Salon Writer Admits Embellishing Abortion Story
By Jill Stanek | May 31, 2011 | 17:17
On my blog last week I posted an excerpt from the Salon piece, “Abortion saved my life.”
The writer, a blogger named Mikki Kendall, was relaying her first person account of supposedly nearly hemorrhaging to death because a hospital doctor refused to perform the one procedure that would save her life, an abortion. Here was the quote I pulled:
I don’t know if his objections were religious or not; all I know is that when a bleeding woman was brought to him for treatment he refused to do the only thing that could stop the bleeding. Because he didn’t do abortions. Ever.
The story headline and subtitle: "Abortion saved my life: I almost died in an emergency room because the doctor on call refused to perform a necessary procedure."
Quoting Kendall from her article:
- “The doctor on call didn’t do abortions. At all. Ever. In fact, no one on call that night did.”
- “A very kind nurse risked her job to call a doctor from the Reproductive Health Clinic who was not on call, and asked her to come in to save my life…. The doctor who didn’t do abortions was supposed to have contacted her (or someone else who would perform the procedure) immediately. He didn’t.”
- “I don’t know if his objections were religious or not; all I know is that when a bleeding woman was brought to him for treatment he refused to do the only thing that could stop the bleeding. Because he didn’t do abortions. Ever.”
- “My two kids at home almost lost their mother because someone decided that my life was worth less than that of a fetus that was going to die anyway.”
- “My husband had told them exactly what my regular doctor said, and the ER doctor had already warned us what would have to happen. Yet none of this mattered when confronted by the idea that no one needs an abortion.”
Kendall was clearly accusing a doctor of standing by to let her bleed to death because he opposed abortion, right?
For several reasons I doubted the veracity of Kendall’s story (see the 1st comment on my blog and my comments at Salon on 5/27 at 8:30a, 11:23a, 11:33a, 12:32p, and 12:37p ).
There were many red flags. But the biggest was Kendall’s claim that a doctor was willing to let her bleed to death after she presented with placental abruption, because he knew treatment would result in her baby’s death, a nonviable 20-weeker. This made no sense, particularly knowing nontreatment would ensure both the mother and baby died.
I asked why hadn’t Kendall sued? Why didn’t she name both the hospital and doctor? I concluded my comments at Salon by writing the publication was negligent for posting Kendall’s story without fact-checking and should retract it.
Pro-aborts went on to slam me with their standard fare of slurs, nor did Kendall handle the criticisms very well. She blogged on May 27 that pro-lifers were “motherf***ers” and threatened, “I’m not a nice girl, and you’re about to see that.”
Then, on May 29, still aggravated by “the comments and emails that are flooding my inbox,” Kendall blogged:
Some say I should name and shame the doctor that refused to do the procedure. If I knew why he refused I might have done just that, but since I know that there are many possible reasons that he did not do it? I’ve left him to deal with the internal procedures in place.
Excuse me? Kendall’s entire Salon story was built upon her accusation that a heartless, negligent, anti-abortion doctor was willing to let her hemorrhage to death rather than provide a life-saving abortion.
And she has now admitted her story was a big, fat, fabricated lie.
Now will Salon retract?
[Photo of Kendall via her "Angry Black Woman" Facebook page]
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These people do not understand what it means...
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:39pm.
...to be pro-life. A pro-life doctor would NEVER allow a woman to hemorrhage to death. We're not talking about a direct abortion here. Even the most orthodox of catholics recognize the concept of "indirect abortion" where the objective was to treat the mother and not harm the child. If the child dies as a result of treatment to save the mother, then that is God's will.
What doctors who exercise their conscience would never do is perform DIRECT abortions, where the sole intent is to kill the child regardless of the health of the mother!
Of course the objective in cases described by this blogger is to save both mother and child, but every pro-life person I've ever talked to recognizes that that is not always possible.
This is yet another example of more lies from the left. So what else is new?
"There... Are... Four... Lights!"
The article is full of assumptions
Submitted by ArcherB on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 9:53am.
