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___________________________________ EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT... The John & Joe Show are back on stage. That would be Sens. McCain and Lieberman and their “Climate Stewardship Act” which is (a) based on junk science and (b) would wreck havoc on both the nation’s economy and jobs. The duo are desperately trying to pass this piece of bad legislation these days by attaching it to a bill which would put a leash around personal injury attorneys. Gee, thanks guys. Read all about it on today’s News & Views EXTRA page at: http://www.chuckmuth.com/newsandviews/nv.cfm. _____________________________________ FIRST LADY EMBRACES HARRY POTTER “Because of the long days (during the summer), there's plenty of light late in the evening, when you can read chapter books. You can read Charlotte's Web or the Little House on the Prairie, or Harry Potter books to your children and read a chapter a night, and really make memories for your children besides making them learn to love to read.” - First Lady Laura Bush at a campaign event in Council Bluffs, Iowa, 7/7/04 ABOUT THOSE UN MONITORS Due to popular request, here are the names of the nine nitwit congress-critters who requested United Nations monitors for this November’s presidential election: Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Tex. Julia Carson, D-NY Jerrold Nadler, D-NY Edolphus Towns, D-NY Joseph Crowley, D-NY Carolyn B. Maloney, D-NY Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz. Corrine Brown, D-Fla. Elijah E. Cummings, D-Md. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill. Michael M. Honda, D-Calif. OUCH! “Actually John Edwards was 15 when John Kerry got back from Vietnam, but yes, he was in diapers." - Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart THE KILLER JOHNS “Kerry is an environmentalist who will close down your steel mill. Edwards will sue you out of your existence" - Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform THE REVIEWS ARE IN “It (Kerry/Edwards) is the most anti-business, ideological ticket in my lifetime. . . . If you look at all the presidential tickets over the last 30 years, this is the worst." - David Rehr, president of the National Beer Wholesalers Association, Political Diary, 7/7/04 RED FLAGS A’PLENTY “President Bush's opposition research team is sure to be scouring FEC records to see if any of (John) Edwards' donor bundling included straw men and women putting up money given to them by a wealthy patron. One potential problem: $1 million of Edwards' funds came from trial lawyers' wives, which were identified merely as ‘homemakers’ in the campaign-finance filings. Ooops. If the cash Edwards accepted really belonged to the spouses of these so-called ‘homemakers,’ that could be illegal.” - NewsMax.com, 7/7/04 SURVEY SAYS! Was the selection of John Edwards as John Kerry’s running mate President Bush’s worst nightmare...or an early Christmas present? * Aarrghhh!!! * Ho, ho, ho! * Who is John Edwards? Cast your vote by clicking the “Survey Says!” tab at www.citizenoutreach.com THE CONSERVATIVE KETCHUP “Building on the excitement of election year politics, a company has decided to market an alternative ketchup for people who ‘don't support Democrats.’ W Ketchup, produced by a company based in Eagle Bridge, New York, boasts that 100 percent of its product is made in the U.S.A., including the bottle. ‘The leading competitor not only has 57 varieties, but has 57 foreign factories as well,’ exclaimed W Ketchup on its web site. ‘W Ketchup comes in one flavor: American.’ . . . Since Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John F. Kerry (D-MA) has financially benefited from the ketchup fortune of his heiress wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, W Ketchup wanted to provide conservatives with another option for their favorite condiment.” - Jimmy Moore, Talon News, 7/7/04 (You can get more info and/or order “W Ketchup” by visiting http://www.wketchup.com ) THE DONKEY MONEY-CHANGERS “Just who are these ‘small donors’ - these ordinary Americans, these average Joes and Janes, filling the Democratic Party's coffers? . . . The pardon-pushing socialite. The Communist-coddling corporate sellout. The reckless Asian-American rainmaker. And the nicotine-stained heiress/almost-felon who keeps on giving. It's a bankroll that looks like America. Really.” - Columnist Michelle Malkin FEDS JUST NOT SERIOUS ABOUT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT “The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is releasing certain illegal aliens from federal custody across the country because it lacks the funds to detain them, according to documents obtained by Government Executive. The releases are designed to cut the number of illegal aliens in ICE's detention system, which is budgeted to hold 19,444 detainees, but has housed thousands more for most of the fiscal year.” - GovExec.com, 7/2/04 ELEPHANT MORPHING INTO RINO “Ever since William Donaldson became chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, he has been slowly morphing into a Democrat. Proposals have become rules faster than you can say whole-lotta-red-tape.” - Susan Lee, Political Diary, 7/7/04 WHO IS AMERICA’S MOST CONSERVATIVE GOVERNOR? Donald Devine reveals the answer in the latest online edition of ACU’s “Battleline.” Who says there are no true Reaganite elected officials on the horizon? Check it out at: http://acuf.org/issues/issue15/040703news.asp TRUTH IN LABELING A couple of folks have taken issue with me over what I expressed as the true nature of the Constitution Party in yesterday’s News & Views; not a party dedicated to the constitution, but of pursuing an overtly religious agenda while hiding behind constitutional rhetoric. I stand behind that evaluation and submit the following excerpts from their webpage to buttress the argument. "Join the Constitution Party in its work to restore...our law to its Biblical foundation," invites the party from its homepage. Note: Not it's “constitutional” foundation; it's "BIBLICAL." As if there were no other philosophical influences in the drafting of our Constitution other than the Bible. And here's the current featured statement on the same home page from the party's vice presidential nominee, Chuck Baldwin: "Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the Apostle Paul instructed believers that ‘God hath not given us the spirit of fear’ (II Tim. 1:7). Yet, ‘the spirit of fear’ is exactly what many Christians demonstrate every time they vote for President of the United States." Now you tell me that's derived from a constitutional agenda and not a religious one. Or how about this from the party’s Preamble... "We, the members of the Constitution Party, gratefully acknowledge the blessing of the Lord God as Creator, Preserver and Ruler of the Universe and of this Nation. We solemnly declare that the foundation of our political position and moving principle of our political activity is our full submission and unshakable faith in our Savior and Redeemer, our Lord Jesus Christ." You can't detect a religious agenda here? Have you found anything even remotely resembling that in our Constitution? And I'm just scratching the surface. But check it out for yourself at: http://www.constitutionparty.com/ I’m not saying that many of the positions the party has adopted aren’t valid conservative positions; I’m just saying their underlying agenda is religious, not constitutional...as their name implies...and perhaps we could use a little truth in labeling so as not to mislead folks. Buyer beware. FAMOUS LAST WORDS "I think it's very important for people who are serving (in office) to make sure there's a separation of church and state." - George W. Bush, 6/15/04 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Chuck Muth’s News & Views is published by Citizen Outreach, a non-partisan, 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. 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