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To: Andrew N. Cothran who wrote (49290)	6/8/2004 9:13:15 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793964

I may have reported what I heard in terms of my emotional and amazed response to Alawi's words rather than reporting Alawi's exact words. But I got the gist of his words right. You did, indeed, get the gist right. The "gist," however, is called a paraphrase. Paraphrases are the ones without quotation marks. Quotes are ones with quotation marks. <g> Your "quote" sent me off on a wild goose chase and triggered a pointless discussion. Mort Kondracki in his article documents how ignored it was. Unfortunately it's too late to check up on the rest of Kondrake's "research." I can only challenge one piece of it, the one I encountered during my wild goose chase. Not so strange Your piece of it isn't strange. Once I saw CB's quote and reference to multiple Google hits, I realized what had happened and that yours was probably a paraphrase. Presumably, though, Kondrake and the Post have assess to replay so it's still strange that they would publish differing quotes.

To: Andrew N. Cothran who wrote (49290)	6/8/2004 9:41:56 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

Andrew, On the political effects of Reagans death (i would call it a rebirth of interest in the man and his policies), i now believe that Bush may gain significantly, perhaps not seen in the polls, but among key swing voters. They may remember again the similiarities between the Bush personna, post 9/11 until the iraq war became more complex, and Reagans. Also the great love between ronnie and nancy can be seen again looking at george and laura. Kerry, otoh, is married to the euro ketchup queen. She has a distinctly non-american (in the Main St. sense of the word) personna . And Kerry seems tortured much in the same way as Jimmy Carter was. So when bush makes his speech on friday, he should talk to the great love the reagans had for each other. He should say things like his honored to be in the presence of a great man and all i can do is try to measure up to him as best i can. Be a little humble. Talk about successes and failures and disappointments. Then talk about iraq less as a comparison to the fall of the USSR but more to do with the building of new independent state like russia, poland, etc after the soviet totalitarians went away. Mike

To: Andrew N. Cothran who wrote (49290)	6/8/2004 5:10:04 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

Iraqi Gratitude The new government is thanking America and Bush. Why are the media silent? opinionjournal Tuesday, June 8, 2004 12:01 a.m. EDT A myth has developed that Iraqis aren't grateful for their liberation from Saddam. So it's worth noting that the leaders of Iraq's new interim government have been explicit and gracious in their thanks, not that you've heard this from the U.S. media. First in Arabic and then in English, Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said in his inaugural address to the Iraqi people last Tuesday that "I would like to record our profound gratitude and appreciation to the U.S.-led international coalition, which has made great sacrifices for the liberation of Iraq." In his own remarks, President Ghazi al-Yawer said: "Before I end my speech, I would like us to remember our martyrs who fell in defense of freedom and honor, as well as our friends who fell in the battle for the liberation of Iraq." Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told the U.N. Security Council much the same thing last Thursday: "We Iraqis are grateful to the coalition who helped liberate us from the persecution of Saddam Hussein's regime. We thank President Bush and Prime Minister Blair for their dedication and commitment." We thought our readers might like to know. opinionjournal.com