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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (261252)	8/11/2008 5:07:04 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793622

Obama: McCain is the Celeb August 11, 2008 8:43 AM As Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, cavorts in the Hawaiian sun this week while mulling his running mate, his campaign has prepared an attack ad painting his opponent, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.., as "Washington's biggest celebrity." "For decades, he’s been Washington’s biggest celebrity," intones the narrator. "And as Washington embraced him, John McCain hugged right back." The ad shows McCain on Saturday Night Live and various talk shows, then quickly takes a turn to assailing him as a Bushie and a tool of lobbyists and the oil and pharmaceutical industries. "Lurching to the right, then the left, the old Washington dance, whatever it takes," the narrator says. "John McCain. A Washington celebrity playing the same old Washington games." On This Week yesterday, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson sounded as if he'd seen the ad's script. "Senator McCain is the Washington celebrity here," said the Democrat. blogs.abcnews.com

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (261252)	8/11/2008 5:10:20 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793622

it cracked me up. Only in LA. You meet a girl and she wants you to go to her Buddist Church.

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (261252)	8/11/2008 5:44:49 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793622

CBS’s Smith: John Edwards ‘Targeted’ By Mistress By Kyle Drennen \| August 11, 2008 - 12:56 Poor Democratic men, victimized by predatory women. Sometimes the poor fellas actually turn to adultery "out of fear of losing wives!" Wow, can you imagine trying that out on a wife? Honey, I was so afraid of losing you, .... I cheated on you. And they got someone to really say "Cheating is wrong ... but ...." Monday’s CBS Early Show, came up with a list of excuses for John Edwards cheating on his wife, including co-host Harry Smith suggesting that the woman Edwards had the affair with, Rielle Hunter, targeted the former Senator: "This woman in question has a very interesting history...knowing her as this kind of bar fly who had this kind of crazy past... From reading everything I read it seemed to me that she targeted Edwards." The bashing of Hunter began during a segment in the 7am half hour of the show when co-host Maggie Rodriguez talked to David Perel, the editor-in-chief of the National Enquirer, which broke the story, and asked: "...your impressions of this woman, Rielle Hunter, who's being trashed in New York papers today. On the cover of this one, it says 'Rielle Cruel,' saying that she trashed Elizabeth Edwards. Said she was a woman who had bad karma. What can you tell us about her?" In the later segment, during the 7:30am half hour, Smith talked to psychologists Robi Ludwig, from Cookie magazine, and Frank Farley, from Temple University. Smith began by posing the question: "Why do politicians like John Edwards risk their careers by having extramarital affairs?" Ludwig decided to blame Elizabeth Edwards’s cancer: "What was the trigger? So I wonder if there was something about his wife's illness that somehow got him to cheat or contributed at least." When a skeptical Smith asked: "You're cutting him a break then it sounds like?" Ludwig replied: "Well, you know, I think that we get so caught up in good or bad, you know. Is somebody a good person or a bad person. Cheating is wrong...But I think that there are multiple factors. Was he doing it because he had a fear of losing his wife? I mean, there are lots of different reasons." Smith then conceded: "No, I hear that...there may be legitimacy to that." newsbusters.org