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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (18105)	4/26/2003 6:52:41 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 89467

Dear Newt: YOU MIGHT BE A RIGHT-WING REPUBLICAN IF . . . ...your idea of "the ultimate sacrifice" would be having your multi-millionaires-only tax cut welfare dropped from $700 billion to a "mere $400 billion during a war. ...you're very, very good at saying, "Let's you and him fight." ...you think liberating people means sending them to heaven ...you mistake Civility for Servility. ......You claim that "A high tide lifts all boats", but forget that it drowns those who can't afford a boat. ...you might have been persuaded to change your views on the war if Saddam had only joined the NRA. ...you support the troops by waging war on Veteran's Benefits. ...... you have more dollars than sense. ...you can use the phrase 'compassionate conservative' in conversation with a straight face. ...You think George Bush is way more 'smarterer' than Dan Quayle ...Killing the unborn by abortion is murder, but doing it with a smartbomb is patriotism. ...gaining a presidency without a majority is legal, but not getting the majority of UN votes and still getting vetoed down is damnable and against the 'moral majority.' ...you believe the Supreme Court is the Higher Authority. ...you and your pet rock are intellectual peers. ...no pretty young woman has ever called you "handsome" and you're insanely jealous of the female attention paid to Bill Clinton. .....you think the problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur. .... . .you're still obsessed with Bill Clinton's sex life. ...you think cowboys come from Connecticut. ...you don't "get" this quote: "The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in time of great moral crisis." (Dante Alighieri) ...you don't see a parallel between Bush believing he is on a mission from God and Osama bin Laden believing the same thing. ...you believe that your leaders talk to God ...you believe that boycotting French kissing will support the war against Iraq. ...you think the reason we have so many poor people is because the rich people aren't rich enough and need a tax cut. If you need a bologna sandwich, some pretzels, big tall glass of Jack Daniels, someone to read to ya, and a little nappy nap! ...you think that having to pay $26 billion for support means you actually have support. ...You think the government's concern for human life should begin at conception, but then end at birth. ...your heart pumps oil. ...you're 40 years old, and have never dated, let alone been married, because your saving yourself for Margaret Thatcher. ...You believe that John Ashcroft speaks to God. ...You believe that God speaks to John Ashcroft. ...you think mighty highly of the Texas School System for producing such a well-spoke President. ...you can't explain why you like George Bush. ...your idea of communing with nature is a cook-out in a strip-mine. ...you think Colin Powell played Chicken George in the movie Roots. ...you never connect the dots - and never realized you drew the original picture. ...you make your kids listen to talk radio during target practice. >

To: T L Comiskey who wrote (18105)	4/26/2003 6:53:44 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Those hypocrites at it again...and of course on a much LOWER level Fund-raiser for GOP pleads guilty in case of child pornography Delgaudio took pictures of a 16-year-old girl By Allison Klein Sun Staff Originally published April 24, 2003 A prominent Republican fund-raiser who once said former President Bill Clinton was "a lawbreaker and a terrible example to our nation's young people" pleaded guilty yesterday in Baltimore Circuit Court to production of child pornography. Richard Anthony Delgaudio, who was sentenced to two years' probation before judgment, admitted to taking lewd photographs of a 16-year-old girl he met in East Baltimore's Patterson Park in 2001. In some of the photos, he was engaged in sex with her, court records show. Delgaudio, 50, of Burke, Va., is a frequent talk-radio guest and national figure in conservative politics. He is president of the Legal Affairs Council, a group that helped pay the legal bills of former Reagan administration officials Oliver L. North and Caspar W. Weinberger after they were charged in connection with the Iran-contra affair. In his pornography case, there was additional evidence that Delgaudio took erotic images of at least one other, younger teen-ager, but that evidence was not admissible in court because police improperly stopped and searched Delgaudio, a judge ruled. Largely because of that, prosecutor Adam C. Rosenberg offered Delgaudio a plea agreement, rather than taking the case to a jury. "This is a satisfying outcome because it ends a lot of legal issues," Rosenberg said. In yesterday's ruling, Judge John M. Glynn ordered Delgaudio to stay away from Patterson Park and the neighboring Butchers Hill area. The judge also publicly acknowledged Delgaudio's humiliation. "Mr. Delgaudio has been very active in the state of Virginia and around the country. He was a respected member of the community," Glynn said. "This type of thing is a mortifying experience." Delgaudio thanked the judge for his "good work." He is not able to appeal because of the conditions of the plea agreement. After the hearing, Delgaudio - who is also an author of political books - refused to comment about his case. In a letter to the judge, Delgaudio's attorneys - Bruce Fein and Howard L. Cardin - wrote that he was remorseful and did not know the girls were underage. "He acknowledges the acute moral shortcomings of his conduct, and he will continue intense self-examination and professional and spiritual counseling," the lawyers wrote in the letter, dated yesterday. Cardin also said he did not want to speak about the case after yesterday's hearing but described his client as "brilliant and eloquent." Delgaudio, who has no prior record, was arrested in November 2001 with a book of obscene photographs he had taken of 15- and 16-year-old girls, according to court documents. The teen-agers went with him on several occasions to a hotel on Pulaski Highway, where they had sex and he paid them to pose in erotic positions for his camera, records show. The girls told Delgaudio their ages, according to police. As part of his restitution to the community, his attorney said Delgaudio would contribute $5,000 to "young mothers who are in distress and in need." Copyright © 2003, The Baltimore Sun CC