Eagle News Compilation
Bush daughters karaoke in wake of 9/11
The daughters of President Bush, Barbara and Jenna, were thrown an illustrious 20th birthday party at Camp David less than three months after 9/11. "We had 20 of our friends, and there was a really nice dinner and a karaoke machine afterward, and of course my dad had a sports tournament for the guys," Jenna said in an interview with Vogue. "He's so competitive, so active. He was stressed out, I know, but we still had the party." Jenna and Barbara plan on working on Bush's campaign this year, after graduating from college, and are making their first interview and photo shoot in this August's issue of Vogue.
Whoopi Goldberg "heart and soul" of America?
Last Thursday, Kerry held a star-studded fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall which included Whoopi Goldberg, who made puns with Bush's last name as well as John Mellencamp, who called the president a "thug", Chevy Chase, who called him "bright as an egg timer", and Paul Newman, who called Bush's tax plan "criminal." The Bush campaign is upset over Kerry's remarks at the end of the dinner. Kerry called the speakers at the fundraiser "the heart and soul of America". The Bush campaign demands that footage be released, to which the Kerry campaign responds with a demand for the release of various administration papers.
Senator Threatens Death of Stem Cell Research
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) threatened that the issue o fstem cell research would be dead if Ronald Reagan, who is scheduled to appear at the Democratic National Convention, chooses to politicize his appearance and the issue. The Republicans fear that if the namesake son of the beloved president appears at Boston this summer, that it will suck support from the Republicans and partially marginalize their efforts at politicizing the Reagan name. "If [Ron Reagan] appears at that Convention -- and they politicize it through the Democratic Party Convention -- I think stem cell research is not only dead for the year, but maybe for a long time to come. I hope he reconsiders," said Hatch on MSNBC's Harball