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Campbell Brown is back in saddle tonight subbing for Chris and boy do we have a great
show lined up for you tonight...No doubt you've seen Saddam in court today sporting
the "tyrant chic" look, suit sans tie...Clean up the beard and homeboy could be on the
cover of GQ...Maybe the guys over at Bravo's Queer Eye could do a number on him for
his trial?
Anywho, we got James Woolsey and former ambassador at large for war crimes David
Scheffer slicin' and dicin' the big story of the day (Saddam) for half the show...Btw
at 9 pm ET MSNBC replays the hearing if you missed any of it with Chris Jansing and
Amy Robach (two of your favorite MSNBC dayside talent)...We'll translate it into
English for those of you who don't speak whatever they speak in Iraq...NBC
Correspondents Pete Williams, Dawna Friesen, Tom Aspell and Jim Miklaszewski join
Chris and Amy this evening to bring you all the smart angles you won't find anywhere
else...
Back to the Hardball back half...We've got Jack Kemp (a cat so smooth and cool he
needs no tie or introduction)...He'll get into Saddam, the Veepstakes, Cheney's
"F-bomb", and the race for the White House...And no Kemp discussion is complete
without Jack droppin' some free market, pro-growth dogma...
And we round out the show with the political ramifications of Saddam's appearance, the
veepstakes, new poll numbers, and Cheney's Iraq speech at the New Orleans D-Day
museum...We'll get into all that with Howard and The Boston Globe's Anne Kornblut (who
comes highly recommended by Howard & Campbell)..
Pls join us...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
In a makeshift courtroom in a Baghdad palace complex where he once indulged friends
with hunting and fishing trips, Saddam Hussein arrived in handcuffs on Thursday to
face charges of crimes against humanity. (Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5340570/
Saddam: Bush is 'criminal'...A defiant Saddam Hussein rejected charges of war crimes
and genocide against him in a court appearance Thursday, according to a reporter in an
official media pool. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5323918/
The White House dismissed accusations from Saddam Hussein on Thursday that President
Bush was a "criminal" as it heralded Saddam's arraignment as an important step forward
for Iraqis. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040701/D83I6M400.html
Saddam stirs mixed emotions among Iraqis...Anger, joy - even fear - on display as
ex-dictator appears in court (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5341096
NBC Poll: Bush 'down but not out'...With just over four months until Election Day, a
near-majority of Americans believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction and
that President Bush deliberately misled the public to make the case for war in Iraq,
the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5335046/
Vice President Dick Cheney delivered a strong defense of the Bush administration's
policy in Iraq on Thursday, repeating his assertion of ties between Saddam Hussein and
Al-Quaida and warning that the war on terror will continue into the forseeable future.
(AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040701/D83I63200.html
Howard: Advice on veep: Beware the hot dog syndrome...Long before he was the
impresario of the Fox News Channel, Roger Ailes was the message meister of George H.W.
Bush's 1988 presidential campaign. I covered Ailes at the time, and one of the tales
he told me at the time is relevant to Sen. John Kerry as he chooses a running mate
now. Ailes' lesson: Don't throw a hot dog into a shark tank.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5342260/
Kornblut: Billionaire Richard J. Egan built his reputation in politics as a major
donor and fund-raiser for the Bush campaign, steering hundreds of thousands of dollars
into Republican coffers in recent years. But now it appears Egan and his relatives are
bankrolling a new candidate: independent presidential contender Ralph Nader.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/articles/2004/07/01/major_bush_fund_raiser_donates_to_nader_campaign/
John F. Kerry spent yesterday in isolation at his wife's 90-acre suburban farm,
working on his convention acceptance speech amid signs that the presumptive Democratic
presidential nominee may announce his choice of a running mate here as early as next
Tuesday (The Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/articles/2004/07/01/kerry_said_to_near_decision_on_running_mate/
President Bush responded Thursday to Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's
new ad in New Mexico with a commercial of his own that criticizes the Democrat by
asking, "How can John Kerry win a war if he doesn't know the enemy?" (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040701/D83I5VQ80.html
Bush vs. Kerry: Watch the Last Lap...This race will be won by the guy with the best
kick. For Bush, that might mean teaming with a new running mate, like McCain or Powell
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5333326/
Opinion/Editorial
The Wall Street Journal: Kerry and Disclosure...His divorce records are his own
business. His wife's tax returns aren't
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110005291
Umansky: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi...The mysterious man behind the beheadings
http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2103109
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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