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To: KLP who wrote (63623)	8/24/2004 12:35:31 PM
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Brooks & Dunn Tops GOP Entertainment Bill Mon Aug 23, 9:08 AM ET news.yahoo.com WASHINGTON - The popular country music act of Brooks & Dunn head the entertainment lineup for the Republican National Convention in New York that starts in a week. Top GOP officials say the duo of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn will perform during the convention at Madison Square Garden, along with country singer Lee Ann Womack, Latin gospel singer Jaci Velasquez and Christian rock band Third Day. The performers were being announced Monday by Republican national Chairman Ed Gillespie and convention chief executive Bill Harris. Among other performers who will appear the convention are Christian singer Gracie Rosenburger, rock band Dexter Freebish, country singer Darryl Worley and gospel singer Donnie McClurkin. Other celebrities scheduled to attend the GOP convention are singer Wayne Newton (news), actor Stephen Baldwin (news) and actress Bo Derek (news). The GOP announced other performers for the convention earlier this month. That list included country singers, the Gatlin Brothers, and contemporary Christian performer Michael W. Smith. Alabama Gov. Bob Riley told a Republican breakfast that President Bush (news - web sites)'s re-election will change the U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites), described by the governor as "very liberal." Riley joined GOP activists Saturday in Florence, Ala. for a breakfast held by a group called the Shoals Concerned Conservatives. About 350 people attended. Riley said because the next president could appoint up to three Supreme Court justices, the coming years could be a turning point for the Republican Party if Bush is re-elected. "This is the greatest opportunity we will have to return to the value set that makes us unique in the world," Riley said. Riley, a former congressman, blamed the "very liberal Supreme Court" for letting the country degenerate over the past few decades. "There are very few times in our country when you have a defining moment like we have now," Riley said. Republicans are suggesting that Sen. Tom Harkin (news, bio, voting record) has been pulled from a campaign swing for Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) for calling Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) a "coward." Kerry's campaign in Wisconsin had been publicizing a four-day "Tour of Honor" featuring Harkin, former Sen. Max Cleland and other veterans. Harkin was to speak in Eau Claire on Thursday but withdrew for "logistical reasons," said Lesley Sillaman of Kerry's Wisconsin campaign. She denied that Harkin was "pulled from the lineup," as Republicans suggested. "Not at all. That's absolutely not the truth," Sillaman said. Harkin on Friday said he was unaware of any tour with Cleland, stood by his remarks about Cheney and said he will continue to speak out whenever Republicans "impugn the honor and integrity of a veteran." Harkin ripped Cheney after the vice president criticized Kerry's comments about pursuing a "more sensitive war on terror." "When I hear this coming from Dick Cheney, who was a coward, who would not serve during the Vietnam War, it makes my blood boil," Harkin said. Although Harkin said Friday he wasn't "castigating Cheney for not serving in the military," Harkin's remarks came at a time when the Kerry presidential campaign was calling for civil dialogue during the campaign. 88888888888888888