page Six column, headlined a ludicrous concoction that must have defied even his credulity-or, certainly, that of his readers. The story asserted that Barbra Streisand had advanced a "paranoid conspiracy theory" in respect to the tragic air crash that took the lives of Paul Wellstone and seven others. Nothing could be further from the truth, but Johnson went on to offer the similarly ridiculous lie that Ms. Streisand had presented this idea in a letter to "an audience of interior designers bidding on a chance to decorate" her new addition. Page Six further asserts that she told them they had to concur with her political beliefs.

THE TRUTH:

Ms. Streisand never advanced "a paranoid conspiracy theory" in any letter (there is none) to 5 candidates bidding for a job to decorate her home since she is her own decorator. The Page Six story was yet another Post article attempting to discredit this vocal Democrat with baseless charges.

Now, let's consider the amazing irony of the November 4 story in which the New York Post identified House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt as "SEN. Dick Gephardt"... it established a new context for the Post's repeated castigations of Ms. Streisand for a misspelling of Gephardt's name (this was in a memo DICTATED BUT NOT READ BY HER). Presumably it was Mr. Johnson or one of his two credited co-writers who wrote "Sen. Dick Gephardt." It was published, unchallenged, after inspection by highly paid and knowledgeable New York Post editors. It is significant only because Mr. Johnson holds others, very belligerently, to standards with which he himself cannot comply.

Of course he erred. Why? Not because he is stupid, but because he is human. It is why even so prestigious a paper as The New York Times has a corrections column every day.

But while inadvertent errors are human and should be accepted as such and not ridiculed, the writers of calculated falsehoods designed to detract from intended content and aimed only to shame and defame people, should accept their responsibility and be held accountable.

TRUTH ALERT:

Question: If the NY Post does not know that Richard Gephardt is House Minority Leader and that he is not a Senator, how do they know what Barbra Streisand thinks and what she is doing?

Answer: They DON'T!

It seems from a flurry of fabricated stories about Barbra Streisand in the conservative New York Post that this publication feels that freedom of the press only applies to those who own the presses. This concerns the latest in a series of defamations.

[fight_truth_decay]

Duets..Steisands new cd : #5) Cryin` Time (With Ray Charles)...THE REPUBLICANS RULE!!!!

[Howlin]

She must be standing on a ledge somewhere in Malibu today. Good!

[Tijeras_Slim]

She must be standing on a ledge somewhere in Malibu today. Good!

When she hits, I'm figuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale.

[kcvl]

EATING!!!

[Saundra Duffy]

LOL!

[AmericanInTokyo]

This woman and the Democrats give a whole new aromatic and full meaning to the popular phrase of late: (for one to be) "bitch slapped"

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Or how about,

"Oh,

its,

cryin' time again,

you're gonna leave me.

I can see that,

far-away look,

in your eyes.

I can tell,

by the way you hold me darlin',

that it won't be long,

before its,

cryin' time."

[NorCoGOP]

The Page Six story was yet another Post article attempting to discredit this vocal Democrat with baseless charges.

BZZZZ!!! WRONG!!! Babs (and all her buddies) were discredited YESTERDAY

11/5/02 The Republican Revolution

[101st-Eagle]

I bet Brolin is scurrying around the house to get out of her way with a look resembling a shaky little whippet hound dog who just peed on the couch.

[Cultural Jihad]

Ms. Streisand never advanced "a paranoid conspiracy theory" in any letter (there is none) to 5 candidates bidding for a job to decorate her home since she is her own decorator. The Page Six story was yet another Post article attempting to discredit this vocal Democrat with baseless charges.

Sheesh, Babs. Who cares what you claim people say of you, a professional pretender?

[breakem]

If she hits nose first, she would burrow in much deeper.

[Marobe]

Dear Ms Streisand,
Your flight to the communist People's Republic of China is ready to board.
Yes, Mr Cronkite, Mr Clinton & Mrs Clinton, and Mr Baldwin are already on board.
Please surrender your passport to the Federal Marshall before you board as YOU WON"T BE COMIN' BACK !
Have a nice flight !
Respectfully yours in the Liberty of our Republic,
The Concerned Citizens of America
Under God !

[Congressman Billybob]

Notice that Babs is starting to issue statements that refer to herself in the third person? Is she just a step away from referring to herself as "The Babs," the way that Donald Trump likes to be referred to as "The Donald"? More and more she's reminding me of the comment -- I think from Truman Capote -- about Normal Mailer, "When he dies, he will donate his ego to Harvard Medical School."

If I ever should meet the lady, and she should get on her high horse in my presence, I will have one word to say to her. That word is, "Yentl."

Congressman Billybob

On American Politics

Click for "to Restore Trust in America"

[Marobe]

She must be standing on a ledge somewhere in Malibu today. Good! ROTHF! One can always hope ! Dear God, If you grant me this one wish, I won't ask for anything else till 'the Great Stainmaker' is choking on a ham sandwich. Respectfully yours, M-

[BillCompton]

Ms. Streisand never advanced "a paranoid conspiracy theory" in any letter (there is none) to 5 candidates bidding for a job to decorate her home since she is her own decorator.

This is a classic non-denial denial. Let's examine this. If there were 6 candidates, instead of 5 candidates, then this statement could be true, but very misleading. Also, perhaps it was not a letter, but and e-mail. Or maybe she never called it "a paranoid consipircy theory" but something else that amounted to the same thing. This is not the way someone who has been wrongly accused defends themself. Instead they would say something like. "This story is completely false. I never said any of it and I don't believe it."

[BikerTrash]

Poor Babs. She must be having a terrible day! I recommend booze and pills, at least a couple of bottles of each.

[Sally II]

Is it just my own perception, or does Barbara Streisand have a seriously over-inflated sense of political importance? Some people make fun of her silly comments and suddenly she acts like she has a serious political career that's under attack.

By the way, I'm sure many of you caught McCain's SNL appearance. I only caught the last part, the skit he did were he was singing Barbara Streisand songs and said, "For years now Barbara Streisand has been trying to do my job. Now it's my turn to do hers." ... or something like that. Conservative politicians who have hosted SNL have been far funnier than Libs. (Anyone remember when Steve Forbes was on SNL?)

[Mr. Mojo]

Ms. Streisand

Ms.? Doesn't everyone know by know that the b/tch is married to that spineless parasite James Brolin?

[fight_truth_decay]

Hey Hey Hey!..With the speaking out by Sreisand, Asner and others of the Creative Coalition..Lange showing up in Minnesota for Modale..the Clintons, Gore..not to mention the brillance of the Wellstone Memorial "choreographed" by the Democrats..they did more harm to their party then good. Was a Walk On Their Real Side. Salud!

[HamiltonJay]

This whole Babs, Belefonte fiascos are what happens when entertainers think their oppinions matter....