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*********************************** Tale of Two Parties "...Democrats...play politics as if it were a game they invented. Republican politicians...play politics as if it were football played by girls' rules." - Wes Pruden, "Pruden On Politics," 12/27/02 *********************************** How to Subscribe If you know someone who might like to receive News & Views, you can sign 'em up at: http://www.chuckmuth.com. *********************************** Hillary Rears Her Ugly Head "Sen. Hillary Clinton has surprised many of us by behaving like a serious mainstream politician for more than two years. But the strain is showing. The positive outcome of the Trent Lott affair seems to have revived the old Hillary. She has spotted yet another vast right-wing conspiracy, this time a vast Republican racist one. "She said: 'If anyone thinks that one person stepping down from a leadership position cleanses the Republican Party of their constant exploitation of race, then I think you're na�ve.' The nasty rhetoric reflects Democratic disappointment that Lott stepped down. "...Clinton's rhetoric says, in effect, that Republicans are permanently racist, an ugly smear. . . . The Democratic strategy, it seems, is to keep hammering away at what racists Republicans are in hopes of scaring minorities from the GOP and making it harder for President Bush to name conservative and moderate judges." - Columnist John Leo *********************************** Knows From What She Speaks "Hillary Rodham Clinton publicly pronounced that what Mr. Lott 'did was state publicly what many of them [Republicans] have stated privately over many years in the back roads and back streets of the South.' And she spent a lot of time in the 'back roads and back streets of the South,' chasing down her errant hubby." - Columnist R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. *********************************** The Coming Partisan Race War ".(I)n all likelihood Democrats are going to ratchet racial politics to a new level of stridency. We're going to see it against Sen. Bill Frist (it's already begun), in every future election (Florida was just a teaser) and in major judicial appointments. There is currently an unspoken litmus test against pro-life judicial nominees imposed by Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. That will doubtlessly extend now to Southern judges (who will presumptively be deemed racists)." - Columnist David Limbaugh *********************************** Sheltered Lives of Black "Leaders" "While the outspoken Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have stakes in what happens in our communities, their cloisters are not threatened. They have bodyguards. They don't have to walk to bus stops in the wee hours of the morning, just as the killers and thieves and prostitutes are turning in for the day. They don't have to worry about their children walking through alleyways littered with crack bags and used hypodermic needles, and they don't have to worry about their children stepping on used condoms on playgrounds, either. They're too busy juggling their scheduled TV appearances and frequent-flyer miles." - Columnist Deborah Simmons *********************************** Goldwater & Civil Rights Coming tomorrow in "Muth's Truths": In his own words, why Sen. Barry Goldwater voted against the 1964 civil rights bill. And get this, it was based on constitutional principles. What an extremist! To read all the latest "Muth's Truths" columns go to: http://chuckmuth.com/muthstruths.htm *********************************** Taking the White Out of Christmas "On December 24, 1971, the New York Times ran one of the first of many articles on a new holiday designed to foster unity among African-Americans. The holiday, called Kwanzaa, was applauded by a certain 16-year-old minister who explained that the feast would perform the valuable service of 'de-whitizing' Christmas. The minister was a nobody at the time but he would later go on to become perhaps the premier race-baiter of the 20th century. His name was Al Sharpton. "...Great minds think alike. The inventor of the holiday (Ron Karenga) was one of the few black 'leaders' in America even worse than Sharpton. . . . Karenga certainly seems to have had a low opinion of his fellow African-Americans. 'People think it's African, but it's not,' he said about the his holiday. . . . 'I came up with Kwanzaa because black people in this country wouldn't celebrate it if they knew it was American. Also, I put it around Christmas because I knew that's when a lot of bloods would be partying.' " - Columnist Paul Mulshine, FrontPageMag.com, 12/23/02 *********************************** Money, Class Size Not Cures for Lousy Skools "(I)f money were the answer (to a better education), Washington public schools would be the best in the nation, if not the world. Per student expenditures are $10,500 a year, second highest in the nation. With a student-teacher ration of 15.8, they have smaller-than-average class sizes. What is the result? In only one of the city's 19 high schools do as many as 50 percent of its students test as proficient in reading, and at no school are 50 percent of the students proficient in math." - Columnist Walter Williams *********************************** Another Clintonista Comin' Home to Roost "A millionaire Filipino businessman and lawmaker was bound for Miami Friday to face serious felony charges, including 17 relating to allegedly illegal contributions to the 1996 Clinton-Gore re-election campaign. Mark Jimenez gave himself over to U.S. officials at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport late Thursday, and began the long journey back to Florida via Guam, Honolulu and Houston." - CNSNews.com, 12/27/02 *********************************** Gay Marriage vs. Heterosexual Divorce "Ah. Homosexuality as litmus test. Hardly a week goes by that we don't hear about one church or another wrangling with this issue. And I have to ask: Why? Sure, the Bible makes a few negative references to homosexuals. But the Bible says a lot about a lot of things. Why is this issue getting stuck in everyone's craw? "...I have (a) theory: It's easy. At best, gays make up only 10 percent of the population. Of those, few go to church - partly because churches haven't been all that welcoming. . . . What do churches have to lose by slamming people who are probably either in the closet or don't go to church at all? "If righteous religious folks really wanted to be brave, they'd tackle the issue of divorce. After all, Jesus never said anything about gays in the Gospels, but he did have a few choice words about divorce. . . . Of course, this issue affects a much larger proportion of congregants. "...Spiritually speaking, I don't think it's important whether a person is gay or divorced. But if people are going to get on their high horse by taking the Bible literally, they should be consistent. I challenge religious leaders to tackle the divorce issue first, before they even bring up the gay one." - Sharon Rauch, Tallahassee Democrat, 12/24/02 *********************************** Lottery Fever "(The lottery jackpot) story was unavoidable if you were watching TV news yesterday; CNN even aired a press conference by the winner (a man from West Virginia). Why is this news? . . . Why all the fuss over someone who got rich by indulging in a vice? "All this media attention to lottery winners serves only to glorify gambling. And the lottery is a bigger rip-off than any other form of legalized gambling.. . . A lottery, Innumeracy.com notes, is 'a tax on the poor and the stupid.' The next time some liberal journalist complains about 'tax cuts for the rich,' consider how his colleagues in the media help enable the government to soak the poor." - Best of the Web, 12/27/02 ************************************ Long Savings on Long Distance! 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