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5.10.02 @ 12:01AM

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TWIST AGAIN
Re: Reader Mail's Affections and Elections:

A Note to T. Lett in Wichita:

"The Artful Dodger" that George Neumayr was referring to is a character in the Charles Dickens story of Oliver Twist. He is a slippery teenage criminal that always manages to get away. But he did finally get what he deserved.

"The Artful Dodger" is not to be confused with Roger "The Dodger" Staubach. Get your story straight and breathe easier: the insult never happened.

Also a fan of Roger "The Dodger,"
-- Steve Currence
Denver, CO

TREATING THE DUTCH
Re: Wlady Pleszczynski's Keller Wails:

Did you notice how the account the assassination of Brother Fortuyn (about whom I admit I know next to nothing) in the Netherlands was page seven news in most American newspapers? In most TV news shows I saw the item was near the end of the program (right before the cute piece on the roller skating horse). No hand-wringing segments on what a bunch of course, violent brutes the Dutch are. Wonder how different the coverage would have been if Fortuyn had been a lefty?
-- Larry Thornberry
Tampa, FL

MORE ABOUT CHAD SHRUM
Re: Mark Goldblatt's Shrum Rap:

Should Al Gore decide to run for president again in 2004, he'll need a new campaign manager. Donna Brazile, Mr. Gore's outspoken presidential campaign manager in 2000, told us at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner she would consider it a privilege to work on the campaign of the Democratic presidential nominee in 2004.

Yet she had a one-word reply when asked if she intended to work for the former vice president again: "Never." We won't soon forget Miss Brazile's closing statement once the dust of the 2000 presidential race settled, words that rang similar to former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's observation: "The people who vote decide nothing. The people who count the vote decide everything."

Or as Miss Brazile preferred: "Al Gore won the popular vote. I did my job. I did get that vote out. Unfortunately, I didn't get to count it." Like you said, it's "votes" that count. They never will give up, will they?
-- Bob Johnson
Bedford, TX

CROSS FIRE
Re: The Prowler's Major Shakeout at CNN:

One of the founding hosts of "Crossfire" and the creator of "The Capitol Gang," Novak is said ...

Somebody needs to check their research. Tom Braden and Pat Buchanan were the founding hosts of "Crossfire." Novak was little more than a vacation sub for a long time.
-- Fred Quinnelly

LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFICATION
Re: George Neumayr's Gray Extremism:

Excellent article. I wish it could be posted on a freeway billboard.
-- A Californian

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