The author states:
"My two kids at home were going to lose their mother because someone decided that my life was worth less than that of a fetus that wasn’t going to survive any way. Mind you, my husband told them exactly what my regular doctor had said, and the ER doctor had already warned us what would need to happen. But, none of that mattered in the face of this idea that no one needs an abortion."
It turns out that it wasn't the doctor who said that no one needs an abortion, but someone on Facebook. She assumes that the doctor feels the same way, and gives absolutely no other reason as to why the doctor had not performed the abortion. Maybe it's possible that the guy who spent years in medical school and is licensed to practice medicine knows something that the lady who is admittedly loopy due to blood loss doesn't know. We'll never know because she doesn't mention the hospital nor the doctor and gives them absolutely no option to respond.
Isn't that what the left does every day? They take something they view as bad in the world and try to find some right-wing policy to blame it on. When Bush was in office, high gas prices were caused because Bush wanted to make his oil buddies richer. Now that Obama is in office, he has no control over gas prices and is doing all he can to reduce them. In this case, a doctor does not provide her with an abortion so she assumes that it is because he is pro-life and doesn't perform them EVER. She never states how she knows that this doctor will not EVER perform abortions, by the way. I can only assume that it is another assumption.
"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary."
--Ernesto "Che" Guevara
My wife bled and spotted for
Submitted by boscokraft on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:42pm.
My wife bled and spotted for several weeks when she was pregnant with our son. He is now 18 and graduated from High School last Saturday as his class salutatorian.
This woman didnt understand the physicians reason for not doing a D & C, but I will bet that the indications to perform that procedure were not there. He may have felt that it was safe for the mother to continue the pregnancy, despite her demand for an abortion. She may have embellished her symptoms in order for the doctor to perform an abortion..who knows? We only know her side of the story. patients often come away with a "confused" understanding of what is really going on with them medically.
Now will Salon retract?
Submitted by KC Beach on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:44pm.
That is a rhetorical question, right?
She just wants to be a victim.
Submitted by Lipton on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:45pm.
Isn't that the latest rage.
Kendall May Well Be A Liar, But...
Submitted by stratman on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:47pm.
I re-read this article and still missed where the lie(s) was proven. There are accusations, rebuttals, and very dubious statements made by Kendall but no admission or proof of lying that I can tell.
I haven't read the links in the article and should not need to read the evidence of lies. Please re-work the article to clarify these important issues or point out what I've seemed to missed. We need to fight the abortion propagandists unequivocally.
Same here
Submitted by ArcherB on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 9:42am.
I missed any admission, but the contradictions in her article are obvious and numerous. At the bottom of this page, I've listed a few in response to another post.
OK, I've found where NB believes the author is admitting falsehoods. In the original article, the author leads the reader to believe the doctor will not perform abortions because the doctor has some moral objections to it:
"My two kids at home almost lost their mother because someone decided that my life was worth less than that of a fetus that was going to die anyway. My husband had told them exactly what my regular doctor said, and the ER doctor had already warned us what would have to happen. Yet none of this mattered when confronted by the idea that no one needs an abortion."
So it was the doctor who believed that "no one needs an abortion", right? Isn't that what you got from that statement above? Well, she blogs later:
"Mind you, I wrote that post after an argument on Facebook with someone who insisted (as many people do) that abortion is not a medical procedure and that no one ever needs one."
So it wasn't the doctor who felt that way, but some yahoo on Facebook.
While it was not an intentional admission, she did show where she was dishonest. Although, I'll give her the benefit of doubt and just assume that she is bigoted against pro-lifers and assumes that they all came to the same conclusions based on reasons she disagrees with.
"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary."
--Ernesto "Che" Guevara
I
Submitted by gAMEoVER on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:50pm.
hope when her days come to an end. they are filled with pain.lying militant bitch that she is.
There are probably less mean
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 12:49am.
There are probably less mean ways to express your sentiments. I am sure she will get her just deserts as we all will.
Wrong
Submitted by ArcherB on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 9:25am.
