DRUDGE REPORT 2002®
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GEOGRAPHY, DARLING, GEOGRAPHY: STREISAND REFERS TO SADDAM AS 'IRANIAN' DICTATOR IN LATEST DISPATCH FROM MALIBU
It's been almost two weeks of calm seas on the Barbra Streisand front, but the singeractressdirectoractivist has issued a fresh 'truth alert' at her own website in which she refers to Saddam Hussein -- as 'the Iranian dictator.'
Geography, not cinematography, is the latest Streisand glitch.
In an alert posted as 'REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE ATTACKS BARBRA STREISAND
IN ADS IN DESPERATE EFFORT TO CUT INTO CAROLYN McCARTHY LEAD,' Streisand takes issue with an ad run by Republican congressional candidate Marilyn O'Grady in her run against Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY):
A Republican/Conservative candidate trying with fading hopes to unseat respected Democratic Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy made a last-ditch effort to win headlines by devising ads in which she blatantly misquoted Barbra Streisand, fabricating outrageous quotes and completely misrepresenting Ms. Streisand's deep opposition to the Iranian dictator, Saddam Hussein. An Associated Press correspondent brought the ads to the attention of Ms. Streisand's representatives Tuesday, October 15, requesting comment.
In late September Streisand first hit controversy when she sent out a misspelled memo to Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-MO) asking him to resist President Bush's Iraq moves. She later blamed the errors on a low level employee, and proclaimed that in her school years she was a spelling bee champ.
The memo was followed days later by revelations that Streisand fell for an Internet hoax when she falsely attributed a quote to Shakespeare in an attempt to castigate Bush at a star-studded Democratic fundraising event in Hollywood.
The Streisand revelations seemed to come to an end after it was learned that she had bought and traded 800 shares of HALLIBURTON -- while Dick Cheney was its chief executive.
Developing...
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