Candy Crowley still dissing Kerry on lecture circuit

[kskiska]

Kerry isn't President today because he likes green tea.

CNN reporter: Kerry not public's cup of tea

WEST PALM BEACH — You've heard of red states and blue states, now what about those crucial green tea states?

During a luncheon speech Monday to the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches, CNN political correspondent Candy Crowley shared an early memory from the campaign trail that may explain why John Kerry will not be president next yea

In January 2003, when his campaign was still young enough that Kerry would actually sit down with reporters in a relaxed setting, he and Crowley met for breakfast at the Holiday Inn in Dubuque, Iowa.

"I'd like to start out with some green tea," Kerry told the waitress, who stared at him for a moment before responding, "We have Lipton's."

Lipton's would be fine, Kerry said, but the memory stayed with Crowley.

"There were many green tea instances," she told the sell-out crowd of 450 at the Kravis Center's Cohen Pavilion. "There's a very large disconnect between the Washington politicians and most of America and how they live. Bush was able to bridge that gap, and Kerry was not."

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[trotsky]

1. Oh my, he wanted green tea.

Well that right there explains everything.

OK not really, it only explains that the fucking "liberal" media makes such a huge deal out of TOTALLY IRRELEVANT CRAP when the people of this country are voting on their next leader.

Fuck off, Crowley the Butterqueen.

[pnutchuck]

7. RIGHT ON

I used to watch CNN coverage of the election and found it impossible to watch that bitch. The other correspondent covering the Bush campaign seemed almost neutral. Crowley, however, acted like they'd just pushed her down a flight of stairs and she was readying her suit against the Kerry campaign.

[spooky3]

25. She's still sore because Kerry's camp didn't provide free booze.

[Francine Frensky]

84. He is a cancer survivor, ridiculing his healthy eating habits seems

kinda like a low blow.

Maybe Candy's just jealous of his ability to control his appetite.

[Lex]

2. Green tea is made by Lipton's and

several other manufacturers and is on the shelf at my regular ol' grocery store here in NC.

Is Crowley saying it is exotic or something? :shrug:

She's an idiot.

[unblock]

3. next presidential campaign i run,

candy crowley gets kicked off the bus.

the press bus is reserved for news reporters.

[ewagner]

4. Did she

still have her "tip jar" in front of her? You know, the one the GOP dropped a couple of bucks in everytime she dissed Kerry.

[soleft]

5. Email your comments to cnn

Let them know this is why half of the country is no longer watching cable news.

[pnutchuck]

13. Good Idea!!!!

The only problem with deleting all cable news is that you're just left with local news. Pretty much a meandering of public interest stories, and a pandering to an audience they assume have no higher than an 8th grade education.

[Dinger]

37. I Get FSTV Now, Fuck CNN!

Haven't been on in ages at my house.

[LittleClarkie]

85. This is what I sent:

"In a speech she gave in Florida, Ms. Crowley mentioned that there was a "green tea" moment with Sen. Kerry that indicated that he was too out of touch as a candidate, and that there had been several "green tea moments" throughout the campaign.

First of all, I contacted the hotel she spoke of, and they indeed to carry green tea. So the story Ms. Crowley told of the waitress staring at the Senator blankly and commenting that they had Liptons would seem to be bogus.

Second of all, please don't tell me that the fate of the free world rested on whether or not one of the candidates drank green tea.

I don't care about "green tea" moments. I care about the intelligence, knowledge and honesty of a candidate. I'm glad that I didn't depend on your station to inform me about the Senator, for it is apparent from this and other sources that you had a pre-conceived opinion of the man, and not a good one.

CNN has always been a respected news source in my eye until this campaign season. It was entirely too apparent where your allegences were placed in the way you covered both candidates.

That is a shame. I should not have been able to tell. But if was evident. If you helped the country make the wrong decision, I hope you can live with that. For it appears what is important to your reporters is not what is important for the country."

Too much? Not enough? Will they even read it?

[txindy]

86. I give it 'two thumbs-up'

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: I think it was just enough. A very balanced letter. :toast:

[russian33]

6. 'I'll start with a baked ham and a dozen rolls' Crowley told the waitress

Woman is a freaking moron...they use the word 'correspondent' loosly nowdays

[sherilocks]

32. Waitress, ," and a bucket of the creamed gravy"

for the rolls. I can't believe that anyone would go to hear her speak, much less a packed house.

[slor]

76. LOL...

you forgot the family size box o' krispy kreme!

[drhilarius]

87. lmfao!

[kskiska]

8. Suppose Kerry had some really weird habits

such as carrying his very own pillow with him on the campaign trail?

