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To: KLP who wrote (8653)	9/20/2003 1:42:59 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793739

Delay goes after Teddy DeLay Blasts Democratic Critics Dispute Highlights Growing Rift on War By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, September 20, 2003; Page A11 Democratic criticism of the war in Iraq sparked a new partisan row yesterday, with House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) blasting Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and other senior Democrats for their verbal attacks on President Bush. The verbal potshots highlight the escalating divide between the two parties on Iraq, with Democrats becoming increasingly critical of Bush's decision to oust Saddam Hussein. As Congress prepares to take up Bush's $87 billion request for military and reconstruction spending in Iraq and Afghanistan, the rhetoric between the two parties may grow even more heated. Kennedy set off the dispute by suggesting in an interview Thursday with the Associated Press that the conflict in Iraq was "a fraud." "There was no imminent threat," Kennedy said. "This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that the war was going to take place and was going to be good politically." DeLay fired back yesterday, questioning why Democrats "have spewed more hateful rhetoric at President Bush than they ever did at Saddam Hussein." "I call on all the vociferous Democrat critics, from [Massachusetts Sen. John F.] Kerry to [former Vermont governor Howard] Dean and from [Sen. Minority Leader Thomas A.] Daschle to [House Minority Leader Nancy] Pelosi, to have the courage to tell their hero Ted Kennedy that he went too far," DeLay said in a statement. "Are they leaders or are they just liberal pundits?" A White House spokesman also responded to Kennedy's remarks, though in a more muted fashion. "This is the kind of charged political rhetoric here that obscures the real policy debate, which is how we make America safer in a post-September 11 world," said Scott McClellan. "September 11 taught us we need to confront new threats before they reach the shores." Kerry, who is running for president, rallied to Kennedy's defense. "Tom DeLay is a bully," Kerry said. "He tried to bully Democrats in Texas and we're not going to accept his shrill partisan attacks or allow him to suggest that patriotism belongs to one political party." washingtonpost.com

To: KLP who wrote (8653)	9/20/2003 7:25:11 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793739

J. Lo's Posse Returns Newsweek Web Exclusive The bust-up of Hollywood couple Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck has had a positive effect on the U.S. economy, the Labor Department reported today, because Lopez immediately rehired the bloated entourage that Affleck had earlier insisted she fire. IN THE course of rehiring her extensive posse of yes men, sycophants and hangers-on, Lopez created as many as 100,000 new jobs, believed to be a new one-day record, the Labor Department reported. Across the nation, unemployed workers who had given up looking for jobs were cheered by the news of Lopez's staffing decision, many of them choosing to head to Miami's South Beach to seek employment as one of the extravagant diva's leeches. Lopez's unexpected hiring boom was only one economic benefit of the Affleck-Lopez split-up, as news of Affleck's single status sparked a rally in gaming and stripper-related stocks on Wall Street. ThongWare, the nation's largest manufacturer of thongs, G-strings and other stripper accessories, has seen its shares rise more than 30 percent since Affleck reportedly backed out of his wedding with Lopez. "Going forward, we expect the stripper-based stocks to continue building on their strength," says Henry Coulier, an analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston. "Whether Ben Affleck decides to hang out at strip clubs every night or not, a lot of investors out there clearly believe that he will." In a related story, a man who mailed himself home to Texas in a box last week now says that he did so because the in-flight movie was "Gigli."