Stephen King and John Grisham raise money for Democrat Jim Webb
On Sunday, September 24th, two best-selling authors were on stage at the Paramount Theater to raise money for Democratic Senatorial Candidate Jim Webb. Stephen King was invited by Albemarle County Resident John Grisham to speak to Democrats who paid a hefty fee to attend. CPN was there and now brings you an audio recording of the event for free. The master of ceremonies for the event is Governor Tim Kaine.
This podcast is a slightly edited version to reduce the file size. Applause length has been slightly trimmed, as well as some of Governor Kaine’s introductions at the beginning of the event. He also recognized the work of Delegate David Toscano and Senator Creigh Deeds.
The following is a rough run-down of when each speaker was at the microphone.
00:00 - 11:32 - Introduction from Governor Tim Kaine
11:32 - 43:51 - John Grisham
43:51 - 1:15:39 - Stephen King
1:15:40 - 1:34:43 - Jim Webb
Sean, I heard your bit this morning on NPR, you sounded great. Thanks for the news.
Sean, I heard your bit this morning on NPR, you sounded great. Thanks for the news.
I’ve just listened for 1 1/2 hours of outstanding entertainment. Have you heard of any Republican events where three authors, one the candidate, read from their works? As a southwest Virginian I am proud that Webb became a Democrat in order to represent the common person. What an opportunity Mr. Webb is giving to Virginians! Let’s hope and pray they permit him to serve them.
[...] Yet, during all this, with opportunity to pile on, Jim Webb (D) did nothing of the sort. Don’t believe me? Let’s see what Jim Webb (D) has been up to the past week shall we? On Sunday, he had a fundraiser with fellow “fiction” writers John Grisham and Stephen King emceed by Gov. Tim Kaine (D). You can listen to it here. My hearing is going, but I didn’t hear any Macaca jokes. On Tuesday, Jim Webb (D) held a rally with former Sen. John Edwards (D) at Mary Washington University. Nope, no mention of n***. On Wednesday, the focus was on Iraq. You know. That war. And veterans. Sorry, the Klan didn’t make the agenda. And yesterday, the focus was on Sen. Georgie’s (R) support from Enron. Indeed, the only mention of any of these incidents by Jim Webb (D) was to (1) demand an apology for Siddarth, his volunteer, and (2) to show Sen. Georgie (R) has foot-in-mouth disease. Heck, Chris Matthews left him an opening THIS BIG on Hardball to pile on, but Jim Webb (D) refused. Don’t believe me? Watch it here. [...]