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To: Bill who wrote (710467)	11/1/2005 8:21:09 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 769667

As Dean Martin said of one actress, "She's a cunning stunt."

To: Bill who wrote (710467)	11/1/2005 8:25:23 PM
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Ginsburg the Moderate? Media Research Center ^ \| November 1, 2005 \| Rich Noyes As soon as network reporters heard of his nomination, they cast Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito as a right-wing extremist. During live coverage Monday morning, ABC’s Charles Gibson branded Alito as “very conservative” and “the most conservative member” of an otherwise “liberal appellate court.” Over on CBS's Early Show, Gloria Borger dubbed Alito “quite conservative,” the same label applied on CNN's Daybreak by Carol Costello. On Good Morning America, ABC’s Jessica Yellin labeled Alito as “conservative” five times in 50 seconds. Last night’s newscasts carried the same message. On ABC, anchor Elizabeth Vargas called Alito a “staunch conservative,” while Terry Moran found him “deeply conservative.” CBS’s John Roberts said that “if confirmed, Alito would wipe out the swing seat now occupied by Sandra Day O’Connor, tilting the Supreme Court in a solidly conservative direction.” In contrast, NBC’s Brian Williams, agreed Alito was “dependably conservative” but he also saw an “independent streak,” as did reporter Pete Williams. Despite the labeling, Alito’s career — Justice Department lawyer, U.S. attorney, federal judge — is not that of an activist. In contrast, Clinton nominee Ruth Bader Ginsburg had solid activist credentials as director of the Women's Rights Project for the ACLU, but reporters were loath to assign her a liberal label. On the June 14, 1993 NBC Nightly News, Andrea Mitchell termed Ginsburg “a judicial moderate and a pioneer for women’s rights.” The next morning on ABC, Good Morning America co-host Joan Lunden asked legal editor Arthur Miller: “We hear words like ‘centrist,’ ‘moderate,’ ‘consensus builder.’ How will she fit into this court?” Miller, a longtime friend of Ginsburg, predicted (wrongly) that she’d be a centrist Justice. This morning, all three network shows featured both a liberal critic of Alito and a conservative supporter. But 12 years ago the only guests invited to discuss Ginsburg were from the Clinton White House or her personal admirers. And the only complaints forwarded to audiences came from pro-abortion activists worried that the liberal feminist Ginsburg wasn’t hardline enough on Roe v. Wade. On the June 15, 1993 This Morning, CBS’s Paula Zahn hit a pro-Ginsburg guest from the left: “The National Abortion Rights Action League is not totally comfortable with this nomination of Judge Ginsburg. They do not feel that she supports Roe v. Wade fully. Are their fears justified?” Over on NBC’s Today, Katie Couric voiced similar fears to White House Chief of Staff Mack McLarty: “So you don’t think she has an open mind in terms of interpreting Roe v. Wade, as some abortion rights activists are concerned about?” Back in 1993, broadcast shows ignored opposition to Ginsburg from groups such as the National Right-to-Life Committee — although CNN, to its credit, did include pro-life critics in their Ginsburg coverage. Now, the same hard left activists who worried about Ginsburg’s purity are getting airtime to complain about Alito’s supposed extremism. “I think it may even require the Democrats to filibuster,” pro-abortion activist Kate Michelman claimed on Tuesday’s Good Morning America. But 12 years ago, conservative activists troubled by Ginsburg’s selection were shut out of TV coverage that celebrated her “centrism.” — Rich Noyes

To: Bill who wrote (710467)	11/1/2005 8:28:46 PM
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Special prosecutor named in voter fraud case WNYT news ^ \| November 1, 2005 \| MARK MULHOLLAND A special prosecutor will look into allegations of election fraud in Saratoga County. Once the state police wrap up its investigation of alleged election fraud in Mechanicville, the Rockland County district attorney will handle the case. Mechanicville's Republican candidate for mayor claims the city Democratic chair and his brother fraudulently filled out absentee ballot applications for 30 voters. The documents appear to have the same handwriting. Saratoga County District Attorney Jim Murphy asked for a special prosecutor because his office is prosecuting potential witnesses in the case on unrelated matters.

To: Bill who wrote (710467)	11/1/2005 8:32:30 PM
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Ted Kennedy Accuses VP Cheney of Obstruction of Justice ........................................................... freerepublic.com

To: Bill who wrote (710467)	11/1/2005 8:39:42 PM
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Election Eve: Zogby predicts Kerry victory (one-year flashback) Utica Observer-Dispatch \| Tue, Nov 2, 2004 Utica pollster John Zogby said polling results indicate Sen. John Kerry will defeat President Bush in today's election. "I think we're looking at a Kerry victory," Zogby said Monday night. Zogby expects a very large turnout among young voters, with at least 55 percent voting in today's election. Among voters ages 18 to 29, polls indicate that 0 percent are undecided, Zogby said. He believes that group will give Kerry the edge. Kerry will get 64 percent of those votes followed by Bush with 35 percent and third-party candidate Ralph Nader with just 1 percent, Zogby said.