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Looks like another classic "slicing and dicing" of the big story tonight on
Hardball...The body of Bush's Middle East speech isn't even cold yet and the pundits,
politicians and policy wonks are already weighing in...We'll get Arab reax, domestic
political reax, and a big picture "gravitas" reax from LA Times diplomatic reporter
Robin Wright...Carney may join us...Crawford may join us...Things are still a bit up
in the air casting-wise for the A block...
In the B block we'll do author Jerry Jenkins (Left Behind series) on the Apocalypse
craze....How an evangelist and conservative activist turned prophecy into a fiction
juggernaut (Time mag) http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020701/books.html
I'm really looking forward to this segment tonight...Medved will be here to debate his
piece in yesterday's USA Today...Why does the popular culture -- including the movie
industry -- place such a powerful premium on downplaying the obvious connection
between international terrorism and fanatical Islam?
http://www.usatoday.com/news/comment/2002/06/24/ncguest1.htm
He'll be joined by Jack Shaheen, author of "Reel Bad Arabs"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1566563887/qid=1025016728/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/103-4432148-8215008
Caddell and Terry will do the Buzz....Terry thought Bush's speech was "excellent" and
Caddell thought the speech was...well, I can't use that type of language here but
suffice to say, he's upset about it...It'll be hot...trust me...
Here's some other stories I spoke with Caddell about this morning...
Mueller in Keynote Controversy...FBI Chief Criticized for Planned Speech to Muslim
Council (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39204-2002Jun24.html
GOP Makes Gains With Jewish Voters...Democrats Worry Party Critics of Israel Are
Costing Support (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39002-2002Jun24.html
Milbank's White House Notebook...Karl Rove, Adding to His To-Do List
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38985-2002Jun24.html?referer=email
Dominic Bellone compiled and edited this Briefing in Washington, DC
Must Read...Page Six: One-time "Queen of Nice" Rosie O'Donnell turned mean at her
first stand-up show in six years over the weekend, trashing Bill Clinton, Michael
Jackson, Anne Heche and Sharon Stone. http://pagesix.com/pagesix/pagesix.htm
One in three Americans say the United States is winning the war on terrorism,
according to a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll. Half say the war is at a stalemate.
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020625/4219854s.htm
The president on Monday made clear the price of a Palestinian state: "Peace requires a
new and different Palestinian leadership so that a Palestinian state can be born." (NY
Times)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=68&ncid=68&e=3&u=/nyt/20020625/ts_nyt/a_new_condition_for_the_palestinians_is_set_by_bush
Mixed reaction to Bush's Mideast plan...President Bush's call for Palestinians to
replace Yasser Arafat in exchange for extensive U.S. aid in forming a Palestinian
state received a mixed response on Tuesday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/771278.asp
Democratic and Republican congressional leaders backed the steps outlined Monday by
President Bush to achieve peace in the Middle East, although some cautioned that the
United States needs to do more. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20020625/ap_on_go_co/us_mideast_congress_4
WashPost: Bush challenges Palestinians...After months of fits and starts, President
Bush yesterday distilled his Middle East policy to a simple proposition: Peace depends
almost entirely on the Palestinians.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/771753.asp
Powell Says He Warned Arafat to Shift Course or Be Left Behind (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/25/international/middleeast/25DIPL.html
President Bush is looking for support from Arab leaders in his unprecedented campaign
to remove Yasser Arafat and overhaul the Palestinian Authority (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=4&u=/ap/20020625/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_mideast_45
Israeli forces enter Hebron...Hebron on Tuesday became the seventh West Bank city to
be taken over by the Israel in the past week, as tanks and troops stormed the
Palestinian government headquarters in clashes that left four policemen dead,
officials and witnesses said.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp
Bishops who fail to report or remove priests who sexually abuse minors should be held
accountable and removed themselves, 90% of U.S. Catholics say in a new USA
TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/06/25/church-poll.htm
Complete results http://www.usatoday.com/news/2002-06-24-poll-catholic.htm
Report: U.S. Vulnerable to Attack...A team of the nation's leading scientists called
Monday for a comprehensive rethinking of the nation's anti-terrorism infrastructure,
underscoring the need to quickly bring existing technologies into use (The Washington
Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38967-2002Jun24.html?referer=email
Mideast fires up Alabama runoff...Today's Democratic congressional runoff in Alabama
is pitting black leaders against Jewish politicians in an unlikely location for airing
out differences over the war in the Middle East. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20020625-3432652.htm
Mixing patriotism and politics, President Bush made his second trip of the year to New
Jersey yesterday, stumping for a Department of Homeland Security and raising more than
$700,000 at a lunch for a New Jersey congressman. (NJ Star Ledger)
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-1/102499620356272.xml
Martha Stewart -- the ambitious, hard-driving dynamo who built a business empire out
of selling domestic elegance to middle-class America -- is facing the biggest
challenge of her career. And it's not coming from a competitor. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/covers/2002-06-25-martha.htm
An exasperated Martha Stewart told television viewers on Tuesday she hoped her
entanglement in an insider trading scandal would be resolved soon and she would "be
exonerated of any ridiculousness." (Reuters)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=716&e=7&u=/nm/20020625/ts_nm/media_marthastewart_dc_1
The FBI is visiting libraries nationwide and checking the reading records of people it
suspects of having ties to terrorists or plotting an attack, library officials say.
