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To: JohnM who wrote (3261)	7/9/2003 9:19:25 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793742

I agree, in principle. What got me is that the Profs are so out of touch that they thought they could put something like that through. On Brownstein, I read all the Political reporters all the time and no one else compares right now. Now that the LA Times has a new editor, I expect a lot of improvement. The buyout by the Tribune has settled down. They made a mess of it when they first took over. Looks like the Gray recall is a done deal. I see it as useless when they can't get at the legislature, where the appropriating power is. Better to have waited and got them all. Issa is behind this, and his car theft BG is going to keep him from becoming Gov, IMO. I would not be surprised to see Arnold get it.

To: JohnM who wrote (3261)	7/10/2003 7:28:13 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793742

If the Shoe Fits, Eat It! In CNN's crusade to squeeze all the ink it can out of "Crossfire" host Tucker Carlson's vow to eat his shoes if Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) sells a million copies of her memoirs, the network devoted much of yesterday's show to Simon & Schuster's announcement that this milestone had indeed been reached. The author of "Living History" herself showed up as a "surprise guest" to present an allegedly shocked Carlson with a shoe-shaped cake. "I really want you to notice, Tucker, that this is a wingtip. It's a right-wing wingtip," Clinton said to laughter from the studio audience. "And I was a little worried about, you know, how you were actually going to be able to eat and digest a shoe. I didn't even know what kind you were going to choose. So I had a friend of mine . . . do this for you because I figured you've had enough embarrassment and humiliation over this episode." "Yes, I have," a sheepish Carlson replied. "Thank you. . . . You are awfully gracious. I appreciate that, senator." Afterward, Carlson acknowledged to us that he won't get away with eating a cake shoe. He's going to chew and swallow a real shoe -- probably a loafer. "I'm screwed," he explained.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35418-2003Jul9.html