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To: DMaA who wrote (3878)	10/31/2006 12:24:00 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 10087

Sexual assaults -- His mother helped him??? =============================================== CENTENNIAL, Ohio -- A 32-year-old man convicted of sexually assaulting teenagers has been sentenced to 508 years in prison. His mother is accused of helping him. Authorities say Zuri-Kye McGhee used his youthful looks to befriend his victims, 18 boys and one girl between the ages of 13 and 15 McGhee's 54-year-old mother is accused of helping him in some cases by introducing him to families with young children. She is scheduled to stand trial in February. McGhee was convicted of 63 counts, including sexual assault on a child with a pattern of abuse. McGhee was charged with criminal sexual contact with a minor back in 1998. He served 321 days in jail after pleading guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

To: DMaA who wrote (3878)	10/31/2006 12:50:42 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

Politicians into porn: ============================================== 1. "Suddenly the pouting sex kitten gave way to Diana the Huntress. She rolled onto him and somehow was sitting athwart his chest, her knees pinning his shoulders. 'Tell me, or I will make you do terrible things,' she hissed." H. Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen, 1945. (Baen, 1995) 2. "She was overwhelmed with a desire to nurture her husband. She soon bared her breast and held him close against it, and he responded eagerly to this unprecedented intimacy." C. Jimmy Carter, The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War. (Simon & Schuster, 2003) 3. "She romped on top of Simolzak's huge frame, straddling him with her hands on his chest, her back arched and her breasts flailing wildly in the air. Her back was to him and her long hair swung from side to side as if accentuating the abandonment of her screams." M. James Webb, Lost Soldiers. (Bantam, 2001) 4. "I set the edge of my teeth halfway up her breast, just at the point of tension but not, so far as I could tell, of pain. This was the sweetest flesh I had ever tasted, including fish and fowl." L. William Weld, Stillwater: A Novel. (Simon & Schuster, 2002) 5. "After dinner, they went dancing at Charlie's Jazz. Elaine felt detached from herself, floating in Tom's arms. The hell with [CIA director] Trevor, she thought. And when Tom pulled her close to him, she knew that for tonight at least, it would be just plain Tom and Elaine. Later, back at her house, they made love. It was fierce, two rivers of energy rushing together, gloriously, powerfully. No words were needed." F. William Cohen and Gary Hart, The Double Man. (Avon, 1985) 6. "The women who embraced in the wagon were Adam and Eve crossing a dark cathedral stage—no, Eve and Eve, loving one another as they would not be able to once they ate of the fruit and knew themselves as they truly were." D. Lynne Cheney, Sisters. (New American Library, 1981) 7. "He held her breasts in his hands. Oddly, he thought, the lower one might be larger. ... One of her breasts now hung loosely in his hand near his face and he knew not how best to touch her." I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr., The Apprentice. (Graywolf, 1996) 8. "The woman came down the stairs and they met midway. He took both her hands in his and smiled affectionately; she, standing one step above him, bent forward and kissed him. It was an amiable, though formal, salutation." E. Winston Churchill, Savrola (Longmans Green, 1899) 9. "The President fondled and kissed her bare breasts. He touched her genitals, both through her underwear and directly, bringing her to orgasm on two occasions. On one occasion, the President inserted a cigar into her vagina." K. Kenneth Starr, Starr Report, 1998. 10. "I kissed her breasts and ran my hand between her thighs. She gripped my shoulders tightly. Unlike the first time I made love to Alexa, when the ecstasy had been eroded by a sense of anxiety and uncertainty, I was sucked into this moment as quickly and completely as if I had placed my feet in quicksand. Memories from years ago blended with intense physical excitement in a driving, pounding torrent of passion." . Joseph Nye, The Power Game: A Washington Novel. (Public Affairs, 2004). 11. "He didn't notice Jane taking her clothes off but suddenly she was naked: long legged, lithe, and bronzed. The sheets were cool, her body warm, her limbs strong and supple, and they meshed with his just as he remembered. 'Oh Greg, dearheart,' she whispered in his ear, 'I've missed you so. Welcome home.' "A. Barbara Boxer, A Time To Run. (Chronicle, 2005) 12. "But this time she led him upstairs into a room he had never laid eyes on, a bedroom with a king-size bed and not less than six oil pictures of Ayn on the walls, one of them showing her bare-breasted, the Ayn of twenty years ago. The shades had been drawn and Nathaniel could savor the scent. Today her lover was being welcomed with synesthetical concern for all the senses, only the music missing. But as he lay and later groaned with writhing and release, he brought the full force of his mind to transmuted, voluptuarian elation in this physical union with the very woman who had created John Galt and Dagny Taggart and Henry Rearden, and had touched down her scepter on him, Nathaniel, igniting his mind, and his own scepter, which paid, now, devoted service." B. William F. Buckley, Getting It Right. (Regnery Publishing, 2003) 13. "With devastating slowness, his hand cupped her completely before he slowly slid a finger into her warmth. She was burning up. Heat sliced through her. Emily gave herself up to the sweet torment of his hand as her hips rocked against his touch. Clutching his shoulders, her mouth blindly sought his. Desperate for release, she tightened her grip. 'Ross,' she managed, feeling as though she were spinning out of control." G. Susan Combs, A Perfect Match. (Meteor Publishing Company, 1990)

To: DMaA who wrote (3878)	10/31/2006 12:58:49 PM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 10087

lol Nutball central....

