The Schindlers (Wolcott)

[kskiska]

The Ghoulies

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My heart (and I do have one, despite what you may read on the cave walls of Lascaux) doesn't go out to that pair of publicity-grabbing fireplugs, who comported themselves with a complete lack of dignity compared to the husband and demonstrated their demagogic bad faith over the last two weeks.

The so-called press conferences they do in front of the hospice, for example. A press conference, even in the Bush era, is supposed to incorporate questions from the press. Not with the Schindlers. The cable news correspondents announce that the Schindlers and their friar homies are about to hold a press conference, whereupon the Schindler camp forms this strange human choo-choo train toward the nest of microphones. Then as momma or poppa makes a terse statement, flanked by Randall Terry and the friars making their sad-determined faces. Sometimes the father uses phrases like "judicial homicide" that sound less like those of a grieving father than of someone who's been well prepped by his rightwing handlers. Last night the mother appealed to Michael's new partner, guilt-tripping her with references to the two children they have together, to devote herself to them and let her have her daughter back.

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"These are sleazy, controlling people who will stop at nothing to get their way.

"They have benefitted from unprecedented contributions and have not uttered one word of thanks and only belatedly tried to control the freak show outside their daughter's hospice. I would be amazingly unsurprised if the Schindlers were sued by the families of other patients for that circus outside...

"You know I want to sympathize with them, but at every turn, they do something even sleazier and more revolting. They should have stopped the children from being arrested. That hurt them. Badly. Then Mary Schindler's creepy appeal tonight to "have her daughter". She was a married woman. Not her property. Now, the sale of the list and the allegations of abuse...

"How sleazy are these people, why have they lost my sympathy in this horrible situation? Because they said nothing when people picketed Michael Schiavo's house when his kids and girlfriend are there. They have never once discouraged violence. And they have not even thanked the politicians for their support...

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[BrklynLiberal]

1. I love James Wolcott!!!!!!

[Lindacooks]

2. Very well stated.

It's nice to see a collection of facts about these people put in such succinct terms.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

3. Excellent

Great read, and great link: I'm restoring old bookmarks on a new browser, and Wolcott's is essential.

Another great link in that entry is stevegilliard.blogspot.com. He's the gent quoted in Wolcott's piece. I was unfamiliar with him, but after reading through a few of his entries, I like him already.