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To: LindyBill who wrote (40808)	4/25/2004 12:47:26 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

With skillful use of language and images, President Bush and his aides have kept the American public from turning against the war in Iraq despite the swelling number of U.S. casualties there. You know, I think this may be the first time anybody has accused George W. Bush of "skillful use of language." To think, the opposition is reduced to accusing George W. Bush of eloquence. Unbelievable. ROFLMAO

To: LindyBill who wrote (40808)	4/25/2004 12:48:06 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793955

Riding on the River By JODI WILGOREN - NYT BOSTON, April 24 - How many people does it take to ride a bicycle along the Charles River on a sunny Saturday? If you're Senator John Kerry, about two dozen. Mr. Kerry, the presumptive Democratic nominee, handled the pedals of his yellow and red Serotta road bike on his own. But then there were all the people paid to watch him ride. Fourteen journalists, mostly photographers, queued up for the afternoon outing, meeting at the Westin hotel in Copley Square at 12:30 p.m. (The rest of the traveling press corps was prohibited from following because the Kerry campaign wanted to limit the crowd.) And there were four Kerry campaign aides and four drivers. Then, of course, the Secret Service agents: one with the press, two riding behind the senator on bicycles, and an unknown number in the five-car motorcade accompanying on the road. Plus Setti Warren, Mr. Kerry's trip director, calling at intervals to let the designated press group know the candidate's whereabouts and estimated time he would pedal into view. ``What are all of them doing here?'' wondered Brian Peltonen, 26, a computer programmer in Red Sox cap, as he strolled by the assembled journalists. With no public events on Mr. Kerry's schedule today, and some in the press corps joked about hoping for rain so they could go shopping. But the day dawned bright, if a bit windy. In the hotel gym, one cellular phone after another buzzed around 11 a.m. with word of the senator's impending bike ride. For the photographers and television crews, any public appearance by a presidential candidate must be documented. Wire service reporters and newspaper writers tag along on the off-chance that Mr. Kerry might answer a shouted question - or in case he falls down. So while the candidate biked they sat and waited. The four-car caravan pulled up to the designated spot for viewing the senator, outside the Hyatt Regency hotel at the corner of Amesbury Street and Memorial Drive in Cambridge, at 1:25 p.m. But the photographers were unhappy with the backdrop - because it didn't show any identifiable Boston landmarks. A 10-minute walk up-river found a nice bend that would put some blooming trees, the Charles River and maybe even a few sailboats in the frame. So the group settled in. Mr. Peltonen and his companion, Alicair Marshall, 29, gave up after a few minutes. ``Where is he riding from, Guam?'' Ms. Marshall asked. At the 100-minute mark, even Mr. Kerry's press secretary, David Wade, was obviously frustrated. ``This is growing tiresome,'' sighed Mr. Wade, who had hoped to use the rare ``day off'' for a haircut. The photographers by now were sitting down, trying to make a whistle out of blades of grass. Then, at 2:30, Mr. Warren called - 30 to 40 more minutes, he said. Indeed, about 3:15 came the two-minute warning. And then, there he was, in black Spandex bike pants and a white Buffalo Soldiers T-shirt over a long-sleeved yellow bike shirt that matched his helmet. Mr. Kerry waved at the journalists as they clicked and scribbled. Six seconds of high-speed video for the television camera that took took only three hours to capture. Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company

To: LindyBill who wrote (40808)	4/25/2004 1:12:13 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 793955

With skillful use of language and images Idiot, Evil Genius. Inarticulate stooge, Skillful user of language and images. What a man of contradictions! Bush: International Man of Mystery. Derek