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To: KonKilo who wrote (8285)	9/16/2003 11:28:55 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793778

Gephardt V. Dean: Democratic presidential candidate Dick Gephardt is turning up the heat on Howard Dean by unveiling a new campaign Web site: DeanFacts.com. Just days after Gephardt compared Dean to Newt Gingrich because of the former Vermont governor’s past remarks about Medicare, Gephardt has set up the site to highlight the differences between the two on Medicare and Social Security. The site – which includes the heading, "The governor in his own words" – basically publicizes the Gephardt camp’s opposition research on Dean, featuring quotes from newspapers and Dean TV interviews where he says he wants to increase the Social Security age and supports cuts in Social Security and Medicare. On Friday, Gephardt told a union audience that "Howard Dean actually agreed with the Gingrich Republicans" on Medicare. Dean campaign manager Joe Trippi responded: “On one hand, we’re the (George) McGovern guy and now we’re the Newt Gingrich guy? Will these guys decide." Gephardt’s site comes on the heels of other Democratic candidates who have begun unloading on Dean. deanfacts.com*

To: KonKilo who wrote (8285)	9/17/2003 3:44:56 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793778

ShilohCat, Can you say "totalitarian police state"? "Closed society"? Good. Repeat them after me "totalitarian police state". "Closed society". It was not easy to get information out of Baghdad. That's why the UN and various intelligence agencies were reduced to monitoring imported chemicals and interviewing defectors. They never said they knew where the WMDs were. They said they knew from imports, programs, defectors and general pattern of behavior that Saddam either had them or had really destroyed them with no record, just for the fun of staying under sanctions, apparently.

To: KonKilo who wrote (8285)	9/17/2003 5:12:06 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793778

Daily Brickbat Absurd news bites, served fresh every day. REASON By Charles Oliver Call Someone Who Cares (9/16) The Transportation Security Administration has received some 11,000 complaints of items lost or damaged during its screenings of bags that passengers check onto airplanes. Less that 4 percent have been settled. Another 3 percent are near settlement. The rest are in limbo. Just finding someone to complain to is a hassle: Callers report being left on hold up to an hour when they call the TSA.

To: KonKilo who wrote (8285)	9/17/2003 5:27:30 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793778

BEGALA AWARD NOMINEE: "Showtime, the cable network, boasts that no fewer than three journalists, including the Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer, were involved in assuring the accuracy and balance of the docudrama "DC 9/11: Time of Crisis," first shown last Sunday while the actual George W. Bush was addressing the nation. But this film, made with full Bush administration cooperation (including that of the president himself), is propaganda so untroubled by reality that it's best viewed as a fitting memorial to Leni Riefenstahl.' - Frank Rich, New Tork Times, September andrewsullivan.com