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To: PartyTime who wrote (5628)	12/20/2002 1:23:38 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15516

Daschle and Leahy were the only Senators who received anthrax letters, weren't they? It does make you wonder how serious the government is about catching the culprit who mailed those letters to the senators. Looks like most of the old boys from the Iran Contra scandal are back. Poppy Bush gave them pardons. See the article, Return of the Iran-Contra brigade SI reference: Message 18321139

To: PartyTime who wrote (5628)	12/20/2002 3:51:39 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 15516

Democratic Leader Isn't Dropping Race Issue: 'Remember Georgia' (CNSNews.com) - Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the incoming House Minority Leader, on Friday expressed her satisfaction that Trent Lott won't lead Senate Republicans, but she also indicated that Democrats aren't done branding Republicans as racists. Pelosi's brief remarks to reporters went like this: "We just came through an election, and in some states, like the state of Georgia, the Confederate flag was an issue, and it was an issue that was exploited by the Republicans to defeat Democrats...So while Senator Lott stepping down is an important step...there's a great deal of work to be done in our country to remove the issue of race and any of its symbols from our political process. "And I would hope that the leadership of the Republican Party and the President of the United States would disassociate themselves from any politics that exploited that situation. "I thought what happened in Georgia was shameful, and a manifestation of the same sentiment that was expressed by Sen. Lott." Last year, Georgia eliminated the Confederate battle flag from its state flag, hoping to quell criticism that it reminded people of slavery. But that move prompted an outcry from Georgians who view the Confederate emblem as a part of their southern heritage. During his recent election campaign, Republican Gov.-elect Sonny Perdue promised that the state flag issue would be put to a voter referendum.