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Erich

One thing I've noticed with the Left Wingers they don't really read and
they only attack.  You have to not let them put you on the defensive,
although I know they make it difficult.

And thanks for clarifying the Love Story thing.



In article <201020000142515383%oetting@uswest.net>,
  Erich <oetting@uswest.net> wrote:
> In article <39EF98A1.838EF4F4@home.now>, Chris <defense@home.now>
wrote:
>
> > Erich wrote:
> > > Did you even read what is posted on the Snopes site?
> >
> > Yes I did, and I found much of the tone less than convincing. But
then that's
> > not the point. The minor errors they may have made in presentation
in no way
> > diminish the overall record of fabrication he engages in.
>
> If you read it you were not paying attention.
>
> > Take the "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" flap. Gore won't even come
out and
> > admit he's not, nor was he ever,  the model for "Oliver" in "Love
Story".
>
> Ok, lets take that one and examine it.
>
> Quoting from <http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/gorelies.htm>
>
> FICTION: Al Gore claimed the book "Love Story" was based on his life
> and Tipper's.
>
> FACT: Author Erich Segal called a press conference to deny his claim.
> (Couldn't he at least lie about a love story where his sweetheart
> doesn't die?)
>
> This is a notorious distortion of the truth. Gore stated in 1997 that
> he believed he and his wife Tipper had served as the models for the
> lead characters (Oliver Barrett IV and Jennifer Cavalieri) in Erich
> Segal's novel Love Story. Segal's response  was not a "denial" -- he
> stated that Gore was wrong in thinking that the Jenny character had
> been based on Tipper, but that the Oliver character was indeed a
> composite based on Gore and Gore's Harvard roommate, actor Tommy Lee
> Jones. As Robert Parry wrote in The Washington Monthly:
>
> "Rather than treating this distinction as a minor point of legitimate
> confusion, the news media concluded that Gore had willfully lied. In
> doing so, however, the media repeatedly misstated the facts, insisting
> that Segal had denied that Gore was the model for the lead male
> character. In reality, Segal had confirmed that Gore was, at least
> partly, the inspiration for the character, Barrett. (1)
>
> "Some journalists seemed to understand the nuance but still could not
> resist denigrating Gore's honesty."
>
> End of quote.
>
> > That admission would enrich some poor game show contestant by 64k$ -
> > obviously a paltry sum for a man with the holdings in Occy Petroleum
that
> > Gore has.
>
> So the Millionaire folks sided with Al on this one?
>
> > Fact is - Segal went to Harvard and graduated in the late 50's. Gore
> > didn't get there until the early 60's.
>
> Segal got his bachelors from Harvard in the late 50's.  He then stuck
> around for a Masters and PHD plus a bit of teaching.
>
> See the New York Time for December 14, 1997. It confirms that Erich
> Segal knew Al Gore and based part of the character Barrett on him.
>
>   ... Erich
>


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