I believe what you meant to say is:
I pray for this creature of God that she might someday return to the light and no longer see children as mere tissue that can be discarded at a mother's whim.
Remember, no matter how evil you may think she is, Jesus can forgive her and she may be saved. The choice is hers, not yours.
"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary."
--Ernesto "Che" Guevara
sounds like
Submitted by scarletandgold on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:53pm.
a progressive lie to me....of course anything that comes from salon should be read as a lie...until of course it can be verifyed.remember..never trust a progressive or you,ll get obama,ed....hell has layed her egg and it hatched in progressivism..
Great post, Jill
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 6:03pm.
Thanks for all the hard work you do as the watchdog over the Abortion Industry.
This story is but one more in the body of lies from the Abortion Industry and the feminist elites.
Don't tell me this isn't life!
Submitted by scottie1321 on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 6:15pm.
I was born in 1968 before Roe Vs Wade. I was an unwanted pregnancy. I was adopted. I had a wonderful childhood. I have had a wonderful life! Had I been aborted it would not have just been an unwanted fetus. I have lived a wonderful 41 years life as a good friend to people in10 states and two countries, a son, a grandson, a brother, a nephew and most important, the best uncle in the world to three precious little girls.That is what would have been aborted. NO ONE had the right to take that 41 year life away from me. Not a Dr., not my biological father, and definitely not the woman who gave birth to me. No, they did not have that right!
I have the right to do anything I want with my right hand. I can snap my finger, I can lead singing, I can shove food in my mouth! But my right to what I can do with that right hand (which is my body) stops the moment my right hand socks someone in the face. Then I don't have the right to choose what I do with my body anymore because it steps on someone elses rights! A woman can do anything she wants with her body….until what she does interferes with another life. An an unborn fetus is more than just tissue.
It represents, like me, a full life!
We have come a long way!
56% of all Americans and 58% of those 18-29 years old say abortion 'morally wrong'
Great post! Count me as
Submitted by stratman on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 7:52pm.
Great post!
Count me as another person also glad you are here.
Agree! Thanks for the nice post!
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 10:28pm.
Agree! Thanks for your post. It contains information that our Country needs to hear. The REST of the story that the LSM avoids.
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
Thankful that you are here too!
Submitted by Ole_Sarge on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 11:32pm.
Every child born AFTER 1968 could have been "aborted" legally and was not. WE need to be both, thankful that these infants were born and are now part of our lives, and pray for all those infants whom were murdered before birth. And to pray for their mothers, and for those that performed the abortions; that it is not too late to repent and reconcile with G-d.
Hate the sin, love and pray for the sinners.
Whoa - J Carter and the Dalai Lama are motherf***ers
Submitted by Gary Hall on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 8:11pm.
Whoa! So Kendall is claiming that former President Jimmy Carter and the Dalai Lama are motherf***ers.
Life begins at conception. It should be widely known, that former President Jimmy Carter and the Dalai Lama would agree with that view.
And..
That's what it is - abortion is killing the unborn living child. It is not a tumor to be removed.
So. would Mikki Kindall treat Jimmy Carter or the Dalai Lama in this fashion, or is this only reserved for Republicans?
(;~/ gary
Salon allow a story to be retracted?
Submitted by drsamherman on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 9:06pm.
Even if a blatant lie, they never will. As long as the lie supports whatever the current lunatic fringe issue du jour is, they will let it stand and then go on their usual ranting and frothing over "corporatist media" or some other vacuous nonsense.
I googled "20 week babies
Submitted by jdhawk on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 9:23pm.
I googled "20 week babies survive." There were entry after entry of babies surviving being 20 weeks old.
Also, no mother calls here baby a fetus. That is someone that wants to abort their child. Like her pro abortion advocates, she uses the word that describes human life as not human life, It makes it more palatable when it is ended.
Of Course She's Not a Nice Person
Submitted by Tenebrous on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 9:23pm.
She has a heart so twisted that she willingly wanted to murder her own child, and now she defends it to the skies. Of course she's not a nice person.