To: DMaA who wrote (3878)	10/31/2006 3:41:53 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

Bush Hits Hard at Gay Marriage By JENNIFER LOVEN AP STATESBORO, Ga. (Oct. 31) - President Bush has for months cast the midterm elections as a choice about just two issues: taxes and terrorism. Now, with polls predicting bleak results for Republicans, he is trying to fire up his party by decrying gay marriage "For decades, activist judges have tried to redefine America by court order," Bush said Monday. "Just this last week in New Jersey, another activist court issued a ruling that raises doubt about the institution of marriage. We believe marriage is a union between a man and a woman, and should be defended." The line earned Bush by far his most sustained applause at a rally of 5,000 people aimed at boosting former GOP Rep. Max Burns' effort to unseat a Democratic incumbent. In this conservative rural corner of eastern Georgia, even children jumped to their feet alongside their parents to cheer and clap for nearly 30 seconds _ a near-eternity in political speechmaking. The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples must be given all the benefits of married couples, leaving it up to the state Legislature to decide whether to extend those rights under the structure of marriage or something else. One alternative, civil unions, is an idea Bush supports. But he ignored that on the way to portraying the New Jersey decision as the kind of thing America should do without. "I believe I should continue to appoint judges who strictly interpret the law and not legislate from the bench," the president said, earning more applause in the sweltering basketball arena at Georgia Southern University. He pointed to his nominations to the Supreme Court of Chief Justice John Roberts and Samuel Alito. The gay-marriage theme became a staple in Bush's political remarks last Thursday, the day after the New Jersey ruling on a touchstone issue for religious conservatives who are crucial to Republican electoral calculations. White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino said it was added merely to respond to the ruling _ not because his other messages were failing to connect. But the lines, repeated to great enthusiasm at a second rally later Monday in Texas, mark one of the only substantive changes in the president's stump speech as he turns from raising money for Republican candidates to encouraging the GOP faithful to vote Nov. 7. To that end, he was focusing on the South. After campaigning for Burns, trying to win back the seat conservative Democrat John Barrow took from him in 2004, Bush flew to the district vacated by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas. DeLay resigned in June amid a series of investigations of his fundraising activities. Organizers said Bush's appearance in a partially filled airport hangar in Sugar Land, Texas, drew over 6,000 to support Republican Shelley Sekula-Gibbs' write-in campaign to replace DeLay. The former Republican party star and Bush ally on Capitol Hill was nowhere to be seen, and the president never mentioned DeLay's name. The rally finale was Texas-style dramatic, with Bush posing with Sekula-Gibbs with his Marine One helicopter and a multi-color fireworks show in the background. The election in the reliably conservative district outside Houston is complicated. Republicans were legally barred from replacing DeLay's name on the ballot. So supporters must choose Sekula-Gibbs twice _ once for the special election filling out DeLay's term and again for the general election for the next Congress. She faces former congressman Nick Lampson, who has outraised and outspent her, giving Democrats a chance at a seat long in the GOP's hands. A Lampson victory would also be sweet revenge for an opposition party that DeLay fought at every turn while in office. On Tuesday, Bush is heading back to Georgia, a state he twice won comfortably. Tuesday's rally, about 130 miles west of Statesboro, is aimed at helping another former GOP congressman, Mac Collins, oust Democratic Rep. Jim Marshall. After Thursday, the president's schedule remains fluid, as his political advisers balance the need for help in tight races against the president's unpopularity. Bush pleaded with Republicans not to give up keeping control of Congress _ and mocked Democrats. "You might remember that about this time in 2004, some of them were picking out their new offices in the West Wing," he said. "The movers never got the call." Democrats ridiculed him back, for an itinerary that took him to once-solid GOP areas. "Clearly President Bush is more of a liability than an asset as he's forced to stump for candidates in districts that were once considered safe for Republicans," said Democratic National Committee spokeswoman Stacie Paxton. The president played down the idea that next Tuesday's vote is a referendum on his embattled presidency. "This is different from a presidential campaign because it's not necessarily a national election, in that each congressional race really depends upon the candidates and how they carry the message," he said in an interview on Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes." Bush also rejected the idea he'll become a lame duck after the elections. "I promise you I'm going to be president up until the very last day, and I've got a lot to do," he said.

