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To: Mr. Whist who wrote (37986)	9/19/2000 1:16:45 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

I said a couple of times what I meant. Yes, there is interpretation and the application of the document to novel circumstances; no, it is not infinitely malleable, and there should be a reasonable relationship between the text and the interpretation/application. If the text cannot be made to fit without contortion, it should be amended by the prescribed route.......

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (37986)	9/19/2000 1:45:07 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 769667

Better check back with your handlers. They may not have wanted you to leave the quisling wing of the Republican party: The NEA's Favorite Republicans The country's biggest teachers union is bankrolling "moderate" GOP groups. Tuesday, September 19, 2000 12:01 a.m. EDT The National Education Association is more than the nation's largest teachers union, with 1.8 million members. It is also the single most influential political group in the country. Ask Al Gore, who knows that more than 350 NEA members were delegates to the convention that nominated him. Ask Joe Lieberman, who was forced by the union to put his support for school vouchers in a blind trust now that he's Mr. Gore's running mate. But the NEA influences not only Democrats. New disclosure requirements for tax-exempt groups that engage in politics are just now revealing that several moderate Republican groups have taken NEA contributions for years. The groups include the Ripon Society, the Republican Main Street Partnership and the Republican Mainstream Committee. It's no surprise that such groups haven't exactly been on the frontlines fighting for dramatic school reform--or eager to publicize their ties to the NEA. Take the Republican Mainstream Committee, whose national advisory board includes Reps. Connie Morella of Maryland, Amo Houghton of New York and Tom Campbell of California, Sen. Dianne Feinstein's GOP challenger. In 1995, after the GOP takeover of Congress, the NEA approached the RMC with offers of cooperation. "At that time, I felt there was a good deal of common ground with many moderate Republicans and the views of public-school teachers," the Associated Press quoted RMC executive director Ken Ruberg as saying yesterday. Since then, links between the NEA and moderate Republicans have blossomed. As far back as 1996, the NEA commissioned a poll on vouchers from pollster Linda DiVall, then a senior advisor to the Dole campaign. Not surprisingly, given Ms. DiVall's client, the poll found the public was skeptical about school choice. Ms. DiVall admitted at the time that the questions she asked could have been reworded to show support for vouchers. As written, the NEA poll helped undermine a central theme of the Dole campaign's education platform. This year, Mr. Ruberg's group has helped set up an NEA-sponsored forum at the Republican convention in Philadelphia and worked with the union to try to get more NEA endorsements for moderate Republicans. In turn, the NEA has been quietly sending $4,000 a month to the RMC. There's nothing wrong with the NEA reaching out for support in both parties, or with the RMC deciding to take the money of the most powerful element of the Democratic Party's coalition. But the RMC's other financial contributors--primarily social moderates who object to the party's stand on abortion--might be unhappy to see their group working so closely with the NEA. Republicans in Congress have routinely called the NEA the single biggest obstacle to genuine school reform. We know that politics makes strange bedfellows. It's just a little surprising to see a Republican group whose literature claims it's in favor of competition and free markets becoming a pet of the teachers' unions. opinionjournal.com