[mpanno]

9. If Kerry lost the election

Why are they still dissing him?

[still_one]

10. boycott CNN, let them know, and stop complaining about their reporting

because frankly they won't change

[madmax]

11. She's not a journalist, she's just a shill for the right.

I'd never seen her before campaign 2000 and immediately got the sense that she was pro-repub. All her reporting is slanted - it's so obvious.

[Fridays Child]

12. Candy Crowley probably has a personal appliance named "Dubya."

She positively swoons for the evil little man.

[Dinger]

40. Does She Have A Signifigant Other?

Or is the "personal appliance" it?

[Skidmore]

14. Yeah, we here in Iowa have never heard of

green tea. My tush! One of my best friends only drinks green tea. Heck, every grocery store in this area stocks it. Perhaps if Candy would get out of the press pool long enough to check out the community she is in, she may be surprised to learn that we are not all the rubes she likes to believe we are.

Dubuque isn't exactly a village--not a metropolis--but still a sizable city. They have building more than 2 stories tall in their downtown area, and downtown takes up several blocks. They even have taxis.

[madrchsod]

19. no shit, you guys have green tea up there?

hell, i thought only those rich people in galena drank green tea. maybe candy was thinking of east dubuque, i heard she learned her "trade" there when she was alot younger.....

[Cassandra]

22. I have a good customer in Dubuque.

People in Dubuque have more adventurous tastes in jewelry than some might think.

[Logansquare]

35. Stop that!!! Put on your overalls and pick up your pitchfork

and look picturesque and dull-witted for all the Republican pundits. After all, you are in "Red" America, which means you count more as a symbol than as a citizen. Every time you think critically, you make David Brooks cry...

[JI7]

15. is green tea supposed to be an unusual drink or something ?

i know people who drink it regularly and never thought much of it.

[JaneQPublic]

43. Green tea is very good for you. I drink it all the time.

Research has shown it helps ward off heart disease, cancer, etc.

You can buy it in almost every grocery store in America. You may not be able to get it at a McDonald's drive-through, but it's common enough.

I guess Crowley's saying he should have ordered pork rinds and pretzels, like all-American Bush would have.

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[lynintenn]

17. Realistically how many Holiday Inns serve Green Tea

[KC21304]

21. Every one, I would suppose.

Do you think there is a restaurent in business who would not have tea bags ?

[Francine Frensky]

83. See below where they called that Holiday Inn, and they DO serve it

It's gotta be pretty easy to stock green tea bags, dontcha think? Not like they take up a lot of room.

[blm]

18. HEADLINES:Scientists say green tea use sharpens critical thinking skills

CNN: We don't like people who drink green tea

GOP: Green tea is unAmerican

[poppet]

20. I live in

small town Louisiana (originally from PA) and I get my green tea (decaf even) at the local Walmart (cheapest place to shop here)!

[fob]

23. Anybody at home and care to call and ask if they have Green Tea?

Holiday Inn
DUBUQUE/GALENA
450 MAIN STREET
DUBUQUE, IA 52001
UNITED STATES
Tel: [phone]

Also ask if they had green tea back in January 2003. I bet this is another lie by CC.

[HootieMcBoob]

33. Oh crap I wish I was someplace where I could call

Maybe I should buy one of those new cell-phone devices?

My bet is that they have green tea and that Candy Crowley is full of shit. Every television show for the last ten years has been hyping green tea as a powerful antioxidant.

[CatWoman]

38. I just called, and spoke to Kim

they have always carried it, but they do run out.

They are out of it right now.

[fob]

44. Just as I suspected. Sad, really. I wish there was a number to reach

Candyass and give her the Hotel's number and ask her why she's such a whore(as in media whore for bush*, not as a slam because she's a woman).

[txindy]

45. Self-righteous MSM claims people on the 'Internets' don't fact-check

You just proved how far off they are in their own fact-checking, both about us and that creeping menace, green tea. :yourock:

[tblue37]

78. And why would they run out?

Maybe because so many people order it?

[slestak]

24. Where is she giving lectures?

Golden Corral?

[qb]

26. She owes Dubya. He left a $5 tip after her last BJ.

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[Minstrel Boy]

29. Once, in a restaurant in Wakefield Quebec, I asked the waitress

what kind of fish she was serving. She answered, "It's kind of square."

I really put my foot in it that time, didn't I?

Now, besides being Canadian, I have the "fish moment" to keep me from being President.

[GingerSnaps]

59. I asked a waitress what kind of steak was on the special she said Beef

I spit my coffee all over the computer screen when I read your message. :cry: LOL

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[Logansquare]

31. The man recovered from cancer

Even folks in Red America know that green tea is a beneficial substance. Crowley is the single best example I can think of to counter the "Liberal Media" smear--she is a hate filled, sneering propagandist.

