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Another stellar Hardball lined up for you tonight...We'll air that Thompson (Fred, not
Tommy)interview as promised (Sometimes folks we have so many great guests we just
can't cram 'em all into one hour)...As you've seen all day on MSNBC, we've been
promoting the heck out of the Lieberman interview which should be a good one...Our
crack production staff is "going historical" and pulling material back from years
ago...We'll put into context this corporate clean up bill which is moving through
Congress now and find out where Lieberman stood on this issue all those years ago..
VandeHei: Audit Plan Headed for House Fight...House GOP leaders, risking a backlash
from a disgruntled public and many of their own members, will fight some of the
Senate's proposed restrictions on fraudulent accounting practices, key legislators
said Tuesday. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16029-2002Jul16.html
Mortman's putting together a mix of Rummy's "leak memo" that was leaked!!, the
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend ad and you'll never guess what your tax dollars are hard at
work doing through the Army! I got the story below...
Is Dick Cheney the poster child for corporate clean up?...That's our D block debate
today: The Cheney Question
As Bush talks tough on CEO responsibility, will the SEC's Halliburton probe turn the
Veep into a White House liability? (Business Week)
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jul2002/nf20020712_2785.htm
Time Mag: The Rap on Bush and Cheney...Can the White House lead a cleanup crusade when
it has had dubious deals of its own? You be the judge
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,320735,00.html
Luntz will do the latest Washington Post polls on Bush's approval rating and the
effect the corporate stuff is having (or not having on him)...And is it all Clinton's
fault? We'll ask Clinton/Gore biographer David Maraniss...
Housekeeping...Pls keep the comments rolling in on the new lineup...Just hit "reply"
and fire away! Also, a special plea to those who are missing MSNBC on their cable
lineup...Pls let me know who you are...We haven't forgotten about you! We are
compiling this data for our distribution team...All the best, Dominic
And now, on to the headlines!
The recent barrage of congressional and media criticism directed at President Bush for
his handling of the widening corporate financial scandal has failed to damage his
popularity, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15970-2002Jul16.html
Sen. Jon Corzine, whose Wall Street expertise plays a key role in Democrats' strategy
on corporate responsibility, led an investment banking firm that is being accused of
inflating stock prices in the 1990s and contributing to the market crash (The
Washington Times) http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020717-574068.htm
Sammon: President Bush is increasingly pinning blame for the recent corporate scandals
and the slumping stock market on the Clinton era of "binge" prosperity.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020717-27525180.htm
Report skewers spy agencies' failures...A House Intelligence subcommittee has
concluded that the nation's spy agencies made catastrophic mistakes in the years
leading up to the Sept. 11 attacks by not directing enough time, money and agents to
collecting data about terrorist groups.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/781308.asp
Three years to the day before the attacks that leveled the World Trade Center and
damaged the Pentagon, U.S. spymasters concluded they must improve surveillance on
terrorists or the nation would face a catastrophic assault, a congressional panel will
report today (USA Today) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/07/17/911-report.htm
Bush unveils homeland security plan...President Bush on Tuesday unveiled a broad new
strategy for homeland security and called on Congress to quickly approve his plan for
a massive reorganization of government to confront the threat of terrorism.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/777928.asp
Homeland Security Cost Weighed...Officials Wonder How Nation Can Pay for President's
Strategy (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15821-2002Jul16.html
Gertz: An Army air-defense unit successfully carried out a radar exercise in
Washington last week to improve efforts to intercept hijacked airliners and other
enemy aircraft. http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020717-22615807.htm
Three al-Qaida suspects were taken into custody Tuesday, including one who had
videotaped several American landmarks including the Sears Tower, the Golden Gate
Bridge, the Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Center. (Chicago Sun Times)
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-attacks17.html
The new HIV-positive "Sesame Street" Muppet will not be introduced on U.S. television
and will remain in South Africa on "Takalani Sesame," the president of the Public
Broadcasting Service said yesterday. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020717-701148.htm
Saddam vows U.S. won't defeat him...As the United States continued seeking allies for
a war on Iraq, President Saddam Hussein said on Wednesday that Washington and its
allies would not be able to topple his government.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/781453.asp
Secretary of State Colin Powell says the CIA is working on a new plan to protect
Israel from terror attacks. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=542&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20020717/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_mideast_41
President Bush rewarded Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski with a coveted state
visit, returning the favor for the Polish leader's staunch support of Bush's foreign
policy amid grumbling by other European allies. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20020717/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_poland_1
IRA Issues Apology for All Deaths It Caused...The Irish Republican Army stunned both
its friends and its foes Tuesday by declaring "sincere apologies and condolences" for
all the people it killed in three decades of sectarian warfare in Northern Ireland.
