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To: Neeka who wrote (202776)	11/14/2001 4:16:55 PM
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Not going to let the democrats/Big Media get away with it anymore: Tuesday November 13 6:40 PM ET Armey Rips Democrats, Media for 'Taliban' Remark WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Republican Leader Richard Armey of Texas ripped into Democrats and the press corps on Tuesday in response to being likened in print to Afghanistan (news - web sites)'s Taliban Party. ``I don't think it is a damn bit funny,'' Armey said in opening his weekly news conference. ``I don't think it is cute and it is certainly not responsible.'' Armey's ire was triggered by a brief article in U.S. News & World Report magazine, which reported: ``Democratic lawmakers have adopted the language of the antiterror war to mock Republican conservatives, especially Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, House Majority Leader Dick Armey and House Majority Whip Tom DeLay.'' ``Says a prominent Democrat: 'They're the Republican Taliban,''' the magazine reported. Armey fired back: ``One of the things that probably bothers me more than anything else is the Democrats pull this kind of stunt ... because they get away with it.'' Charging the news media treats Democrats differently than Republicans, Armey said if he had made such a remark, the press corps would have reported it with his name attached to it. The article, along with Armey's response, was another in a series of signs in recent weeks that the spirit of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill following the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States has begun to wane. dailynews.yahoo.com