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KISSING McCAIN�S YOU-KNOW-WHAT Sen. John McCain is single-handedly responsible for the anti-free speech legislation known as campaign finance reform which spawned the aggressive use of 527 organizations in this year�s presidential campaign. President Bush is complicit in this constitutional attack for signing that horrible bill. Both men were wrong then...and they�re wrong again. At McCain�s urging, the president has apparently now agreed to file a lawsuit against the Federal Elections Commission for not shutting down 527 groups - especially the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth which has devastated the Kerry camp with its ads attacking Kerry�s post-Vietnam anti-war activities. McCain is also reported to be leaning hard on Bush to specifically condemn the Swift Boat veterans� ads directly, which the president hasn�t exactly done...yet. But considering how Mr. Bush has bent over backwards to do anything else McCain has demanded, it would appear to be only a matter of time. How sad. The nation deserves better than this. RELIGIOUS RIGHT GETS IT WRONG The statement reads: �We recognize and respect that Republicans of good faith may not agree with all the planks in the party's platform. This is particularly the case with regard to those planks dealing with abortion, family planning, and gay and lesbian issues. The Republican Party welcomes all people on all sides of these complex issues and encourages their active participation as we work together on those issues upon which we agree.� Level-headed. Common sense. Statement of the obvious. Who could argue with such sentiment? The Republicans drafting the official 2004 GOP platform up in New York, that�s who. This �Party Unity� plank was rejected by the social conservatives who are dominating the platform drafting process. Apparently the religious right won�t be happy until they drive enough people out of the Republican Party to make it the minority party once again. If Bush and the GOP lose in November, he�ll have folks such as Gary Bauer and Tony Perkins to thank for driving away limited-government conservatives who are uncomfortable with replacing the Constitution with the Bible. LITANY OF THE UNKNOWN REPUBLICANS �The Kerry-Edwards campaign unveiled Wednesday a list of 29 Republicans it says agreed to lead an effort to convince other GOP'ers to defect in November,� reports UPI�s Peter Roff. However, unlike their counterparts over at Democrats for Bush - such as U.S. Sen. Zell Miller and former New York Mayor Ed Koch - none of these supposed Republicans are even close to household names...or even elected officials at the dog-catcher level. Pretty pathetic. AD FINITUM The safety nannies really built up a head of steam with their success in killing off Joe Camel and other various cigarette ads. Now they�re targeting beer ads and fast food ads. Is there any end in sight to these efforts to treat adults like kids while at the same time assaulting free speech? Not likely. In fact, General Motors is the latest victim. You see, the safety nannies got their pantyhose in a twist over a Corvette commercial showing a 12-year-old kid fantasizing about being behind a wheel of the sports car and dreaming of driving like a race-car driver. The ad has been running during the Olympics; or, I should say, �had� been running��cause the safety nannies pitched a fit over the �dangerous message� the ad sent and GM caved in to the pressure. They pulled the ad on Tuesday. Thank goodness. Can you imagine the carnage which would follow when a nation of teenagers see these ads and go out and buy $50,000 Corvettes and begin racing them through our city streets? 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� ************************* Published by Citizen Outreach Chuck Muth Editor/Publisher 611 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, #439 Washington, DC 20003-4303 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Citizen Outreach is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public policy organization and does not endorse candidates or lobby for specific legislation. The opinions and views expressed in DC Confidential reflect those of the writers, editors and columnists therein and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Citizen Outreach, its officers, directors or employees.
