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*********************************** Nothing to Joke About, Mr. Weyant "According to one estimate, almost 30 commercial aircraft have been downed by shoulder-fired missiles during the past three decades. . . . The fact is that downing airliners is probably the easiest way for terrorists to cause massive American casualties, absent weapons of mass destruction. And the mere act of shooting at a U.S. airliner would be enough to rock the aviation industry and U.S. economy." - Columnist Rich Lowry *********************************** Strength in Numbers If you know someone who might like to receive News & Views, you can sign 'em up at: http://www.chuckmuth.com. And if you want to help us continue offering News & Views to the widest audience possible for FREE, please consider making a "voluntary contribution" (just like the liberals do over at PBS) by going to: http://chuckmuth.com/voluntarysubscription.htm. *********************************** And Then Trent Lott Said... "Government does best when it helps people help themselves. Human dignity is found not in a handout but in being able to do for one's self." - Republican Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott in a press conference on Friday *********************************** GOP's Self-Destruction Machine "In a speech last week to the Democratic Leadership Council, Bill Clinton asserted that one difference between his party and the GOP is that 'they have a destruction machine, we don't.' What the Republicans do have is a self-destruction machine, a device known as Trent Lott. "Remember a few weeks ago when Republicans were crowing about the Dems' selection of Nancy Pelosi as House minority leader? She was going to take a more confrontational approach, steering her party hard to the left and thus outside the mainstream. Thanks to Lott, the first issue on which Pelosi is confronting Republicans is . . . the 1948 presidential election. "And no, she's not sticking up for Henry Wallace. Pelosi is on the side of Harry Truman and Thomas Dewey and the 97.59% of the 1948 electorate that didn't support then-Democrat Strom Thurmond's segregationist candidacy. You can't get much more mainstream than that." - Best of the Web, 12/11/02 *********************************** D's Blowing GOP's Blown Opportunity "Democrats have had a field day, of course, calling for (Trent) Lott's resignation as Senate majority leader. . . . In other words, Democrats are prepared to shoot themselves in the foot. They're the ones who should insist that Lott remain the Republican majority leader in the Senate. Think about it: Wouldn't you want somebody that stupid leading the opposition?" - Baltimore Sun columnist Gregory Kane *********************************** Whole Lott-a Trouble "Sen. Lott has released a statement and appeared on national media to apologize for his statements. He has explained his statement and the context in which it was made. Enough is enough! "Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Maxine Waters, and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are hypocrites and they are the real racists. Jackson has never apologized for his 'Hymie' town comments, nor for his forty years of immoral leadership; Sharpton has never apologized for his role in the Tawana Brawley disgrace; members of the Congressional Black Caucus have never asked fellow Democrat Sen. Robert Byrd to step down for using the word 'nigger' twice on national television. "Black and white Democrats alike who continue to demand that he [Lott] step down are doing so only for political reasons. And Republicans who fail to support him are displaying cowardice." - Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, of Brotherhood of Organization of A New Destiny (BOND), 12/12/02 *********************************** SpongeSpine SquareLott "Lott's black problem would be bad enough were he a crafty parliamentarian or a strong-willed leader. Alas, he is neither. Lott engineered the ill-conceived power-sharing agreement with Tom Daschle (D - South Dakota) when the Senate was split last year, 50-50. Despite Vice-president Cheney's tie-breaking vote that could have maximized GOP control of committees, Lott gift-wrapped additional legislative influence for Senate Democrats. Daschle, of course, shredded this deal when Vermont Senator James Jeffords left the GOP, giving Democrats a one-seat edge. As for his spine, Lott is a chiropractor's dream." - Columnist Deroy Murdock *********************************** Blood in the Water "Those in the conservative movement know that I have had serious differences with Trent over the years regarding his leadership of the Republicans in the U.S. Senate. Believe me, I am hoping and praying that he will be a tougher leader of the 108th Congress than he was in the last session or in other past ones. However, he absolutely should not resign over the unfortunate remarks that he made at a birthday party in attempting to pay homage to an aging senator. "...Sen. Lott has received his brickbats from the news media and that is all he deserves. It is a story that is not deserving of all the attention that it has received. When Trent Lott is paying homage to George Lincoln Rockwell, that's the time there should be a media feeding frenzy of the kind that he now faces." - Paul Weyrich, Free Congress Foundation *********************************** Goin' to the Bench "Mr. Lott has never been particularly able in his explanations of issue stances, and is culpable on various fronts - he pursues pork with the best of them. He was elected to majority leader before the Democrats took over and then again - almost by default - after November's victories; few other Republican senators had seemed quite ready or quite right for the job. "Yet, there are others who are competent and could grow, and Republican senators should elevate one of them to the post. Mr. Lott would do the right thing if he would remove himself from the job. But if he won't, others should unseat him." - Columnist Jay Ambrose *********************************** As Goes Lott, So Goes GOP Control of Senate "If Trent Lott is forced from his job as majority leader, as now appears likely, the Democrats will be foolish to stop there. They can demand that he resign from the Senate as well ('erase the Mississippi stain on the heaving bosom of the fair Republic'). Does anyone believe the Republicans won't cave on that, too? Ronnie Musgrove, the Democratic governor, would appoint his successor. Voila! The Senate is deadlocked again." - Wes Pruden, "Pruden On Politics," 12/13/02 *********************************** Sharks Circling "Old Turkey" "(New Mexico) State Republican Party chief John Dendahl can see the political sharks circling - and this time they come from within his own party. 'I know the knives are out,' Dendahl said in an interview. 'There are knives out trying to get me not to run again. There's a lot of people out there that want to carve up the old turkey.' "Dendahl said he plans to decide by Jan. 1 whether to seek another two-year term, in 2003, as chairman of the state GOP. The 400-plus members of the state party's central committee won't meet until the end of April to vote on leadership, but a political fight is already brewing. "...Dendahl said he believes he'll be re-elected chairman himself 'if I choose to run.' Dendahl then spoke derisively about his critics, calling them 'the losers' and 'the muzzlers.' " 'The losers are (Walter) Bradley, (Rob) Burpo, Larry Ahrens and Ed Tinsley, who blame me for their losses in the primary,' Dendahl said. 'The muzzlers are the ones who have never forgiven me for not agreeing with their God-given views on drug reform. The muzzlers don't have any God-given ability to debate and just want to muzzle me, including He and She (Frank & Ramsay) Gorham.' " - Albuquerque Journal, 12/6/02 [Regular readers of News & Views will recognize Dendahl as the tough-as-nails state chairman who exhibits that all-too-rare quality in GOP leaders: a backbone. He withstood an internal challenge from the jellyfish wing in his last election and we wish him success against the same peanut gallery next year] ************************************ Long Savings on Long Distance! 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