15 October 2004 Federalist Patriot No. 04-41 Friday Digest To PROMOTE life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: Support The Federalist -- http://FederalistPatriot.US/support.asp
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"The only people George Bush's policies are working for are the people that he's chosen to help. They're working for drug companies. They're working for HMOs. And they're certainly working for the big oil companies." "The powerful and well-connected"? This from the man who has twice married multimillionaire heiresses; a man who has multiple mansions on multiple continents; a man who windsurfs (poorly) off tony Nantucket; a man who rides a bicycle that costs more than some new cars; a man who doesn't blink at spending, oh, maybe $15,000 to jet his hairdresser cross-country for a trim. But we digress. Where it comes to John Kerry's economic vision for America, The Patriot believes it's time we called a spade a spade. When Kerry spouts this "wealthy-versus-the-middle-class" rhetoric, he's flying a Marxist flag, and many Americans seem to be none the wiser. Are we serious, you ask? Marxism? [For more on Kerry's collusion with Europe's most dated thinker, read "John Kerry, Useful Idiot..." -- http://federalistpatriot.us/alexander/edition.asp?id=275] Stop for a moment to consider the language he uses (for all his faults, Kerry is no intellectual slouch). In Kerry's view, politics should be interpreted as a conflict between the antithetical interests of the wealthy and the ordinary American. To Kerry, a tax-break for a successful businessman amounts to an attack on a working American. Policies good for big business (as Bush's are) must, by definition, be bad for labor. Kerry is singing the Democrats' same old class-warfare song, designed to divide the country (and the electorate) in their favor. But does he really believe that business owners are diametrically opposed to the workers who make their businesses possible, and that workers are equally opposed to those who provide jobs to support their families? He must, for this is the divisive picture he paints over and over: 'Bush favors the wealthy, while I'll fight for average Americans.' But if Kerry's premise is correct, then the only solution is to dismantle our economic system in favor of something as time-tested and successful as, say, Soviet socialism. A capitalist system depends fundamentally on the premise that free economic exchange benefits everyone, whether rich or poor. The problem, of course, is that this would mean that Bush's tax cuts really do make sense. This perspective culminates in the Kerry-Edwards argument that Bush's "tax cuts for the wealthy" have produced a medical coverage nightmare for the middle class. Despite the sheer hilarity of this diagnosis, our concern is their proposed solution. They propose raising taxes on the rich and giving the proceeds to the middle class in the form of "better" health coverage. Incredibly, they don't even try to hide the connection. Kerry shamelessly asks for people's votes in return for his promise to take money from one group and give it to another. To quote one adroit observer, "That isn't waffling -- that's pandering!" Consider countries that have implemented such policies in the past. Economic stalwarts like North Korea and the Soviet Union certainly ring a bell. Is the erstwhile Evil Empire now our role model? This is where domestic policy meets foreign policy. To be sure, Kerry's fraternizing with the North Vietnamese in 1970-71 is not unrelated to his present collectivist economic views. John Kerry betrayed his country then because he believed socialism offered a better way of life. Given his current rhetoric, it seems not much has changed in 33 years. President George W. Bush, on the other hand, has consistently pursued a sounder economic policy, even if his articulation is often lacking. Here, he has steadily made his case on two fronts: first, by emphasizing the need for greater productivity as the heart of economic development; and second, by arguing that tax cuts are the best way to encourage productivity. History shows that the best thing the government can do with respect to economic policy is let the people keep their money, and then get out of the way. As the President said Wednesday night, "I believe the role of government is to stand side by side with our citizens to help them realize their dreams, not tell citizens how to live their lives." Unfortunately, the President's rhetoric sometimes has the unfortunate effect of masking much good in his economic policy; indeed, it often disguises -- and even undermines -- the very strength of this policy. To be fair, the limitations of the various media and debate formats -- 60-second debate responses and 15-second sound bites -- don't allow thorough explanations. In addition, at this late date in the campaign, both candidates are appealing to swing voters and moderating their explication in general. Still, The Patriot believes the President must more thoroughly elucidate the effectiveness of his economic policy. The bottom line is that when Kerry attacks Bush with his class-warfare rhetoric, Bush must attack the folly of Kerry's position at its foundation. 