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*********************************** Maybe They Should Try This In Palm Beach "A deadlocked election ended yesterday with an Old West-style draw of the cards in this virtual ghost town (Goldfield, Nevada). Republican Dolores 'Dee' Honeycutt and Democrat R.J. Gillum, who tied 107-107 for an open seat on the Esmerelda County Commission, each pulled a jack in the ornate courthouse. But Mr. Gillum's spade beat Miss Honeycutt's diamond." - Associated Press, 11/23/02 ********************************** 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 *********************************** How Would Jesus Vote? OK, for those of you who missed the disclaimer at the end of the piece on DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe's plan to launch a "How Would Jesus Vote?" campaign to encourage more religious folks to vote Democrat, this was a SPOOF. It wasn't a real proposal by Mac and the Democrats. It was satire. Still. When I first read it, I didn't automatically dismiss the notion out of hand, and neither did many of you. For example, News & Views reader Erik Hanson wrote: "Call me crazy, but while I was reading the satirical article about Terry McAuliffe's 'How Would Jesus Vote?', I honestly thought that I was reading a truly published article...which just goes to show you that it is not a stretch of the imagination to believe that something like this might happen." While I immediately thought such an effort would have been about as low as one could go, I, too wouldn't have put it past McAuliffe. And what's that say about how totally bankrupt of character the Democrat Party has become since Bill Clinton was selected as their top banana just a short decade ago? *********************************** All We Can Say Is...Whew! "...I would like to just set the record straight. I have absolutely no interest in caucusing with the Republican Party and I have absolutely no desire to rejoin the party." - Vermont Sen. James Jeffords, letter-to-the-editor, Washington Times, 11/23/02 *********************************** Well, That Didn't Take Long "The nation's largest union for federal employees moved this week to represent passenger and baggage screeners at Baltimore-Washington International Airport, marking the first labor challenge for the new Department of Homeland Security. . . . The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) filed a petition to represent the workers who screen baggage and passengers at BWI Airport." - Washington Times, 11/23/02 *********************************** Blacklash in the Bayou "I am not going to support her or vote for her (Democrat Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu in the December run-off election), but I'm not going to say anything horrible about her either - I'm just going to tell the truth. Sometimes you get tired of white Democrats taking black votes for granted." - Black Democrat Louisiana state Sen. Gregg Tarver, Washington Times, 11/21/02 *********************************** Those Voices In Their Heads "The (Bush) administration may well find itself under great pressure to avoid a political bloodletting by not nominating someone (to the Supreme Court) who will rile the Democrats. The voices of compromise are always seductive - and too often over the years the Republicans have heeded those voices." - Columnist Thomas Sowell *********************************** Ambulance Chasers Running Amok "On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Sweet heard arguments in a case in which two New York City teenagers sued McDonald's for making them fat. It demonstrates why a top agenda item for the newly empowered Republican Party should be reining in trial attorneys run amok." - Columnist and senior fellow at the Cato Institute, Doug Bandow ********************************* Conservative Books for Your Christmas List 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> *********************************** Big Macs Heading for Tobacco Road "Never underestimate the tenacity of a lawyer working on a contingency fee. . . . (We could see) state lawsuits against fast-food companies for the public costs of obesity, just as states were so successful in suing tobacco companies for the public cost of smoking." - Ambulance-chaser John Banzhaf, a leader in the area of ridiculous lawsuits *********************************** Suing the Blob "Many people have chuckled at stories about people suing the 'Big Food' and 'Big Tobacco' industries. As frivolous as these cases may be, we should get serious about charging the public school system with committing widespread educational malpractice." - Casey Lartigue, education analyst at the Cato Institute (www.cato.org) *********************************** Here's a Lawsuit We'd LOVE to See "Chuck. I think there should be a class-action lawsuit against trial lawyers for costing the citizens of this country billions of dollars. We ALL pay for their greed. Love your email columns!!" - News & Views reader Charlie Busbey *********************************** Illegal Amnesty Idea Coming Back... "The Bush administration wants to grant amnesty to hundreds of thousands of Mexican illegal aliens now in the United States, according to the new U.S. ambassador to Mexico. Tony Garza, sworn in this week at the White House, told reporters in Mexico City that reaching an accord legalizing the status of Mexican immigrants - without giving them citizenship - continues to be a top administration priority." - Washington Times, 11/23/02 *********************************** ...But Not Without a Fight "Several Republicans on Capitol Hill are expected to oppose any effort to grant amnesty, led, in part, by the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus. The caucus has called the amnesty proposal 'a kick in the teeth to the thousands of individuals across the world who are legally attempting to enter the United States.' " 'Instead, the United States is saying, 'Why wait? Sneak on in. Whether you enter illegally or not, you will be a resident or citizen in no time,' ' said Rep. Tom Tancredo, Colorado Republican and caucus chairman. 'The first lesson these new residents will learn about the United States is it is OK to break the law. Is that the America we want to build?' " - Washington Times, 11/23/02 *********************************** Duck, Duck, Goose(Step) "Jonathan Cross, a nine-year-old fourth-grader at the Fred A. Anderson Elementary School in Bayboro, N.C., wore his duck-hunting outfit to school the other day, WorldNetDaily reports: " 'But there was something in his pocket he had forgotten about--a shotgun shell left over from an outing with his father and brothers last weekend. His discovery of the item while on campus has left the straight-A student stunned with a five-day suspension, his teachers in tears, and his parents perplexed over the latest case of 'zero tolerance' in the government school system.' "We know what you're thinking: What the heck was Jonathan doing wearing a duck-hunting outfit to school? He was participating--we kid you not--in the school's official Camouflage Day." - Best of the Web, 11/22/02 ********************************* Long Savings on Long Distance! 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It's going to have to make itself politically attractive by championing some legitimate libertarian issues which won't, at the same time, turn off independents and other members inside the GOP's "tent." Prof. Randy Barnett of the Boston University School of Law and senior fellow at the Cato Institute has written an excellent article in National Review Online outlining some specific ways in which Republicans could do just that. If this is a topic of interest to you, read Prof. Barnett's piece by going to: < http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-barnett112202.asp> *********************************** 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. ********************************* The Straight Poop Catch Chuck's latest biting commentary on today's current events at "Muth's Truths". 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