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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RON BL who wrote (132014)	3/15/2001 6:14:05 PM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 769667

That guy is fully nutz and an absolute disgrace.

To: RON BL who wrote (132014)	3/15/2001 6:18:04 PM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 769667

More from that nut case: 60 Minutes" executive producer Don Hewett tells Daily Variety's Armey Archerd of his " 'shock' that the same media that have barred cigarettes have failed to ban political commercials." Archerd quotes Hewitt as saying: "If the First Amendment does not give you the right to holler 'Fire!' in a crowded theater, why does it give you the right to holler 'Money' in a Buddhist temple?" Wow, Don, that's really brilliant. For that matter, where do people get off hollering "Praise the Lord" in a crowded church, "Go team" in a crowded stadium or "Fore!" on a crowded golf course? Does Hewett really mean to suggest that political advertising, like yelling "Fire!" in a theater, is likely to set off a panic? Or is this just a case of employing a cliché in the absence of a thought? Hewett also tells Archerd: "If we get the NRA out of the way, responsible people will find a way to respect the Second Amendment and keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them." We eagerly await Hewitt's explanation as to how he plans to get groups he disagrees with "out of the way." opinionjournal.com Yesterday we noted "60 Minutes" executive producer Don Hewitt's curious remark about campaign ads: "If the First Amendment does not give you the right to holler 'Fire!' in a crowded theater, why does it give you the right to holler 'Money' in a Buddhist temple?" Reader Tim Graham notes that this is not Hewitt's first foray into First Amendment jurisprudence. In 1999, as Brent Bozell noted, Hewitt offered the following penetrating analysis: "The First Amendment has never stopped anyone from refusing to broadcast or print obscenities, and I contend that political commercials are just that--obscenities--and could be banned for that reason alone." OK, we are going to try our hand at Hewittian constitutional analysis. Clausewitz said war is politics by other means, and political ads come into our houses! So they blatantly violate the Third Amendment! opinionjournal.com