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CHUCK MUTH'S NEWS & VIEWS
March 15, 2004
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CORRECTION.
In yesterday's "Muth's Truths," I noted that Slade Gorton lost in a squeaker in
2000 to Patty Murray. In fact, he lost to another left-wing lightweight, Maria
Cantwell. My apologies. Anticipation of Wrestlemania must have clouded my
thinking. (Chris Benoit the new WWE Champion? Gimme a break. If I didn't know
better, I'd swear that match was "fixed.")
WORKING OVERTIME TO MISLEAD
A number of you have written about the claims MoveOn.org and the unions are
making about a proposal to "cut" overtime pay. Folks, I know you'll find this
hard to believe, but MoveOn and the unions aren't telling the truth. No,
really. The administration is suggesting a change which would effect "white
collar" management-level workers, not regular hourly workers. Read more here in
this news release by Americans for Tax Reform.
http://www.atr.org/pressreleases/2004/010704pr-ap_labor.htm
HATING JOHN ASHCROFT
"Those oh-so-compassionate liberals could hardly contain their glee upon hearing
the news that Attorney General John Ashcroft is suffering from a severe case of
gallstone pancreatitis. 'He has it coming. He is utterly subhuman and evil.
Suffer, bastard,' gloated an Internet user on the DemocraticUnderground.com Web
site. '[T]he world would be better off without him,' responded another writer on
the forum. 'I hope he is in the most severe pain a human being can suffer, and
after that, I hope he remains in constant pain with no hope of relief,' chimed
in yet another bleeding-heart Democrat."
- Columnist Michelle Malkin
WITH ALLIES LIKE THESE.
Republicans in Congress were happy as pigs in slop last fall when the nation's
biggest seniors' group, AARP, endorsed their new Medicare prescription drug
entitlement plan. But any thought that the left-wing group would stick with the
GOP on health care issues is quickly being dashed onto the rocks (just as most
conservatives predicted).
In a full-page ad appearing in Friday's Washington Times, AARP bashes the
life-saving and life-extending pharmaceutical companies with gusto, demanding
the industry "limit price increases," "co-operate" to allow dangerous drug
re-importation from Canada, support generic competitors in their effort to show
that knock-off drugs are just as good as the real thing, and turn over drug
price-control authority to the government. So much for private enterprise and
the free market.
The more things change, the more they stay the same...and Republicans never seem
to learn their lesson.
SURVEY SAYS!
Are pharmaceutical companies spending too much money on advertising? Cast your
vote by clicking the "Survey Says!" tab at
www.citizenoutreach.com
sKERRY'S BASE OF SUPPORT
"A poll taken by Andres McKenna Polling and Research found that Americans
overwhelmingly believe 'the terrorists would prefer' (John) Kerry to win the
election."
- Washington Times, 3/12/04
WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD, KID
"As part of a nationwide team covering the presidential race for kid-oriented
Scholastic News, 11-year-old Mitchel Hochberg of Northbrook queried John Kerry
at an Evanston senior center this week. Hochberg, a fifth-grader, noted that
President Bush and Kerry have exchanged unusually aggressive barbs for so early
in a presidential contest. Does that help Kerry or hurt him? Hochberg wondered.
Kerry responded by talking about prescription drugs. 'It was an interesting
experience,' Hochberg said after the event. But, he lamented, Kerry's response
'wasn't a full answer.' "
- Chicago Sun-Times, 3/11/04
STALKING LONELY HEIRESSES
"If Bush can't talk to Kerry about the horrors of war, then Kerry sure can't
talk to anyone about the plight of the middle class. Kerry's life experience
consists of living off other men's money by marrying their wives and daughters.
For over 30 years, Kerry's primary occupation has been stalking lonely
heiresses. Not to get back to his combat experience, but Kerry sees a room full
of wealthy widows as 'a target-rich environment.' This is a guy whose experience
dealing with tax problems is based on spending his entire adult life being
supported by rich women. What does a kept man know about taxes?"
- Columnist Ann Coulter
DEFENDING THE SANCTITY OF KERRY'S FIRST MARRIAGE
"One important issue in John Kerry's past has been studiously avoided this
election season. It's the annulment of his first marriage to Julia Thorne. The
Catholic Church declared the marriage void - despite the fact that it lasted 18
years, produced two children, and the annulment was fiercely contested by his
first wife.
"...Of course, there may not be anything untoward about Mr. Kerry's annulment.
They are increasingly common among Catholics. In the early 1960s, there were
about 300 a year in the United States. Now there are around 60,000 - around 10
percent, by some estimates, of all Catholic marriages! Eighty percent of the
world's Catholic annulments occur in America. All that's worth remembering when
you hear Catholic bishops speak of the sanctity of marriage and the
impermissibility of divorce. There's an escape clause. Mr. Kerry strolled right
through it."
- Columnist Andrew Sullivan
THE AMENDMENT KING
"If Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) had been one of the nation's Founding Fathers, he
probably would have made a few additions to the U.S. Constitution. Quite a few.
In the 28 years Hatch has served in the U.S. Senate, he has sponsored or
co-sponsored 67 resolutions to amend the Constitution, the fundamental blueprint
of American democracy that has been changed only 27 times in its 215-year
history.
".'The senator appears to be using constitutional amendments as a way of ducking
an issue legislatively, knowing the amendment is not going to pass but proposing
it to get on the right side with his constituents,' said (Chuck) Muth, president
of Citizen Outreach. 'If you constantly hammer at the notion we can simply
amend the Constitution anytime a court ruling doesn't break our way, it erodes
the American people's general aversion to amendments.' "
Read more:
http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Mar/03152004/utah/148020.asp
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT "VOTE SWAPPING"?
Libertarians supporting Gary Nolan, their candidate for president in 2004, may
launch a "vote swap" effort this year. Nolan supporters in "toss up" states
could use the Internet to "swap" their vote with a Bush supporter in a solid
Bush state. If so, a significant protest vote against some of President Bush's
policies could be registered in the general election vote total without
jeopardizing the nation by electing Kerry in the Electoral College.
Is this a smart thing politically for the LP to try to do? Do you think such an
effort could be successful? Do you find anything "unethical" about
vote-swapping? Would you personally consider participating in such an effort?
Then share your opinion on our Discussion Board at:
http://blog.chuckmuth.com/blog/
THIS WEEK IN DC CONFIDENTIAL
If you missed yesterday's DC Confidential, you missed...
* sKerry's wife raises another big money stink
* Ace political prognosticator Stuart Rothenberg's 2004 congressional
prediction
* Clintonism lives in Illinois congresswoman
* Neck-and-neck senate race in Florida
* Herd-thinning in race to replace Ben Nighthorse Campbell
* Blowing a big opportunity in Wisconsin
* Everybody and their uncle in the Utah guv race
* RINO Boehlert dodges a political bullet
* Prospects for renewing the Clinton gun ban this year
* The inside-the-beltway battle of the job surveys
* The behind-the-scenes fight to limit spending by changing the rules
* The odds of NJ getting a new guv in 2005
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