You know, these right wing journalists who are propagating the myth of Red America have created it in order to hold on to power. She doesn't care any more for the common people than does the little prince.

[CatWoman]

34. "I want Candy" Crowley

I hate that bitch :grr:

[Ducks In A Row]

36. I drink ginger tea. Maybe I'll tell Candy and she can sneer at me too.

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

39. I can't believe 450 idiots actually paid money to hear her inanities

I'd rather pay to have my eardrums poked out with a stick. Wonder how much they paid?

[txindy]

52. It's more likely SHE paid THEM

If she was in town here, and the tickets were free, I might be persuaded to attend. Out of curiousity, I mean, just to see if she's really as repugnant in person as she appears on TV or if she is even more repugnant. I'm betting on the latter. :evilgrin:

[CBHagman]

41. I find Crowley so odious ...

...and on so many levels. What does she think she knows about our lives and who we prefer? Is 56 million Kerry supporters somehow an insignificant number?

Crowley is...no, I'm not going to type it, though she richly deserves it.

On edit: Maybe she's the official spokeswoman for NOA. Just a thought...

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[juliagoolia]

42. Statesman, Educated informed aware of international issues

That is HOW THEY COULD HAVE PAINTED HIM..

Instead they chose to paint him as an elitest who likes international teas who is out of touch with the average joe.

I am an average person and I like green friggin tea too! So call me an elitist while I dunk my dog and dip my chickens.

Americans deserve statesmen and educated informed leaders, not good ole boy bullshit artists. BITCH!

[Mad_Dem_X]

49. I totally agree!

W is the one who is out of touch with the average American, but the media wants us to believe otherwise. God help us over the next 4 years!

[qanda]

46. She should try it

It is said to help you lose weight. And I'm not trying to be funny either, apparently green tea is very good for you.

[AP]

47. Thank you CNN for informing us about important issues, like what tea...

...the candidates drink.

[eriffle]

48. no green tea in Iowa?

I live in West Virginia. I'm a large bearded man and I drink green tea. It isn't hard to come by here. Isn't this during the same time that Kerry was hoarse and had a sore throat. Damn those high falutin liberals and their cold remedies!

[WildEyedLiberal]

50. OH NO! COGNITIVE DISSONANCE!!

I'm from a small rural town and my house is surrounded by cornfields! We have a barn and farm animals! I've ridden on a tractor!

And yet I drink EARL GREY TEA! From ENGLAND!!

I think my brain is going to implode with cognitive dissonance! How can I simultaneously be a cunt'ry bumpkin and a liberal tea connoisseur??

How will the media whores ever stereotype me???

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

53. You sound like my dad

He's a rural farmer that has always enjoyed wine and good cheese and imported salami and all that fancy citified "yurpeen" stuff.

Somebody should do a web page that shows how stupid these stereotypes are!

[WildEyedLiberal]

55. Yep, I've even been to Yurrup

And LIKED it!

What will the Repukes do with me, and your dad, and everyone like us? A country girl with culture? Who likes other countries?? How will their little brains handle the concept?

[robbedvoter]

51. Liberal media, communist CNN right? I'll store this one for the future

(assuming they'll claim objectivity in the future anymore)

[PROGRESSIVE1]

54. "CANDY" Crowley is really a pig!

:puke:

:argh:

[txindy]

56. OMG! What a scandal! What's next? He drinks low-fat milk?

That would be so unpatriotic. As opposed to Junior, who keeps a cow in the Oval Office and takes his milk straight. :eyes: Oh, wait, scratch that. I forgot. B*sh is afraid of large farm/ranch animals. Make that a goat.

Crowley is really scraping the bottom of the barrel if this is the lynchpin of her argument as to why Junior supposedly won. Yet another in a looooong list of reasons why I want this election 'result' overturned. Crowley will look even more ridiculous, her brilliant 'analysis' completely nullified. Her days on the lecture circuit will be over.

I hope her speech attendees demand their money back.

[Shopaholic]

57. That woman is an idiot--they sell Green Tea at the Piggly Wiggly

and every other grocery store here in the SOUTH--you know--the part of the Country that's painted RED on those *&^%$% maps????

[cavanaghjam]

58. Don'tcha know

that if he'd asked for a cuppa coffee he'd have been portrayed as "pretending to be a regular guy".

[Miami Liberal]

60. OH NO! He likes healthy drinks! The HORROR!

Candy, just because your beverage of choice is liquefied chocolate cake don't critique others who actually take care of themselves.

