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ADVISORY/Blues Traveler, George P. Named Big Winners On Third Day of GOP Convention; Grassroots.com Torch Awards Recognize Most Rockin' Party, Best Speech and GOP 'It' Guy.


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ADVISORY... for Wednesday (Aug. 2)

--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)

WINNERS: The Grassroots.com "Torch Awards" recognize the best of the 2000 Republican National Convention. Winners are being rolled out daily and past winners can be found at http://www.grassroots.com.

"Most Rockin' Party" Award: What was the party of the Grand Old Party?

Winner: Blues Traveler Bash. "Optimistic op·ti·mist  
n.
1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome.

2. A believer in philosophical optimism.



op
 Thoughts" prevailed at

the midnight concert featuring the coolest cats in Southern

blues. Joining 3,000 other rockin' delegates at the bash were

George P., the Bush girls and members of the House leadership,

including House Whip Tom Delay.

"The Statue of Liberty Statue of Liberty

great symbolic structure in New York harbor. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 284]

See : America


Statue of Liberty

perhaps the most famous monument to independence. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 284]

See : Freedom
" Award: Who made the Democrats think twice about their party affiliation?

Winner: Condoleezza Rice. The smart and articulate foreign affairs foreign affairs
pl.n.
Affairs concerning international relations and national interests in foreign countries.
 

advisor to Governor Bush made her debut last night and

instantly became a GOP superstar. No sweaty sweat·y  
adj. sweat·i·er, sweat·i·est
1. Covered with or smelling of sweat.

2. Causing sweat: a sweaty job.
 palms for this

former Stanford provost; she has her thumbs firmly on the

pulse of our national security.

"The GOP's IT Guy": Who's the most eligible bachelor at the GOP convention?

Winner: George Prescott Bush Prescott Sheldon Bush (May 15, 1895 – October 8, 1972) was a United States Senator from Connecticut and a Wall Street executive banker with Brown Brothers Harriman. He was the father of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush and the grandfather of current President George W. . Talk about red, hot and blue. This

tall, dark and handsome twenty something is making "P" the

sexiest letter of the alphabet alphabet [Gr. alpha-beta, like Eng. ABC], system of writing, theoretically having a one-for-one relation between character (or letter) and phoneme (see phonetics). Few alphabets have achieved the ideal exactness. .

WHAT: After the gavel fell Gavel Fell is a hill in the English Lake District. Centremost of the five Loweswater Fells in the western part of the District, it stands between Hen Comb and Blake Fell. Of moderate altitude it can be climbed from Loweswater village, or from Croasdale to the west.  in Philadelphia on Wednesday morning, August 2, 2000, respected political insiders including former Clinton Spokesperson Mike McCurry and Republican operative Kyle McSlarrow began tracking the participants and selecting the Torch Award winners for day three of the convention.

WHEN: Day Three of the Republican National Convention - Wednesday, August 2, 2000

WHY: The Grassroots.com Torch Awards capture the lighter side of politics as usual. Awards will be bestowed at both the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention.
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