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Don't hit the Fourth of July traffic just yet...We're celebrating the 4th with some
good old fashioned political free speech tonight...And don't forget, if you listen to
XM in your car like Chris does and will be on a long drive, tune in to channel 130..
Campbell Brown finishes up the week at Hardball with an interview with former U.S.
ambassador to Iraq Joe Wilson, the man whose CIA wife's name was leaked by the Bush
administration and gives us his take on the GQ tyrant's trial...
We'll do the latest job numbers with Commerce Secretary Donald Evans...
Trippi & Nader running mate Peter Camejo discuss the "Nader Factor" and the upcoming
Dean/Nader debate...(Dean wants him out of the race, btw)
We round out the show with John squared: Dickerson and Fund...They'll do more
veepstakes and the politics of Saddam in the docket...They'll also play off a phoner
from NBC's Felix Schein who checks in from Cloquet, Minnesota on the Kerry bus tour...
And find which movie Campbell plans to see this weekend! Pls tune in! Have a great
fourth!
Oh yeah, and we don't have the gravitas to do this, but we gotta give a shout out to
Marlon Brando who passed away at age 80...We're huge Godfather fans and we know he'll
having a starring role on the great silver screen in the sky...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Marlon Brando dies in L.A. hospital...Acting legend won Oscar for 'On the Waterfront,'
'The Godfather' (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5351267
>From the beginning, audiences and critics weren't always sure what they were getting
>with Marlon Brando. Some praised his originality immediately, others dismissed him as
>a sloppy mumbler, while still others felt they weren't prepared for what he had to
>offer: the shock of the new (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3694031
Attacks rock central Baghdad...Insurgents fired rockets Friday in central Baghdad,
hitting at least one hotel used by Westerners and injuring one man but setting their
own van on fire, police and witnesses said. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5322157/
Four soldiers have been charged in the drowning death of an Iraqi forced to jump off a
bridge in Samarra, north of Baghdad, according to media reports. (AP)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4268864,00.html
Powell says Saddam should get a fair trial...U.S. official says former Iraqi leader
should be assumed innocent (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5349298/
"CW" (Conventional Wisdom) on Saddam from top MSNBC guests
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5351804
Republicans are pushing to put Saddam Hussein on trial before November, hoping an
evildoer bounce in the polls carries President Bush to reelection, GOP sources said
yesterday. (NY Daily News)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/208409p-179665c.html
Sammon: President Bush's supporters think Saddam Hussein's trial will remind Americans
of why the president ousted the Iraqi dictator by force and will put into context the
failure to find weapons of mass destruction.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040701-115940-6634r.htm
'Al-Qaida' threatens Europe...A purported statement from an al-Qaida-linked group
vowed to carry out attacks in Europe after the expiry of a three-month truce offered
by Osama bin Laden in April, London-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper said on Friday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5347227/
With scenes of violence and mayhem in Iraq replaced by more favorable images of the
new Iraqi leaders taking charge and former president Saddam Hussein in the dock, top
Bush administration officials launched an effort yesterday to ease the public's
concern that the war has increased the threat of terrorism against the United States.
(The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A22281-2004Jul1?language=printer
Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday said terrorists struck American targets
throughout Bill Clinton's presidency "with little cost or consequence," but that the
Bush administration's invasion of Iraq has made the United States and the world safer.
(The Washington Times) http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040702-122632-4277r.htm
Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry sought to shake off the Northeastern liberal
label on Friday and connect with voters in rural America who could tip the balance in
battleground states when he faces President Bush in November. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=5578959
In electoral tally, small states wield out-sized power...Allocation of electoral votes
tends to sap Democrats' big-state advantage http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5342316/
The Bush campaign on Friday defended a memo in which it sought to mobilize church
members in support of the president's re-election bid through efforts such as
providing church directories to the campaign, arranging for pastors to hold voter
registration drives, and talking to various religious groups about the campaign. (AP)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1151&slug=Bush%20Campaign%20Churches
Real Inside the Beltway story: Going Left on K Street...More Democrats Hired to Lobby
Despite GOP Efforts to Shut Them Out (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A21972-2004Jul1?language=printer
Does pop culture influence voters' behavior?...Movies and books could help choose a
president (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5346647/
Independent candidate Ralph Nader, denied a spot on the Arizona ballot, on Friday
accused the Democrats and presidential candidate John Kerry of engaging in political
"dirty tricks." (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040702/D83IQT800.html
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