TV Cameras Cover Hirsen's Book Signing; Democrats for McClintock?

NewsMax’s James Hirsen signed copies of his New York Times best seller, "Tales from the Left Coast," at the California Republican Convention. The book signing was hosted by the media watchdog group Accuracy in Media (AIM).

Delegates, party officials and Republicans from across the country came to AIM's booth to chat with the author and obtain autographed copies of "Tales." American Movie Classics (AMC) was on the scene with its cameras and caught some of the spirited discussion.

Hirsen also spoke at AIM's convention dinner. The Saturday evening banquet was taped by two cable television networks, C-SPAN and AMC (airing dates to be announced). A representative from Die Zeit, the German equivalent of Time magazine, was there as well to cover Hirsen’s speech.

Hirsen explained to the audience that "the Hollywood’s reaction to the California recall is proof of its leftward bias." He gave examples of how Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin, Woody Allen and the Dixie Chicks were all reading from the same proverbial DNC memo when they criticized the recall and slammed Arnold Schwarzenegger.

In Hirsen’s opinion, the CRC was no run-of-the-mill political confab. He told NewsMax: "This convention was electric. It was more like a national presidential convention than a state party gathering."

Hirsen also gave a report on some of the more important developments at the convention, including the following: