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Yeah we didn't have Hitchens on Friday...Sorry 'bout that...Long story short, he's on
tonight...We're going with a big picture, big gun panel with Hitchens, Beschloss, &
Arnett...We'll lead off with Iraq, the UN resolution, where we go from here and maybe
throw in a little Dems in disarray...We'll probably sprinkle in some other folks as
well...We're talking major gravitas with personality and Chris' attitude thrown in to
spice it up...
Remember that CIA drone missile strike in Yemen last week that killed the suspected
Al-Qaeda dudes? Amnesty International doesn't think that was cool and they've fired
off a letter to President Bush slamming this "extrajudicial" justice....So did the
killing violate international law or was it a legitimate act of a war? We'll get into
it with Arnaud de Borchgrave who says it was legit...Still working on the other side...
In the e/f buzz we've got a special treat...Mike Barnicle will interview Chris about
his new book "American: Beyond our Grandest Notions"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743240863/qid=1037036084/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-3526865-4122445?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
Chris explores what it means to be American, uniquely American personality
characteristics, sensibilities and timeless qualities in our national character...Why
are we reluctant warriors? Why do we always root for the underdog? Why are we
optimistic? What makes us rebellious? He explores these traits through popular culture
icons such as Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Bogie in Casablanca, Rocky, Shane, Wayne, Jimmy
Stewart, Jay Gatsby & others...Real cool stuff...
Speaking of the new book, last night was Chris' big book party at the American City
Diner (a classic retro '50's style eatery)....Attendees noshed on cheeseburgers, BBQ
potato chips and bottled Cokes while Chris beamed like kid on Christmas morning,
signing books and schmoozing the crowd...A reel of scenes from the movies the book
makes references to played on a big movie screen in the front patio of the
diner...Chris' beautiful queen/Channel 7 anchor Kathleen stood at the door greeting
folks....Some notable faces in the crowd: MSNBC chief Erik Sorensen, Christopher
Hitchens and his lovely wife Carol Blue, Howard Fineman and family, Howard and Beth
Mortman, Bill Press, Pat Buchanan, Ben Bradlee & Sally Quinn, Ann Klenk, Norah,
Campbell, CNN's Kelly Wallace, actor Ed Begley Jr., Time's Margaret Carlson, Team
Washington's David Shuster, Christina Jamison, Kerri Forrest, Hardball master VO
cutter EJ Johnson, ABC's John Cochran & Ann Compton, Arnaud de Borchgraveand, Channel
7's Alexandra Steele & Doug McKelway....Lloyd, where were you?
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing in Washington, DC
Hitchens' latest: Machiavelli in Mesopotamia...The case against the case against
'regime change' in Iraq http://msnbc.com/news/832122.asp
Human rights group Amnesty International wrote to President Bush on Friday to question
Washington's role in a missile attack on al Qaeda suspects in Yemen. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20021108/ts_nm/rights_usa_yemen_dc_1
The Hellfire missile strike launched by a CIA-operated drone that killed a top al
Qaida militant and five others in a car in Yemen on Sunday may not have violated the
U.S. ban on assassinations, but the Bush administration's new rules on America's right
to self-defense in the uncertain battlefield of the war on terrorism need to be
sharply defined, according to former intelligence officials and experts (UPI)
http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20021107-042725-6586r.htm
Amnesty release: Amnesty International has today written to the President of the
United States, George Bush, to express its deep concern at reports that the six men
blown up in a car in Yemen on 3 November were killed allegedly by a missile launched
by a CIA-controlled Predator drone aircraft.
http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/recent/AMR511682002!Open
Honoring those who served in yesterday's wars, President Bush declared on Veterans Day
2002 that the United States and its allies today face an "urgent task" in confronting
Iraq. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=542&e=2&u=/ap/20021111/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq
Iraq's parliament convenes in a special session Monday to debate a new U.N. Security
Council resolution calling on Baghdad to disarm or face possible military action.
