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*********************************** Insert Your Own Bad Joke Here "The District (of Columbia) has twice as many rats as residents, which puts the vermin population at about 1.4 million." - Washington Times, 11/19/02 *********************************** Telephone, Television & Tell-a-Friend If you know someone who might like to join the growing army of conservatives (and a few Palm Beach Democrats) who receive our FREE Chuck Muth's News & Views briefings, just go to http://www.chuckmuth.com. *********************************** Hillary to the Rescue! Roll Call, Capitol Hill's "paper of record," is reporting this week that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will be pushed up into the ranks of Senate leadership for the Democrats next year in order to counter "Republican spin." Wow. First Nancy Pelosi and now THIS? Next thing you know the D's will nominate Ted Kennedy and Barney Frank for their presidential ticket in '04. *********************************** Bet the Farm on It "War against Iraq crowned with a speedy and decisive United States triumph is as certain as things get in international affairs. . . . On Dec. 8, Iraq must provide a 'full, accurate and complete' accounting of its nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons programs and delivery mechanisms. But to expect Iraqi compliance is to believe in fairy tales. And then the war will come." - Columnist Bruce Fein *********************************** Daschle Still Busting Bush's Chops "The United States has determined that an audiotape of Osama bin Laden broadcast last week is 'almost certainly' genuine and was made within the past several weeks, a U.S. intelligence official said yesterday. . . . Some Democrats, including outgoing Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, have seized on the tape as evidence President Bush is not making progress in the war." - Washington Times, 11/19/02 *********************************** Then Col. Potter Said... "Democrats are whispering that the CIA Hellfire missile attack in Yemen Nov. 3 that killed six al Qaeda bigs was a political ploy for good war news on the eve of the election. They claim the CIA had several prior chances to hit the convoy but waited, under orders from the White House, for the best political moment. 'Horse hockey,' says one administration official." - Paul Bedard, "Washington Whispers," U.S. News & World Report *********************************** The Church of St. Donkey "To those watching (the late Sen. Paul Wellstone's memorial service) at home, it looked like hidden-camera footage from inside a particularly insane cult. It's common-place, especially in Britain, to hear the 'religious Right' referred to as a bunch of weirdoes who are an embarrassment to the Republican Party. Well, the Minnesota memorial gave us the religious Left: They don't believe in God; they believe in politics. The Democratic Party is their church, Wellstone their martyr, and the campaign a crusade. They couldn't have been any more freakier if they'd been speaking in tongues." - Columnist Mark Steyn in the British Spectator *********************************** Homeland Insecurity "The midterm election has given us evil twins - a Department of Homeland Security and a Middle Eastern war. The unintended consequences will be costly to Americans and come back to haunt Republicans and conservatives. "One hundred government agencies from 22 departments crammed into an unaccountable bureaucracy of 170,000 civil servants creates less security. Many of these agencies have histories of feuding with one another. The feuding and lack of cooperation will be exacerbated by lumping the agencies under the same department name. Sheer bulk will not cure the federal government's inability to protect us from terrorists. "...The Department of Homeland Security will define 'terrorist' to fit its needs. Such a costly department will need to justify its budget, and the definition will take on wide latitude. The department's main achievements will be the diminution of American civil rights, censorship of the Internet, and gun control." - Columnist Paul Craig Roberts ********************************** In Your Heart You Know He's (Still) Right Join the "next generation of Goldwater Conservatives" by joining the Goldwater Club. Annual dues for as little as $25. Just go to: http://www.chuckmuth.com/goldwater.htm *********************************** Homeland Security for Ambulance-Chasers "Senate Democrats want to delete from the House (Homeland Security) bill provisions that, among other things, would protect vaccine makers against lawsuits. Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, announced yesterday that he would vote with Democrats to strip the long-delayed bill of the provisions. "...Senate Democrats have targeted seven provisions they hope to eliminate, including one barring lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies for vaccinations that cause side effects. "The American Trial Lawyers Association - representing lawyers who reap millions of dollars in fees from lucrative civil lawsuits - is a major contributor to Democrats, giving more than $2 million in the 2002 campaigns. Lawyers and law firms donated nearly $45 million overall to Democrats in the past two years. "Republicans say lawsuit protection is needed to enable companies to produce vaccines to protect Americans from biological terrorist attacks. Instead of litigation, a special compensation fund has been established for families suffering from side effects. "'We're trying to make sure the trial lawyers don't have the chance to sue those who are trying to protect Americans from smallpox. Any other interpretation is irrelevant,' said a Republican leadership aide." - Washington Times, 11/19/02 *********************************** Freepers Ride Again "The 'Freepers,' as the folks at Free Republic are known, are at it again. Back in 2000, they -- and not Republican Party activists as Karenna Gore Schiff suggested in last Friday's interview with ABC's Barbara Walters -- staked out a spot near the vice presidential residence during the post-Florida recount period, shouting 'Get out of Cheney's house!' over and over and over again. "Now they are turning their sights on Democratic National Chairman Terry McAuliffe. The D.C. chapter of Free Republic has produced a T-shirt, one of which came in Monday's mail. The attached note read, 'Election 2002, Terry McAuliffe, the man who disenfranchised (former Atlanta Mayor) Maynard Jackson out of the DNC chairmanship, lost the election and refused to take responsibility for the overall disaster.' The shirt, black poly-cotton with yellow letters, reads 'Hey McAuliffe -- Get out of Maynard's Chair!' Protests are expected." - Peter Roff, UPI's Capital Comment, 11/19/02 *********************************** Radioactive Al "On the other hand, Mr. Gore may simply be too radioactive (to get the 2004 Democrat presidential nomination), still burning from the loss in 2000 and having actively campaigned in many of the debacles of 2002. In that case, Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, is sure to emerge as the global-warming maven. He's actually more radical (if less versed) on the issue than Mr. Gore, and there's a school of thought in Democratic circles these days that says they lost the Senate because they were too much like Republicans. Mr. Kerry is no Republican." - Columnist Patrick Michaels ********************************* Hot Off the Press! Get your copy of REAGAN'S WAR today. Save 25% by going to: <http://www.conservativebookservice.com/BookPage.asp?prod_cd=C6106&sour_cd=C ME007102> *********************************** Trailer Trash Excitement "Listen, after the Clinton administration, World War III would be boring. I started in politics with Kennedys, and those were excruciatingly exciting days because the Kennedys were so glamorous. . . . . And then came the Clintons. We had a different kind of excitement with the Clintons. It was trailer trash excitement. Every day there was something outrageous." - Lucianne Goldberg in the fall issue of Women's Quarterly *********************************** 2nd Amendment Support Runs High "In light of the recent serial sniper shootings in and around Washington - and elsewhere, we've since learned - a congressional 'Quick Poll' conducted through yesterday asks whether Congress should establish stricter gun-control laws. "Of 11,132 respondents...nearly 88 percent replied 'no' - the right to keep and bear arms is guaranteed by the Second Amendment, and responsible firearm ownership actually deters more crime." - John McCaslin's "Inside the Beltway," 11/19/02 *********************************** Down, But Not Out "If there is one segment of the political population which understands that losing means you fight harder next time, it is labor union leadership. The fact that they have almost unlimited funds from mandatory union dues allows them to fight on and on and on." - Rich Galen, "Mullings.com," 11/20/02 *********************************** Union Thugs Unleashing Hounds on Wal-Mart "Representatives of two of the nation's largest labor unions joined former employees of the largest retail chain in the country Monday at the kickoff of what sponsors call the largest union organizing effort in history. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is 'a corporate outlaw,' according to one union leader, who said, 'We've never gone at any other company like we're gonna go at Wal-Mart.'" - CNSNews.com, 11/20/02 ********************************* The Straight Poop How the GOP Screwed Up in Nevada and how the LP Screwed Up Liberty in America. Catch the latest "Muth's Truths" commentaries at: http://chuckmuth.com/muthstruths.TEMP.htm ********************************* Thinking Of Throwing Your Hat In the Ring? Don't make the same mistakes most first-time candidates make. 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