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Streisand tries to rally Democrats
« on: Sep 30^th, 2002, 2:42pm »

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HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (Reuters) - Entertainer Barbra Streisand came out of retirement for about two hours on Sunday to back the Democratic Party's bid to win back control of the House of Representatives and the national political agenda.

Despite an aversion to live performances, Streisand's dedication to politics led her to headline multimillion-dollar Democratic fundraisers in 1986 and 2000, and Sunday's event at the Kodak Theater appeared to be as successful -- with Hollywood's elite shelling out $500 to $250,000 per ticket.

"Ten people paid $250,000," Steve Harvey, the comedian acting as master of ceremonies, told the crowd.

Streisand appeared after performances by the Three Mo' Tenors and Barry Manilow who said he had "never been a political kind of guy ... I'll leave that to Barbra."

She swept on stage to a standing ovation in a green, off-the-shoulder gown and sat on a chair beside producer-composer David Foster, who played piano and provided a running commentary for the evening.

"I don't particularly enjoy performing onstage but I'd do practically anything to help the Democrats win the House," Streisand told her audience.

She sang a few of her standards -- "Funny Valentine," "Evergreen" -- and unleashed an attack on the House's Republican majority and President Bush ( news - web sites) during a rendition of "The Way We Were."

Pausing in the middle of the song, Streisand said she found Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney ( news - web sites) "frightening," adding: "I find bringing the country to the brink of war unilaterally five weeks before an election frightening."

Exhorting the concertgoers to "get the facts out, get the truth out, and get the vote out," Streisand launched into her final number, "God Bless America," then yielded the stage to House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt.

Gephardt, who visited earlier in the evening with Hollywood's elite at a pre-concert reception, emphasized the party's need to pick up the seven seats needed to win back a majority from Republicans he described as "the most intolerant, radical, extreme, know-it-all ... on every issue."

Among those who kibbutzed with Gephardt and the California congressional delegation at the pre-concert reception were Warner Bros. COO Alan Horn, former studio boss Mike Medavoy, comedian Richard Lewis, and actors Alan Cumming, Ed Begley Jr., Sally Kirkland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and her producer husband Brad Hall.

An examination of the latest local polls by the New York Times showed that Republicans had a slight edge last week in the fight for control of the House. The paper cited the Democrats' difficulty in rallying voters around domestic issues, such as the economy and corporate corruption because of the specter of war with Iraq.

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on Sep 30^th, 2002, 2:42pm, Rhune wrote:

An examination of the latest local polls by the New York Times showed that Republicans had a slight edge last week in the fight for control of the House. The paper cited the Democrats' difficulty in rallying voters around domestic issues, such as the economy and corporate corruption because of the specter of war with Iraq.

Gee, you don't suppose that's why Iraq has suddenly become vitally important after 11 years in the background, do you? Roll Eyes

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