Her story, if true, tells you everything about her -- she is a hateful totalitarian. In her perverted world, no-one should be able to object to murder. Every doctor must be forced into doing it because a potential patient demands it. Her logic is "because I have scarred and abused my conscience, you should act like you have none." Too bad she doesn't understand that people have voluntarily went to their deaths rather than violate their consciences.
Visions and Principles blog
The article is a fascinating
Submitted by jhva on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 10:11pm.
The article is a fascinating read but I have read all the comments both here and at Salon and the author's blog and I don't see where the Salon writer admits embellishing her story.
Allow me:
Submitted by ArcherB on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 9:17am.
“I don’t know if his objections were religious or not; all I know is that when a bleeding woman was brought to him for treatment he refused to do the only thing that could stop the bleeding. Because he didn’t do abortions. Ever.”
Was an abortion the ONLY thing that would stop the bleeding? How does she know? Is it possible that the doctor knew of another procedure that would be effective without having to kill the baby?
"Though I didn't know it at the time, I was experiencing a placental abruption, a complication my doctor had told me was a possibility."
She didn't know it? She went into the hospital demanding an abortion when she had no idea what the problem was?
“My husband had told them exactly what my regular doctor said, and the ER doctor had already warned us what would have to happen. Yet none of this mattered when confronted by the idea that no one needs an abortion.”
Was YOUR doctor there? In my line of work, I'm constantly confronted with "someone else told me I needed this." I don't listen because I need to make my own diagnosis. I trust my own analysis of what I see in front of me much more than I trust someone I don't know who is not present.
Also, she is assuming that the doctor feels that "no one needs an abortion" yet she clearly states later than she has no idea as to why the doctor won't perform an abortion, EVER. Does she know this? Does she have a copy of every patient history this doctor has ever worked with?
"A very kind nurse risked her job to call a doctor from the Reproductive Health Clinic who was not on call, and asked her to come in to save my life."
and then she says,
"The doctor who didn't do abortions was supposed to have contacted her (or someone else who would perform the procedure) immediately. He didn't. Neither did his students. Supposedly there was a communication breakdown and they thought she had been notified, but I doubt it."
So the doctor or any number of medical students on site should have called but didn't, but the nurse who called risked her job by doing so?
"I was taking an afternoon nap when the hemorrhaging started while my toddler napped in his room when I woke up to find blood gushing upward from my body."
Gushing "upward"? I'm no OBGYN, but it would appear to me that unless she was standing on her head, the blood would not be gushing "upward".
Finally:
"The doctor on call didn't do abortions. At all. Ever. In fact, no one on call that night did. Meanwhile, an ignorant batch of medical students had gathered to study me -- one actually showed me the ultrasound of our dying child while asking me if it was a planned pregnancy. Several wanted to examine me while I lay there bleeding and in pain. No one gave me anything for the pain or even respected my request to close the door even though I was on the labor and delivery floor listening to other women have healthy babies as the baby I had been trying to save died in my womb."
and then after the doctor who would perform the abortion was called...
"After she checked my lab tests, she told us I would need two bags of blood before she could perform the procedure. Her team (a cadre of wonderful students who should all go on to run their own clinics) took turns checking on me and my husband. They all kept assuring me that soon it would be over, and I would feel much better."
So, the "team" that was onstaff was a bunch of ignorant, incompetent medical students. Evidently the abortion doctor brought her whole team with her who are, "a cadre of wonderful students who should all go on to run their own clinics". Does this doctor travel with her own entourage?
I could not find any "admission" of lies directly from the author, but the contradictions within the story are admission enough for me.
"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary."
--Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Check the underlined portion
Submitted by LeJaeger on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 9:17am.
In that she attests that the is aware that there are many legitimate medical reasons that the doctor would not have performed the abortion, thus her assertion that the doctor was just a hearless pro life ass is false - and the author makes the point that if he had been a heartless pro-life ass, she would have sued, or at least would not be concealing the doctor's identity.
It's never just a fetus
Submitted by MikeyD on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 11:36am.
