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Call it "two angry white men and an angry white woman" for our front half
tonight...Buchanan, Dornan & Ingraham will slice and dice the Lott/Strom flap, the
Hollywood Lefties bashing Bush, Carter's Oslo speech and the NBC/Wall Street Journal
poll which is set for release this evening...It's so top secret we've "embargoed" it
until 6:30 pm et...That's a fancy press term meaning it's not be released to the
public...Hint: We'll run some Iraq numbers and Gore numbers...
Plus, Jimmy Carter had this to say when accepting the Nobel Peace Prize: "For powerful
countries to adopt a principle of preventative war may well set an example that can
have catastrophic consequences." http://msnbc.com/news/845365.asp?0sl=-20
We'll throw it all out there for our gang to chew on...I just spoke with Pat at the
water cooler and he's fired up...He had his signature hand chopping movements going
and everything....
In the D block, more red meat...Barnicle will be here to give us his take on the
growing chorus of resignation calls for Boston Cardinal Bernard Law and his mysterious
trip to Rome...Lots of nauseating news coming from that quarter...
In the Buzz block we've got Al Sharpton on Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Trent Lott and his
run for the White House...Plus, another surprise of two...
Plus, DC is buzzing about the fate of Stephen Friedman, Bush's possible nominee to
fill the shoes of Lawrence Lindsey...He's getting hit hard from the Right and the
Washington Post's opposition research department (dare I say), has a couple of pieces
on he and Snow's past statements and "baggage" Snow brings to the job...
It doesn't get any hotter than this folks! Truly "must see", even break out the dinner
tray, TV tonight! Pls join us 9 pm et only on America's NewsChannel, MSNBC...Turn it
on America...
Don't forget, Al Gore for the full hour from Lehman College in the Bronx...Tomorrow...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from an icy DC
In the wake of a growing chorus of criticism from his comments at Strom Thurmond's
100th birthday last week, Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott issued this statement
late last night:
"A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embraced the discarded
policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to
anyone who was offended by my statement." http://msnbc.com/news/845511.asp
York: Caught whistling Dixie...Four days later, Lott's controversial comment gets some
attention. But not from top congressional Democrats.
http://salon.com/politics/feature/2002/12/10/lott/index.html
Mike Farrell and Anjelica Huston will release a letter Tuesday signed by a hundred
celebrities who want President Bush to stop his war rhetoric toward Iraq. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021209/ap_on_en_ot/celebrities_iraq_1
The details of the letter will be released as anti-war protestors hold demonstrations
across the US. (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/2561133.stm
Erratum...This should have appeared last week...Terry on Kerry
http://creators.com/opinion_show.cfm?columnsName=tje
Bush nominee Stephen Friedman comes under fire: "We are doing everything we can to
quash this appointment," said Stephen Moore, president of the Club for Growth, a
pro-tax-cut lobby group. "We're not real high on him. He is a deficit-phobic."
(Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=1881849
The Wall Street Journal: A New Treasury?...Appointing another big-business man hardly
sets a new tone. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002749
Past Remarks May Haunt New Economic Team (The Washington Post)
http://msnbc.com/news/845482.asp?0cv=CB10
Former CEO Comes With Some Baggage...Snow's Record Like O'Neill's, Up to a Point (The
Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32850-2002Dec9.html
In an extraordinary rebellion by Catholic clerics against a bishop whom they had
pledged to obey, 58 Boston-area priests called on Cardinal Bernard F. Law yesterday to
resign, saying he was no longer an effective spiritual leader (Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/344/metro/58_priests_send_a_letter_urging_cardinal_to_resign+.shtml
Letter verbate:
http://www.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/extras/priests_letter_120902.htm
N.D. Senator to Gore: Don't Run...As former vice president Al Gore contemplates
another bid for the presidency, North Dakota Democratic Sen. Byron L. Dorgan has some
crisp advice: Don't do it again (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32361-2002Dec9.html
Saying that war is always evil, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter received the Nobel
Peace Prize Tuesday and urged the world to accept U.N. leadership in tackling
challenges from the Middle East to global poverty. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=1881798
Suit Versus Cheney Is Dismissed...Judge Gives Administration Broad Victory on
Oversight (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32665-2002Dec9.html?referer=email
A leader of the Senate intelligence committee criticized on Tuesday a congressional
inquiry into Sept. 11-related intelligence failures as too soft on U.S. agencies,
especially the CIA. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=1880802
U.S., U.N. bear down on Iraq report...U.S. and U.N. officials moved ahead with their
examination of Iraq's weighty declaration on its chemical, biological and nuclear
weapons programs on Tuesday, as U.N. monitors searched two new sites in their hunt for
outlawed Iraqi weapons.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/842500.asp
Franks: New war games are critical...Gen. Tommy Franks, the head of U.S. Central
Command, said Tuesday that an exercise underway in the Gulf nation of Qatar was
essential to preparing U.S. forces for war and that his troops were ready to begin
operations in Iraq if called upon.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/844449.asp
The first and largest section of Iraq's report to the United Nations details its
attempts to develop nuclear weapons, with more than 2,000 pages devoted to efforts
prior to its invasion of Kuwait in 1990. No formal evaluation of the content is
expected for at least a week. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20021210-1065164.htm
An Iraq invasion? Not this month...MSNBC Military Analyst Col. Jack Jacobs says it
would be at least 30 days before American forces needed for a war against Iraq could
be in place. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/844081.asp
Milbank's White House Notebook...DiIulio Saga Highlights Primacy Placed on Secrecy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32951-2002Dec9.html?referer=email
Wall Street banker tops SEC chief list...William Donaldson nomination expected today,
sources say
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/845584.asp
Bush taps Snow to head Treasury...President Bush Monday nominated CSX Corp. Chairman
John W. Snow, a former Ford administration official from Virginia, to replace Treasury
Secretary Paul O'Neill.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/845133.asp
Kurtz: Why So Late on Trent Lott?...Media slow to report GOP leader's inflammatory
comment on Thurmond.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34186-2002Dec10.html
Corzine to lead campaign for Senate Democrats...Democrats yesterday tapped Sen. Jon
Corzine of New Jersey to head the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee as it heads
into the 2004 election cycle. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20021210-5505065.htm
Balz: On Heels of Election, Governors Seek Higher Profile Within Democratic Party
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32589-2002Dec9.html
Democrats promise better economic plan...House Democrats yesterday criticized the way
the White House has handled the economy and promised to come up with a better economic
plan of their own. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20021210-98934854.htm
Wright makes a Soprano's debut: Sopranos" creator David Chase seems to have learned a
thing or two from his characters on how to exact revenge.
http://www.nypost.com/business/64173.htm
Actors Mike Farrell and Anjelica Huston will release a letter signed by 100 Hollywood
stars who don't want President Bush to attack Iraq. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/64230.htm
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards entertained about a dozen party activists
from New Hampshire at his home Monday night, including a key worker for Al Gore in the
state in 2000. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=512&ncid=703&e=8&u=/ap/20021210/ap_on_go_co/edwards_new_hampshire
Al Gore and Sen. John Kerry are statistically tied in a test run of the
first-in-the-nation New Hampshire presidential primary, according to a poll released
yesterday. (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/64220.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Ingraham: Who, more than anyone else, is actively advancing the cause of civil
liberties around the world? http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1202/ingraham.html
George: Can President Bush or the Republican Party really afford to have Trent Lott
(R- Miss.) continue as the GOP's face in the U.S. Senate?
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/64166.htm
Chicago Sun Times: A Lott of good he's not doing
http://www.suntimes.com/output/commentary/cst-edt-edit10a.html
Kudlow: Tax-Package Personnel?...Bush's new economic-team picks are half right.
http://www.nationalreview.com/kudlow/kudlow.asp
Mondo Washington Small Weapons: coming to an airport near you?
http://villagevoice.com/alertrd.php3?article=40474
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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