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Hardball airs tonight on MSNBC at 7p, 11p & 4a ET & 4p, 8p & 1a PT Find MSNBC on your TV http://www.msnbc.com/CableOperator.asp MSNBC also is on your XM satellite radio on channel 130 If you thought Thursday's show was hot, we've got the follow-up tonight so break out the popcorn folks...Even Drudge said last night on the radio he was gonna break out the popcorn for this one...We lead with legendary broadcaster Dick Cavett who hosted the first debates between Kerry and anti-Kerry swift boat guy John O'Neill back in '71 (co-author of "Unfit for Command")...We'll also talk to Buchanan (or as Ali G says "my main man Pat Boo-Cannon") about the Nixon White House's reaction to Kerry's anti-war demonstrations back in the day... While you chilled freestyle this weekend at the pool or the beach, a spate of hot new political ads on the swift boats hit the airwaves...Shuster's got the lowdown In the back half we talk to historians Douglas Brinkley, John Kerry's official biographer and author of "Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War" and Stanley Karnow, author of "Vietnam: A History" We wrap things up with Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison on President Bush's big new agenda that he will unveil next week at the RNC convention Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC Bush calls for halt to Swift Boat vets' ads...'I think they're bad for the system,' president says (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5797164/ Swift boat accounts incomplete and flawed...Both sides have withheld information, a Post inquiry shows (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5782981/ New Hostile Fire Incoming: Their shots may not be lethal, but a crew of angry vets have hit Kerry's hull (Newsweek) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5783805/site/newsweek/ Kerry Unveils Ad Countering Attacks Over Vietnam...Nominee Accuses Bush of Smear Tactics on Military Service (The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A24891-2004Aug22?language=printer Dole calls on Kerry to apologize...Ex-GOP senator says Kerry's wounds 'never bled that I know of' (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5771731/ Bush huddles with military team...Iraq to dominate agenda as administration weighs strategy (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5796738/ John Kerry's presidential campaign, which slighted Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton during the Democratic convention last month, now wants the former first lady to lead its "truth squad" at next week's GOP convention, The Post has learned. (NY Post) http://nypost.com/commentary/29279.htm U.S. tanks close in, Najaf rebels defiant...More clashes as apparent deal to hand over shrine control falters (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5685031/ Soldier to plead guilty to some abuse charges...Frederick doesn't specify offenses, but says he broke law (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5797994/ Opinion/Editorial Buchanan: America's next war? http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40100 Landfield Nothing Succeeds Like a Lack of Succession http://www.practicalpolitics.net/landfield/8_22_04.html Fund: Why We're Refighting Vietnam...Blame McCain-Feingold. http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110005514 ========================================= This email is never sent unsolicited. You have received The Hardball Briefing Newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you. To remove yourself from the list (or to add yourself to the list if this message was forwarded to you) simply go to http://www.msnbc.com/tools/newstools/e/emailextra.asp?nfeature=19 Microsoft Corporation - One Microsoft Way - Redmond, WA 98052 MSN PRIVACY STATEMENT http://privacy.msn.com