'Of course the rich benefit from my tax breaks, as do all taxpayers! Beyond that, it only makes sense that a fair tax cut returns the most to the people who pay the most. If we want more jobs in America, we should let the people who create jobs keep their own money!' In the final days of this campaign, The Patriot encourages the Bush campaign to speak the truth boldly to the American people, for we believe that the majority of Americans -- even those curiously undecided voters, bless their hearts -- still prefer economic freedom. Big corporations are not evil. Wealthy people are not evil, nor are pharmaceutical companies, insurance providers, or -- the greatest "menace" of all -- multinational "outsourcers." Big corporations and big investors are in fact America's job and wealth creators. They're the ones among us who encourage productivity. It's Kerry's vision of BIG GOVERNMENT that presents the greatest threat to our national prosperity and liberty. To wit, when Kerry lectured, "Every plan that I have laid out -- my healthcare plan, my plan for education, my plan for kids to be able to get better college loans -- I've shown exactly how I'm going to pay for those," the President replied in fine style: "I want to remind people listening tonight that a plan is not a litany of complaints, and a plan is not to lay out programs that you can't pay for. ... It's an empty promise. It's called bait-and-switch." President Bush continued, "It's your money. The way my opponent talks, he said, 'We're going to spend the government's money.' No, we're spending your money. And when you have more money in your pocket, you're able to better afford things you want. ... My opponent talks about fiscal sanity. His record in the United States Senate does not match his rhetoric. He voted to increase taxes 98 times and to bust the budget 277 times." Well said, Mr. President, well said. The fine moments notwithstanding, in the final days of such a campaign, rhetoric tends to hide many policy differences espoused by the candidates and their parties. We the people must not be lulled into thinking the differences between the parties no longer exist, that they're all in fact Republicrats. In truth, the policy differences are real and important, and underlying the candidates' economic policies -- as with their foreign policies -- is a deep ideological gulf that no bipartisan bridge can span. In the end, actions can say so much more than words. According to Club for Growth President Stephen Moore, Kerry failed to make public all his tax records from last year, but according to those released, his household income was "$5.5 million last year and [he] paid $704,000 in income taxes. That means their effective tax rate was a whopping 12.8%," Moore wrote. That's right -- Mr. Roll-back-the-Bush-tax-cuts-for-the-rich (himself) is paying less in taxes than most middle class families. George and Laura Bush, on the other hand, paid roughly 30% on one-tenth the income that the Kerry's brought in. Presumably, this was all legal on Kerrys' part, but this is the guy complaining about "Bush's debt" and "tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans," too. If this is any indication of Kerry's real perspective on the surly IRS and inequitable tax code, perhaps he should be voting four more years for W., too...rhetoric aside. Quote of the week... "[H]is rhetoric doesn't match his record." --President George W. Bush Memo to Patriot readers: If any of your friends or associates fall into that "Centrist" or "Undecided" category, MAKE SURE they know that John Kerry is an extremist. Make sure they know that he's the most liberal of our 100 senators, and that his trial-lawyerin' running mate, John Edwards, comes in at number 4. And make sure they know that the National Journal, which produces these comprehensive ratings every year, is perhaps the most respected non-partisan political journal in Washington. On cross-examination... "If CBS News is your Oracle of Delphi, then [this] probably comes as a bit of a shock. You thought that the U.S. economy had only created 96,000 new jobs in September, but we also learned in Friday's Labor Department release that the government found an additional 236,000 jobs that it had missed in previous counts. This is no surprise...during periods of economic recovery the initial estimates of job creation are almost always lower than the final real counts turn out to be. ...