FLASHPOINT for Aug 15, 2006

Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006 | 7:03 a.m.

Do people pay attention to what they read? Alas, many do not. And many of them will be choosing primary nominees today. Many candidates, for instance, missed the Aug. 8 filing deadline for campaign contributions - and many of them will not have their finances disclosed before the election. The folks behind TASC filed theirs late - and paid a $25 fine (now that's punishment!). Also, too many readers took my predictions Sunday as my favored candidates despite the copy in the column. They saw the pictures of the candidates, assumed they were my preferred picks and sent nasty e-mails or left vitriolic messages. Get a clue, folks. Whoops. Guess it's too late for that admonition. There's always the general election

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