"My two kids at home almost lost their mother because someone decided that my life was worth less than that of a fetus that was going to die anyway."
No expectant mother speaks of her baby in such dismissive terms.
JDHAWK IS RIGHT........
Submitted by Herbster on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 11:59am.
Jdhawk is right on the mark.......no mother refers to her baby as a "Fetus." The writer has written an article to be read by pro-abortion advocates with the "Evil doctor" as centerpiece. Worse yet, the "Doctor," refused to "Save her life" because of his personal beliefs....she hinted, but did not come out and state that this imaginary doctor, was, ,,,wait for it..............a DEVOUT CATHOLIC. Her writing is full of holes. First of all, despite what Rahm Emanuel's brother wants, doctors honor the Hippocratic Oath that they take. NO doctor would let a woman bleed to death. This woman wrote a screed full of lies and personal agenda outrageous statements. She did not do what any good, card carrying liberal would do in this (Imaginary?) situation - call the ACLU and get a leaky lawyer to SUE! Sue the "Doctor," sue the nurses, sue the hospital, sue anything that moves.
Salon magazine will not retract anything . . . .this would be offensive to the magazine's readership which must be in the tens.
Why is this lady having kids?
Submitted by ArcherB on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 12:06pm.
From her blog:
"On the disposable income front…at that point we were a one income family and just barely getting by on that one income. It was cheaper for me to stay home with our two kids (childcare costs in Chicago are astronomical), but that also meant we had very little wiggle room financially. So, there was no question of my husband taking off work for weeks on end to allow me to stay in bed all day every day. And while his family will help to their best abilities, they have their own households to run and must go to their jobs too if they want to pay their bills. Same thing with our friends. I don’t know where people live that folks can just stop working and keep living, but I don’t live there. "
So if they are barely making it and can't afford child care for the kids they have, why are they trying to have more? Granted, how she takes care of her kids is her business, but she says, "...I’m a mom, and I would never want my kids to grow up an unwanted child like I did." Um... here's an idea. Tell your husband to get the hell off of you or at least take precautions so you don't get pregnant and have unwanted kids!!!
She also says:
"This attitude that women are shirking responsibility by opting out of having unwanted children has always boggled my mind."
Um, how about taking the responsibility of not getting pregnant in the first place. It's not like she catches pregnancy off of a toilet seat or gets pollinated by the wind. She knows how it happens. Take some responsibility for you actions. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not telling her what to do with her body. What she does in the bedroom is her business. I hope that she and her husband have a wonderful and exciting love life. I don't even care if they bring in midgets to spice things up! That's between her and her husband. They still needs to be adults and take responsibility for their actions and/or their inaction to keep from getting knocked up!
"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary."
--Ernesto "Che" Guevara
lol Archer
Submitted by Gabby Babs on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 3:16pm.
You have a very interesting way with words...lol @ bringing in a midget...yikes. That aside, yep yep and yep...you're right. The feminazi's have been telling women for far too long that being a woman is just not good enough so we have to compete with men...yeah I'm not doing that, they belch the abc's and stuff, ew....and that we are victims and need to retaliate against evil men....ugh not doing that either, I like men even if they are odd. I have no problem sharing responsibility, being wrong, or being humble in accepting the accolades we all hope to have in life. I also don't mind giving credit where credit is due...and there are men who really deserve a LOT of credit. Women are NOT going to succeed in this life by stomping out the importance that men hold in our lives. My Dad always said...people will always rise to expectation and if you have none they will belly down to that too.
This is all about control...the made up stories to get reaction, the 'cultural' killing off of our children, tearing apart the family unit, turning women in to reactionary bots. All a political ploy to garner control...it really is that simple and being done in an insidious manner. I don't understand why people are falling for it....why they are allowing that sickness to rob them of their reason, logic...yep, their souls. I'm so tired of it. I like being a woman...not this bs kind of woman feminazi's are telling us we should be where all reason and compassion and gentle nature should be killed off...rather anything but their proposed agendas that rob us of our innate sense of self. And men are NOT disposable...our children are NOT blood sucking leech's that rob us of our ability to be ourselves. Rather, these two amazing creatures enhance our goodness. Of course over the decades men have fallen in to the trap too and we have some real buttheads running around...but I blame this radical anti-woman movement that tries to hide under the title of proponents and are anything but.
