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...Early that day, Stipe told the local press, when asked about President-elect George Bush, that "he is not our president." But he's in a more relaxed mood now. He says he's working on several movie follow-ups to "Being John Malkovich," which he coproduced, and he has a new R.E.M. album due out in April ("Reveal"), but as far as touring goes, he and his bandmates are taking it easy. In fact, they have only two dates scheduled for 2001 - Saturday night's show at Rock in Rio and another performance in Buenos Aires...
According to an Associated Press report published last week, Tribe was invited by Democratic Senate leaders to testify and perhaps help derail President-elect George W. Bush's controversial, conservative nominee for attorney general...
...believe that Bush got into this position under the most clouded of circumstances," says Sharpton, his long, thick, wavy hair sprayed stiffly into place. To protest the swearing-in of President-elect George Bush, Sharpton says, he will hold a simultaneous "shadow inauguration" in downtown D.C., blocks away from the inaugural route, where he plans to give his own inaugural address and inaugural oath. At the rally, scheduled for 10:30 on Saturday morning, he will deputize hundreds of people to amend the electoral process...
...Sharpton also speaks out against Bush's nomination of John Ashcroft for attorney general. "It was the worst possible signal he could send," he says. His march, he hopes, will send an equally strong signal back to the President-elect. "As he begins his term," he declares, "we will begin ours...
...another committee room, Paul O'Neill, whose nomination is considered extremely safe, was gently prodded by Finance Committee members for his opinion on President-elect Bush's $1.3 trillion proposed tax cut. "If we're going to have a tax reduction," the laconic businessman replied, "I don't know why we wouldn't want it now." In one of the most head-slapping moments of the long day, O'Neill was also compelled to make it clear that he is, in fact, very much in favor of a strong dollar, despite some reports to the contrary...