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Well, we had a lot of fun last night at George Mason University...The crowd was pumped
(after some pre-show "Bon Jovi concert style" priming by our producers...You remember
the old Metal concerts from the '80's don't you? "Which side of the audience can
scream louder"? type of deal). Chris was doing his usual stand up comedy routine in
his own inimitable way as well...Off stage I slapped Chris on the back and repeated
his favorite slogan "let's go for greatness tonight" adding "and when you plug that
Briefing on the air tonight, do it with gusto and sincerity"...Well, at least he got
the website right...
And speaking of plugging the Briefing, I gotta give a huge shout out to Ben Wyche of
the Cato Institute who exhibited brass cajones when he grabbed the microphone, stood
up on stage in front of the auditorium and announced why he loved the Briefing...He
even threw in at the end, "and it's written with pizzaz by some guy named Dominic
Bellone"...Dawn, who was moderating the floor, mentioned I was in the balcony and the
whole crowd erupted in cheers...Folks, let me tell you, I felt like a conquering
emperor up there...All I could do was yell at the top of my lungs "Sign up at Hardall
dot MSNBC dot com!!!" Thanks Ben, you're a true Hardball Soldier!
Interactive Quiz Homepage...Geez, this kid Kevin who took the quiz last night was a
stud...He had girls in the audience standing up and yelling "We Love You Kevin"...And
I thought I was getting great publicity last night!
http://www.msnbc.com/news/810538.asp
It was a blast...Wish you were there! We'll play some highlights from Armey in the
Real Deal...He had some choice things to say about Bill, Hill and Al...But you were
watching I'm sure..
Wanna know who's next on the tour?? Click here
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/tvnews/Hardball_CollegeTour/
Anyway, tonight we'll do a follow up on "Milbank's war" as I'm calling it...Dana
Milbank is the guy who wrote the Washington Post piece yesterday that launched the
Daschle tantrum and the White House rebuttal etc., etc...(You've heard of "the West
Bank War" right? Well, this is "the Milbank War")
In the front half of the show we'll do an All Star lineup with Louisiana Democrat
Senator John Breaux, Newsweek columnist George Will and Howard...We'll get the story
behind the story...The story the power brokers in Washington don't want you to know
about...The wheels and deals in the backrooms (insert more favorite cliches
here)...Btw, Chris thinks Daschle's speech was more a shot at Gore than it was
Bush...Stay tuned..
A number of "Members" were at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. this morning confabbing with Bush
over the Iraq resolution....Here's MSNBC's take...Bush makes bipartisan Iraq
bid...Meets with House Democrats, Republicans to push for U.N. resolution
http://msnbc.com/news/812825.asp
Sammon: Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle yesterday accused President Bush of
politicizing the debate over Iraq and demanded an apology in an emotional speech on
the Senate floor. Republicans swiftly criticized Mr. Daschle's speech.
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20020926-1089750.htm
We're blowing out the normal D block debate to bring you a special interview with John
McCain new book. 'Worth the Fighting For' Here's an excerpt
http://www.msnbc.com/news/811752.asp
And for the Buzz, we got radio talk show legend G. Gordon Liddy!
Housekeeping: A special welcome to viewers in Grand Junction, CO, AT&T Channel
4...Also, we just go in da Bronx as well...Not sure the channel number but type your
zip in here and it'll hook you up!
