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To: Rascal who wrote (29987)	10/12/2003 1:14:16 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 89467

"Might as well face it, I'm addicted to drugs" a parody of Addicted to Love could be his new theme song if he ever returns to public radio. His epitaph (er, epithet) for Jerry Garcia was "'When you strip it all away," Rush had said of the Grateful Dead guitarist, "Jerry Garcia destroyed his life on drugs. And yet he's being honored, like some godlike figure. Our priorities are out of whack, folks." But Limbaugh rarely shows up in Washington and counts few political heavyweights as his friends. Last spring, I caught Rush dissing Bush types who because of their Ivy League schooling and social standing won't lower themselves to speak to others not of their ilk "no matter how much money or success they earn", because those folks (he was talking about himself) will "never be good enough". I'm sure most of his audience never caught his drift, but I knew he was peeved at being snubbed. I've actually been to Rush's home town of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He should have remained humble.

To: Rascal who wrote (29987)	10/12/2003 4:18:08 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

Clinton gives Kerry a boost suntimes.com <<...Bill Clinton recently told Sen. John Kerry privately that it now looked as though he and Gen. Wesley Clark were the only Democrats who could beat George W. Bush in the general election...>>

To: Rascal who wrote (29987)	10/13/2003 11:58:29 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

General Clark Addresses 38,000 People Nationwide at Local Meetups Via Webcast clark04.com

To: Rascal who wrote (29987)	10/16/2003 9:57:24 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

Hasta la vista, Bush brigade? thestatesman.net <<...most political observers in Washington give Clark little chance of surviving the primaries, when candidates must appeal to party activists, rather than voters at large. Grassroots Democrats will have to decide, however, whether they hate Bush more than they resent a carpetbagger such as Clark. My hunch is that their hatred for Bush now far exceeds all their other passions. They may well rally around Clark, and if that happens Bush could well be beaten, despite his huge war chest and the advantages of incumbency, just as the Democrat establishment in California was trounced by Schwarzenegger. At the moment, Clark is certainly the only Democrat who really frightens Bush. He trumps Bush on national security, but, more importantly, he may be able to win over centrists and wavering Republican voters, turning next year’s election into a contest for the political Centre instead of a battle between the extremes. Bush, by contrast, is no longer capable of competing for the Centre, after presenting himself in the last election as a centrist “compassionate conservative” and then turning out to be the most divisive President of modern times. The rediscovery of America’s tolerant, progressive political Centre by non-partisan non-politicians, such as Schwarzenegger and Clark, is extremely bad news for President Bush and his belligerent hard-right lieutenants. So maybe it is time to say hasta la vista, neo-cons...>>