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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (159491)	11/3/2003 9:38:20 AM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Speaking of the 2004 Demo-contenders... ;-) Democratic pols picayunish at podium Jim Shea - Hartford Courant Monday, November 3, 2003 As the Democratic presidential debates continue to deteriorate, we join the final encounter already in progress: Lieberman: . . . and on top of that, Howard Dean is a big dooty head. Dean: Am not. Lieberman: Are too. Dean: Am not. Moderator: Gentlemen, if we may, let's move on to the war in Iraq. Kerry: I was for it, now I'm not. Edwards: I was for it, but now I'm not too. Clark: I was for it and then I didn't know if I was for it and now I'm, er, what day is it? Lieberman: Sen. Kerry, I don't see how you could vote for the war but not for the $87 billion to fund it. Kerry: It's simple, Joe, I'm a war hero, and you're a twerp. Clark: Yeah, gimme a high five. Edwards: Maybe if the senator from Connecticut spent a little less time on policy and a little more time on his hair he might actually excite a voter. Lieberman: You know what the difference is between road kill and a dead lawyer on the side of the road? Sharpton: Hey, I know, I know. Moderator: Rev. Sharpton. Sharpton: Skid marks. Moderator: Mr. Gephardt, you've been quiet this evening. Gephardt: You know, it just dawned on me the only thing I have a chance of being president of is Iowa. Kucinich: Hello. Moderator: Ms. Moseley Braun, how do you feel about the Iraq question? Moseley Braun: Oh, I don't care. I'm just happy to be up here. Moderator: Gov. Dean, how should we fund postwar Iraq? Dean: I know but I'm not saying until Sen. Rubber Face apologizes for calling me a big dooty head. Lieberman: Dooty head. Dooty head. Dooty head. Dean: I'm telling. Sharpton: Mr. Moderator, I have a question for Gov. Dean. Moderator: Go ahead. Sharpton: Yo, Dean, what's wrong with your neck, man, can't you turn that thing? Dean: Well, I got one for you, Al. Where do you buy pants with a 38-inch waist and 20-inch inseam? Sharpton: Your mama knows. Moderator: Gentlemen! Gentlemen, please. We only have a few more minutes. Final statements, who would like to go first? Dean: I should go first, I'm the front-runner. Moseley Braun: Ladies before gentlemen. Kerry: She's right, let Lieberman go first. Lieberman: What's that supposed to mean? Clark: It's about leadership, people, I'll make the tough decisions. Edwards: Stuff it, general. Sharpton: Shut up, Edwards. Gephardt: Have another doughnut, Al. Kucinich: Hello. Jim Shea is a columnist for the Hartford Courant.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (159491)	11/3/2003 9:45:24 AM
From: Oeconomicus	Respond to of 164684

And on a less comical note, except for the title, which is aptly humorous: Confederacy of Dunces Credit Howard Dean for running a shrewd campaign, but one reason he's leading the Democratic Presidential sweepstakes is because his opponents don't seem to understand his appeal. Look no further than this weekend's flap over Dr. Dean's alleged embrace of the Confederate flag. The former Vermont Governor was quoted in Saturday's Des Moines Register as saying that "I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags on their pickup trucks" and appeal to "a broad cross-section of Democrats." His rivals immediately jumped on the remark as a sign that Dr. Dean was somehow soft on civil rights. "It is simply unconscionable for Howard Dean to embrace the most racially divisive symbol in America," said John Kerry. Democrats usually smear Republicans with this kind of race-baiting politics, but it isn't any more justified when Democrats use it against one of their own. Dr. Dean is hardly sympathetic to the Confederacy, or Jim Crow, or apartheid or any other kind of racial discrimination. He was merely saying he'd like to win the support of Southerners who over the years have fled the Democratic Party represented by the Kerrys and the Dick Gephardts. One reason those and so many other voters have left is precisely because of the kind of litmus-test, interest-group gotcha! politics that this racial pandering represents. Yet Dr. Dean's opponents continue to attack him for violating liberal taboos on guns, Medicare, trade and now civil rights. No wonder Democratic voters find him refreshing. Updated November 3, 2003 online.wsj.com

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (159491)	11/3/2003 9:50:43 AM
From: Oeconomicus	Respond to of 164684

George Bush vs. the Naive Nine WSJ, Commentary By ZELL MILLER If I live and breathe, and if -- as Hank Williams used to say -- the creek don't rise, in 2004 this Democrat will do something I didn't do in 2000, I will vote for George W. Bush for president. I have come to believe that George Bush is the right man in the right place at the right time. And that's a pretty big mouthful coming from a lifelong Democrat who first voted for Adlai Stevenson in 1952 and has voted for every Democratic presidential candidate the 12 cycles since then. My political history to the contrary, this was the easiest decision I think I've ever made in deciding who to support. For I believe the next five years will determine the kind of world my four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren will live in. I simply cannot entrust that crucial decision to any one of the current group of Democratic presidential candidates. Why George Bush? First, the personal; then, the political. I first got to know George Bush when we served as governors together, and I just plain like the man, a man who feeds his dogs first thing every morning, has Larry Gatlin sing in the White House, and knows what is meant by the term "hitting behind the runner." I am moved by the reverence and tenderness he shows the first lady and the unabashed love he has for his parents and his daughters. I admire this man of faith who has lived that line in that old hymn, "Amazing Grace," "Was blind, but now I see." I like the fact that he's the same on Saturday night as he is on Sunday morning. And I like a man who shows respect for others by starting meetings on time. That's the personal. Now, the political. This is a president who understands the price of freedom. He understands that leaders throughout history often have had to choose between good and evil, tyranny and freedom. And the choice they make can reverberate for generations to come. This is a president who has some Churchill in him and who does not flinch when the going gets tough. This is a president who can make a decision and does not suffer from "paralysis analysis." This is a president who can look America in the eye and say on Iraq, "We're not leaving." And you know he means it. This is also a president who understands that tax cuts are not just something that all taxpayers deserve, but also the best way to curb government spending. It is the best kind of tax reform. If the money never reaches the table, Congress can't gobble it up. I have just described George W. Bush. Believe me, I looked hard at the other choices. And what I saw was that the Democratic candidates who want to be president in the worst way are running for office in the worst way. Look closely, there's not much difference among them. I can't say there's "not a dime's worth of difference" because there's actually billions of dollars' worth of difference among them. Some want to raise our taxes a trillion, while the others want to raise our taxes by several hundred billion. But, make no mistake, they all want to raise our taxes. They also, to varying degrees, want us to quit and get out of Iraq. They don't want us to stay the course in this fight between tyranny and freedom. This is our best chance to change the course of history in the Middle East. So I cannot vote for a candidate who wants us to cut and run with our shirttails at half-mast. I find it hard to believe, but these naive nine have managed to combine the worst feature of the McGovern campaign -- the president is a liar and we must have peace at any cost -- with the worst feature of the Mondale campaign -- watch your wallet, we're going to raise your taxes. George McGovern carried one state in 1972. Walter Mondale carried one state in 1984. Not exactly role models when it comes to how to get elected or, for that matter, how to run a country. So, as I have said, my choice for president was an easy decision. And my own party's candidates made it even easier. Mr. Miller is a Democratic senator from Georgia and the author of "A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat," published last month by Stroud & Hall. Updated November 3, 2003 online.wsj.com