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*********************************** Good Advice for All GOP Candidates "If you don't have bumps in the road, you're not being aggressive enough." - Presidential adviser Karl Rove to Georgia U.S. senate candidate Rep. Saxby Chambliss during last year's campaign after Chambliss got some heat for comments he made related to arresting Muslims after Sept. 11, Washington Times, 1/5/03 ********************************** Go Forth and e-Multiply If you know someone who might like to receive News & Views, you can sign 'em up at: http://www.chuckmuth.com. *********************************** More Good Advice "I suggest that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist take the bull by the horns and focus on the Bush legislative agenda rather than being distracted by Demo-racists. The best way for the GOP to get back on track is to stay on course with popular policies that are 'color-blind' in implementation." - James Patterson, Washington Times, 1/5/03 *********************************** Reinventing Hillary "The Hillary who, in 1992, derisively boasted that she'd never stay home to bake cookies is trying to repackage herself as the moral conscience of the Democrat Party. Advisers tell her she can afford to stand in the wings, waiting to be drafted for president rather than groveling to win the nomination. It's a strategy that appears to be working. "...But like Mario Cuomo, another New York politician who was courted for president by the Democrat Party only to leave them standing at the altar, Hillary will bask in the attention only to turn her back on the faithful. Why? Because like Al Gore she knows she can't win." - Columnist Oliver North *********************************** Springtime for Hitler in...Princeton? "We still recoil at what Adolf Hitler did to the Jews, gypsies, homosexuals and the sick, but he was simply ahead of his time. Today, he might be invited to speak at Princeton about his unique form of eugenics. Why Princeton? It is the home of Dr. Peter Singer, the Australian philosopher who believes human life is not sacred and can and should be manipulated for whatever end the 'healthy' and 'fit' determine would serve their current interests." - Columnist Cal Thomas *********************************** Great Work...If You Can Get It "Gary Winnick was chairman (of Global Crossing) throughout the entire process and lived large whether times were good or bad. If you are ever in Los Angeles take a ride to the Bel Air neighborhood. Turn off Sunset Boulevard onto Stone Canyon Drive. Then ask anyone where Gary lives. You should have no problem checking out his $60 million home, which has been embellished by $30 million in renovations. It's quite a place, especially for a guy who drove a company into bankruptcy. "There is a chance that the leader of the Democratic National Committee, Terry McAuliffe, has had a cocktail or two at the Winnick abode. That's because Mr. McAuliffe and Mr. Winnick were golfing buddies when President Clinton was in office. And not only that, Mr. McAuliffe was an early investor in Global Crossing. He put up $100,000 and a few years later cashed out for $18 million. "When asked about the windfall, Mr. McAuliffe said he was simply a good capitalist, and if you don't like capitalism, you should move to China or Cuba. Any suspicion of insider info in his Global Crossing adventure is nonsense, says Mr. McAuliffe. How could any responsible person think that?" - Columnist Bill O'Reilly *********************************** How the Left Was Wrong "If there was one decisive moment that marked the turning point in the Cold War, it was when Ronald Reagan...rejected an agreement in a meeting in Iceland with Mikhail Gorbachev. At one point, President Reagan told Chairman Gorbachev that what the Soviet Union was proposing was just not serious - and he got up from the table and walked out. "That is exactly the wrong thing to do, according to the political left. But why did Mr. Reagan so often get the right results using methods that the deep thinkers were convinced were wrong, while the deep thinkers so often get the wrong results from methods that they were convinced were right? "People less consumed by their own sense of wonderful specialness might even try to learn from their many failures. But that is not the political left today or at any time in the past." - Columnist Thomas Sowell ************************************ Sometimes It's Better to Switch Than Fight AT&T, MCI and Sprint are all raising or considering raising their already-too-high long distance rates. Isn't it time you made the switch to GOPLongDistance.com? Just 4.97 cents/minute (5.97 cents for some non-regional bell companies) * All state-to-state calls in the continental U.S. * Residential or commercial * 6-second billing increments after the first 18 seconds * 24 hours/day * 7 days/week * No access codes * No minimums * No activation fees * No monthly service charge unless your bill is less than $20.00 a month (then a $2.50 service charge will apply) * No need to change your local phone company * No hassles * Easy sign-up. *And a small portion of each bill goes to help continue publishing our FREE Chuck Muth's News & Views e-newsletter. go to <http://www.GOPLongDistance.com> today. *********************************** New Mexico Guv Leaves on High Note... "(Republican) Gary Johnson was sworn in to his first term as governor of New Mexico in 1995 on a promise to remain 'the consummate antipolitician.' He succeeded. Best known nationally for his controversial stand against the drug war, his more lasting legacy will be as a 'Governor No' who remained popular while vetoing a record 742 bills, suffering only two veto overrides. He even vetoed a bill his wife pushed that would have waived college tuition for some youths in foster care. "In a state which Al Gore won, Republican Gov. Johnson won re-election with 55% of the vote in 1998 after supporting school choice, opposing hate-crime legislation and privatizing two new prisons. He was able to roll back a six-cent gasoline-tax hike and hold the state's budget to a average 6% annual increase during his two terms. "The result is that New Mexico is now one of a handful of states in the country without a deficit. Indeed, incoming Democratic Governor Bill Richardson won in part by promising to push through the income tax cut Mr. Johnson failed to get through the Democratic legislature." - John Fund's Political Diary, 1/2/03 ************************************ . While Illinois Guv Leaves at Rock Bottom ".(A) scandal that began with an investigation into the payment of bribes for driver's licenses has engulfed (Illinois Gov. George) Ryan's administration. And federal prosecutors appear to be closing in on Mr. Ryan himself. "When he steps down after a single term (on January 13), Mr. Ryan will leave behind a Republican Party demoralized by the scandal and torn by infighting. Illinois Republicans lost almost every statewide office in November even as the GOP swept to victory elsewhere around the country." - "American Scene," Washington Times, 1/2/03 ********************************** Another Democrat Jumps Ship "(Mississippi) State Sen. Terry Burton, elected three times as a Democrat, announced that he was switching his party affiliation to Republican. Mr. Burton, 46, said, 'I really truly feel the Republican Party is the party of inclusion and the modern Democratic Party is the more exclusive party.' Mr. Burton is a former mayor of Newton." - "American Scene," Washington Times, 1/2/03 ********************************** Josi and the Pussycats "...Christian Josi, the former executive director of the American Conservative Union and currently a Washington public relations consultant, has just inked a deal with June St. entertainment, an independent film and music marketing company, to place his music into films and television programs. "The 32-year-old Josi is in the process of reviving the singing career he abandoned for a career in politics in 1994, and recently entered the recording studio for the first time in eight years to produce a series of big band tracks that also feature pianist John Colianni, a former sideman for the great jazz vocalist Mel Torme." - Peter Roff, UPI's Capital Comment, 1/2/03 *********************************** The Goldwater Doctrine "I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed in their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is 'needed' before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' interests, I shall reply that I was informed their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can." - Barry Goldwater, "The Conscience of a Conservative" [ To help promote the "Goldwater Doctrine" in public policy and government, join the Goldwater Club by going to: http://chuckmuth.com/goldwater.htm ] ********************************* ********************************* Published by The Goldwater Club Chuck Muth Editor/Publisher P.O. Box 15307 Middle River, MD 21220 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The opinions and views expressed in Chuck Muth's News & Views reflect those of the writers, editors and columnists therein and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the sponsors, advertisers ... heck, even some of our readers. 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