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"There are times when I'd rather sit in a tank of snakes and eat bugs than watch TV or read the newspapers" -- ex-FLOTUS Barbara Bush (Green Bay News Chronicle)
.ABC's Brian Ross and other ABC staffers "say they believe that a Bush administration official leaked" the terror tape story to Matt Drudge "as a way of pressuring the network into airing the tape, which would heighten concerns about terrorism" (Washington Post)..."He's crazy about Bush" -- Stacey Silveira, who says she was beaten and held hostage with a screwdriver for telling her boyfriend she wanted to vote for Kerry (Palm Beach Post). ...A reporter asked KY SEN's Dan Mongiardo (D) if he is gay. Mongiardo: "No." He added: "I'm hoping all this attention will get me a couple of dates" (Lexington Herald-Leader).
.The IRS "is reviewing the tax-exempt status" of the NAACP, saying criticism of Bush at the convo "may have violated rules against partisan activity" (USA Today).
..The five candidates vying to unseat Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) "have little in common -- except their office address and the likelihood that they will lose." They are sharing office space in a Monterey golf shop (AP).
..Bill O'Reilly and Andrea Mackris agreed to drop their lawsuits "as part of an undisclosed settlement" (Variety). Sources said O'Reilly will have to pay "at least" $2M "and possibly as much as" $10M (New York Daily News).
."Take your time to phrase your question; I know I always do" -- 6th grader Gabe Hess, posing as Bush in a mock debate, when a child questioner couldn't "muster the words for his question" (WCF Courier).
."When the Boston Red Sox's David Ortiz smacked a 14th-inning single," an "excited" Maria Shriver "jumped off the sofa -- landing on one of her children's cast-off shoes and breaking her foot" (AP).
AND YET ANOTHER BIZARRE CAMPAIGN STORY FROM FLORIDA. In Florida -- yup, again -- 18-year-old Steven Soper
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