Women try to get free late term abortions like this all the time
Submitted by TruthDetecter on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 12:17pm.
She wanted an abortion and the Dr. didn't buy her excuse. This is very common.
Ugh what?
Submitted by Gabby Babs on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 12:18pm.
You mean to tell me that a woman comes in to a hospital at 20 weeks of pregnancy and is bleeding and the hospital does not get an obgyn down there to birth the baby? No NICU? She goes in there and demands an abortion be performed...not that they help birth the baby in the hopes of survival no matter how remote it may be? And that wouldn't be considered an abortion, it would be considered a miscarriage. BIG difference. Yeah someone is telling stories here. Red flags flying everywhere. Seriously, she won't give the doctors name nor will she give the hospital because it never happened...I am absolutely certain of that. I don't know who she's trying to kid but apparently its worked...people are actually trying to ascertain the truth of the story...come on guys...we're talking about people who have little to no morals giving stories about completely implausible situations and we're going to drink that pablum? Again? I mean, again infinity? Ugh, not me. Can you imagine the liability a hospital would suffer...of course she's not done anything to the hospital out of the kindness of her heart (yeah right)...but a hospital is not going to allow a woman who is miscarrying her child to sit there and bleed out...my gosh...what a nutty story. She doesn't have to admit that stuff is a lie...its patently obvious. I mean that wouldn't be either a first nor outside their sadly lacking character traits...in fact abortionists (and liberals in general) make sport of lying to the point it is olympic in scope...I guess they have to be good at something...pretty sick though that its killing babies. Just because you can't conceive of telling a lie that heinous does not mean people don't tell lies of that magnitude. Watch MSNBC and you'll see just a small example of how rampant the craziness is.
...just working the soil...
Submitted by Ali Ali Ali on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 3:40pm.
All these militant pro-aborts (or soldiers for satan... can be used interchangeably), are simply tilling the soil for their next big push. Their 'messianic one' has already done his part with the strategic HHS/IRS clauses in government healthcare....
A reminder of the medical realities
Submitted by Pharmer on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 5:25pm.
which raised the red flags that Kendall's abortion story was not accurate.
An abortion procedure / D & C is NOT the treatment of choice for late term gestational bleeding. If the bleeding can't be managed, there's an emergency delivery of the baby, often by means of a C- section. A vaginal delivery could also be possible.
A doctor who doesn't do abortions could have managed such a situation without ethical problems, if he had competency in obstetrics. Likely another doctor was called in because there was no OB-Gyn specialist present. This is how institutions avoid lawsuits in the event of negative outcomes.
Yep, exactly. I can't
Submitted by Gabby Babs on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 1:44am.
Yep, exactly. I can't believe this woman is trying to pass this story as anything even remotely related to reality...nor that anyone could buy it in the slightest. An abortion for a possible miscarriage? Yeah ummm, that's insane to even try to sell. Maybe she's hoping to get support from the jerry springer crowd...they'll down any amount of silliness.
Just read her blog for awhile...
Submitted by Anniee451 on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 12:04pm.
Every lie she tries to sell is completely insane. And Salon are fools to publish her crap.
"Angry Black Woman"
Submitted by Anniee451 on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 12:00pm.
Is not only one of the most obnoxious sh*theads in the blogworld; she's also insane, and a complete liar - I wouldn't believe a WORD she said anyway. It's not surprising at all she's come out with a whole new lie to spread. But in a "good cause" you know.
When the Something Awful people screwed with her (deservedly so) not only was it hilarious; her reaction was utterly priceless. She was made an utter fool. But she did it to herself.
Of course I forgot to mention...
Submitted by Anniee451 on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 12:17pm.
She's NOT intelligent in the least. That such stupid people can be published writers only goes to show how the quality of writing has declined.