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To: LindyBill who wrote (78516)	10/17/2004 11:16:29 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793917

Flyer About Black Voters Angers Mo. GOP Email this Story Oct 17, 7:51 PM (ET) By JIM SUHR ST. LOUIS (AP) - Missouri's Republican Party wants a Democratic-aligned group to stop circulating a get-out-the-vote flier that includes a 1960s photograph of a firefighter hosing a black man that reads: "This is what they used to do to keep us from voting." The America Coming Together handout accuses Republicans of conspiring to suppress the black vote through intimidation and such tactics as putting "phony cops at polling places - but only in African American neighborhoods." "They make African-American voters stand in line for hours, then turn them away from the polls," the flier reads. "Now (U.S. Attorney General) John Ashcroft is trying to prevent African-Americans from registering to vote at all." The Republican Party of Missouri called the fliers "racially charged" and said they were designed to obscure Republican efforts to increase black voting. "This kind of false advertising aimed at African-Americans is clearly an attempt to intimidate and mislead voters," said Paul Sloca, a spokesman for the state GOP. Sara Howard, ACT's Missouri spokeswoman, on Sunday defended the handouts as part of a voter-education effort. She said Republican concerns may stem from reports of increased voter registration among minorities. "The Republican Party knows that generally when African-Americans vote in large numbers, Republicans lose," she said. "They will do everything in their power to try and prevent that from happening." Howard said she was unaware if similar fliers are being distributed in other states. ACT is an independent interest group funded by Democratic donors. The group has raised at least $86 million this election cycle for get-out-the-vote drives and other efforts.

To: LindyBill who wrote (78516)	10/17/2004 11:33:32 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793917

Sean Astin on O'Reilly was quite modest for a movie star -- I did not realize that his mother is Patty Duke. I was working on office paperwork while the family was out having fun so had O'Reilly on in the background just for grins. I wanted to see how he handled himself on the first day that the sexual harassment case became public knowledge. I have to admit that my jaws dropped when he started hitting on Ann Coulter. Who is a babe but not a bimbo. My guess is that he wanted the world to see that he flirts with good looking women, so there is nothing to see, move along. But my ears perked up at very weird, harsh overtones and undertones while O'Reilly AND his guests were speaking. Everybody was trying WAY too hard to act normal.

To: LindyBill who wrote (78516)	10/17/2004 11:37:04 PM
From: gamesmistress	Respond to of 793917

Each generation of entertainers seems to have learn the same thing about politics - we want them to entertain us, not lecture us, and it takes a lot more talent than most of them have to combine entertainment with a social or political message. I remember "Designing Women" in the early 1990's. I never missed it at first - they were classy, stylish, and a real hoot. Then the producer, Linda Bloodworth-Thomson, a FOB, started using it as her political soapbox. Bor-ing.