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____________________________________ CHUCK MUTH�S NEWS & VIEWS March 11, 2004 To view the HTML version of today�s News & Views, just go to: http://www.chuckmuth.com/newsandviews/nv.cfm To subscribe, just go to: http://www.chuckmuth.com/newsletter/ To reach our 7-day News & Views archive, go to www.citizenoutreach.com _____________________________________ SEX AND TAXES �We at the Spectator think of tax cuts, in fact, a bit like we think of sex. When they are good, they are very, very good. And when they are bad, they are still pretty good.� - Alfred Regnery, American Spectator, March 2004 FOUNDING WISDOM �Religion and government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.� - Founding Father James Madison WE�RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE, TOTO �One of the biggest fallacies of the federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) argument is that a constitutional amendment is the �only way� to stop the federal courts from imposing the potential gay marriages of one state on all the other states. Au contraire. Much like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, Congress has - and always has had -the power to stop a national imposition of gay marriage by the federal judiciary...and they don't need no magical ruby slippers to do it.� Read the rest of this week�s Muth�s Truths column at GOPUSA.com: http://www.gopusa.com/opinion/2004/cm_0310.shtml IMMIGRATION RIM SHOTS �Mexico's President Vicente Fox...obtained the same rights for Mexican tourists in the U.S. that Canadians enjoy. It's about time. Americans are sick and tired of the Canadians coming down to this country and taking jobs away from our Mexicans.� - Comedian Argus Hamilton LATEST FROM THE LAND OF FRUITS & NUTS �A Democratic state senator from California has introduced an amendment to the state constitution that would allow minors to participate in elections. John Vasconcellos's proposal, the Associated Press reports, �would give 16-year-olds a half vote and 14-year-old a quarter vote in state elections beginning in 2006.� Vasconcellos's amendment is unlikely to pass, since it requires two-thirds approval of the California Legislature and a vote of the people. Republicans don't like the idea; one, Assemblyman Ray Haynes, calls it �the nuttiest idea I've ever heard.� � - James Taranto, Best of the Web, 3/10/04 MOVE OVER LENO Mock question posed to Vice President Dick Cheney at the annual Gridiron Dinner last Saturday: �Has Senator Kerry had Botox treatments?" Cheney�s Answer: "I have some guidance on that from Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz: 'We have dispatched Dr. David Kay . . . to search for the bio-warfare agents we believe hidden in Senator Kerry's forehead. If Senator Kerry has used botox as part of a wrinkle enrichment program, he is in violation of U.N. Resolution 752. Upon receiving Dr. Kay's report, the weapons of mass destruction that Senator Kerry so adamantly insists do not exist...may well be above his very nose.' End of statement." THE (CAMPAIGN) DOCTOR IS IN! You can�t change public policy if you don�t change public officials. So Citizen Outreach has established a separate website project dedicated to helping under-funded, underdog campaigns...especially at the state and local levels. Visit today...and make sure you sign up for FREE email �hot tips� on how to get more votes, more money and more volunteers for your campaign or grassroots organization. Go to: www.campaigndoctor.com UNFINISHED BUSINESS FOR THE SECOND TERM �Indeed, the president and Republican Congress have been rock solid on almost everything - except federal spending.� - Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform, American Spectator, March 2004 REALLY BAD INTELLIGENCE �Hi Chuck. Speaking of intelligence-gathering, our side did wonderfully compared to Saddam's intelligence-gathering.� His CIA equivalent had to convince him that the U.S. would not attack, and if the U.S. did attack it would lose, and if the U.S. happened to win, that it would quickly tire of the whole thing and leave, leaving Saddam in charge.� Now is that bad intelligence-gathering or what?� - News & Views reader Larry Maturo WEENIES & THUGS FOR KERRY �Last weekend John Kerry, while meeting with a small group of Florida contributors, claimed: �I've met foreign leaders who can't go out and say this publicly, but boy, they look at you and say, 'You've got to win this, you've got to beat this guy, we need a new policy, things like that.' � . . . . Whether or not he actually met with any of these leaders, I would suspect that he is right that they would much prefer to do business with a notional President Kerry. Doubtlessly, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev enjoyed dealing with President Carter more than with President Reagan.� - Columnist Tony Blankley McCAIN MUTINY II? �Republican Sen. John McCain allowed a glimmer of hope Wednesday for Democrats fantasizing about a bipartisan dream team to defeat President Bush. McCain said he would consider the unorthodox step of running for vice president on the Democratic ticket � in the unlikely event he received such an offer from the presidential candidate. �John Kerry is a close friend of mine. We have been friends for years,� McCain said Wednesday when pressed to squelch speculation about a Kerry-McCain ticket. �Obviously I would entertain it.� " - Associated Press, 3/11/04 LATEST MEDIA HYPE EXPOSED �Voter turnout in the Democratic presidential contests that quickly sealed the nomination for Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry was one of the lowest on record, according to a study released yesterday. The findings were in sharp contrast to the media-driven image of an angry and energized Democratic electorate turning out in droves in the party's delegate-selection contests through the Super Tuesday primaries.� - Washington Times, 3/10/04 ALL IN THE FAMILY �Supporters of gay marriage in California scored a major symbolic triumph yesterday. David Knight, son of the state senator who wrote the California ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage, wed his partner in a ceremony atop the grand staircase of San Francisco's City Hall. Mr. Knight and Joe Lazzaro of Baltimore exchanged rings and were pronounced spouses for life one month after Mr. Knight's father, GOP Sen. William �Pete� Knight, had dismissed San Francisco's same-sex marriage rush as �nothing more than a sideshow.� � - John Fund, Political Diary, 3/11/04 READING IS FUNDAMENTAL * Who are these 9/11 �families� blasting President Bush for his campaign commercial? Not who they want the country to think they are. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110004797 * �To argue, as do many Bible-based Christians, that the USA is a �Christian Nation� is not sound historically or factually,� writes Gene Aldridge of the New Mexico Independence Research Institute. http://www.zianet.com/nmiri/e_churchstate.htm� __________________________________________ WINNING �HOW TO� CAMPAIGN REPORTS Quick, down-and-dirty "how to" reports on specific aspects of political campaigns and grassroots organizations.� Written primarily for beginners with little or no experience, but certainly chocked full of tidbits and hot tips to benefit even the most seasoned political pro.� Generally 8-16 pages of A-Z, step-by-step instructions to gain more votes, more money and more volunteers for your political activities and/or campaign. 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