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OK Gang. I saw these quotes on religion from the Nine Dwarves, and could not resist the urge to translate what they REALLY meant. Here we go: "..former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, said recently that he prayed privately but quit being an Episcopalian in a dispute with his parish over a bike path." Translation: "I am an atheist and a frivolous unstable MORON". "..Donna Brazile, who managed Gore's 2000 campaign, recalled recently that she felt uncomfortable even mentioning her religion while working in the 1988 presidential campaign of Michael Dukakis. "I couldn't talk about my faith," she said, adding that...

If the Democratic Party wants to defeat George Bush in next year's election, it better start thinking about how to thin the herd of nine Democratic presidential candidates or risk having its message obscured by too many messengers. That's the advice from former Al Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile, who told Fox News radio host Alan Colmes late Wednesday that for several in the crowded Democratic field, "It's time for them to go." The $64,000 question is, who? Brazile told Colmes she'll start naming names in December, but basically she means those in the race who have yet to win...

California's chaotic gubernatorial recall election and nasty redistricting fights in Texas and Colorado are symbolic of a new damn-the-rules brand of politics being honed by a power-greedy Republican Party, says veteran Democratic strategist Donna Brazile.     "What's now happened across the country is this Republican majority is not intent on just winning elections . . . they want to become a one-party country," Brazile said in an interview Monday before delivering the keynote speech at the Utah Democratic Party's annual Eleanor Roosevelt luncheon.     "They do not play by the rules. They will break the rules and then say Democrats...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Leading black Democrats in Congress and the national party are protesting the layoffs of 10 minority staffers at the party's headquarters. The Democratic National Committee notified some committee members and lawmakers Wednesday that they were cutting the positions to save money and streamline operations in preparation for next year's presidential election. "I'm just outraged," said Donna Brazile, who served as Al Gore's campaign manager in the last presidential election and is also the chairwoman of the DNC's Voting Rights Institute. "They started reading me the names and I said 'Oh, oh -- they're all black. I went...

MATTHEWS: Tom DeLay of Texas. Thanks for joining us. Right now, let me go over to one of our panelists who hasn’t had a chance yet. You yielded to Pat Caddell a moment ago. Let me ask you what you think. How does the president-I will go back to the main point of tonight’s discussion. How does president convince you and other people who think, of like mind, that this is going to be a good-a good war? In other words, a necessary war. I think they’re the same. How does he make that case to you? BRAZILE: I think...

Sunday Dec. 1, 2002; 2:13 p.m. EST Brazile: Blacks Poised to Bolt Democratic Party Donna Brazile, who managed Vice President Al Gore's presidential campaign two years ago, sent a memo to Democratic lawmakers last month warning that they need to do more to reach out to African-Americans or risk losing their support in coming elections. "The Republicans are in the House," Brazile said in the controversial memo, quoted in Sunday editions of New York's Newsday. "They came in through the window and they want to play." The former Gore official, who now heads up the Democratic National Committee's Voting Rights...

Donna Brazile, who ran ex-Vice President Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign, said late Monday that her old boss wouldn't decide on whether to challenge President Bush in 2004 until after November. Asked during an appearance on Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes" about a possible Bush-Gore rematch, Brazile said, "That's a personal decision that I think he will make after the 2002 elections." The Gore insider added, "If Tipper's on board and his family's on board, and I believe he'll have enough support from Democratic operatives across the country, he should run." Brazile also said she had not ruled out...

Hillary Rodham Clinton has begun building a national political organization, softening her liberal image and taking a lead role in Democratic criticism of President Bush — steps toward a potential campaign to become the first woman president. Former President Clinton speaks about his wife's run for the presidency as a matter of "when," not "if," say people who have discussed it with him. Several of her associates said she is eyeing 2008 as the year to run. Sen. Clinton said Friday that she will not break a pledge to complete her six-year term that expires in 2006. "I have no...

~ Donna Brazile And The Democrat Plantation ~ By William A. Mayer - Editor amp; Publisher March 13, 2002 Item: #147;Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe today announced that Donna Brazile, former Campaign Manager for Gore-Lieberman 2000, has been appointed to the position of National Chair of the Voting Rights Institute (VRI), the Party's major initiative to promote and protect the right to vote. She takes the helm from Maynard Jackson, former Mayor of Atlanta, who has served in the position since 2001.#148; Ok, this is cool, the guy who helped Clinton/Gore conduct the greatest assault on campaign finance laws...