Maybe Someone Forgot to Return It to Blockbuster

The package, slathered in postage, with a phony address and irregular shape, looked like a letter bomb when it arrived at the offices of TOM DOWNEY, the adviser slated to play GEORGE W. BUSH in AL GORE's debate prep. The videotape and documents inside were, in their way, just as explosive. Downey popped in the videotape, and an image of George W. in a mock debate filmed a month ago flickered onto the screen. "Oops. We shouldn't be watching this," Downey said. He shipped the lot off to the FBI and gave up his debate role. Then it was the Bush...

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