(MSNBC) http://msnbc.com/news/821736.asp
Senior U.S. officials say Saddam Hussein will be held to a "zero-tolerance" standard
on arms inspections under the tough new U.N. Security Council resolution and warned
that military action, with or without U.N. support, will deal with any breach. (The
Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20021111-13737268.htm
WashPost: U.S. plan assumes Saddam's ouster...The Bush administration has settled on a
plan for an invasion of Iraq that assumes Saddam Hussein will probably fall from power
before U.S. forces enter the capital.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/833016.asp
Iraqi oil, American bonanza?...In a post-war Iraq, U.S. companies could be major
players (MSNBC) http://msnbc.com/news/824407.asp
Al-Qaida plot to kill the Pope?...British newspaper reports on alleged al-Qaida plan
(AP) http://msnbc.com/news/833277.asp
Howard's latest: How Bush Did It...In a historic win, Dubya defied the experts once
again. Behind the GOP's early planning and product-testing in a wartime race
http://www.msnbc.com/news/832464.asp
Pelosi Poised For Easy Win...Barely a day after stoutly reaffirming his candidacy for
party leader, Caucus Chairman Martin Frost (Texas) abandoned the race Friday and threw
his support to Minority Whip Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), saying it was clear the
California lawmaker had the votes to win. (Roll Call)
http://www.rollcall.com/pages/news/00/2002/11/news1111a.html
Ford Still Challenging Pelosi to Lead House Democrats (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36658-2002Nov10.html
Harold Ford crusades to save the Democrats The conservative young congressman is
challenging Nancy Pelosi for House minority leader, but his attack on the popular
liberal could backfire (Salon)
http://salon.com/politics/feature/2002/11/09/pelosi_ford/index.html
GOP Leadership Races Heating Up...While most House Republicans are savoring last
week's historic victories, a handful of ambitious GOP lawmakers have sharpened their
campaign tactics as they furiously buttonhole colleagues in the final days before
Wednesday's leadership elections. (Roll Call)
http://www.rollcall.com/pages/news/00/2002/11/news1111c.html
Iowans look for Democrats to support in 2004 races...Tuesday's elections hurt some
prospects for the presidential caucuses, leaders say (Des Moines Register)
http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/19701073.html
Senator John Kerry suggested yesterday that, barring a ''revolution'' in his family or
among his advisers, he would accelerate the timetable for deciding whether to run for
president in 2004. (Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/315/nation/Kerry_to_speed_decision_on_run_for_presidency+.shtml
The Senate's Democratic and Republican leaders say they are confident compromise is
close on legislation creating a homeland security department (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=512&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20021111/ap_on_go_co/congress
Corzine, Allen Top List...A former Virginia governor and an ex-Wall Street executive
are expected to take over the Senate Republican and Democratic campaign committees in
the 108th Congress, providing a potential springboard for two junior Senators with
national ambitions. (Roll Call)
http://www.rollcall.com/pages/news/00/2002/11/news1111b.html
As the Louisiana Senate campaign heads toward a Dec. 7 runoff, one big question looms:
How much can Republican candidate Suzanne Haik Terrell count on the national momentum
that handed the GOP control of the Senate to propel her past Democratic Sen. Mary
Landrieu? (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/washington/index.ssf?/newsstory/lasenate10_2html
[AL] Democratic Gov. Don Siegelman, stung by a legal opinion from Republican Attorney
General Bill Pryor and facing an increasingly uphill fight to claim a second term, is
"two or three days" away from disclosing his next move in Alabama's disputed
gubernatorial election, according to Joseph Espy, Siegelman's lead campaign attorney.