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15956-2002Jul16.html
Release: New Yorkers Split On Building On 'Hallowed Ground,' Quinnipiac University
Poll Finds http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polls/nyc/Nyc0702a.html
Tactics Vary in Early Fundraising...Sens. Kerry, Edwards Lead Pack of '04 Presidential
Prospects (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16017-2002Jul16.html
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is spreading campaign cash across New York, helping
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer build his war chest and aiding Democratic legislative
candidates, according to reports released yesterday. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/52699.htm
Harper: A Time magazine spokeswoman confirmed a report in Media Industry Newsletter
that the White House's homeland security chief is the current front-runner for Person
of the Year. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020717-90678682.htm
At least 200 Army personnel used their government charge cards to obtain hundreds of
dollars in cash at strip clubs near military bases, a congressional investigation has
found (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=512&ncid=716&e=4&u=/ap/20020717/ap_on_go_co/army_plastic_2
[DC Mayor] Williams Still Planning Strong Reelection Bid...Petition Problems Could
Spur Staff Change http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15925-2002Jul16.html
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will come to Charlotte this month to raise
money for Republican Elizabeth Dole, who already has raised more than all but two
other U.S. Senate candidates in the country. (Charlotte Observer)
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/3677603.htm
Britney fans at Dubya's house?...Don't be surprised if you hear strains of "Hit Me
Baby One More Time" coming from the White House. Jeannette Walls Delivers The Scoop.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/781338.asp
Mel Karmazin declines to discuss his future....Viacom COO Reportedly on Outs With
Viacom CEO (Ad Age) http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=35481
Kurtz: Fed Chief Firing Blanks
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18070-2002Jul17.html
West Wing VP Disses Cable Talkers...Matheson compares West Wing's vision of the White
House with the idealized newsroom on his new Bravo drama, Breaking News. "I spent
about a week with MSNBC's Brian Williams," he reveals. (TV Guide)
http://www.tvguide.com/newsgossip/insider/020717b.asp
Opinion/Editorial
A mutant cloning report...Like a bad genetic copy of a bad genetic copy, the
officially advertised account of the report on cloning by the president's bioethics
council is a double distortion, writes Will Saletan in Slate.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/781159.asp
Must Read: Reform 'Hysteria'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16190-2002Jul16.html
Kelly: There are few hopes more naked than those of a politician who thinks he has
found the weapon with which to well and truly smite the other side, and Democrats are
regarding the story of how George W. Bush got rich with exceptionally unclothed
desire. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16188-2002Jul16.html
Landfield on the Jersey Legislature's effort to stop bullying
http://www.practicalpolitics.net/html/sl__nj_takes_legislative_aim_a.html
Limbaugh: The painfully obvious answer is: guilt by association. Since some companies
are engaged in misconduct, business on the whole is corrupt. And, Republicans, based
on their presumed association with business, are scoundrels.
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20020717-20275423.htm
Broder: A Revenue Shock...It has dawned on top Bush officials -- if not yet the public
-- that the federal budget is literally being held hostage by Wall Street.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16186-2002Jul16.html
Judea Pearl: Turn Tragedy Into Opportunity...An open letter to the people of Pakistan
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002000
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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