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“Mailer Takes Goodman to Task Over Election Issues.” Article by Ann Wood. Provincetown Banner, 29 July 2004, 3. Mailer interrupted Ann Goodman, a long-winded speaker, to urge everyone to support John Kerry’s presidential bid. “The Republicans are hoping that we’ll make assholes of ourselves. They’re counting on it,” referring to his fear that someone would burn an American flag. “Our immediate need is to beat Bush.”