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I know it's Friday and y'all are heading out for the weekend, firing up the grill,
mixing the blender or otherwise popping a few cold ones but I urge you to include
Hardball in tonight's plans...
We got Francona, Gergen and Hackworth on the new video of the Saddam's dead sons...
We'll do Sharpton in B on Liberia, the Intelligence controversy and the DNC's new ad
on it....
In D we're doing Kobe and in the Buzz we've got Katrina, Armey & Fund on the DNC ad,
Tom Delay playing Hardball on the Middle East and why Fund thinks Arnold's going to
run for Governor out in the Golden State...Btw, John and Katrina are both Briefing
subscribers which brings an added value of gravitas and hipness to their game plan...
Fund's Diary: Total Recall--III...His advisers say Arnold Schwarzenegger will run for
governor. http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110003797
Katrina's "editor's cut" http://www.thenation.com/edcut/index.mhtml?pid=847
Now I got a little bone to pick with the folks over at ABC's "The Note" (Their weblog
knock off of The Briefing and The Hotline)...Here's a shot they took at Chris last
night on our Gillespie interview...
"Of course, those tracking the run-up to the Gillespie coronation exclusively through
cable TV will have also seen last night's 'Hardball' confrontation, during which Mr.
Matthews' Joe Wilson obsession (like his Juanita Broaddrick obsession, but without the
frission of sexuality and violence) was smacked in the face by a record-clarifying
incoming chairman."
Mark Halperin, ABC's chief political guy writes this stuff...Now Mark, only the most
die hard blindly partisan Republican could say that Gillespie "smacked" Chris...Does
George agree with you on this point? As a matter of fact, once Chris subjected
Gillespie to further questioning, Gillespie revealed that he didn't know anything
about Cheney's role in the matter...We found his White House talking points rather
inferior, actually...I'm happy to send over a copy of the tape if you'd like...As far
as any "obsession" charge is concerned, we're only obsessed with getting at the truth,
not flacking for any party, candidate or Administration...Why you chose to bring up
Juanita Broaddrick who has nothing to do with anything smacks of some ulterior motive
on your part...
Here's last night's transcript with Gillespie http://www.msnbc.com/news/944080.asp
Dominic Bellone
And a fond farewell to a Washington Institution and loyal Hardball Briefing subscriber
Lloyd Grove, who's Reliable Source column in the Post's Style section is a "must read"
for every Washingtonian....He's moving up to the Big Apple to work for The Daily
News...Hey Lloyd, make sure you re-subscribe when you get your new e-mail...Lloyd's
last Post posting: Savoring Some Favorite Dishes
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43297-2003Jul24.html
Btw, we're still pushing for Roll Call Scoopster Ed Henry to take over the Reliable
Source...His CV notes that "In 1998, Mr. Henry secured the only newspaper interview
with then-President Clinton on the day that the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke."
http://www.wmal.com/pages/108372.asp
Besides The Hardball Briefing, Ed comes with that added benefit of a Howard Mortman
endorsement which, if it doesn't, ought to count for something in this town...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing in Washington, DC
McCain's slam against Dean on Wednesday night's Hardball gets some play in Greg
Pierce's column http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/inpolitics.htm
Fresh from Liberian peace talks, black activist the Rev. Al Sharpton accused the Bush
administration on Friday of having a double standard in foreign policy "when it deals
with people of color." (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3162011
Jack Kemp, the Republican vice presidential nominee in 1996, emerged Thursday as a
possible candidate on the Oct. 7 ballot to recall California Democratic Gov. Gray
Davis. (AP)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/07/24/national1918EDT0789.DTL
Kobe's accuser 'a danger to herself'...Alleged victim was hospitalized 4 months ago,
police say (MSNBC) http://msnbc.com/news/943797.asp?0dm=N15VS
U.S. troops, acting on a tip from an informant, have captured at least five people
thought to be members of Saddam Hussein's personal security detail, a U.S. Army
general said Friday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/870749.asp
Bush Navy nominee found dead...New Mexico oilman might have killed himself (AP)
http://msnbc.com/news/944090.asp?0dm=N15RN
Former President Bill Clinton's advice that Democrats should quit harping on President
Bush's disputed statement that Iraq had pursued nuclear material from Africa was
well-received by many Democrats on Capitol Hill - but not his wife. (The Washington
Times) http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20030724-113404-4347r.htm
Dean: Deaths won't curb attacks...The candidate takes aim at Bush's management of the
Iraq conflict while in Iowa. (Des Moines Register)
http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/21834282.html
WashPost: Cheney defends U.S. war on Iraq...Vice President Cheney launched a White
House counterattack Thursday against rising criticism of the administration's handling
of Iraq. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/943940.asp
U.S. to send troops to Liberia's coast...Shelling kills 12 or more civilians; over 100
injured (MSNBC) http://msnbc.com/news/937616.asp?0cv=CA01
Saddam's family moves with ease?...Saddam Hussein and his sons move with ease in Iraq,
according to an interview with a man claiming to be one of the family's bodyguards.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/943984.asp
Fallen moral crusader William Bennett claims he has won his battle with the one-armed
bandit and is ready to resume his place as the public voice of family values...The
author of "The Book of Virtues" - who in May admitted to losing a whopping $8 million
in a decade playing high-stakes slots - will make his comeback Sunday on CNBC's "Tim
Russert" show. (NY Daily News)
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/103811p-93838c.html
Opinion/Editorial
Curry: GOP worries grow on job losses...Congressional Republicans propose tax breaks,
'buy American' rules http://msnbc.com/news/940725.asp?0dm=C22ON
Cheney Wraps His Glutes in the Flag...It's not unpatriotic to wonder why the president
lied. http://slate.msn.com/id/2086029/
Cliff May: Learning the Hard Way...What we didn't know and when we didn't know it.
http://www.nationalreview.com/may/may072503.asp
Trial and error...The Justice Department's prosecution of alleged "20th hijacker"
Zacarias Moussaoui is unraveling, in large part because of the government's own lack
of faith in the courts. By Dahlia Lithwick.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/943531.asp
Kinsley: Humor, Humility, and Rhetorical Courage...American pols could learn a thing
or two from Tony Blair. http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2085915
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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