To: DMaA who wrote (3878)	10/31/2006 4:55:12 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 10087

Hillary Clinton repositions herself Ed Pilkington Her recent whirlwind activity has begun to give Republicans sleepless nights. ONE OF the clichés that have grown, lichen-like, around Hillary Rodham Clinton over the past six years is that she is very hard working. Like many of the other Hillary clichés (she is ambitious, determined, ruthless), it sounds good but fails to do justice to the extraordinary political operator she has become. Take her schedule in the past five days: on Thursday night (October 26) she celebrated her 59th birthday not with a candlelit dinner with Bill, but with a fundraiser for 1,100 guests that added $1 million to her war chest; on Friday she was off to Syracuse in upstate New York where she campaigned for the Congressional Democrat candidate and spoke in support of biosciences; Saturday it was more campaigning for the candidate in Yonkers, outside New York City, and then back to Manhattan for a fundraiser for Bill's foundation; on Sunday she enjoyed a day of rest by giving a press conference on identity theft; and on Monday she was back on the stump in Rochester. This nonstop whirlwind activity is the kind of background noise that has begun to give Republicans sleepless nights. Behind their immediate worry that they face a drubbing at the mid-term elections this time next week is an underlying deeper fear, that looks to 2008 and a Hillary presidential race. "Hillary Clinton — the one that was so easy to dislike, even outright hate — won't be the one running for president," says the rightwing commentator John Podhoretz in his book dedicated entirely to the question: Can She Be Stopped? "She's older and wiser and cleverer — and therefore more dangerous. She's shown the most important quality a successful politician can have: she's learned how to adapt." And that's coming from her political enemy. The short-term prospects for the junior senator from New York are straightforward enough: next Tuesday she will be handed a second six-year term with a whopping popular endorsement. She stands 65 per cent to 30 per cent in the polls against the hapless Republican, John Spencer. But then what? With a resounding victory will Hillary stand for President? And if so, will she win? She has certainly built up the electoral machine for a powerful run for the top job. Her own frenetic schedule is amplified by an electronic network of daily emails, conference calls and websites that generates enormous sums. She has raised more than $50 million for the Senate race even though victory was always certain, much of which will sit in the coffers once the mid-terms are over. Those in the heavily fortified inner circle of the Senator insist no decision has been made. All her efforts are focussed on the Democrats winning back Congress. Bill has told close friends that the mantra is genuine and that she really has yet to make up her mind. Poppycock, respond the pundits. "She's definitely going to run," says the former Clinton adviser Dick Morris. "You don't go to all the trouble of repositioning yourself on gay marriages and over the war in Iraq, you don't vie with Al Gore to be the most outspoken on global warming, if you are happy to settle for senate majority leader." That careful repositioning was evident at a fundraiser in Manhattan recently for her "young professional" supporters. It bore several Hillary hallmarks, from the fashionable venue — the Roxy club in Chelsea — to the Marc Jacobs T-shirts for one-year-old fans, to her call for a tax on oil companies to support research on renewable energies. She won the biggest cheer from the twenty-something crowd when she repeated her call for Donald Rumsfeld's head: "We have a terribly difficult situation in Iraq. The Republicans should start by changing the Secretary of Defence and putting in somebody who will listen to sense." The wording is a tacit recognition that she has a difficulty with Iraq. Outside the Roxy anti-war protesters were pointing out she voted for the war and has never retracted that position, and she has also said that immediate withdrawal of troops would be a mistake. Such a stance is the first hurdle to any successful presidential campaign: securing the nomination of the now largely anti-war core of the Democratic party. The plethora of alternative candidates in this most open of electoral periods was helpfully reduced by one when arguably her greatest potential rival, Mark Warner, the former governor of Virginia, announced two weeks ago he would not run. But that still leaves John Edwards of North Carolina and Evan Bayh of Indiana, not to mention Democratic flavour of the month, Barack Obama of Illinois. The second hurdle would be harder, and that is her appeal to the wider electorate should she stand. That's where another cliché that has stuck all these years becomes important: that she divides the American people who love her and loathe her in equal measure. Even those close to her admit she has a problem. "Her negatives are very high," said a senior figure in her 2000 Senate race. "The question is: are they too high for her to run for president?" A clue is contained in a poll by Manhattanville College, which asked New York women from across the state what they thought of Hillary. When they first conducted the exercise in 2000 she was seen as aloof and polarising, and white women in particular distrusted her. But the poll found that the perception had shifted markedly. Though a quarter of women still saw her in a very unflattering light, her performance as Senator had swayed many, with 64 per cent saying they viewed her favourably. When asked what she had done to dispel their doubts, many women said she was determined, dedicated and, yes, hard-working. There's a pattern emerging. All that scuttling around must be working. - Guardian Newspapers Limited 2006 hindu.com