Retired General (Turnipseed): Enough on Bush (No Alzheimers!)

[grasswire]

http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1077445355170050.xml

Last Monday, Turnipseed's daughter, Tracy T. Roberts of Spanish Fort, was in her car listening to Rush Limbaugh, when the conservative announcer told her and his millions of other radio listeners something she didn't know.

"When he said that General Turnipseed had reported that he had Alzheimer's, I laughed," said Roberts, a member of Leadership Baldwin County 2003.

"I told my husband, 'Daddy has really thrown them a bone.' I knew it had to be a joke."

Turnipseed -- while expressing dismay over reports that he, a Bush supporter, had given money to Edwards -- admitted making what he called "a crack" about Alzheimer's to a reporter from Georgia.

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The article has a WHOLE BUNCH of new information.

[grasswire]

1. the donor to Edwards

....is a local waiter and entrepreneur who donated because his wife is a strong supporter of Edwards. The RNC stated that the General had donated the $$ to Kerry.

"The Register offered to try to locate Will Turnipseed, and the retired general was all for it. Using various databases and court records, the newspaper found that a Sirwill A. Turnipseed, who goes by "Will," lives in Montgomery, though he did not have a listed telephone number.

A garnishment action on an overdue small loan reflected that Turnipseed worked at Wynlakes. A call was made to the club, asking for Turnipseed, and a woman said he worked in the dining room and was working that night.

A Montgomery man who is a member of the club agreed to take a Register reporter to the club for dinner, and upon arriving, asked the manager if he could see Will Turnipseed. Turnipseed came over, sat down and listened to the explanation of why he'd been summoned. When it came to the donation, he smiled, saying that, yes, he'd given the money."

[jbm]

8. The part I love best about this story..

is that the waiter donated $500.00 to Edwards. The optomistic part of me sees this as more evidence that the regular people will provide the dems with the money they need to win. The cynical part of me is willing to bet that the right will somehow turn this into an issue and claim that the lawyer used Will(the waiter) as a front to donate more money. oh well...

[leftchick]

2. the link did not work for me....

I would love to read this grasswire!... :)

[louis-t]

3. Ha! I have posted several times that

the right will try to portray this man as a doddering old fool. Imagine these bastards ridiculing the elderly, wounded veterans, etc.
This is what passes for compassion?

[JaySherman]

4. The really sad part is

This guys insists that he supports and will continue to support *. He's still hanging on as a right-winger even after the hard time his own faction of freepers, pundits, and hate-radio gasbags have given him. Not a doddering old fool in my book, just a plain old garden-variety fool.

[mike1963]

5. I guess the name 'Turnipseed' isn't as rare as I had thought, just looked

in the Tulsa phone book, there are 4 listed. No big deal, but the Dickens reference irked me...

[grasswire]

6. let's try the link again

http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1077445355170050.xml

on edit: it seems to be okay

[mike1963]

7. Worked fer me the first time...

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[TacticalPeek]

9. This cross-wired disinformation farce would make a great Daily Show bit.

For that matter, it would make an obvious regular news bit, of the news-funny sort, perhaps with a dash of mild opprobrium.

Republican spinners racing in and out of all the wrong doors until they collide and pratfall.

I'll hold my breath.

[stevedeshazer]

10. This article is LOADED with stuff! LMAO

Bush/Cheney'04 caught in another lie.

Duped by General Turnipseed unwittingly, even though he favors Bushie.

General makes crack about Alzheimer's, Bush/Cheney'04 campaign bites hook, line and sinker.

Hilarious but flawed comment from William F. Buckley, Jr.

A waiter by the same name as the general donates to Edwards.

Turnipseed's daughter learns of the smear in her car by listening to Rush Limbaugh.

Bush/Cheney'04 spokeman makes terse statement to retract previous statement.

You just couldn't make it up!