What a shallow B****

[Julien Sorel]

61. She was simply angry because they didn't have an

all you can eat breakfast buffet. She transferred her anger over that to Kerry, and is still expressing it, in between pastries, of course.

[kskiska]

62. I guess Candy thinks that *'s nickname for her is a compliment:

"Dolce"

[msgadget]

63. Low blow

I agree that Kerry isn't your 'everyman' but he's a cancer survior and obviously not a dimwit about his health. There are other things that illustrated he wasn't your average guy but this tea incident isn't one of them.

[Mountainman]

64. I don't listen to or read that pig's shit.

[Skittles]

65. Ms. Crowley is a Bush Whore

no big surprise there

[Borgnine]

66. I drink spiced espresso coffee.

Does this mean I can never run for president?

What an ignorant culture our media is breeding.

[Doctor_J]

67. she'll do anything for a free lunch buffet

[TexasSissy]

68. I drink green tea. Crowley wouldn't know this, but a lot of people into

healthy eating and drinking make a point of drinking green tea. Here in Texas, for gosh sakes, our firm keeps various teas INCLUDING GREEN TEA in the break rooms for us. And some of my friends pushing 60 years old make a point of drinking various teas, incl. green tea.

No, we don't jog or windsurf. We just work in an office in the heart of Texas. And we drink green tea.

[poppet]

69. I have been reading

this thread on and off today because I think it is really funny!!: Kerry didn't win because he ordered green tea at a Holiday Inn. I just gave some feedback on Candy Crawley on the CNN website. There is a form you can fill in to give positive or NEGATIVE feedback on reporters or anchors. I felt I had to compliment CNN for employing a senior political correspondent capable of such sophiticated analysis of the 2004 election (even if the analysis isn't presented on CNN). Did CC say she had many "green tea" moments on the campaign trial (oops, I meant trail)? What could this possibly mean??? Other than that CC isn't very bright and really has no business parading around under the title "Senior Political Correspondent."

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[DemocracyInaction]

71. I was born and raised in Dubuque, Iowa and it was my Mama who

introduced me to green tea in the 1950's-----and we were the working poor who lived by the Mississippi River (they were wise beyond their time). It's Fucking Fat Ass Candy who has had too many fudge sundaes who KNOWS GODDAMN FUCKING NOTHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE SHE SPITS ON AND RATES AS SOME BUFFONS IN THE BOONIES!!! One thing we did know in Dubuque---We knew a fat pig when we saw one!!!!!!!!!!!

[suegeo]

72. Candy Crowley, someone please put a sock in her mouth.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

73. Grrrrrrr.........

Asked about Teresa Heinz Kerry, Crowley got a laugh when she described her as "the happiest person at his concession speech."

Fuck you, Candy Cornball.

[tsuki]

74. Candy can bridge a lot of gaps. It's her synapses

that don't jump too well.

[LizW]

75. Why are we treating Crowley's story as if it were true?

It sounds made up. The waitress's response doesn't follow from what Crowley claims Kerry said.

She obviously twisted his words to make him sound bad.

Instead of "I'd like to start out with some green tea," (which sounds snotty) I'll bet he actually said, "Do you have green tea?" To which the waitress replied, "We have Lipton's." Kerry accepted the Lipton's graciously, and that was that.

The sad thing of the whole deal is that Candy Crowley is taking money from people who then listen to her tell made up stories about her moment in the big time. It's rather pitiful, like a bunch of high school girls gathering to hear the details after one of their group returns from a one-time pity date with the quarterback.

[spooky3]

77. good point--she probably figures if lying wins you elections, it's

good for journalism too!

[tblue37]

80. Maybe they had

Lipton's brand green tea. Lipton's does make green tea.

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[LynnTheDem]

81. And the POLLS showing KERRY understands the common folk and BUSH DOESN'T

How does Candy explain away the FACT that the MAJORITY of Americans DISAGREE with her?

TEXAS has green tea available EVERYWHERE. Poor Candy, so jealous, so stupid.

[LittleClarkie]

82. I love a good green tea

a good cup of Oolong is nice and smooth.

Do you mean to tell me I was deprived of John Kerry as my president because he wanted green tea? Never mind his foreign policy -- hey everybody, he wanted green tea!

Thousands are going to die in Iraq because John Kerry wanted green tea.

Excuse me. I have to go explode now.

[GRLMGC]

88. Hey! She's a damn good media whore

How else would she keep her job?

[Moderator]

89. Locking.....

It is ok to criticize Candy but it is not
ok when the criticism includes cheap shots
at her weight and other insensitive sexual
remarks.



DU Moderator