![]() ![]() He feels that the election results endorsed his version of the war." Never mind that the more insurgents American troops kill, the more they create. "He'll be a lot more aggressive in Iraq now," one Bush insider predicts. Bush was making his little speech about reaching out, Republicans said they had "the green light" to pursue their conservative agenda, like drilling in Alaska's wilderness and rewriting the tax code. didn't reach out after the last election, which he barely grabbed, why would he reach out now that he has what Dick Cheney calls a "broad, nationwide victory"? The Bushes are always gracious until they don't get their way. The president says he's "humbled" and wants to reach out to the whole country. Bush, whose administration drummed up fake evidence to trick us into war with Iraq, sticking our troops in an immoral position with no exit strategy, won on "moral issues." ran a jihad in America so he can fight one in Iraq - drawing a devoted flock of evangelicals, or "values voters," as they call themselves, to the polls by opposing abortion, suffocating stem cell research and supporting a constitutional amendment against gay marriage. He doesn't want to heal rifts he wants to bring any riffraff who disagree to heel. The president got re-elected by dividing the country along fault lines of fear, intolerance, ignorance and religious rule. Today I hope that we can begin the healing." "And we talked about the danger of division in our country and the need, the desperate need, for unity, for finding the common ground, coming together. "We had a good conversation," the senator said. And her dad, who has thus far been unable to help himself, wants to write a self-help book.WASHINGTON - With the Democratic Party splattered at his feet in little blue puddles, John Kerry told the crushed crowd at Faneuil Hall in Boston about his concession call to President Bush. A politician cheated on his wife in Albany, a married director got another woman pregnant, and the daughter of a retired news anchor got busy with a female fashion designer in a car, though names aren’t named. Lauren Bacall was denied backstage entry at the Metropolitan Opera. Former Martha Stewart broker Peter Bacanovic tried to avoid getting his picture taken, failed. Whoops.) Ron Perelman is now dating designer Tory Burch, though she’s yet to finalize her divorce. And that the “stripper” he was chatting up was actually Margherita Missoni. (Also, it turns out Harvey Weinstein didn’t actually “swig” champagne on Halloween, as the “Six”ers reported. Is the Times playing favorites with suspended reporter Lola Ogunnaike and op-ed columnist Maureen Dowd? “Page Six”, ironically, lectures a company about freebies. ![]() Chelsea Clinton recently got a job at a hedge fund, and her boyfriend may be her stockbroker. Former flames Derek Jeter and Mariah Carey are set to meet this Friday, and it could be awkward. Foxy Brown may get dropped from Def Jam, though this would come as news to her. Tom Ford, Commando Tom Ford doesn’t wear underwear. And critics said Giuliani couldn’t change. To think, it was less than eight years ago that he dropped out of the New York Senate race after battling a tidal wave of negative press after his high-profile split from Donna Hanover. He’ll likely last a few extra days, like Fred Thompson did after losing big in South Carolina, and then bow out quietly without drama. As Maureen Dowd pointed out on Sunday, he’s not even likely to put up a tough fight on the way out, in order to preserve the purchase power of his name. It’s all about the Giuliani brand name, which has made him millions as a speaker and as a consultant. If it’s proven that he’s not even popular in his home state anymore, where he made his name, it would be a blow to his reputation, would be bad for his business, Giuliani Partners, and would undermine his candidacy for a Cabinet position in the future. He’ll definitely participate in tomorrow’s Republican debate, but sources for the New York Sun argue that he won’t risk a major loss in New York State next Tuesday. Asked whether he would drop out after a loss today, the former mayor told reporters yesterday: “When it’s Wednesday morning, we’ll make the decision.” Since much of the press has already decided that Giuliani is dead in the water, speculation has turned to how he will drop out, and when. Giuliani: A Final Break From the Bravado? Rudy Giuliani has finally cracked and recognized that today’s Florida results could possibly signal the end of his campaign. ![]()
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