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We've got an action packed show tonight for you folks...Dare I say you may want to
plan your dinner sked around it...Woodward kicks us off with his latest "inside the
Oval Office" look at the Bush administration..."Bush at War" is the name of the book
and it's creating a lot of buzz...We'll talk to him about it for the first couple of
blocks...
Fun Woodward book quotes: "To Rumsfeld, K Street was a low-life refuge for those who
couldn't get real jobs, or didn't have the independence of spirit to leave Washington
once they were through." (p. 283)
Bush on the pundit class: "I don't read the editorial pages. I don't -- the
hyperventilation that tends to take place over these cables, and every expert and
every former colonel, and all that, is just background noise." (p. 259)
Later, Senator-elect Norm Coleman will join us from Minnesota to discuss his agenda in
the Senate, his recent victory over Mondale and what it's like to be the new kid in
town...
And how about Daschle's tirade about Rush and other Rush "wannabes" that are creating
a "very shrill edge" to the political discussion??...Get this, Daschle even believes
that hot rhetoric has created a security threat to his family....Should we get Daschle
some cheese with that whine or does he have a legitimate point??....We'll talk to
Laura "It's not just a radio talk show, it's an addiction" Ingraham
http://www.lauraingraham.com/public/
Hatch on Daschle: "We've all on the conservative side have had our share of attacks by
some of the more liberal pundits. But, you know, I think that's part of politics. I
don't think that's all bad. I think that makes you have to stand up for your opinion
and if you're unwilling to do that, geez, you shouldn't be in here"
This just in from Mortman...Wonder where he got the food analogy language from??!! Tom
Daschle is going out with a bang. A healthy, tangy, Tabasco-tasty bang. In his final
days as Senate majority leader, Daschle is kicking up his rhetoric more than a notch.
He's unleashing a venomous string of adjectives, accusations and assertions that make
for good politics, great reading - and even better TV.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/835074.asp
In the buzz, we'll talk to actor Michael Keaton about his latest role in HBO's "Live
from Baghdad"...Plus, Robert Weiner, the real live producer dude he portrays in the
film...We'll show you some hot clips too!!
http://www.hbo.com/films/upcoming.html?ntrack_para1=latest0_more
All this...plus the infamous Hardball Hotseat!! http://www.msnbc.com/news/810538.asp
Lots of Gore news in the Briefing today...He was out yesterday slamming Bush...Here's
my favorite quote from today's Post: The administration caved to lobbyists for the
industry who demanded of administration officials "that they kneel and kiss their ring
-- and they do." The average investor "was essentially told to go to hell."
As you can see, we've got a full plate tonight...One you won't want to miss...
Hey, gotta request...hit "reply" and give me your thoughts on Hillary last night...I
thought it was pretty hot but definitely not enough time to hit all the issues...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from a foggy Washington, DC
One of our readers requested a vegetarian dish...This one's for you...A Vegetarian
Offering...Two of your guests are vegetarians. Make something in advance that will
make them feel a part of the feast. Vegetarian Roasted Mushroom Lasagna...Btw,
Hardball Correspondent David Shuster is said to make a mean veggie lasagna as well
(Wash Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9419-2002Nov19.html
A romantic Thanksgiving dinner for two?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9417-2002Nov19.html
Bush's boys club http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/021121/168/2qchx.html
Lloyd Grove lunched with the Gores and had this to say: This time around he wants to
be seen as the laid-back, self-deprecating, emotionally open Al Gore -- and certainly
not as the angry and scolding Al Gore who phoned our Post colleague Liza Mundy at home
last weekend to accuse the paper of violating a news embargo involving Mundy's profile
of him in The Washington Post Magazine.
Jano fired back: "An embargo that both sides agreed upon was broken"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17321-2002Nov20.html
American Prowler: Kerry Nation...Rumor in Washington has Democratic �ber political
consultant Bob Shrum jumping off the presidential bandwagon of Sen. John Edwards, and
hopping on board that of Sen. John Kerry.
http://theamericanprowler.com/article.asp?art_id=2002_11_20_1_1_11
President Bush's Iraq policy got a tongue-lashing yesterday from two top Democrats -
former Vice President Al Gore and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/62718.htm
Political discussion in the United States has taken on a shrill edge that has
encouraged an increasing number of threats against public officials, Senate Democratic
Leader Tom Daschle said on Wednesday. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=HMRYNHCU5GCJ2CRBAEOCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=1778655
Rush Limbaugh and his "wannabes" are as dangerous and shrill as religious
fundamentalists in other countries, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle charged
yesterday. (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/62695.htm
Daschle blasts Limbaugh, religious right...Accuses talk radio of posing threat to his
life, security of his family (World Net Daily)
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=29730
A humbled Al Gore conceded Wednesday that a two-year absence from the national stage
and baggage from the 2000 presidential race would make a new campaign in 2004 more
difficult for him. (Des Moines Register)
http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/19795386.html
Gore: "During the two months prior to the election, the president, instead of
directing the war against terror, crisscrossed the nation campaigning against Saddam
Hussein...Now Osama's back and we've lost a considerable amount of valuable time and
effort. They've [the Republicans] won both houses of Congress, but the country has
lost." (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16937-2002Nov20.html?referer=email
Brownstein: Former Vice President Al Gore, as he nears a decision on whether to seek
the presidency again, has begun formulating plans for a possible campaign that would
be much more informal in style and more ambitious in its ideas than his unsuccessful
race in 2000.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-gore21nov21011422,0,5951177.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dfrontpage
Al Gore says whoever the Democrats nominate for president could have an excellent
chance to reclaim the White House in 2004 because President Bush's economic policies
have been "a catastrophic failure." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=519&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20021121/ap_on_re_us/gore_interview
Former Vice President Al Gore said on Wednesday the United States was headed down the
wrong track economically and diplomatically, and promised to run a different kind of
campaign if he seeks the White House again. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=1778354
Will: Gore rewriting history but can't change truth
http://www.suntimes.com/output/will/cst-edt-geo21.html
The state's Democratic chairman is turning to Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton to help
bail out the party, which faces a large debt from Carl McCall's failed bid for
governor, The Post has learned. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/62698.htm
New York is battling New Jersey for power in the next Congress, with Sen. Hillary
Clinton fighting Sen. Jon Corzine over who will lose their powerful committee spots.
(NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/62707.htm
Orin: The Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday said he's been promised visas by Iraq and plans
to lead a delegation to Baghdad on Dec. 8, the deadline for Saddam Hussein to produce
a list of all his weapons of mass death.
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/62686.htm
Pentagon defends 'Big Brother' plans...The Pentagon, which is obsessed with keeping
secrets, is developing new technology which could ultimately open every one of yours.
By Jim Miklaszewski, NBC News.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/837884.asp
NATO welcomes 7 new members...In a historic move, NATO expanded its membership beyond
the borders of the former Soviet Union on Thursday amid a makeover designed to answer
new threats of global terrorism.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/837040.asp
NATO urges Iraq to comply....Prodded by President Bush, the 19-nation NATO alliance
demanded Thursday that Iraq "fully and immediately" comply with a U.N. resolution to
disarm.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/821736.asp
Gertz: Pentagon confirms 'snooping' system...The Pentagon yesterday confirmed that a
high-tech data-collection system that will monitor credit-card transactions and
airline ticket purchases is being created to thwart terrorist attacks.
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20021121-80027736.htm
Senate Adjourns Amid Disputes Over Its Record...Uncertainty Voiced on Homeland Bill
Deal (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17592-2002Nov20.html?referer=email
Homeland Department May Take a Year to Take Shape...Bush to Nominate Ridge as
Secretary; Nightmares Seen in Blending 22 Agencies' Cultures and Workforces (The
Wasington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17667-2002Nov20.html?referer=email
How do you keep a right-hand man of Gov. Ryan happy? Free pot, cheap hookers and free
lodging in sunny Jamaica are a start, according to court documents filed Wednesday in
the case of former George Ryan campaign manager Scott Fawell. (Chicago Sun Times)
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-fawell21.html
Blanking on an acquaintance's name can happen at the most inopportune moments, as
President Bush discovered yesterday. (AP)
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/1037875197153720.xml
Z. Hallow: Louisiana's Landrieu accused of taking blacks 'for granted'...Sen. Mary L.
Landrieu, Louisiana Democrat, is trying to shore up support among black voters, a key
constituency in her December 7 re-election showdown.
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20021121-31776780.htm
Question: What does President Bush have in common with the world's most wanted man,
Osama bin Laden, rapper Eminem and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein? (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=1777889
Senators laud departing colleagues from 107th...Speeches given by and for departing
senators this week ranged from somber tributes and musings on Senate history to a call
for stronger space programs. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20021121-77018.htm
Lights! Camera! Rudy! A new Rudy Giuliani movie that portrays his long-rumored love
affair with former press spokeswoman Cristyne Lategano as fact began shooting in
Manhattan yesterday. (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/62706.htm
Why can't we be friends? Despite denials by his staff, Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords did
approach several colleagues in the Republican Senate Caucus about returning to the
fold. http://theamericanprowler.com/article.asp?art_id=2002_11_20_22_15_6
The first competitor to question publicly a potential CNN/ABC news merger, NBC
president Andrew Lack said Wednesday he doesn't believe the union would save as much
money as promised. (Variety)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=597&ncid=805&e=14&u=/nm/20021121/tv_nm/television_news_dc
Opinion/Editorial
Nachman weighs in on the Roger Ailes controversy...Should Roger Ailes, the head of a
journalistic operation, be giving political counsel to the President of the United
States? http://www.msnbc.com/news/837733.asp
A lot to be thankful for...George W. Bush has a lot to be thankful for. Where in the
world shall I begin? Brave New World, by Michael Moran.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/837753.asp
O'Hanlon: Osama's Alive! Does it matter? http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2074325
Novak: Landrieu's duplicity backfires
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak21.html
Elder: Does the Democratic party take blacks for granted?
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/elder.html
Fund's Diary The Clinton Drag...This Election Day, he hurt Democrats more than he
helped. http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110002657
Coulter: Great Gray Lady in spat with saloon, ahem, "woman"
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/coulter.html
Forbes: The Myth of Potent Pot...The drug czar's latest reefer madness: He claims that
marijuana is 30 times more powerful than it used to be.
http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2074151
Holroyd: Full Disclosure? Biographers Face A Cult of Secrecy...JFK didn't have to hide
his illnesses. http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110002658
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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