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...last because of the dire consequences we face if the Republicans win again. The Bush presidency has been terrible in every respect, from an unjustified preemptive invasion of Iraq that has alienated the world, to the erosion of our civil liberties under the Patriot Act, to a widening gap between rich and poor accelerated by tax cuts. As beneficial as Nader could be for this country, it’s not worth chancing another Bush win just to elect a third-party candidate...
...Democrats--the party of would-be overnerd Al Gore--were staring at a data gap. All they had was a few tens of thousands of e-mail addresses stored on a computer so obsolete its monitor was green. So they hired a small firm called Plus Three to build them a database of their very own, which they named Demzilla. Voter Vault and Demzilla currently hold about 165 million entries each...
...mass marketers love hip. It makes everything from trucker caps to old Lynyrd Skynyrd albums more salable. Long after his death, even Kerouac found himself trapped in an ad campaign for the Gap. This is the same writer who once told his journal, "I am he who has adopted the Sorrows ... The Serious, the Severe, the Stubborn, the Unappeased." You wouldn't think he was a man who in life would be selling khakis. No problem. All they had to do was wait until he was dead...
...invitations from the national campaign's field operation and had come from all over the county to help. Although Linehan admits that the Democrats are still outgunned by the Republicans in a county that Bush won handily in 2000, he says he believes the Kerry insurgents can narrow the gap to the point where Kerry's advantage in other parts of the state will enable him to carry Ohio. "I'm telling you we're going to win this state," Linehan says. "We have received more requests for signs than ever before. We've had more volunteers. The ranks...
With all these virtual hookup joints, online dating is connecting more than just singles looking for love. It's also bridging the generation gap between some grandparents and grandchildren. "My granddaughter left me a message one night complaining that I had so many more dates than she did," said a 73-year-old Floridian who goes by the name Classy Lady on JDate.com Dubbing herself "the hottest gal in Boca," she teased her granddaughter about her abundant suitors and her nights on the town...