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9.27.02 @ 12:01AM

GRAND SLAM
Re: Ed McFadden's Tell Him Goodbye:

Please tell Mr. Ed McFadden that his piece on Lon Simmons was wonderful. I've been a fan of Mr. Simmons for his entire career. On top of his obvious talent and vocal gifts, he is truly a "neat guy."
-- Jon Huber

CONQUERED
Re: Jed Babbin's Howlin' Howell and Jane:

Excellent article. And fine Latin, too!
-- J.C. Shea

TURKEY GORE
Re: Wlady Pleszczynski's Vintage Gore:

'Twas the "turkey shoot," not the duck shoot. Although both birds aren't easy to shoot, the turkey has a tendency to just sit there.
-- Paul Strasser
Lafayette, Colorado

Mr. Pleszczynski has Gore's number for sure. The sentence that jumped out at me was, "Which is just what Gore was counting on. He survives because other commentators let him slip away, primarily by paying little if any attention to his substance and focusing instead on his efforts at political repositioning."

Gore has survived many transgressions due to the blinders worn by the left in the "mainstream" press. How many of those media outlets reported on Gore's rental homes in 2000? The ones that were falling apart, peeling paint (probably lead based), and dumping raw sewage into the local river that he rented to a poor, government dependent family. They had to call local TV stations to get any relief from their constant pleas to his management company (which on its letterhead was printed "Gore Reality"-- and they said Bush was stupid) to no avail. The Tennessee GOP paid to move them to Ohio. What say you Rather, Brokaw, Jennings?

Now of course, Gore lives in prestigious Belle Meade, a suburb on Nashville. He paid $2.1 million the same summer that it was reported he was having money troubles and couldn't pay his staff. Do you think the good, objective (cough), "mainstream" media would let a Republican presidential candidate get away with buying a palatial estate on what was once one of the largest slave owning, Confederacy backing, plantations in the south?

And to think 50 million people voted for this joke of a man.
-- Greg Barnard
Franklin, TN

For heaven's sake, let all sensible Republicans do everything possible to keep Al Gore as a viable candidate for President in 2004. It may seem impossible, but he's too valuable to lose.
-- Michael J. Lynch

CALL WAITING
Re: John Corry's AT&T Goes Dead:

I had a similar experience a week ago.

I had a WorldCom cell phone, and my year contract was about up. AT&T bought them and I was beginning to think about upgrade options, whatever. Then my cell phone went through the washer.

So I call "customer service" to see about new phone/new contract. After an hour and a half on hold, I dropped the phone and lost the muzak (well, actually classical). After another hour of various tries, culminating in choosing a "business" rather than personal entry, I got through. Canceled the contract.

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