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To: JohnM who wrote (54572)	7/16/2004 9:28:10 AM
From: Murrey Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793824

Sorry, John. I work for a living and I happened to stop in. I asked you a question. Just wanted your opinion. Would you please answer my question? Differentiate between John Kerry's proposal to bring health care to the huddled masses and Hillory's? Seems like a simple question. If Hillory/Bill couldn't push the ball over the hill, how do you expect John/John to do it?

To: JohnM who wrote (54572)	7/16/2004 9:43:09 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793824

"Hello John. How would you differentiate Kerry's attempts at health care for the masses from what Hillory tried early on in hubby's first term?" My question too John. Murrey seemed to be looking for a rational explanation and that's your forte, no?

To: JohnM who wrote (54572)	7/16/2004 10:46:03 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 793824

It’s Their Story & They’re Sticking with It Joe Wilson cheerleaders continue to stand by their man. By Stephen Spruiell Even though a Senate Intelligence Report has discredited former ambassador Joseph Wilson, exposing his apparent lies about his wife's involvement in his trip to Niger and other contradictions, those on the Left who had been cheering him on continue to stand by their man. David Corn, Washington editor of The Nation, gave Joe Wilson a <font color=blue>"Truth-Seeking-is-for-Suckers"<font color=black> Award in his July 4 LA Weekly column, putting Wilson forward as one of America's <font color=blue>"true heroes we should be honoring."<font color=black> Corn also repeated Wilson's contention that Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, was not responsible for arranging his trip to Niger, writing in the May 24, 2004, Nation that the senior administration officials who leaked her name were engaged in <font color=blue>"an attempt to discredit Wilson's trip to Niger as a junket arranged by his wife. (It wasn't.)"<font color=black> But evidently it was, if you believe the Senate report. Confronted with this, Corn told National Review Online, <font color=blue>"Even if she recommended that he go on this trip, I don't see why that's relevant. What's relevant is he went on this trip, it was not a perk, he had background to do so, and he reported back what he reported back."<font color=black> Corn added, <font color=blue>"Whether she sponsored him or not, the act of identifying Valerie Plame by administration officials still might be a violation of the law."<font color=black> William Balliet is Wilson's publisher at Carroll & Graf, which published The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity — a book that claims, <font color=blue>"Valerie had nothing to do with the matter,"<font color=black> and <font color=blue>"She definitely had not proposed that I make the trip."<font color=black> Last week's Senate report, however, suggests the book's title was a misnomer. Balliet told NRO that Wilson is planning a lengthy defense of the recent allegations against him and is determined to let Wilson speak for himself, but offered, <font color=blue>"We have great confidence in Joe and are looking forward to the response."<font color=black> Joshua Marshall has also been defending Wilson throughout the week. But Marshall, a true Wilson believer, is at least stand-up enough to go on the written record defending his man. As of this writing, the same can't be said of some other Wilson cheerleaders (see here and here). It is understandable why these individuals who bought into Wilson's story are defending him now. It just isn't pretty. nationalreview.com