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***************************************** Goin' Nuclear So many of you called Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist this weekend to urge him to stop pussy-footing around with the Democrats who are blocking the judicial nominations of Miguel Estrada and Priscilla Owen that his voice mailbox was full by Sunday. If you didn't get through, I hope you'll try calling again today because this battle is really turning against us quickly. Yesterday I caught the tail end of Fox News Sunday featuring Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Schumer kept saying over and over again that the Democrats were NOT being obstructionists because they've approved 126 of President Bush's 128 nominees. Sen. Hatch did not have an effective counter-response. To the average voter not paying close attention to this issue, the GOP charge of obstruction isn't going to pass the laugh test if Schumer's numbers take root in the American conscience. And they will. The tide is quickly turning against us. It's time to stop tap dancing and finessing this issue and play a little hardball. Or just give up. The current Republican strategy in the Senate isn't working and our position becomes weaker every day the matter is unresolved. It's time to use the so-called "nuclear options" available to the Republican majority. The number of the Majority Leader's office again is (202) 224-3135. If his mailbox is still full, try calling Sen. Frist's congressional office at (202) 224-3344. ****************************************** Political Arson "It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." - Founding Father Samuel Adams ***************************************** Fooled 'Em Again, Josey "The inside-the-Beltway media kept telling us President Bush's tax bill was doomed to failure. But the Texan's determination to accelerate economic growth by lowering taxes across-the-board won over Congress. It came down to the wire, but victory was pulled from the jaws of defeat. "...Mr. Bush paid little attention to public-opinion surveys that showed relatively lackluster voter support for his tax measures. Instead, he decided to lead rather than follow. . . . This most underrated of politicians has once more stuck it to his liberal adversaries. . . . They still seem not to understand that on the issues of war and taxes the brilliant President Bush is dooming them to minority-party status." - Columnist Lawrence Kudlow **************************************** The Feds' Catch-and-Release Program "Most local law enforcers and police departments already try to do their duty and go after immigration violations. But the common complaint is that they caught an illegal alien, called federal authorities and were told the feds couldn't come get them, so let them go. If securing the homeland is paramount, 'let them go' isn't good enough." - Columnist James R. Edwards Jr. **************************************** The Food Police "Some people in America are sure they know what you should be eating. In fact, they are so sure they are not willing just to stop at offering advice. They want to use the power of the government to coerce you into eating as they think you should. . . . Dictating our personal diets is not a proper role for government." - Columnist Peter Ferrara *********************************** 4.75 cents-per-minute Long Distance * All state-to-state calls in the continental U.S. * Residential or commercial * 6-second billing increments * 24 hours/day * 7 days/week * No access codes * No minimums * No activation fees * Calling Card Rate is 10 cents per minute * No monthly service charge unless your bill is less than $20.00 a month (then a $1.99 service charge will apply) * No need to change your local phone company * No hassles * Easy sign-up. * And a small portion of each bill goes to help continue publishing our FREE Chuck Muth's News & Views e-newsletter. Just go to: <http://www.GOPLongDistance.com> today. **************************************** Back on the Liberal Plantation "The monochrome leftist (New York) Times doesn't seek any 'diversity' of political views. When it says it seeks 'diversity,' it means a few more highly visible 'Puerto Rican and house Negro' faces -- assuming they're of the proper collectivist persuasion -- to grace the front window. "What we're seeing here is the classic patronizing racism of the liberals' New Plantation. No one said it aloud, but when the tweedy, isolated and coddled old white men of the Times said young (ex-reporter Jason) Blair had promise, they meant '... for a Negro.' When they gave him chance after chance after he was caught in errors and offenses which would have sent any white aspirant packing four times over, what they really meant to say -- albeit never aloud -- was 'What do you expect of a Negro? We can't very well let this one go; he's clearly the best of a sorry lot.'" - Columnist Vin Suprynowicz ***************************************** Endangered Political Species "...White Democrats are an endangered species in South. . . . White Democrats dominated Texas politics for decades, creating legendary leaders such as Sam Rayburn, John Connally and Lyndon Johnson. Only 20 years ago, white Democrats had 21 of the 31 state Senate seats and 85 of the 150 House seats. Today, only three of the 12 Senate Democrats and 19 of the 62 House Democrats are white. There are now no white female Democrats in either house of the Legislature for the first time since 1941." - John Fund's "Political Diary," 5/22/03 ***************************************** Raising Cain "If bringing black conservatism to the world's greatest deliberative body sounds too good to be true, it isn't. Atlanta businessman [chairman of the 600-restaurant Godfather's Pizza chain] Herman Cain, 57, hopes to succeed retiring Senator Zell Miller (D - Georgia). Cain has launched an exploratory committee and Website (www.cainforussenate.com) and asked key GOP, conservative and libertarian activists for their support. Cain's campaign should excite Americans seeking a powerful new voice for free-market ideas." - Columnist Deroy Murdock ***************************************** Unions Are All the Same, But Not All are Created Equal "If the United Auto Workers proposed that domestic automobile manufacturers be paid a federal subsidy for each new employee they hired, or called for making the interest on new-car loans tax-deductible, everyone would recognize its self-serving aims -- to swell the ranks of auto workers and increase its own membership. "But when teachers unions demand hefty increases in education spending or mandatory reductions in class size, they get a respectful hearing. Union officials are routinely quoted in the media and invited to testify before legislative committees. And yet their aims are no less self-serving and their interests no less mercenary than those of any other union. "...Teachers unions, like all unions, want to make money and amass power. Those are the motives behind everything they say and do. They're not in business 'for the children.' They're in business for themselves." - Columnist Jeff Jacoby ***************************************** Bonehead Rapper O say can you hear Like hysterical chickens Enemy families scrambling With their foreign fear. Target with the drone Then melt the ancient stone; Ignore the pope Burn infant hope. Apologize for the human stew; Brains fried Glands crisp dried Ears toasted Thighs roasted Blood and skin For savage sausage Barbecue ageing sages Too old to flee - Lyrics written by Rep. Major Owens, New York Democrat, for his new rap song "Shock and Awe," Best of the Web, 5/23/03 ****************************************** Affordable Campaign Websites! Now you can get professional-looking campaign web sites for as little as $10 a month. That's right...just ten smackeroos a month. Here's what's included in this fantastic new program from Campaign Secrets, Inc. 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