Mr. BEN STILLER: (As Alex the Lion) I'm Alex, and this is Gloria, Marty and Melman.

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Among the doubters is Yossi Melman, one of Israel's leading security and intelligence journalists.

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"They prefer to hit a structure, or a higher-ranking target like an ambassador, " Mr. Melman said.

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As far as Melman is concerned, on the Republican side, they recognize that they've got some history to overcome.

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And until that happens, the kind of speeches that Ken Melman is going around the country giving will only go so far, and that's not very far.

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Mr. DAVID SCHWIMMER: (As Melman the Giraffe) Oh, yeah!

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Mr. KEN MELMAN (Chair, Republican National Committee): Right now, the way it looks--and there's folks from all over the country here--we could have between seven and 10 very serious African-American Republicans running for statewide office.

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And this Gloria, Marty and Melman.

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Mr. DAVIDSON: Ken Melman, though--he acknowledges that the Republican Party has had shortcomings, and even has said that he apologizes, essentially, or regrets the Southern strategy that the Republicans employed, even long after folks like Strom Thurmond went to the Republican Party.

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