http://www.msnbc.com/news/MSNBCCABLE_front.asp?launch=/modules/tvnews/cablelookup/dw.asp&h=400&w=298
Join Us...Dominic Bellone, wrote compiled and edited The Briefing in Washington,
DC...Weather: rainy and overcast
Mortman's latest: The Iraq gender gap...Will a U.S. war against Saddam cost the GOP
women votes? http://www.msnbc.com/news/812971.asp
Grove: Christopher Hitchens Quits the Nation
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2522-2002Sep25.html
Katrina: "I take strong issue with his assertion that the magazine has taken that
position. We have not...But in the same spirit of disagreement, I wish Chris was still
in our pages so we could have a vigorous exchange of our disagreement." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020926/ap_on_re_us/the_nation_columnist_3
For the record, I think Alexander Cockburn's comments on Hitch speak more to
Cockburn's intellectual bankruptcy than to anything about Hitchens...Christopher
Hitchens is a true soldier on the intellectual battlefield...Those who can't "kick the
bohemia" as my big brother says should "beat it". (old school slang for "get lost")
Kerry on whether Gore will run: "I just don't have a clue...Somebody told me the other
day that the Republicans are concerned that he won't run." (Rush & Molloy)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/21888p-20747c.html
Ed Henry: Kerry vs. Kennedy? The plot thickens over whether Sen. Edward Kennedy (D)
will endorse his colleague from Massachusetts, Sen. John Kerry (D), in the 2004
presidential race. http://www.rollcall.com/pages/columns/hoh/
Buchanan on his new business partner: "As for Taki's arrest record...it's less
impressive than mine, although mine goes back to the '50s."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3338-2002Sep25.html
Candidate Profile of the week: Is he great or what? http://www.15orfree.com/photos.htm
Doubts aside, GOP expects to OK force...A number of Republican lawmakers are saying
that President Bush has not made a convincing case for using force against Iraq, but
they expect that Congress will approve a resolution authorizing military force. (The
Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20020926-830536.htm
WashPost: U.S. prepares to train Hussein foes...The Pentagon is preparing to train at
least 1,000 Iraqi opponents of Saddam Hussein to serve as battlefield advisers,
scouts, guides and translators for American military units during a U.S. attack on
Iraq, administration officials said Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/813163.asp
Bush aide says Iraq helping al-Qaida...President Bush's national security adviser said
al-Qaida operatives have found refuge in Iraq, and she accused Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein's regime of helping Osama bin Laden's followers develop chemical weapons.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/813197.asp
U.S. signs off on U.N. Iraq resolution...Agreed-upon wording to be circulated to
skeptical council http://msnbc.com/news/813054.asp
The CIA official who led counterterrorism efforts at the time of the Sept. 11 attacks
told lawmakers Thursday the agency did the best it could with limited staff, money and
legal restrictions. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=542&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20020926/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/attacks_intelligence
NATO spreads into Eastern Europe...In biggest expansion, alliance to take in 7
ex-Soviet satellites (The Washington Post) http://msnbc.com/news/813123.asp?0dm=N24GN
Nader on Bush's drive to war: "cheap election ploy." (AP)
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0925naderiraq25-ON.html
Sweet: If the Democrats pick up only a handful of seats on Nov. 5, House Speaker J.
Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) is out of a job and House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt
(D-Mo.) becomes speaker. http://www.suntimes.com/output/sweet/cst-edt-sweet26.html
Coach K throws support to candidate Dole (Durham Sun Herald)
http://www.herald-sun.com/durham/4-270727.html
Big media falls on hard times...Benefits elusive from industry mega-mergers
http://www.msnbc.com/news/812885.asp
A Merrill Lynch & Co. brokerage assistant at the center of an alleged insider-trading
scandal involving decorating expert Martha Stewart is close to a deal with prosecutors
investigating Stewart, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&ncid=716&e=12&u=/nm/20020926/bs_nm/media_stewart_dc
Archerd: Edie Wasserman, who, with her late husband, Lew, has been one of the
staunchest supporters and most regular visitors to the Motion Picture & Television
Country House & Hospital, was back there Wednesday -- this time with first-time
visitor Sidney Sheldon, who read this poem he'd written after 9/11.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20020926/people_variety/archerd_1
Uh Oh...Someone call Christopher: We hear . . .Drea de Matteo of "The Sopranos" was
asked to leave a party in a suite of the Chateau hotel in L.A. after she and her pals
got into a wild whipped cream fight and ruined an antique velour couch (Page Six)
http://www.pagesix.com/pagesix/48158.htm
"Paula Zahn's supposed attempt at reinventing herself as a journalist is like putting
a fresh coat of paint on an outhouse."
Fox News Channel spokesman Rob Zimmerman, nursing the corporate grudge against Fox
News refugee and CNN star Paula Zahn, in yesterday's Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Our
question: Does Mrs. Zimmerman know her son talks like this? (Reliable Source)
Opinion/Editorial
Hitchens: We must fight Iraq
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12227453&method=full&siteid=50143
Counting casualties...How many people would die in a war against Iraq? Michael
O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution explores the casualty estimates.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/812947.asp
Novak: Following Iraq's bioweapons trail
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak26.html
Hardball Briefing subscriber Ilana Mercer: The SEC's information socialism - part 2
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=29054
The Wall Street Journal: One Helluva Bender...Will a "Hispanic Clarence Thomas" face a
Senate star chamber? http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002341
Will: Governments dependent on tobacco tax revenue
http://www.suntimes.com/output/will/cst-edt-geo26.html
The Washington Times: Imus grills Lieberman, redux...Sen. Joe Lieberman reinforced his
reputation as "the conscience of the Senate" when he became the first Democrat to
rebuke Bill Clinton after the president's belated admissions in the Monica Lewinsky
scandal. http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20020926-77873326.htm
Fund's Diary: Herr Clinton...Schroeder did what it took to win--but at what cost to
Germany? http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110002340
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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