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...Kinsley's comments on Clinton supporters lacking "progressive passion" and going "off in a snit" to pursue yachting: Wow, do I feel chastised. Maybe I'll sell my yacht and donate the proceeds to the Democratic National Committee. What on earth is this progressive passion? The Nobamas want exactly two things: a leader who is qualified and one whom they can trust. Obama does not qualify on either count. I'm a Democrat for McCain. May the best man win. Benita Canova, GLOVERSVILLE...
...Kinsley's comments on Clinton supporters lacking "progressive passion" and going "off in a snit" to pursue yachting: Wow, do I feel chastised. Maybe I'll sell my yacht and donate the proceeds to the Democratic National Committee. What on earth is this progressive passion? The Nobamas want exactly two things: a leader who is qualified and one whom they can trust. Obama does not qualify on either count. I'm a Democrat for McCain. May the best man win. Benita Canova, Gloversville, New York...
...Kinsley's comments on Clinton supporters lacking "progressive passion" and going "off in a snit" to pursue yachting: Wow, do I feel chastised. Maybe I'll sell my yacht and donate the proceeds to the Democratic National Committee. What on earth is this progressive passion? The Nobamas want exactly two things: a leader who is qualified and one whom they can trust. Obama does not qualify on either count. I'm a Democrat for McCain. May the best man win. Benita Canova, GLOVERSVILLE...
...passionate sailor, Malone once painstakingly restored a turn-of-the century commuter boat that had ferried robber barons along the Hudson River. Among the few personal touches in his office are a working model of an 1854 America's Cup racer and a replica of his own yacht, the Leslie Ann. Employees call him ''Doctor'' for the Ph.D. in operations research that he earned at Johns Hopkins. ''Malone has three priorities in life,'' says Bill Daniels, an investment banker who specializes in cable-TV properties. ''His family, his business and his sailboat. That's it.'' Malone's brilliance and belligerence...
...course, he got stucco. Now that South Florida has tied Las Vegas as the nation's fastest-tanking real estate market, Puig is bankrupt, with $80 million in debts. His mansion was liquidated for $11.4 million, and his yacht went back to the bank. At Puig's bankruptcy auction, bidders competed for a necklace studded with 226 diamonds, a Sopranos pinball machine, a 1965 Ferrari, nine designer bikes and other bubble baubles. The billiard table went for $25,000. "It's amazing how fast it all came crashing down," says Puig's criminal defense attorney, Joel Hirschhorn...