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Adel's in the House tonight
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030826/168/52y6z.html to discuss
U.S.-Saudi efforts to combat terrorism and to refute charges by DepSecState Richard
Armitage that Saudi fighters are moving across the porous border to fight U.S. troops
in Iraq...
We're throwing Howard in B to slice and dice the new Gallup poll and some of the Dean
hype..
In the D Block we'll do the latest on Arnold...He gave a radio interview yesterday
with his most specific stand on the issues to date...Plus, a 1977 interview surfaces
in the now defunct Oui magazine in which Arnold described "Boogie Nights" lifestyle
as a celebrity bodybuilder...It ain't gonna wash with the family values types, but
hey, it was the Swingin' Seventies...Will it hurt him politically?
We'll talk to Jesse Ventura!
Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed medical marijuana and tough gun control laws
Wednesday while opposing gay marriage, "partial birth" abortion and additional oil
drilling off California's coast. (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/archive/2003/08/28/RECALL.TMP
On the same day that Arnold Schwarzenegger received the endorsement of 20 state
Assembly Republicans in his bid to become governor of California, a decades-old
interview resurfaced in which the actor copped to a number of titillating high jinks
and kinky sexual acts during his years as a bodybuilder. (Reuters)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A56941-2003Aug28?language=printer
We'll also mark the 40th Anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s March on Washington
with John Seigenthaler Sr. Fmr, Editor Tennessean
Tomorrow we'll talk Christopher Hitchens about his recent trip to Iraq what's going on
over there...He tells me that despite the continued violence and such over there, Iraq
is better off without Saddam...My question is: Better off for whom?
Btw, Jerry Nachman's kickin' it in the DC office today to fill in for Pat on B&P
tonight (6 pm et on MSNBC)...Jerry's a soldier walking around here with his stogie and
suspenders..
Keepin' it Hardball...Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing
from Washington, DC
The news from Iraq is mostly bad, and criticism of President Bush from Democrats is
relentless. But nearly two-thirds - 63% - of Americans say the war in Iraq was worth
fighting, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll shows
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-08-27-poll-usat_x.htm
Poll Results http://www.usatoday.com/news/polls/tables/live/0827.htm
Howard's latest: Dean: From 'Player' to Front-runner...So confident are his handlers,
they may skip matching funds http://www.msnbc.com/news/958099.asp?0cv=KB10
Saudi Backgrounder pieces
The Saudi government challenged the Bush administration Tuesday to prove its claims
that Saudi citizens have traveled to Iraq to fight American troops, and said U.S.
forces have failed to secure their side of the border. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030827/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_saudi_6
U.S.-Saudi Anti-Terror Operation Planned...Task Force Will Target Funding (The
Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44668-2003Aug25.html
Halliburton scores big off Iraq...Size, scope of work greater than previously
disclosed (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/958312.asp?0cv=CB10
Graphic
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/daily/graphics/halliburton_082703.html
The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said Thursday there was no need for more U.S.
troops in the country and blamed continuing violence on insufficient intelligence and
the lack of cooperation from the Iraqi people. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=3&u=/ap/20030828/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
U.S. to consider U.N. force in Iraq...The United States is willing to consider a U.N.
force in Iraq as long as it is under U.S. command, a senior State Department official
said, the first time Washington has indicated that it would accept a significant
multinational military presence in the c
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/951994.asp
Top Bush administration officials grudgingly acknowledge that their post-Saddam
Hussein plan for rebuilding Iraq has been substantially flawed on the security front.
(The Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030827-114516-5938r.htm
Blair faces U.K. scientist inquiry...Prime Minister Tony Blair faces his biggest test
on Thursday as he takes the stand at an inquiry into the death of a British weapons
expert who became entangled in a furious row over the Iraq war.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/958377.asp
Meet The NeoCon Intelligentsia:
http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/neocon/index.html?story
Following is the speech John Lewis gave 40 years ago today during the March On
Washington. At the time, he was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee: http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20030827-084259-6895r.htm
Terry's newspaper Human Events interviews McClintock...Page 3 -- A Conversation With
Tom McClintock http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=1662
Gay marriage? He's against it. Medical marijuana? He's for it. After weeks of skating
around the hot-button social issues in California, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger today
revealed his positions on a call-in radio talk show. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56256-2003Aug27.html
Many of those running in the California recall election are pushing for curbs on
illegal immigration - almost everyone, it seems, except the major candidates. (The
Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030827-114532-9551r.htm
Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe told Gov. Tom Vilsack on
Wednesday that he expects Gen. Wesley Clark to run for the party's 2004 presidential
nomination. (Des Moines Register)
http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/22108708.html
Opinion/Editorial
Terry's latest: Turning the tables on Prop. 187
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=1651
The Washington Times: Should Schwarzenegger quit?...Not really. Nor do we think
Republicans Tom McClintock and Peter Ueberroth should get out of the race. At least
not yet. http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20030827-084259-6594r.htm
Liberal writers learn to shout 'liar'...The best way to gain the momentary advantage
in a debate is to call your opponent a liar, his every statement a falsehood, and his
gist pure propaganda. Slate's Jack Shafer on the trend of 'liar' books.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/958166.asp
Novak: Spineless Senate GOP no match for Kennedy
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak28.html
The Washington Times: Howard Dean's dollars...Howard Dean raised more than a few
eyebrows over the weekend when the Democratic presidential candidate told Wolf Blitzer
of CNN that his campaign was seriously considering rejecting federal matching campaign
funds during the Democratic primaries.
http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20030827-084257-5921r.htm
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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