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CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CARL MUMPOWER * CAMPAIGN PHOTO

Will It Happen?
Today's Mumpower-Shuler Radio Debate
*MUMPOWER AND SHULER ARE SCHEDULED FOR RADIO DEBATE ON WWNC 570 AM, But Will Shuler Show? | Asheville city council member and Republican congressional candidate Carl Mumpower has been frustrated with incumbent U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler's lack of interest in debating him. To press his point, Mumpower has carried a cardboard cutout of Shuler with him on the political trail. Mumpower cynically has dubbed the cutout "Shulerman" and conducts faux debates with the photo of Shuler alongside. At this time, Heath Shuler and Carl Mumpower are scheduled to debate one time this political season, and that, apparently, will be face-to-face on the Matt Mittan Show, from 3 to 5 p.m., on Thurs., Oct. 30, 2008. | For Mumpower's website, Click Here> | For Shuler's website, Click Here> | On Oct. 30, listen live to the congressional debate between Mumpower and Shuler on Matt Mittan's Take A Stand Show as it is simultaneously broadcast on News Radio 57O on WWNC: Click Here>

Asheville Film Fest Tickets Now on Sale
*CITY-SPONSORED EVENT NOW IN 6TH YEAR Will Feature 75 Independent Films | Oscar-nominated actor Brad Dourif and Oscar-winning writer/director Frank Pierson will both be celebrated for their contributions in motion pictures. The festival runs Nov. 6 through Nov. 9 in six venues located in Downtown Asheville. | For details, Click Here>

 Early Voting in Buncombe Ends Nov. 1
*BUNCOMBE COUNTY OFFERS 16 EARLY-VOTING LOCATIONS (UNTIL NOV. 1), including the Downtown Asheville Board of Elections Office | Voting questions answered at 828-250-4200 or Click Here> | For list of one-stop, early-voting locations in Buncombe, Click Here> 

Internet Seminar at Chamber Nov. 7
*REGISTER TO ATTEND a Chamber-Sponsored Event that Focuses on the Importance of the Internet | Entitled, "The Internet: Why it's more important than ever for business success," the seminar will be held at the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce from 9 to 11 a.m., Nov. 7, 2008. | For more info, Click Here>

WELL-HEELED PALIN SUPPORTERS RALLY IN ASHEVILLE * Belzak/MediaBear

7,800 Attend Sarah Palin's Obama-Bash Fest in Asheville on Sunday 

Speech Focused on Personally Bashing Obama and Emphasized God, 'Joe the Plumbers,' and Patriotic Places in America

Palin Ridiculed Obama's Plans for Helping the Middle Class and Criticized the Federal Government for 'Over-Spending'

On Sunday evening, Oct. 26, 2008, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin spoke in person to 6,000 cheering supporters in the Asheville Civic Center, while an additional 1,800 attendees sat in an overflow auditorium within the Civic Center and watched Palin's speech on a giant TV screen.

Palin's speech in Asheville was mostly an attack on Obama and touched very little on the major issues of the day. She congratulated the audience on North Carolina measuring up to be a "patriotic place," which brought great cheers and applause from the Asheville crowd.

Before, during and after the rally, pro-Obama supporters had their say outside the civic center.

PALIN SUPPORTERS COLLIDE WITH OBAMA CROWD * Belzak/MediaBear

'BAMA BASHING
Palin's Asheville speech centered principally on Obama bashing, uttering similar comments as in her other recent speeches. Palin's Asheville speech served as a practice run for the speech she gave earlier this week in Fredericksburg, VA, and elsewhere, utilizing many of the same phrases. 

No new ground was covered in Palin's Asheville speech, only a reinteration that the McCain-Palin ticket is good, and the Obama-Biden ticket is not.