Bush crowd boos wish for Cinton Recovery
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| Sat, 09-04-2004 - 8:45pm |
What a classy bunch.
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Audience boos as Bush offers best wishes for Clinton's recovery
WEST ALLIS, Wis. (AP) _ President Bush on Friday wished Bill Clinton "best wishes for a swift and speedy recovery."
"He's is in our thoughts and prayers," Bush said at a campaign rally.
Bush's audience of thousands in West Allis, Wis., booed. Bush did nothing to stop them.
Bush offered his wishes while campaigning one day after accepting the presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention in New York. Clinton was hospitalized in New York after complaining of mild chest pain and shortness of breath.
Bush recently praised Clinton when the former president went to the White House for the unveiling of his official portrait. He lauded Clinton for his knowledge, compassion and "the forward-looking spirit that Americans like in a president."
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--bush-clinton0903sep03,0,5995015.story

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The AP Changes "Boos" to "Ooohs" in Report on Bush and Clinton
http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000624935
The Associated Press changed "boos" to "ooohhs" Friday afternoon in reporting on President George Bush's first statement to supporters on the heart ailment that has befallen former President Bill Clinton.
In a dispatch sent to subscribers in early afternoon, the AP reported that when Bush, at a campaign rally in West Allis, Wisconsin, told the crowd that he wished to send Clinton his "best wishes for a swift and speedy recovery," the audience "of thousands booed. Bush did nothing to stop them."
Pretty damning, except that AP soon changed its story, only after the original appeared on many Web sites.
Several Web sites revealed that AP "retracted" the report "citing uncertainties about how to characterize the crowd's reaction."
The new version moved on the wire Friday described the same incident this way, after relating Bush's remarks: "The crowd reacted with applause and with some 'ooohs,' apparently surprised by the news that Clinton was ill."
A Knight Ridder/Tribune (KRT) report put it this way: "Some in Bush's audience booed when he wished Clinton well...."
The AFP wire report declared that after Bush's statement "thousands of boisterous supporters clapped respectfully."
~Libraone~
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Anyone who booed something like that is just acting ultra partisan.
You're one rewrite behind. After they changed the reaction from boohs to ooohs, they dropped the whole thing.
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In the context of the conversation 'they' were obviously the AP who has put out 3 evolving versions of the story.
Did you listen to the audio? Did you hear any boos?
Everyone who was there and has been asked about it, has talked about it said they did not hear any booing.
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Edited 9/7/2004 11:18 am ET ET by cl-wrhen
Renee ~~~
No doubt his arteries are clogged up with pounds of MacDonalds hamburgers and pizzas. > etc etc etc
You should have seen some of the lovely Ronald Reagan tributes I read from some liberals-one that comes immediately to mind was "I bet he's burned all nice and crispy in Hell right now.."
I would have no problem believing it either-the same way I would have no problem believing that some people would cheer if Dick Cheney had a heart attack-there are crappy people of every political persuasion.
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EXCELLENT point!
Miffy - Co-CL For The Politics Today Board
AP has issued a correction.
In a report that moved on the AP wire at 9:27 a.m. Saturday, the AP said: ‘This is a correction to an incorrect story posted by AP on Friday stating the crowd booed the President when he sent his good wishes. The crowd, in fact, did NOT boo.’”
http://www.intellectualconservative.com/article3765.html
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