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comment | posted October 6, 2005 (October 24, 2005 issue)

Pat Tillman, Our Hero

Dave Zirin

"I don't believe it," seethed Ann Coulter.

Her contempt was directed at a September 25 San Francisco Chronicle story reporting that former NFL star and Army Ranger war hero Pat Tillman, who was killed in Afghanistan last year, believed the US war on Iraq was "f***ing illegal" and counted Noam Chomsky among his favorite authors. It must have been quite a moment for Coulter, who upon Tillman's death described him in her inimitably creepy fashion as "an American original--virtuous, pure and masculine like only an American male can be." She tried to discredit the story as San Francisco agitprop, but this approach ran into a slight problem: The article's source was Pat Tillman's mother, Mary.

to read the entire article please visit:http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051024/zirin
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Poll: Groups Unhappy With Bush Performance

By WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer Fri Oct 7, 6:37 PM ET

WASHINGTON - Evangelicals, Republican women, Southerners and other critical groups in President Bush's political coalition are worried about the direction the nation is headed and disappointed with his performance, an AP-Ipsos poll found.
That unease could be a troubling sign for a White House already struggling to keep the Republican Party base from slipping over Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, Gulf Coast spending projects, immigration and other issues.
"Politically, this is very serious for the president," said James Thurber, a political scientist at American University. "If the base of his party has lost faith, that could spell trouble for his policy agenda and for the party generally."
for the entire article please go to: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051007/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_ap_poll
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A personal message from Kinky Friedman to all the Texans (and Texans at heart) in the World:

Help! We are surrounded by crooked politicians, lobbyists, special interest groups, and possibly that greatest of all enemies of freedom - apathy. Scouting reports from all over the State indicate that we are poised to take the Governor’s Mansion, but I need your help now! Many thousands of you have enjoyed the fun spirit of this campaign, buying t-shirts, bumper stickers, and posters, and proudly displaying them at weddings, funerals, bar mitzvahs, and minstrel shows throughout the South. Now it’s time to look deep into your souls and contribute as generously as you can to this brave battle for Texas independence.

We are fixin’ to find out how many Texans there are in the state of Texas, because that’s exactly how many it’s gonna take to change the world - one governor at a time.

Some say I have a lot of one liners. Well, what’s wrong with that? Colonel Travis only had one line at the Alamo. He drew it in the sand. That was the moment, I contend, that Texas was truly born. Now I’m drawing a line, but it’s not in the sand; it’s in your hearts. Cross that line with me, folks, and we’ll make that Lone Star shine again!

Kinky Friedman
Governor in Waiting

source: from an email from Kinky Friedman. for more information on Kinky go to www.kinkyfriedman.com
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