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To: aladin who wrote (29438)	2/13/2004 4:27:43 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793927

Sullivan - SANITY FROM ELLIS: John Ellis gets it pretty much right about the Kerry story: Let's say this is a story about Colin Powell. Let's say that there is a woman who has approached numerous media organizations and every Republican political opponent of Mr. Powell's with a story. The story is that her "best friend" or her "close friend" (who used to be a reporter with the AP and at some point worked for Mr. Powell) had an affair with Mr. Powell and was shipped off to Africa when Mr. Powell decided to run for President. What is known about the source of this information is that she has a major axe to grind; she hates Powell. She really, really hates him. She is grinding the Mother of All Axes. Publish her story or not? The answer from "mainstream media" so far: "No." Good decision: "yes." Maybe this will be the first time that a true firewall is established between the web, the Brits and the rest of the media. Maybe I'm wrong and this won't break out as a major story. That in itself would be a media milestone. (On the other hand, Drudge got 15 million hits in the past 24 hours - twice his normal traffic.) Can we all pretend we didn't hear this and carry on as normal?

To: aladin who wrote (29438)	2/13/2004 5:17:18 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 793927

If same-sex marriage is permitted, do we get same-sex common-law marriage? LOL. That's one I never thought of. I do love it when people come up with interesting things I hadn't considered. I am definitely not a lawyer so I wouldn't guess about whether there would be a same-sex common-law marriage, but if there were, your friend wouldn't be affected because they would have to have been presenting themselves as a couple. Presumably they were presenting themselves as ordinary roommates.