(AP) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37774-2002Jun24.html
Former Vice President Al Gore was in Chicago Monday to help raise funds for Democratic
gubernatorial candidate Rod Blago-jevich, who emphasized his pledge to restore ethics
in state government and not to raise taxes if elected. (Chicago Sun Times)
http://www.suntimes.com/output/elect/cst-nws-rod25.html
Cianci found guilty of conspiracy...R.I mayor says he has no plan to quit office (The
Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/176/metro/Cianci_found_guilty_of_conspiracy+.shtml
While leaders of Gov. Jesse Ventura's political party wait for word from Ventura's
chosen successor, a member of the governor's own cabinet said Monday she will seek the
Independence Party's endorsement for governor. (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/politics/3536561.htm
Disgraced Rep. Gary Condit gave three of his most loyal staffers whopping pay raises
just days after he admitted to cops he was sexually involved with murdered intern
Chandra Levy, it was revealed yesterday. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/51122.htm
A not-so-royal Prince William flick...Prince William is furious about an American TV
movie based on his life and is threatening to sue to stop it. Jeannette Walls Delivers
The Scoop.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/771781.asp
Lloyd Grove: Watergate sleuth Carl Bernstein has been basking this month in the 30th
anniversary of the notorious break-in...But now two of the 58-year-old Bernstein's
former personal assistants are trying to bring his victory lap to a crashing halt.
They say Bernstein bounced paychecks and borrowed money while living high on the hog.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38843-2002Jun24.html
Capitol Comment: The White House, which won't cooperate with any news coverage of the
President's 20-year-old daughters--Jenna and Barbara Bush--isn't pleased about an
Associated Press story about Jenna, who accompanied her mother on a European trip to
Paris, Budapest, and Prague. http://www.washingtonian.com/thismonth/capcom.html
CNN's Anti-Bias Moves...Tells Israel it will balance Mideast coverage (NY Daily News)
http://www.nydailynews.com/2002-06-25/New_York_Now/Television/a-155468.asp
Hip-Hop Comes of Age...Flush with cash and the power of rap's appeal to young people,
some in the hip-hop community are starting to imagine the possibilities inherent in
lassoing the political energy of millions of record-buying fans. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38575-2002Jun24.html?referer=email
Opinion/Editorial
Lindberg: Power Politics in the Middle East
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20020625-28344563.htm
Chicago Sun Times: Voice of reason in Mideast crisis
http://www.suntimes.com/output/commentary/cst-edt-edits25.html
The Washington Post: [Bush] gave little substance yesterday to what, if the
Palestinians do reform, he would support with respect to such difficult issues as
borders, contiguity and Jerusalem. And he did not spell out in any detail what he
would do to push the process forward; there was no mention of Secretary of State
Powell's multinational conference.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39145-2002Jun24.html
The Wall Street Journal: Democracy for Palestinians...Bush's bold plan for Mideast
peace. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110001891
Conason: Bush the Scholar And Politics 101 http://www.observer.com/pages/conason.asp
Mondo Washington: Al Qaeda Training for Small-Arms Massacre...Way of the Gun
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0226/ridgeway.php
May: Moral Victory...Using Israel as a model for a Palestinian state.
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-may062502.asp
Dispatches from the diaper station...Michael Lewis, writing in Slate, relates his
latest experience of being a father again -- a camping trip with his young daughter in
Fairyland, a toddler-sized Disneyland in the middle of Oakland.
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2067301
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020625
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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