(Mobile Register)
http://www.al.com/politics/mobileregister/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/1037009798175900.xml
Dean Barkley, who will serve out the final weeks of Senator Paul Wellstone's term, is
intent on having fun and doing his job...With the serenity of a man in the waning days
of his career, Dean Barkley fingered a cigar as he leaned back in his leather chair at
the Russell Senate Office Building. He was contemplating the ritual autumnal question
for a senator about to retire: How has Washington changed since you arrived as a
freshman? (The New York Times)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=68&ncid=68&e=1&u=/nyt/20021111/ts_nyt/mr__outsider_is_an_insider__don_t_blink_
Americans credit President Bush's popularity and his handling of what to do about Iraq
as chief reasons for Republican success in the midterm elections, a poll indicates.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20021110/ap_on_go_pr_wh/gop_capital_poll
In an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press," outgoing Senate Majority Leader Tom
Daschle played down the importance of the Democratic defeat and disagreed with a clip
from former Vice President Al Gore in which Mr. Gore said, "There has to be a major
regrouping." (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20021111-92348632.htm
Clinton lauded for campaign efforts...Bill Clinton's campaigning in Florida and other
states didn't turn out the vote the Democratic Party hoped for. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20021111-54034235.htm
Over the 100 years that separate Theodore Roosevelt from George W. Bush, the West Wing
of the White House has become a sharply etched symbol of presidential power and
television drama. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=703&e=5&u=/ap/20021111/ap_on_go_pr_wh/west_wing_turns_100
The switch in Senate power heralds an attitude adjustment in Washington, personnel
shuffles, shifts in perks and new specials of the day on the policy menu - changes
seemingly out of proportion to the fact that only about a half-dozen extra Republicans
are coming to town (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=512&ncid=703&e=7&u=/ap/20021110/ap_on_go_co/the_gop_capital
The Bush administration said yesterday that it's ready for a war with Iraq, but denied
that it leaked details of a looming invasion to frighten Saddam Hussein into
submission. (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/61823.htm
GOP Revises Tax Cut Agenda...After talking expansively about an aggressive new round
of tax cuts, Republican leaders are ratcheting back expectations and hoping to press
forward next year with a modest tax agenda that is probably more symbolic than
substantive, GOP congressional sources say. (The Washington Post)
http://msnbc.com/news/833339.asp
Israeli Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Monday for the removal of Yasser
Arafat's "terror regime" after a Palestinian gunman killed five Israelis, including a
mother and her two children, in a kibbutz. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=topnews&StoryID=1713380
The man who sparked a political explosion with his fiery eulogy for U.S. Sen. Paul
Wellstone said Friday he has no regrets about the speech, but he wants people to
understand he was speaking from his heart to try to keep the senator's legacy alive.
(St. Paul Pioneer Press)
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/politics/4478484.htm
Participants at a recent seminar on the First Amendment considered one big change in
international news reporting after the September 11 attacks: American reporters have
become a lot more patriotic. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20021111-96845878.htm
Page Six: Fmr. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has federal prosecutors fuming by
refusing to answer their questions about his role in the Marc Rich Pardon-gate
scandal, even while traipsing around Manhattan like a Hollywood celebrity.
http://www.pagesix.com/pagesix/50452.htm
Former Democratic Vice President Al Gore (news - web sites) has a guest role on
Sunday's television season premiere of Fox's animated science-fiction comedy
"Futurama," supplying the voice of his own disembodied, scientifically preserved head.
(AP) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021109/ap_en_tv/people_gore_1
Mayor Bloomberg flew to Washington last night to woo top Democratic officials into
selecting the Big Apple for their national convention in 2004. (NY Post)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nypost/20021111/lo_nypost/hizzoner_courts_dem_bash
Jeannette Walls: J. Lo blooper makes the rounds....Plus: Church of Oprah; new 'Let
Winona Shop' holiday cards http://msnbc.com/news/832690.asp
Opinion/Editorial
Nobles & Knaves: http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20021109-80806082.htm
The Wall Street Journal: The Pelosi Democrats...A San Francisco liberal won't lead the
party back to the majority.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002606
Buchanan: Will Bush's legacy be a 'Bush court'?
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=29618
Bayefsky: Amid all the self-congratulation in Washington and New York that the United
Nations Security Council vote on Iraq is indicative of shared global values, there is
only one reason the outcome was 15-0. The resolution clearly inhibits America's
ability to justify going to war. http://nysun.com/sunarticle.asp?artID=331
The Washington Times: Hard-money blues...Following the electoral drubbing President
Bush and the Republican Party administered to his party Tuesday, the New York Times
reported that Terry McAuliffe "appeared staggered by the outcome."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20021111-78987323.htm
Barnicle: Life of slain diplomat - America at its best
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/34113p-32317c.html
Sief: Militarism and the Midterm Elections...White House strategists timed the Iraq
war debate to dominate the fall Congressional campaign.
http://www.amconmag.com/11_4/militarism_and_the.html
Novak: GOP can't lose on privatization
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak11.html
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Is War Inevitable? Despite its qualms, the world moves toward
war. President George W. Bush has persuaded a questioning Congress, a divided public
and a skeptical world to endorse a showdown in which Saddam Hussein will either have
to disarm or fight
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/Editorial/77CA54D3ABB1E71286256C6D0072DF41?OpenDocument&Headline=Is%20war%20inevitable%3F
Limbaugh: GOP: What now?
http://jewishworldreview.com/david/limbaugh.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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