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The Last Will and Testament of Pope John Paul II was released by the Vatican today.
The personal will written over two decades indicates that the Pope considered resigning in 2000 as Parkinson's disease was beginning to take its toll on the Pontiff.
In the document the Pope asks that his personal documents be burned, that he leaves behind no personal property, and asks that the things he used in daily life be distributed as seen fit.
The Pope believed the assassination attempt by a Turkish gunman in 1982 had be foiled by God. God has prolonged this life, in a certain sense he has given me the gift of new life," he wrote in 1982.
John Paul II's funeral is set for Friday at 10 AM Rome time. The Conclave to elect the next Pope is set for April 18.
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House Majority Leader Tom DeLay has always been a "lighting rod" for controversy and attacks from Democrats and other liberals. DeLay is in the middle of several ethics investigations and is the target of a liberal prosecutor in Texas.
With all these distractions, DeLay continues enjoy the support of his Republican colleagues in the House and most of his constituents in Texas.
Now, two very left-leaning organizations are sponsoring "fire DeLay" campaigns. MoveOn.org which still has not "moved on" from the 2000 or the 2004 elections is waging a "Fire Tom DeLay" campaign with its members. The very liberal group, funded by George Soros, has sent numerous "Dear Member" emails to garner support for their newest cause.
The "progressive" Campaign for America's Future has purchased full-page newspaper ads and is running commercials encouraging Congress to "wash it hands" of Tom DeLay.
For his part, DeLay continues to defend himself against the attacks, but is also accusing the liberal media of joining the political effort to embarrass him.
For now, Congressional Republicans are supporting Delay, but they also supported Newt Gingrich.
Liberals Launch 'Fire Tom DeLay' Campaign -- 04/07/2005
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The mystery has been solved. The identity of the author of the "Schiavo" memo that said the case would be "good" for Republicans has been revealed.
The legal counsel to Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) admitted yesterday that he was the author of the memo. Brian H. Darling, a former lobbyist on gun rights and other issues, offered his resignation which was accepted.
Martinez said his staff assured him that they had nothing to do with the memo. Martinez said, "I never did an investigation, as such I just took it for granted that we wouldn't be that stupid. It was never my intention to in any way politicize this issue."
Martinez said he had not read the memo, but "inadvertently" passed it to Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA). Somehow the memo found its way from Harkin or some other Senate staffer to ABC News and the Washington Post.
Harkin said in an interview that Martinez handed him the memo on the Senate floor, in hopes of gaining his support for the bill giving federal courts jurisdiction in the Florida case in an effort to restore the brain-damaged Florida woman's feeding tube. "He said these were talking points -- something that we're working on here," Harkin said. If Harkin's account of the incident is true, I wouldn't use the term "inadvertent" if I were you Sen. Martinez.
Counsel to GOP Senator Wrote Memo On Schiavo (washingtonpost.com):
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We have been Drudged again. Yesterday this column reported that jurors in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial had been seen mocking and laughing about prosecution witnesses. The report from Matt Drudge and KFI radio said that an investigation was underway.
Well, the reports are phony and there is no investigation of jurors in the case.
This is the second time in less than a week that material from the Drudge Report has been incorrect. This blog will no longer report "exclusive" items from Drudge until it has been verified by other reliable sources.
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More later.
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