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Dan Rather signs off from the CBS evening news tonight for the last night in
the anchors chair and Hardball marks the occasion with a major slice and
dice...Love him or hate him, the man was polarizing and some (Ratherbiased.com
& MRC.org, for example) have documented his long history of liberal
bias...Bernie Goldberg also was out there on the case...
We'll get both sides of the debate tonight and bring you the good, bad and ugly
of Dan's career...Shales is here as is Emily Rooney (Andy's daughter), fmr.
CBS/ABC correspondent Morton Dean & "Coloring The News" guy Bill
McGowan...We'll also thrown in Byron York just for the fun of it...
Shuster will bring you a retrospective package and we'll even play Dan's sign
off for you in case you're not a broadcast news watcher like me..
We check in with former RNC Chair Ed Gillespie on life after the RNC, his take
on the Bush administration and all those nonsensical things Democrats are doing
in Congress..
We'll get reax to Ed, Dan and a new Hillary poll with Ben Ginsburgand Hilary
Rosen to round out the show...Should be a hoot!
Pls join us...Dare I even say, "pop the popcorn and break out the TV trays"?
PS Ever wonder what David Shuster's cell phone ringer sounds like? He plays it
for you and answers blog e-mail on our very own Shuster Blogcast
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
For Dan Rather, it's hardly a smooth sail into the sunset. Still battered by
his ill-fated story about President Bush's military service, Rather anchors his
final newscast Wednesday without the wave of good will that accompanied Tom
Brokaw's exit from NBC last year. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050309/D88NFDO80.html
Shales: Dan Rather, leaving by the high road...Anchor wraps up 24 years at 'CBS
Evening News' with final telecast http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7136209/
Bozell: Dan Rather's Shoddy Legacy
http://www.mrc.org/BozellColumns/newscolumn/2005/col20050308.asp
Will the Forger of the CBS Memos Ever Face Prosecution? (Human Events)
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=6790
41 bodies, shot and beheaded, found in Iraq...Baghdad blast kills 3; top
official survives assassination attempt (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7043921/
Syrian troops evacuate bases in Lebanon...Also, 500,000 attend pro-Syria rally
in Beirut (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7023538/
Vice President Dick Cheney has been President George W. Bush's go-to guy on
national security. Now Bush is counting on Cheney to do the same on Social
Security. (Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a.ASU3WsGtKk&refer=top_world_news
Cheney pushes personal accounts...He insists voters want changes to Social
Security (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
http://www.jsonline.com/news/nat/mar05/307969.asp
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), who has spent weeks attempting to recruit
Democratic support for a plan to restructure Social Security, said yesterday
that Republicans "made a strategic mistake" by initially focusing on a proposal
to create individual investment accounts. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A18251-2005Mar8?language=printer
Italian leader questions U.S. on Iraq death...Agents were talking to U.S.
officials at airport, he says (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7138553/
President Bush has promised Italy a "fast and thorough" joint investigation
into the killing of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq, shot by U.S. forces
after rescuing a hostage, Italy said Wednesday. (Reuters)
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/03/09/bush_promises_italy_fast_thorough_shooting_probe_1110380588/
Some of the harshest Democratic critics of President Bush's Iraq policy have
grudgingly admitted that it has helped spark a growing desire for democracy in
the Middle East. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050309-121616-7554r.htm
Democrats pick on Bush's choice for U.N. ambassador...Bolton once said wouldn't
matter if U.N. headquarters could lose 10 stories
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7117487/
Howard: Bill Clinton, the Bush Buddy...Political friends with benefits
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7138526/
Kerry fortifies war chest, keeps momentum for 2008 (Boston Herald)
http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=72339
In a hypothetical head-to-head race for the presidency, Arizona's Sen. John
McCain leads New York Sen. Hillary Clinton by double-digits, a new national
poll shows.(Arizona Republic)
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0309prez-poll09.html
Ethics questions raised on McCain...A senator promotes a government policy
sought by a corporation while a tax-exempt group closely tied to him solicits
and receives $200,000 from the same company. (AP)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050308-111615-3897r.htm
Bankruptcy bill near Senate passage...Law would make it more difficult for
consumers to avoid debts (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7136998/
Bush turns attention to energy policy...Legislation has stalled over drilling,
emission controversies (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7136850/
Israeli study urges 'drastic' dismantling action...Inquiry finds widespread
government complicity in illegal outposts (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7118286/
Outrage at IRA offer to kill 4 over Belfast slaying...Blair: Declaration
reveals need to disarm, disband outlawed group (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7137006/
A wealthy businessman who hosted a fraudulent fund-raiser for Sen. Hillary
Rodham Clinton pleaded guilty yesterday to an unrelated federal securities
fraud scheme, officials said. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/42161.htm
Melt-in-Your-Mouth Chocolate Cake (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16437-2005Mar8.html
Opinion/Editorial
Hitchens: Burned Out..Nuke this journalistic clich�.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2114450/
Rosett: Saigon's Sharansky...Will Vietnam be the next Iraq?
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/cRosett/?id=110006390
Craig Crawford's 1600: Going Out for a Hard Pass
http://www.cq.com/corp/show.do?page=crawford/crawford_current
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