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To: JohnM who wrote (142)	5/1/2003 12:21:34 PM
From: bela_ghoulashi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

John, you're free to ignore them as much as your little heart can stand.

To: JohnM who wrote (142)	5/1/2003 3:53:50 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

poll results Any comment on the CBS ones? I see nothing surprising, and TSTT for the election. Based on the economy, about as good as Rove could expect.

To: JohnM who wrote (142)	5/1/2003 4:37:23 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793955

Dean jumps aboard the "Health Care" bandwagon. Dean Offers Health Care Initiative Thursday, May 01, 2003 FOXNews.com WASHINGTON His anti-war rhetoric has both raised his profile and defined his candidacy, but with Iraq liberated, Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean (search), the only doctor in the 2004 field, now wants to reposition himself as the health care candidate. At a hastily arranged speech in New York City on Wednesday, Dean offered general plans for near universal health coverage through existing government programs. Adults over age 65 would be covered under an expansion of Medicare. Young people under 24-years-old would be covered under expanded Medicaid, and 24- to 64-year-olds would be covered by public-private partnerships, vouchers and tax breaks. "I believe health care is a right and I want to pass it through Congress," Dean said. To pay for the package, Dean said he would repeal about 80 percent of President Bush's 2001 tax cut. Dean has not put an exact price tag on his plan, or said how he'll curb spiraling health costs, aides say that comes later. REST AT: foxnews.com

To: JohnM who wrote (142)	5/1/2003 4:41:21 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793955

FOXNew.com Does the UN have a "Death wish?" If they keep this type of thing up, they may even piss you off, John. U.S. Fumes Over Cuba's Seat on U.N. Rights Panel Wednesday, April 30, 2003 <http://www.foxnews.com/images/foxnews_story.gif> WASHINGTON The White House on Tuesday expressed outrage that Cuba has been re-elected to the U.N. Human Rights Commission (search), only three weeks after rounding up dozens of dissidents and sending them to prison. "This is a setback for the cause of human rights. Cuba does not deserve a seat on the Human Rights Commission. Cuba deserves to be investigated by the Human Rights Commission," said White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer. While the United States was preoccupied with the Iraq war, Cuban leader Fidel Castro (search ) arrested 78 dissidents, journalists and librarians and "tried" them for treason, giving them varying prison sentences of as long as 28 years. The same commission that by acclamation Tuesday allowed Cuba to remain a member, earlier this month voted to investigate the mass arrests. It was treated with resistance. "The Human Rights Commission wanted to send investigators into Cuba and Cuba said 'no.' And yet, today, Cuba gets re-elected to the Human Rights Commission. It raises troubling issues, and that's why the United States is speaking out about it," Fleischer said. The Bush administration lobbied against the vote to keep Cuba on the panel, but in the end threw up its hands, suggesting the commission is a lost cause. "You have to keep in mind that Libya is the chairman of this committee. There are some things that happen at the United Nations that it's very hard for anybody to explain," Fleischer said. U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Economic Social Council Sichan Siv (search ), who served as the U.S. representative at Tuesday's commission meeting, got up and walked out when it became clear Cuba was going to win the vote REST AT:http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,85526,00.html