Crawford paper hit by Repubes

[montieg]

Got this email from a fellow Yellow-dog. I searched the article and added it to the letter:
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:05 AM
Subject: Lone Str Iconoclast


I think all of you have seen the endorsement of Kerry in the Crawford newspaper, Lone Star Iconoclast. If you haven't you should read it on the internet. This article is well written and is a good synopsis of what GWB has done to destroy our country as we knew it.
Today's San Antoino Express-News had an article this morning http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/texas/stories/MYSA093004.1A.crawford.d0640b14.html
pointing our that some of the people in Crawford are canceling their subscriptions and advertising and taking the newspapers out of their racks . The papers circulation is very small and the editor suggests they might not be able to weather the storm of cancellations.
I want to do my part to protect our 'freedom of speech' and assure the people in Crawford get a chance to read the truth about our president, or any president. I started a subscription today to try to help give them this chance.
The newspaper is a weekly and the phone number is [phone]. Subscriptions by mail are $45 per year and im sure you can take it for less than a year.

REMEMBER THE ALAMO? YES, BUT REMEMBER THE DIXIE CHICKS AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM WHEN THEY POINTED OUT THAT BUSH LIED WHEN HE SAID HE WAS A TEXAN (among many other things).
Lets send Bush back East where he really belongs - Texas doesn't need him, but we need the small newspapers that have a right to express their opinion.

[Atman]

1. Welcome, monteig!

Good post...but the subject line should be changed. A fund-raising drive is in order for this guy, enough to hold him over until the repubs forget. This is a small town, with no other pape. The locals will have to advertise, they'll want a paper. They'll come back to him, or at least, most will eventually. We need to be sending him money to weather the storm. How about it DUers? Send the $45, but don't make him go to the expense of actually mailing it, unless you're interested in what goes on in Crawford. Just help the guy out. What he did took enormous balls.



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[montieg]

3. Wicked cool idea!

And , yes, the subject line is a bit misleading, but ah, well, what the hey!

[Sugarbleus]

2. San Fran area here. Heard over radio last night.... a caller

mentioned the Crawford paper/editor and what they were doing and going through. The caller said he DID subscribe to that paper so as to help them out. Caller wanted others to know they can do so as well.

I think this is a fantastic idea. Thanks for this post....

[Maestro]

4. How pathetic

You have an opposing view so you are destroyed or at the very least ostracized. What a bunch of bovine excrement! Where is my money...?

[crispini]

5. Nominated for home page and

emailed widely. This was the quote that made me do it:

As of Wednesday morning, more than a dozen readers had canceled their subscription and six advertisers had pulled their spots from the paper. Smith expects there will be more, and he's preparing for the worst. "It will probably put us under," he said.

That's a lot for a little paper like that.

Edited: I actually DO want the paper, so I'm getting it. Any local paper that has that kind of balls will probably be worth reading.

[ashling]

6. Where do I subscribe?

Speak out for freedom of speech

[crispini]

7. You need to actually call them.

Phone number in post above.

Ask 'em how many out of town subscriptions they've gotten and report back! :)

[Skinner]

8. I'm going to kick this.

And I'm going to add it to our homepage. I might get a subscription myself.

[burned]

11. Skinner

If you and Kos and Atrios, just for starters, got a fundraiser going..

[BlueCollar]

12. I will pledge $50.00

to any advertising effort initiated by DU...

Additionally, I will take out an anual subscription.

[madfloridian]

13. We will contribute to an ad!

We took out a 6 month subscription as well. Well worth it, they sounded like nice folks on the phone.

[drfemoe]

33. Skinner's in Texas??

whoa .. thanks for the help!!

[NJCher]

9. what happened to the ad idea?

I read about it on another thread. Why can't we get up some money for an ad about DU?

I'll send cash if nothing comes of this idea but I'd much rather see us do an ad that will make people aware of DU. And I'm sure the publisher wouldn't mind having some ad space taken up during the time it takes for some of the jerks there to cool off.


Cher

[BlueCollar]

10. I agree

I'd contribute toward the purchase of an ad and I will definitely buy a subscription as soon as I can get through...

I think DUers can help pull it through the soft time...

[NVMojo]

14. count me in

I'll get a subscription and will pitch into an ad fund if one is being organized!!!

[NVMojo]

15. just got mine for one year

what the heck. that took guts. They were real nice and open today if you call.

