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To: LindyBill who wrote (51402)	10/12/2002 5:22:34 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Yes, it was a good show tonight. Brooks reminded that McCain suggested rogue state "rollback" in 2000 during his Prez campaign. Nice "click" as to why McCain jumped on board and was at bat on Iraq like gangbusters. Derek

To: LindyBill who wrote (51402)	10/12/2002 12:13:12 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 281500

Brooks and Oliphant were on Lehrer tonight. Got some good lines off. Some excerpts. Hmmm, sounds about right for both of them. Thanks. I increasingly, rarely, watch Lehrer. Typically, my wife and I will check in at the beginning of the program to see what topics they plan to do longish pieces on, discover that the ones that interest us include a panel of politicians or "experts" with completely predictable views, and so we move elsewhere. Also, once Gergen left the political seat alongside Shields, Gigot was simply ideological, Brooks is interesting, much less ideological but not in Gergen's class.

To: LindyBill who wrote (51402)	10/12/2002 12:57:54 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

TOM OLIPHANT: What I loved about covering Carter's Administration is how exasperating he can be as a person. He can be mean. He can be of enormously great purpose. He gets in the way. I mean this business about Iraq today was repeated 11 years ago before the start of the Gulf War and drove the first President Bush almost to distraction. He made President Clinton see red during the crisis with North Korea. But on the other hand, there are hundreds of thousands of people, maybe millions, who are alive today in the world because of what he's done. Seriously, like who? All I've seen Carter do abroad is suck up to dictators, how is that supposed to have saved lives?