Facing protests over the article, the Post ran a defense of Givhan by columnist Geneva Overholser that added to the crude attack. She made cosmetics choices that are way out of the norm. If you watched her on TV and didn't think so, the women in your life look different from the women in mine. Caryl Rivers, a professor of journalism at Boston University, decried this attack. The Boston Globe said maybe she was planning to unwind at a drag bar, because of all her makeup, and the Boston Herald called her a painted lady.
Rightists seize on 'military' ballot issue Right-wing forces seized on two questions.
One portrayed the recount of absentee ballots as an attempt to target for disqualification votes from U.S. military personnel abroad. This dovetailed with undercurrents of anti-Semitism from rightists and their appeal to layers in the military, especially the officer corps. But the absentee ballots of members of the military were challenged. Many were thrown out. Broward 'finds' 500 more ballots, many from Israel.