Tejas, there was actually a more telling story by that same reporter on O'Reilly's show, where insiders described Palin like she was an absolute bitch.

Anytime she looked bad in the press, she threw the papers at the McCain advisors.

Axl keeps him the background, because Fortus style of playing is not the kind of music he wants to make. Maybe with future new GN'R albums (GOD I HOPE) we'll see some Fortus influence, and we can judge.

But this is Paul Huge's album, when it comes to rhythm and actual writing. The upcoming album is proof he was the new Izzy, and had been since '94. Looking back, I don't think it's hard to believe that in some ways, it was always intended that Gilby was just someone to get them to finish the tour, before Axl could bring Paul in, much to the chagrin of the other band members.

Fortus is a good player. He's a very bluesy, Slash-esque player. But that's NOT the kind of music Axl wants to make. Otherwise, he'd just bent over backwards to make Slash happy, and keep him.

Axl wants industrial-tinged techno, Rob Zombie style rockers, with complex Dream Theater type ballads.

That's the kind of music he wants to make, and Fortus doesn't fit that mold, at least for the studio work.

The release of CD most likely proves that this album was finished in 2001, not that Paul Huge is still in the band. Huge will probably also have influence in future albums, but as more albums are released, the more they will probably get away from that initial material they worked, and slowly Huge's influence will fade away, and Fortus' will fade in.

But at the end of the day Axl wants La Sexorcisto meets Images and Words with a hint of Bucketheadland. Not Use Your Illusion III.

It all boils down to the next four years with Obama. If Obama proves himself to be a valuable leader, and gets and keeps a decent approval rating (if not a great one), this country will see major changes. Economically it'll be tough, but that's not really Obama's fault. He's kind of inherting the bullshit.

It'll change the political landscape both in DC and at home. The country will get more liberal, and might favor an Obama.

But if Obama is Jimmy Carter II...

The Reagan Republicans will be out in full force, and a female-version of that could be a very viable option for the Republican ticket. Sarah Palin carried herself quite well against Joe Biden during the debates imo.

That's why I think the band is behind it.

If they leak it, their way. They control it.

Hoarders, or those with possession of the CD, will not want to take the risk themselves to further leak, what is already leaked. So they sit back, and just wait for the unknown leaker to keep leaking.

That's why I think it's GN'R doing it themselves. Leaking them with intentional skips, AIM sounds, and heavy hiss over the songs, sounds like something Axl would get a dang 'ole kick out of.

But they don't tell you WHY, certain members of congress, Hilary, GN'R & Dolly asked them not to.