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So tonight is one of those show's I'm throwing in the "must watch" category...Dig this
lineup: Sharpton in the A block...Folks, he was on fire this morning at the "Take Back
America" convention (story below)...Remember Shuster's package last night in the Buzz?
That's the convention I'm talking about...In the B/C blocks, we got Lucianne "Trixie"
Goldberg and get this, David Brock, on Hillary's big interview this weekend with
Barbara Wa-Wa (as Caddell calls her) on the new book...Hey, did you hear Sharon Stone
may play Hillary in an made for TV movie?? In the back half panel we've got the high
energy "Jolt Cola" gang: Caddell, Jeffers, Terry and Sandy Rios...
Topics include: Are we a nation of cheaters?? Where are the Weapons of Mass
Destruction? A new report out casts doubt about what we knew and when we knew it with
respect to WMD...Also, how did Bush's overseas adventure go? Plus, more on
Hillary...Why don't New Yorkers want her to run for President?
Yeah I know it's a beautiful summer night and you want to hang outside...Wheel the TV
out to the deck, set the VCR, do what you have to do but trust me folks, if you like a
little Tabasco sauce on your food and on your cable news, tonight's the night!
Here's a sentence used to describe our show..."Hardball is a show that examines
politics with spirit, passion and the ability to provoke."
7, 11 & 2 am Eastern exclusively on MSNBC...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC...
New Yorkers to Hillary: Don't Run for President...Some suspect Hillary Clinton's
tell-all memoir is an early move in a potential presidential run, but a new poll on
Thursday revealed most New Yorkers do not want her to ever bid for the nation's
highest office. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030605/pl_nm/politics_clinton_dc_2
Democratic presidential candidate Al Sharpton, in an appeal to liberal activists
Friday, mocked President Bush for failing to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq,
deposed leader Saddam Hussein or terrorist leader Osama bin Laden (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030606/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_2004_13
"We could not specifically pin down individual facilities operating as part of the
weapons of mass destruction program, specifically the chemical warfare portion,"
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20030606/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/iraq_us_intelligence
Mortman: Are Democrats too negative?...Presidential candidates feeling pressure from
left http://msnbc.com/news/922839.asp?0dm=C11PO
Speaking of Mortman and Lucianne, her website is abuzz with the aforementioned piece
above http://lucianne.com/threads2.asp?artnum=47868
Major league FOB (Friend of the Briefing) Valerie Walston on California's absence in
national news
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/opinion/news_mz1e7walston.html
A&E to Make Movie About Hillary Clinton (AP)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20660-2003Jun5.html
Hamas ceases truce talks with Abbas...The militant Islamic group Hamas said on Friday
it was breaking off talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas on ending its
attacks on Israelis.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/801833.asp
Groups gung ho for Gore...If former Vice President Al Gore won't throw his hat in the
ring for the 2004 Democratic ticket, apparently others will do it for him. (Nashville
City Paper)
http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section=9&screen=news&news_id=23414
U.N. inspectors back in Baghdad...A small team of U.N. nuclear experts arrived Baghdad
on Friday to begin a damage assessment at Iraq's largest nuclear facility.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/920379.asp
U.N. Presses Bush On Iraq...Return of Weapons Inspectors Urged
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21815-2003Jun5.html?referrer=email
Firm Saw Favor as Tied to Donations...Executives of an energy company believed that
$56,500 in donations to political groups linked to four key Republican lawmakers last
year would prompt Congress to exempt their firm from a problematic federal regulation,
according to documents. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21913-2003Jun5.html?referrer=email
Senate expands child tax credit...The Senate voted Thursday to give 6.5 million
low-income families a check worth $400 for each of their children, as Republicans
buckled under demands from Democrats.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/922609.asp
Attorney General John Ashcroft told House members yesterday that the investigative and
prosecutorial tools Congress approved after September 11 have helped thwart terrorist
attacks but that more are needed. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030606-010401-2596r.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Are Democrats too negative?...Placating leftist pressure groups now is no way for
Democratic candidates to get independent and swing voters later, writes Howard
Mortman. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/922839.asp
'The Real Deal' on Barbra Streisand...Self-described environmentalist Barbra Streisand
is mad. And her wrath is aimed at an environmental group who nailed the Funny Girl for
being a hypocrite.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/923039.asp
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