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After several heated appearances with Bill O'Reilly, Garofalo was a hotter commodity than she had ever been and was invited to appear on a host of shows on which she was lauded as "'so brave" to speak out about her feelings regarding the war and the President. Ah, the smell of shameless self promotion in the guise of humble, peace activist... Then the whispers began circulating that ABC was looking to develop a show as a vehicle for Garofalo. She was ebullient, self assured and boastful. In more than one interview she was asked about the people writing angry letters...

Second Thoughts By: William W. Lawrence 04/15/2003 We hear so much about young Americans -- teenagers and early 20s -- who give Americans a bad name. Then we watch our young GIs and our chest swells with pride.They were freeing an oppressed people while naked women, transvestites, dogs, dancers and singers joined Harry Belafonte in an antiwar protest to "praise the patriotism of the demonstrators" and condemn the military action in Iraq."We denounce governments that act with tyranny," Mr. Belafonte told the crowd. He was talking about our government, not Saddam Hussein's. Listen, there were always war protesters.I was a...