[I]n all five of the recessions that occurred since 1960, the initial job reports turned out to be inaccurately low. This last one makes it six. ... Friday's was the final major jobs release before the election, and the administration has to do the hard work of cutting through negative media bias in favor of presenting a full-orbed view of our current recovery." --Jerry Bowyer Open query... "You heard the president say earlier tonight that [your healthcare plan is] going to cost a whole lot more money than [you've said]. I'd just ask you: Where are you going to get the money?" --Bob Schieffer in an uncharacteristically balanced question to John Kerry -- a question to which we think we know the answer... _________________________________________________ Defend the Constitution and limited government!Support The Patriot --link to https://secure.federalist.com/support/support.asp _________________________________________________ In other news from the Political Front... Following an independent mailing this week, many Patriot readers have asked how they can sign the Petition for Indictment of John Kerry, and it's not too late to add your name to the more than 175,000 already collected. While we fully understand that no action is likely to be taken on this account, The Patriot nevertheless encourages its readers to take advantage of this exercise in political free speech. Visit http://patriotpetitions.us/ to add your voice to our cause. The Petition for Indictment of John Kerry for "giving aid and comfort to the enemy," and, thus, to disqualify him for national office, reached its target of 150,000 signatures in September. The petition for indictment will remain online for informational purposes [see http://patriotpetitions.us/] and will accept additional signatures, which we will report each quarter after the petition for indictment is filed. On Monday, 18 October, the petition will be delivered by registered courier to Vice President Richard Cheney (in his capacity as Senate President), Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Attorney General John Ashcroft. Though John Kerry has an extensive and well-documented record of anti-American activities over the past three decades [see "Aid and comfort to the enemy: The Kerry record..." and "John Kerry: More aid and comfort..." at http://FederalistPatriot.US/alexander/], it is his acts of treason in 1970-71 that are the subject of this petition for indictment. Our appeal notes both Kerry's violations of the UCMJ (Article 104 part 904) and U.S. Code (18 USC Sec. 2381 and 18 USC Sec. 953) and calls for his disqualification for public office in accordance with the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3, which states: "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President...having previously taken an oath...to support the Constitution of the United States, [who has] engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof." >From the JFK DEMO-lition derby... Sinclair Broadcasting is scheduling a documentary for broadcast on its 62 television stations two weeks before Election Day, featuring a look at John Kerry's anti-war activities upon returning from the briefest of tours in Vietnam. The documentary is "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal" and includes interviews with POWs and their wives, who discuss how Lt. Kerry's 1971 testimony before Congress prolonged the torture of those POWs, whom he accused of war crimes. DNC chief Terry McAuliffe said Sinclair was putting "their money where their right-wing mouths are." That's clever, Terry -- did you make that up all by yourself? Knowing that Senator Kerry would cry foul, the company invited him to come on the air and address anything in the film. Instead of standing up like a real man, however, the DNC (on his behalf) submitted a complaint to the FCC, hoping to shut down free political speech in an election year. The FCC rightfully denied the request. What is it about the people's First Amendment right to free speech that makes Democrats so nervous around election time? The Kerry camp is now in full panic mode, knowing that this will hurt the senator. "Listen, they better look out there at Sinclair Broadcasting. ... I think they're going to regret doing this, and they better hope we don't win," threatened Kerry spokesmouth Chad Clanton. Now, them's fightin' words! (We note with interest that none of this same bunch are demanding the withdrawal of Michael Moore's "Fahrenhet 911," scheduled for airing on the eve of the election.) _________________________________________________ Check out the great NEW Patriotic items we now have atour Patriot Shop. Link to -- http://patriotshop.us/catalog/index.php_________________________________________________ The BIG lie... "The report issued last week by Charles Duelfer, the chief United States weapons inspector, indicates that Iraq generated $11 billion in illicit revenue, imported forbidden military equipment and bribed companies, individuals and government officials around the world to support its efforts to end sanctions. The emerging scandal is already under multiple investigations in this country, in Iraq and at the United Nations. [And here's the lie...] But nothing that has surfaced so far suggests that the sanctions were failing in their main purpose, that the Bush administration's precipitous invasion was necessary or that the United Nations is fatally hobbled by corruption or incompetence." --New York Times editorial Query to the Times' editorial staff: Just how corrupt must an organization be before it is "fatally hobbled"? This week's "Alpha Jackass" award: "Christopher Reeve just passed away, and America just lost a great champion for this cause, somebody who was a powerful voice for the need to do stem cell research and change the lives of people like him, who have gone through a tragedy. Well, if we do the work that we can do in this country, the work that we will