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John 8:7
July 17, 2007 8:39 AM
Last night on World News with Charles Gibson we took a look at the 2008 money race (CLICK HERE FOR FREE VIDEO)… check it out….
More salaciously last night on Nightline we took a peek behind the Vitter scandal an the Democratic pornographer funding the hunt for GOP dirt -- the Senator vs. Larry Flynt.
Heres the dot-com version (LINK) and CLICK HERE to watch Vitter's Monday evening mea culpa.
I head to the Senate this morning, where Democrats and Republicans are squaring off about how many votes will be required to pass an amedment. Democrats want a simple majority threshold -- 50 votes. Republicans want the filibuster-proof 60 votes. Neither side seems willing to blink…
Today's random link -- Jezebel.com takes a look at a Redbook cover shoot of Faith Hill -- before and after the photoshopping. It will make you gasp. CLICK HERE
More later --
jt
July 17, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (2)
You did a great job in summarizing the monetary appeal of the candidates in yesterday evening's WN report, Jake. As for the Photoshopped picture of Ms. Hill, the only scary thing about it was the Flash animation which made her stunning transformation almost instantaneous. With the advent of the many computerized photo alteration tools in use today, it seems that a picture is now only worth about 500 words or so. But far be it from me to cast the first stone....
Posted by: chuck | Jul 17, 2007 10:21:55 AM
Jake - another interesting cover - Brady Quinn on July's Men's Health Magazine - WHAT were they trying to do with his chest and abdomen???
Posted by: Lin | Jul 17, 2007 9:58:08 AM
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