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We lead tonight's show with the heart-wrenching case of Terri Schiavo, the
woman in Florida who was permanently brain damaged 15 years ago and is being
kept alive artificially...Her husband would like to end her suffering but
Terri's parents do not...A lot of court action yesterday and today on the
case...We'll get you up to speed on it and speak with Terri's father, Bob
Schindler, and Schindler's attorney...
Afterwards we speak with Elizabeth Birch of the Human Rights Campaign and Pat
about the case and the moral issues surrounding euthanasia...We'll also talk to
them about Pope John Paul II's new book where he calls homosexuality an
"ideology of evil." Expect some heat to rise on this one.
Later in the show we get into the white hot debate over Social Security reform
and talk to Charlie Jarvis of USA Next, a conservative pro-reform group that is
beginning a PR campaign to slam the AARP's opposition...Jarvis has enlisted the
top political talent behind the Swift Boat Veterans campaign...Jarvis promises
a vigorous slate of ads targeting AARP not unlike the Swifties' efforts against
Kerry...We'll run the first of those ads tonight...Shuster will do a set up
package and Rangel will play defense for AARP...
We finish up with the show with a report from Norah who recently sat down with
FLOTUS Laura Bush...We'll also talk to Gregory who is of course traveling with
POTUS in Europe and will update us on the Doug Wead audiotapes of Bush and
other fun news from Old Europe...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
Back-to-back court rulings handed victories to each side in the bitterly
contested fight over the fate of brain-damaged Terri Schiavo, but her parents'
share of the victory may be short-lived. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050223/D88EADVG0.html
Homosexual marriages are part of "a new ideology of evil" that is insidiously
threatening society, Pope John Paul says in a new book published Tuesday.
(Reuters)
http://reuters.myway.com/article/20050222/2005-02-22T201215Z_01_L22608092_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-POPE-BOOK-DC.html
Bush, Schroeder insist Iran not develop nukes...Leaders seek to move forward
despite rifts over Iraq, Kyoto pact (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6992078/
"Iran is not Iraq. We just started the diplomatic efforts and I want to thank
our friends for taking the lead. We will work with them to convince the mullahs
that they need to give up their nuclear ambitions," Bush told a news conference
after talks with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=NTOVC4XHAUGXCCRBAEOCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=7712461
President Bush demanded Wednesday that Syria pull its security services as well
as its army from Lebanon, echoing France's remarks that Syrian intelligence
controlled the country. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=NTOVC4XHAUGXCCRBAEOCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=7714401
Car bomb kills two in Iraqi city of Mosul...U.S. soldier killed in separate
attack north of Baghdad (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6913272/
U.S. Marines fought their way into the insurgent stronghold of Haqlaniya on
Wednesday, intensifying a campaign to bring Iraq's restive western province of
Anbar under control. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7710879
The United States did not send enough troops into Iraq to stabilize the country
after toppling Saddam Hussein's regime, a retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff said Tuesday in Omaha. (Omah World-Herald)
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=54&u_sid=1343186
Baghdad attack kills 3 state Guardsmen...Victims all served with same unit in
western Minnesota (St. Paul Pioneer-Press)
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/10967366.htm?1c
Iraqi insurgents said trained in Syria...Iraqi insurgents told Iraqi television
Wednesday they were taught in Syria how to prepare and detonate cars bombs and
roadside explosives. (UPI)
http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/02230004aaa064c7.upi&Sys=siteia&Fid=WORLDNEW&Type=News&Filter=World
The Pentagon is investigating an allegation that a U.S. soldier raped an Iraqi
female prisoner while she was in U.S. military custody, Pentagon spokesman
Bryan Whitman said Tuesday. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&u=/ap/20050223/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/iraq_us_rape_allegation&printer=1
Laura Bush: 'I want to be known for who I am'...A candid first lady opens up
about her East Wing plans and discusses recently released tapes of her
husband's conversations (Norah O'Donnell interview)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7016613/
Bush gets weak support for program cuts...Even loyal Republicans oppose many
plans (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7013465/
As Democrats prepare for their fight against President Bush's proposal to
privatize Social Security accounts, House Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer wants
former presidential candidate Ross Perot to return to the airwaves with his
30-minute infomercials blasting government deficits. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050222-111910-7934r.htm
Sperling Breakfast: GOP's 'big idea' man rolls out a new manifesto...Newt
Gingrich writes a book and preaches change on taxes, budget, and security, in a
bid to keep his party sharp.
http://search.csmonitor.com/2005/0223/p02s01-uspo.html
More than six in 10 voters say they believe the United States is ready for a
female president, a poll found. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050222/D88DS5KG0.html
Identification of 9/11 remains wraps up...Effort failed to identify more than
1,100 victims at WTC site (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7016418/
Hunter S. Thompson Wanted Remains Fired From Cannon...Friends Plan Private,
Public Ceremonies (The Denver Post)
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/4223475/detail.html
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's job approval rating remains high, but
his support has slipped from the lofty levels during his first year in office,
according to a poll released on Wednesday. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=NTOVC4XHAUGXCCRBAEOCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=7713956
First lady of Peru hails coca...Peru's first lady said yesterday that coca,
which contains cocaine, cannot be stamped out because it has been used for
thousands of years. Besides, she said, it is good for you. (AFP)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050222-114959-3507r.htm
Opinion:
Hitchens: Hunter Thompson The minuteman of the Rockies.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2113865/
Terry on Terri: Terri Schiavo Counts: Now Give Her Equal Protection
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=6671
Katrina's Editor's Cut: No Stems, No Seeds...If Bush is Cheech, Negroponte is
Chong. http://www.thenation.com/edcut/index.mhtml?bid=7&pid=2212
Mondo Washington: Iraq's Liquid Assets...Bush's grand plan to keep control of
the oil may have gone to Shiite
http://villagevoice.com/news/0508,mondo1,61335,6.html
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