New York Post Online Edition: seven:

"Antiwar comedians raising campaign cash for Democrat Howard Dean last night blasted President Bush as a 'piece of living, breathing s - - -'at an angry X-rated fund-raiser in New York.

"'We have to get this piece of living, breathing s - - - out of the office,' said comedian Judy Gold whose performance - like those of Janeane Garofalo and David Cross - was liberally larded with the F-word.

"Aides said that Dean didn't authorize the X-rated attacks and that the Democratic front-runner found them so 'offensive,' he almost refused to come out and speak at the fund-raiser, one of eight New York events that raised close to $2 million yesterday. "

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"Almost" only counts in horseshoes guvner.