do when John Kerry is president, people like Christopher Reeve are going to walk, get up out of that wheelchair and walk again." --John Edwards, politicizing Reeve's death before the body was even cold The rejoinder... "For Edwards to make the claim he did is the worst demagoguery I've heard in Washington in a quarter century. To imply that Christopher Reeve was kept in the wheelchair because of the policies of the Bush administration on stem cells is ridiculous and insulting." --Charles Krauthammer, M.D., syndicated columnist, a man who has dealt nobly with paraplegia since a diving accident in 1972 This week's "Braying Jackass" award: "But let me just say to America: I am not proposing a government-run program." --John I-Have-A-Plan Kerry DEMO-gogue debate quotes... "I want to make sure we have judges who interpret the Constitution of the United States according to the law." --John Kerry You've got that backwards, Senator! "I believe that I can't legislate or transfer to another American citizen my article of faith. ...[M]y faith affects everything that I do and choose." --John Kerry Your "faith" would seem to be mighty shallow, Senator, if it allows you to support the barbaric practice of partial-birth abortion News from the Swamp... A $137-billion corporate tax package landed on the President's desk this week, having cleared the Senate (69-17) on Monday and the House (280-141) last Thursday. It is likely to receive his signature, but could make some political waves in the campaign's final days. The bill seeks to end a long-running trade dispute with the European Union and, in the process, rewards corporations with billions in new tax breaks. Critics of the legislation claim that it flies in the face of the President's call for fiscal responsibility, which he reiterated in the debate Wednesday. Treasury Secretary John Snow stated that provisions of the bill "would not produce any substantial economic benefits." Sen. Charles Grassley, Chairman of the Finance Committee, indicated that the bill was necessary to rectify the trade impasse that existed with the EU. "This bill is fair," Grassley announced. "This bill is balanced." Congressional critics complain that the bill is motivated by special interests, but, as Grassley noted, "They are ignoring, perhaps conveniently, perhaps deliberately, their own efforts to advance their own interests." Indeed, with elections only weeks away, few members of Congress are willing to vote down any legislation that could benefit their constituents and their chances for re-election. On the Hill, progress appears to have been made in the ongoing battle over federal competitive sourcing. House and Senate negotiators have reached an agreement to allow federal employees the right to take protests over job competition to an independent forum. In an effort to streamline federal bureaucracy, the Bush administration has been working for three years to offer competitive sourcing to contractors for certain types of work now done by the federal government. Meanwhile, the Senate and the House are moving into the conference phase to reconcile the differing intelligence overhaul bills that each passed. The House version, which gives significantly less budgetary and personnel authority to the National Intelligence Director, was adopted last Friday 282-134, but only after a bitter partisan struggle. In comparison, the Senate bill received largely bipartisan support and seeks to give the NID broad power of budgets and administrative oversight. Some fear that reconciling the two bills may be impossible, and, that even if they can be, it won't happen during this Congressional session. On the National Security front... The Bush administration this week acknowledged holding talks with European allies on a package deal for Iran in order to resolve the standoff over Tehran's nuclear program. Among the incentives apparently being offered were access to imported nuclear fuel (from Russia) and economic assistance (unspecified), provided Iran suspends uranium enrichment. If this approach to nuclear proliferation sounds familiar, it's because it is roughly the same approach taken in 1994 with North Korea. In that case, North Korea was allowed two new western-type reactors (never built, thank God), several million tons of fuel oil, and financial grants, i.e., a payoff, in exchange for the Koreans' solemn promise to ditch their weapons program. That fantasy held together just over seven years, until North Korea admitted it had continued weapons development, bringing us to the current impasse with Pyongyang. In this case, however, we suspect the administration has adopted a subtler strategy; in part establishing a holding pattern through 2 November. The gravity of the situation is highlighted all the more in that the Europeans are now willing to do something. The administration is likely seeking to keep the Europeans involved long enough to get Iran referred to the UN Security Council (the IAEA meets again in Vienna on 25 November), but Iran's own intransigence may render the matter moot. As The Patriot has stated before: there is no single issue more likely to land the United States in a major regional war during the next five years than Iran and its nuclear program. >From the warfront with Jihadistan... A major victory on the warfront occurred this week when on Saturday, 9 October, the men and women of Afghanistan successfully held their first ever democratic election, leaving the eighth century behind to join the twenty-first. Despite threats of attacks by Taliban remnants and potential boycotts by some candidates, the vote was relatively peaceful and smooth, although not perfect. Voting in some areas was chaotic, training for some election staff was incomplete, and voting rules were occasionally breached. However, it is expected that these problems will not affect the final outcome. Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's interim president, is expected to win this first vote. His top three rivals, who originally threatened not to recognize the election results, have since backed down after discussions with U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, making it likely that the final results will be accepted by all candidates. It will likely be several weeks before the final results are known. However, considering this is Afghanistan's first-ever election, and the fact that large areas of the country are difficult to access and/or are still controlled by warlords, the Afghan people can be very proud of what they have done. So can the U.S. and Coalition soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who helped bring this situation about. Freedom is often messy (remember Florida 2000!), and certainly not easy, but the Afghans have taken a remarkable first step. On the Homeland Security front... Dispute has risen over the distribution of federal homeland security grants to the states. Money is being doled out much as the federal government would spread aid for schools, hospitals, and public works projects, leaving states with comparatively low terror risks flush with cash. The Congressional Research Service noted that, over the last two years, Alaska has received $92 per resident in security funds, while states with a far higher terror risk, such as New York and California, have received $32 and $22 per resident, respectively. Some blame has been focused on the nature of Congress and its distribution of money, while little attention has been paid to a provision of the USA PATRIOT Act that calls for each state to receive at least 0.75 percent of the total anti-terrorism grants allocated for the states as a whole. This locks up nearly 40 percent of all domestic homeland security funding before any consideration is even given to the larger population centers and primary terrorist targets. There is a genuine desire to fix this situation, but the problem will be finding legislators willing to admit that their own districts and states are less important than others and therefore require less money. Judicial Benchmarks... The Supreme Court has become by far the most powerful branch of our government, beyond the system of checks and balances so carefully established in our Constitution. Judges rule this country via fiat. This election will likely decide who occupies the seats on the Supreme Court for the next 20 years -- liberal activists like Ruth Bader Ginsburg or constitutional constructionists like Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. Clarence Thomas is the only justice under 65 -- most are in their 70s or 80s -- leaving many to believe that several seats will be vacated soon. However, judges do try to stay on the job until a president with the same political leanings is elected. President Bush, based on his highly qualified choices for lower courts, would be apt at choosing judges who are bound by the Constitution, not simply interested in re-writing it. Noting John Kerry's promise that "I will not appoint anyone to the Supreme Court who will undo [the right to an abortion]," the seats that will likely be vacated in the next four years become even more important, as Kerry will undoubtedly keep that promise. It is also of note that while Kerry's only apparent litmus test for judges is that they are pro-abortion, Democrats never cease to caterwaul about the "ideological" choices of the Right. Double-speak rears its ugly head, yet again. >From the "Non Compos Mentis" Files... Occasionally, a particular news story garners our attention, such as the recent Frontline documentary "The Choice," where we learn that Kerry thinks wars are bad because "people on both sides die" -- sides, mind you -- not enemies and allies, but sides. (Incidentally, we also learn that Vietnam was apparently fought to very bad background music.) Aside from his 1970 "negotiations" with the North Vietnamese Army in Paris -- a direct violation of the UCMJ's Article 104 part 904, and U.S. Code 18 U.S.C. 953 -- Frontline paints a picture of Kerry as an intellectual, a diplomat, someone who wants peace at all costs: In the 1980s Kerry tried to negotiate a truce with Daniel Ortega and his Communist regime in Nicaragua, even visiting his "Dear Comandante" in Managua. (Needless to say, it didn't work.) Kerry returned to the U.S., where he advocated a policy of appeasement rather than continued funding of Ortega's opponents, the