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To: Machaon who wrote (6841)	10/2/1999 12:53:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Neither huckster has earned a divinity degree. I applaud smart people. You defame thinking, as always.

To: Machaon who wrote (6841)	10/2/1999 5:09:00 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Looks like Allbore may have learned well from Bubba on the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people. But then again we all knew what a sleaze Tony was when he got hired. JLA drudgereport.com GORE CAMPAIGN ROCKED; MANAGER COEHLO HIT WITH SLEAZE CHARGES State Department investigators believe that Tony Coehlo, Gore's campaign chairman, misused airline tickets, gave his niece a federal job and received a $300,000 personal loan that may be repaid by the government! "The department's inspector general said the allegations could involve possible violations of federal regulations and laws," the ASSOCIATED PRESS is planning to report Saturday evening, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned... MORE... AP reporter Larry Margasak is holding the story that will be blowing into Washington Saturday night. The sleaze charges involve Coehlo's role in directing the U.S. pavilion at a 1998 exposition in Portugal. Gore spokesman, Chris Lehane, declined immediate comment. One Gore campaign official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Coehlo had not yet seen the State Department report. "This is news!" the official told the DRUDGE REPORT. The official strongly denied a report swirling inside of the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE on Saturday that Coehlo was planning to step down as Gore's campaign chairman. [Al Gore lost his #2 just days ago when Craig Smith announced that he will step down as the manager of the campaign rather than move with the political operation next week from Washington to Nashville.] Vice President Al Gore is scheduled to appear on CBS' FACE THE NATION on Sunday morning. Investigators have concluded: Coehlo stayed in an $18,000 a month luxury apartment that was billed to the United States Information Agency Coehlo traveled to and from Lisbon on first-class airline tickets "donated" by CONTINENTAL AIRLINES. "The inspector general said 'responsible officials did not properly manage airline tickets and upgrade passes,'" the AP is set to report. The report also charges that Coelho "hired his niece, Debra Coelho, in violation of USIA regulations. And hired two stepsons of Gerald McGowan, the U.S. ambassador to Portugal, at inflated salaries." Coelho's rental of a chauffeur-driven Mercedes "was especially troublesome," says the report -- the cost exceeded a $500 ceiling -- all the while, a fleet of six vans for the pavilion were under used. The State Department report estimates that 80 percent of the cost of U.S. participation in Expo 98 came from government money. The total cost may exceed $10 million.