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To: abstract who wrote (3444)	7/10/2004 8:50:50 AM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35834

Take two Tylenol tablets and go back to bed. Sleep all day and throughout the night. Tomorrow you will feel much better.

To: abstract who wrote (3444)	7/10/2004 10:14:14 AM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Respond to of 35834

Friday, July 9, 2004 10:46 a.m. EDT: White House: Kerry Should Apologize for Filthy Fund-Raiser The White House is reportedly demanding an apology from the Kerry-Edwards campaign after Thursday night's Manhattan fund-raiser - where comic Whoopi Goldberg targeted President Bush with a filth-laden monologue as the two top Democrats looked on and laughed. She started off by saying of Bush: "Anybody who could wave to Stevie Wonder isn't fully there." Her tone went steadily downhill thereafter. "Waving a bottle of wine, [Goldberg] fired off a stream of vulgar sexual wordplays on Bush's name in a riff about female genitalia," reports the New York Post. Goldberg reportedly said the country should "keep Bush where it belongs and not in the White House." The Post wrote that Goldberg also "boasted that she'd refused to let Team Kerry clear her material." "I Xeroxed my behind and I folded it up in an envelope and I sent it back with a big kiss mark on because we're Democrats - we're not afraid to laugh," she added. The L.A. Times reported: "As the audience roared with embarrassed and horrified laughter, she retorted: 'C'mon, you knew this was coming. It's what I'm trying to explain to people: Why you asking me to come if you don't want me to be me?'" Story Continues Below With or without his prior approval, the obscene rant seemed to please top Democrat Kerry, who could be seen laughing uproariously during part of Goldberg's tirade. Neither member of the Democratic duo voiced a single objection after the aging comic's ugly act. Far from being offended, Kerry thanked all the performers at the Radio City Music Hall event for "an extraordinary evening," adding that "every performer tonight ... conveyed to you the heart and soul of our country." For his part Edwards actually boasted that it was "a great honor" to sit through the X-rated show, adding, without a hint of irony, "This campaign will be a celebration of real American values." Other stars displayed their raw contempt for Bush, but managed to avoid drifting into Goldberg's blue zone. Actress Jessica Lange branded the Bush administration "a self-serving regime of deceit, hypocrisy and belligerence," while Paul Newman said Bush's tax cuts are "borderline criminal." Comic actor Chevy Chase heaped scorn on Bush's intellect: "This guy is as bright as an egg-timer," he said, adding that he supposed the president invaded Iraq "just so he could be called a wartime president." Chase also told the audience the most recent book Bush had read was "Leader of the Free World for Dummies." The Bush administration was reportedly so outraged by Goldberg's raunchy routine that it now wants team Kerry to apologize, WABC Radio reported Friday morning. www.newsmax.com

To: abstract who wrote (3444)	7/13/2004 4:25:13 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35834

Hi Paul, Please respond completely to this reply to your post. Please do so within the established community standards for this thread. And make sure you completely reply to this message before you post anything else here. TIA <font color=blue> "Your predilection for myopically criticizing controvertible content with half-truths is renown." <font color=black> How about some irrefutable proof of this. No opinion - just credible evidence, replete with links to verbatim quotes & irrefutable facts that that clearly proves your assertion to be factual. <font color=blue> "I challenge you to address the important facts:" <font color=black> You do? Show me when I have failed to adequately address these so called "important facts". <font color=blue> "One Half of the people in the United States think George Bush is a mistaken, self-interested, stupid man." <font color=black> Show me evidence to prove your assertion that more than half of Americia believes, "Bush is a mistaken, self- interested, stupid man." <font color=blue> "To simply use your "irrefutable facts" is 100% bogus and does not address the issue. You are like the policeman who hits me over the head till I bleed because I accuse him of illegitimately using his power. Neither of you are dealing with the issue." <font color=black> That is simply your baseless opinion, a personal attack & completely "off topic" for this thread. That is the last time I will tolerate such behavior from you on this thread. I think you should apologize, state you will stay on topic & you will cease with all personal attacks & baseless personal opinions on this thread. <font color=blue> "If you continue to pretend that I am off topic or not addressing the issues you are the fool, not I. I repeat: Deal with the Issues." <font color=black> I do. IMO, I do a very good job addressing the issues. Apparently you have lost the ability to be objective about your ideology or reality. It's quite scary IMO. <font color=blue> "America is going to hell in a hand-basket and you are bloviating about how pretty our flag is and how those of us who don't see how pretty your flag is are not in touch with your irrefutable facts etc." <font color=black> Prove it! Link to verbatim quotes & clear evidence to support your personal opinion (that lacks any basis in reality FWIW). <font color=blue> "Then ask yourself why. Really, truthfully ask yourself why. Why is it that 50% of America disagrees with you? That they are stupid or misinformed is not a sufficient answer." <font color=black> Where have I ever claimed that America (or half of America) is "stupid or misinformed"? Where have I ever used "stupid or misinformed" as the only response to any POV on this thread? Link me to a couple prime examples that prove your assertion to be factually accurate. FWIW, I don't know that 50% of America disagrees with me. I do know why I started this thread. It's because there are a lot of folks out there just like you who have become unhinged from reality. And I have done a great job documenting that fact time & time again. <font color=blue> "Walk on your street today. People are discussing politics everywhere. Do a reality check. Get in touch with the people on your very own block. I challenge you. challenge you to check in with Your America on your block. Tell me what the reality is on your block. The reality in America is very different that your perception of it." <font color=black> Too late. I have been observing folks all over the country & where I live for quite some time. Read this & weep....... Message 20304953 <font color=blue> "You can accuse me all you want - it is your field and your red, white & blue balls - but I know how America feels and you don't." <font color=black> Actually, the sad truth is that you have no idea what reality is, let alone how America "feels". Reality is not what you fervently perceive it to be. It is not what you espouse on this thread, that is for sure. I have documented how your perception of reality is consistently at odds with the facts. I have shown time & time again that your personal opinion & reality are two clearly separate things. You simply refuse to accept reality no matter how frequently your POV is discredited by cold, hard facts. You ignore all facts that do not conform to your faulty, ideologically inflexible world view. And you continue to cling to your faulty world view even as time & events unfold in stark contrast to it. <font color=blue> "America feels very torn. America feels very sad. We are not proud like we once were. Why is that? What are you and I going to do about it?" <font color=black> I'm doing my part. This thread is clear evidence of that. This thread also is clear evidence of how inflexible & how out of touch with reality you have been & continue to remain. Sadly, your posts & my replies here are proof of that unfortunate fact.