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Which Democratic candidate has the best chance at defeating President Bush? CNN Quick Vote Results as of 1:10pm, Sept. 29: Carol Moseley Braun - 0% - 84 votes Wesley Clark - 77% - 43281 votes Howard Dean - 12% - 6880 votes John Edwards - 0% - 223 votes Dick Gephardt - 1% - 380 votes Bob Graham - 0% - 117 votes John Kerry - 1% - 473 votes Dennis Kucinich - 8% - 4526 votes Joseph Lieberman - 0% - 117 votes Al Sharpton - 0% - 64 votes Total: 56145 votes My opinion of this poll is that it�s very stupid because who knows much at all about Wesley Clark right now, but there it is anyway. ~~~ THE DAILY MIS-LEAD: JOB LOSSES AT LEVEL OF GREAT DEPRESSION CONTRADICT PRESIDENT BUSH'S WISHFUL PREDICTIONS Instead of creating 510,000 jobs in 2003, as President Bush predicted, the Republican-led economy has suffered a net loss of 473,000 jobs so far this year. The Timken Company, an Ohio-based steel and bearings manufacturer where the President launched his Jobs and Growth package in April, embarrassed the Administration two weeks ago with an announcement it will cut 900 jobs. Read the full Mis-Lead. ~~~ Word of the Day for Sunday September 28, 2003: titivate TIT-uh-vayt, transitive & intransitive verb: To smarten up; to spruce up. Quote a Day: Speak from the heart and the truth will be shown. --Jean Paul-Alice Fact of the Day: In September, 1930, Native Americans from 14 different Plains tribes gathered at Browning, Montana for a US-sponsored conference. The plaque at the exhibit today explains that the Bureau of Indian Affairs tape recorded the entire proceedings, but because of different dialects, the various tribes all communicated by sign language. Be The Change: Learn a bit about sign language. |