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You may have heard that some Hollywood types are organizing to unseat President Bush next year. "So what," you say. "What can these people really do?" Well, they've got money, number one. Far-left billionaire George Soros has pledged ten million to a group called "America Coming Together" which is recruiting celebrities like Julia Louis Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner, and Mike Farrell to spread the anti-Bush word. But money is not really the issue here... access is. Here's what's going on. Right now, only about half of the voting age population in America actually votes. And for Americans under the age of...

Re "Cooperstown Muffs One" (editorial, April 12): The politically motivated decision by Dale Petroskey, the president of the Hall of Fame, to cancel the 15th-anniversary celebration of the movie "Bull Durham" because he takes offense at Tim Robbins's and Susan Sarandon's opposition to the war in Iraq mocks the very values that baseball and our country purport to represent. I suppose that Mr. Petroskey would like to bar all of us who oppose the war from Cooperstown as well. As we number in the millions, perhaps this is the only way for him to receive a long overdue lesson in...

<p>From the Dixie Chicks and Martin Sheen to Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, stars who speak out against President Bush and the war in Iraq are seeing repercussions.</p> <p>"There's a piling on, and we're isolating people. That's just wrong," says Kevin Costner, standing up for "courageous" Bull Durham co-stars Sarandon and Robbins.</p>

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX MON APRIL 14, 2003 09:25:49 ET XXXXX POSSIBLE MICHAEL MOORE DINNER INVITE UPSETS WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS Fresh off his Bush-bashing speech at last month's Academy Awards, White House officials are growing concerned that DirectorActivist Michael Moore may soon find his way in to the same room as President Bush -- at this year's White House Correspondents Dinner! "We'd hope all invited guests remember it is a night to honor journalists covering the executive branch," a well-placed White House source told the DRUDGE REPORT. There is growing concern in Bush circles over the possibility that Moore will...

<p>The Baseball Hall of Fame president has pulled the plug on a 15th-anniversary celebration of the movie "Bull Durham" because of anti-war criticism by co-stars Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon.</p> <p>Dale Petroskey sent a letter to Robbins and Sarandon this week, telling them the festivities April 26-27 in Cooperstown had been called off.</p>