anti-Communist Contras. And so goes Kerry's m.o. from Castro to Saddam. While Frontline and its Leftmedia accomplices want us to see Comrade Kerry through rosy -- but not RED -- glasses, a few questions comes to mind: What do we do when the other "side," e.g. Jihadistan, doesn't want peace? Do we wait for the results of our "global test"? Do we have some sort of back-up plan, Senator Kerry? >From the "Village Academic Curriculum" File... A Texas federal court has taken the liberty to cite that venerable old litmus test -- sometimes referred to as the Constitution -- to slap down a Texas Tech campus speech code that created "free speech zones" outside of which speech on campus was limited to that which did not contain "insulting" or "ridiculing" words. Apparently, "unconstitutional" was of particular insult and ridicule for Tech's Ivory Tower lefties. With Clintonista federal judges still firmly ensconced on their benches, good decisions are few and far between. So, we're always sure to highlight them when they come around. Faith and family matters... In the 1960 Presidential Campaign between Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy, a dominant topic of barbershop discussion concerned Kennedy's faith: specifically, whether Kennedy would side with Pope John XXIII, and Vatican Law over the U.S. Constitution. In the current contest, the issue of Canon Law versus Constitutional Law has definitely not been central to the campaign. Perhaps our society has matured, and the issue of religious observance is no longer a touchstone for voters. With Mr. Kerry, though, the concern is null because his religious practice is void. In 20 years as a senator, while he professes to take Communion regularly, he has never taken any step to address the Right to Life, a core value of the Catholic Church. This is not a single-issue conflict: The Catholic Church also holds definitive positions on homosexual marriage and stem cell research. In the recent presidential debates, Mr. Kerry revealed positions adverse to the teachings of his faith. Here, Mr. Kerry's character deficit is so severe that a group of U.S. bishops is actively opposing his campaign and supporting George W. Bush by default. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput has taken a leadership role in the current effort to define Mr. Kerry's values as contrasted with his stated faith. Mr. Kerry falsely implies that abortion is "a constitutional right," while in fact the Supreme Court granted women the "right" to abort by third-party intercession. The Constitution offers no guarantee of a right to have an abortion. As Archbishop Chaput has pointed out, Supreme Court Decisions can be overturned either by constitutional amendment, as was Dred Scott, or by the Court itself wherein Brown v. Topeka Board of Education overturned Plessy v. Ferguson. But in 20 years as a U.S. senator, John Kerry has never offered any amendment to the Constitution to correct the injustice levied in 1973. Thus, while Mr. Kerry's lips affirm life, his deeds support death. On the frontiers of junk science... This week the University of Padova in Italy claims to have "proof" that homosexuality is genetic -- that mothers can pass on a "gay trait" to their male offspring. These "scientists" also asserted that "there might be...reproductive advantages associated with male homosexuality." Reproductive advantages to homosexuality? Perhaps this bizarre mindset explains the dwindling populations of much of Europe. When asked if he believed homosexuality was a choice in Wednesday night's debate, President Bush replied that he didn't know; that the evidence is not conclusive either way, and that it's still important "to treat people with tolerance and respect and dignity." Certainly an appeal to the middle. John Kerry, just before cynically bringing Dick Cheney's daughter into the fray (again), said, "We're all God's children." As a Catholic, Kerry reminded viewers that he "deeply respects" other points of view...like God's, we suppose. While Kerry called the words of Scripture to his aid several times during the debate, he left out the bit where God calls sodomy an abomination, which certainly seems to imply a choice. Kerry doesn't buy that part: "I think if you talked to anybody, it's not choice." If the overwhelming opposition to homosexual marriage across the states is any indicator of public sentiment, Kerry, as the President said, is "sitting on the far left bank" of the mainstream of American politics. And last... President Bush's quick wit came through again in the debate Wednesday night. When John Kerry was asked about Bush's estimate of cost of his healthcare plan, he answered by saying, "[T]wo leading national news networks have both said the president's characterization of my health care plan is incorrect. One called it 'fiction.' The other called it 'untrue'." With CBS's Kerry-supporting election efforts still in short-term memory, Bush quipped, "In all due respect, I'm not so sure it's credible to quote leading news organizations!" And in the final question of the evening, Bob Schieffer asked about the "strong women" they were each married to. 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