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To: LindyBill who wrote (5911)	8/25/2003 5:25:56 PM
From: Rascal	Respond to of 793623

DraftWesleyClark.com Releases Zogby Poll: In “Blind Bio” Match-Up, Wesley Clark Tops All Current Democrats, Beats Bush 49% to 40% (Washington, DC), August 25, 2003- DraftWesleyClark.com, the national campaign to draft former General Wesley Clark for President, today released the results of a Zogby poll commissioned to address the potential of a Clark candidacy. The results were presented as part of an overall report by political analyst and former professor, Chris Kofinis, Ph.D. “Campaigns are long and numbers can change,” said John Hlinko, co-founder of the effort. “But there’s no doubt that these numbers show that General Wesley Clark would be a competitive candidate, to say the least.” The poll was commissioned by DraftWesleyClark.com, and conducted by John Zogby, one of the nation’s most prominent and respected pollsters. In an effort to best assess the potential for a Clark candidacy, given that he is not yet a declared candidate, the poll included several “blind bio” questions. For these, subjects polled were given biographical descriptions of the candidates, rather than actual names. All questions and bios were screened and approved by John Zogby for fairness and objectivity. Among the findings: · 84.1% of likely Democratic primary voters say it is not too late for a new entrant into the race to win their support; · 73.5% of all likely voters rate military/national security experience as “very” or “somewhat” important for a presidential candidate; · Clark comes in first in a blind-bio match-up versus six key Democratic candidates (Dean, Kerry, Edwards, Lieberman, Gephardt, Edwards, and Graham); · Clark wins 49.4% to 40.2% in a blind-bio match-up versus President Bush among a national poll of likely voters; · Even when the poll question referred solely to candidate names (no bio information), Clark jumped to 5th place (4.9%) nationally among likely Democratic primary voters – despite his low name recognition, and the fact that he has not spent a dime. “These Zogby poll results suggest that the race for the Democratic nomination is wide open, and that likely primary voters are definitely open to another candidate entering the race,” said Dr. Kofinis. “Further, the poll results tell us that Clark has the qualities to compete against the elite of the Democratic field, and to challenge and potentially defeat President Bush in 2004.” See www.DraftWesleyClark.com for full results. ABOUT THE POLL The poll was conducted between August 16th and 19th, using 1,019 likely voters chosen nationwide. The margin of error is +/- 3.2% for the overall sample, and +/- 4.1% for the sample of likely Democratic primary voters. draftwesleyclark.com Rascal @PoliticsIsGettingToBeFun.com

To: LindyBill who wrote (5911)	8/25/2003 5:33:09 PM
From: Rollcast...	Respond to of 793623

Tehran deports Saudis Which is less believable - Iran deporting AQ to Saudi Arabia, Iran holding AQ, or AQ planning attacks in Iran??? gulf-daily-news.com LONDON: Iran has extradited a number of Saudi members of Al Qaeda to Saudi Arabia, the official Iranian news agency Irna, monitored in London by the BBC, reported. Irna quoted Tehran's ambassador to Riyadh as saying the Al Qaeda members had been arrested in Iran after the US-led war on Afghanistan, but did not name them, or say how many had been extradited or when they had been handed over to Saudi Arabia. The envoy, speaking to Irna on the sidelines of a conference in Tehran, said Iran and Saudi Arabia, leading oil producers and both Muslim nations, had signed a security pact and "have shown a firm resolve to improve ties in all areas", the BBC said. Last Sunday Irna quoted Hassan Rohani, secretary-general of the Supreme National Security Council, as saying that Iran had foiled a number of attacks Al Qaeda had been planning to carry out on its soil. "Their (Al Qaeda's) plans for a wide range of terrorist acts inside Iran were neutralised by our intelligence organisations," Irna quoted Rohani as saying, though he gave no details. Although a staunch political enemy of Washington, Iran condemned the September 11 attacks on the US which were blamed on Al Qaeda and was fiercely opposed to the rule of Al Qaeda's former sponsors, the Taliban, in neighbouring Afghanistan. Tehran has said previously that it has arrested a number of Al Qaeda members, including some senior figures in Osama bin Laden's organisation. But it has declined to name them and has refused to hand them over to US officials for questioning. The Islamic Republic has also acknowledged that its extensive eastern border with Afghanistan is hard to police and some fleeing Al Qaeda members may have been able to slip into the country undetected. Intelligence sources and media reports suggest Iran may be holding Saad bin Laden, a son of the Al Qaeda leader, Al Qaeda's security chief Egyptian Saif Al Adel and its Kuwaiti-born spokesman Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, among others.

To: LindyBill who wrote (5911)	8/25/2003 5:44:26 PM
From: Sunny	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793623

"Crime hits record low in US. ...Increases in abortion is one reason for the lower crime rate." This reason strikes me much like the "bomb that didn't go off". While we know the number of abortions per year, do we know the number of abortions performed on women who are likely to raise sons that will be killers and criminals? To me it is so much supposition and an attempt to justify the position that abortion on demand is a good thing. Why not also speculate about the number of potential Doctors or Ball Players or politicians or just solid citizens our country will never know because they were aborted? Sunny