"Key advisers to Al Gore are pressing for a campaign that would stress the danger of Christian extremists and too much religiosity generally in the White House if George W. Bush were elected president," reports the columnist. "The vice president's strategists months ago outlined a three-pronged assault against Bush, attacking him on abortion, gun control and the environment. But Gore insiders question the effectiveness of the environmental approach. Instead, they talk about hitting Bush's support from Christian Coalition president Pat Robertson and the governor's self-identification as a born-again Christian."

"Your Republican opponent may be asked about his/her reaction to Bush's handling of the Bob Jones visit," Fox News reports a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee memo as saying. "Consider issuing a press release, holding a news conference, or writing a letter to the editor to highlight your feelings on the national Republican Party's alliance with right-wing extremist groups."

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First copies of the book are under armed guard and behind barbed wire. People are pretending to be Thomas Nelson employees just to sneak a peak. Those real Thomas Nelson employees who got to see the book had to sign massive nondisclosure agreements. The book? Jim Bakker's The Refuge: The Joy of Christian Community in a Torn-Apart World. Just kidding. It's The Death of Innocence by John and Patsey Ramsey, about the death of their daughter, JonBenét.

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