[Cerridwen]

16. San Antonio paper article - edit -

"page has been moved or is no longer available"

[jean]

17. just looked - they have open ad space on their homepage header

[Booster]

18. I'm going to subscribe to the paper for a year but ask

them to send it to some family in Crawford who can't afford to subscribe. I really don't need any more paper of any kind coming into my house - I'm overwhelmed with paper now - all kinds of paper. ha

[Mend]

19. Just Subscribed One Year n/t

[texastoast]

28. Hey there, Mend

And welcome. :hi:

[TiredTexan]

20. I just subscribed and thanked the lady

for what the paper did. She said that their reporters are getting heckled and harrassed, and that it is just an awful environment there. She said that she was not personally political, but this has made her so.

She said they are getting subscriptions from around the country, so things are looking somewhat better.

[RobertDevereaux]

21. Here's a companion posting I began this morning...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=952259#953316

Be sure to check it out. Has a snail-mail address for contributions and some discussion of DU taking out a full-page ad there.

[RobertDevereaux]

22. And here's another...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=946927

Maybe all of DU can help pull these brave folks through!

[doni_georgia]

23. Just called in my subscription

We all need to support this paper! Hell, I didn't really have an extra $45 this week, but felt this was a good cause. I can always use the paper in my language arts class to compare with our local paper.

[Capn Sunshine]

24. worthwhile cause

I'm putting this post out there tomorrow to my national DFA lists. Between DU and the other sites we will probably make this guy more money that he ever saw in that two bit tumbleweed town.

[drfemoe]

34. 'two bit'?

let's not denigrate the whole town! They didn't create the monster.

But, THANKS so much for your effort here in our humble abode, the state known as TEXAS!

ps. no tumbleweeeds here either.. he resides at 1600

and we dance ..

[Capn Sunshine]

35. No offense meant. I was venting at the natives who pressured the paper

You live in Tejas, thats your choice, I hope.

I know there's no tumble weeds there. They all seem to be in Midland at a convention.

[drfemoe]

36. Texas Birthright

You live in Tejas, thats your choice, I hope.

I cruise in CA, though, at every opportunity.

[ecoalex]

25. The idea of an anonymous patron to some family is a great idea

An outright gift to them would be a lift too.Adverts are their bread and butter, I hope the crackers wake up, or just get along. What happened to this country?

Help is on the way ! November 2nd we take this country back !

[Dem2theMax]

26. Getting here late today. So I'll have to call them tomorrow or Monday.

I'm in for a subscription and if DU wants to run an ad, I'm in for that as well. I hope everyone is spreading this story around. Makes me so mad that someone actually has the guts to tell the truth and they get repaid in cancellations. AAARRRRGGGGGG. :mad:

But I've got to say, I sure do love the hearts of the people on this board. You are all the best. :)

[montieg]

27. HOT DAMN!!

I was out Friday night late to a six-man football game and all day Saturday at a Demo Campaign booth at a fair---this response looks great---other than sending the guy money, and good karma, what can we do? What are you talking about with the ad?

[texastoast]

29. Just called in for a subscription

Thanks so much for this post. They take credit cards, BTW.

[StrongbadTehAwesome]

30. kick

[argyl]

31. I cancelled my subscription to the Dallas Morning News four years ago

so I can afford to subscribe to the Lone Star Iconoclast.Done.

[drfemoe]

32. that sa site is freaky

I already have a logon for it.. but it won't let me view the article!!

Keeps giving me the logon page, even when I am logged on.

>> off to google we go . ty though

edit: and off we go >

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20040928_873.html

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/09/28/politics1325EDT0563.DTL

http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/5907/1/235

[Capn Sunshine]

37. SEEN THIS , Tejanos?

Help Save The Free Press In Crawford, Texas
If you were listening to Unfiltered this morning then you heard Leon Smith, editor of the Lone Star Iconoclast, speak about the repercussions of endorsing Kerry in the President's hometown
http://www.airamericaradio.com/
center top column!

[drfemoe]

38. More than worth the read!

><We have been told by several avid Bush supporters that the days when newspapers publish editorials without personal repercussions are over. As publishers, we have printed editorials for decades, and have endorsed candidates, both Republican and Democrat. When Bush was endorsed four years ago, the Gore supporters did not respond with threats, nor did Democrats when we endorsed Reagan twice. Republicans did not threaten us personally or our business when we endorsed Carter and Clinton for their first terms.><

http://www.iconoclast-texas.com/Columns/Editorial/editorial40.htm