***************************** Get It Off Your Chest Comments, suggestions, letters-to-the-editor, rants, chants, curses and verses should be sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************** Paying Off the Debt Two weeks ago, I checked into the Ohana Reef Towers hotel in Waikiki, Hawaii for a little R&R and a somewhat curtailed work schedule. The first thing I did was unplug the TV, and turned it back on only once ... to watch ABC's "Stossel Goes to Washington." So for two weeks, I was mercifully ignorant of the "hot topics" the chattering class of talking head pundits were chattering about. Alas, all good things come to an end ... and the boob tube is back in my daily routine. And it seems the Democrats (who, I believe, are still being "bipartisan", aren't they?) are in high dudgeon over tax cuts, calling it a moral imperative to retire the country's debt first. Now, I know I've been out of the loop for a while ... and this is gonna sound pretty crazy ... but why aren't the Republicans seizing on this opportunity to have their cake and eat it too? We have an alleged budget surplus, so let's give at least some of it back to the taxpayers. Fine. Now, you want debt relief, too? OK. Let's cut the Commerce Department and earmark EVERY DIME saved to debt reduction. Same for the Energy Department. And how about the National Endowment for the Arts? Republicans could turn this whole debt reduction argument of the Democrats right back on them as the reason for dramatically cutting back a government which, as Ronald Reagan used to say, is still too big and still costs too much. Gosh, what the heck have I been smoking? - Chuck Muth, Editor ****************************** Too Little, Too Late? "We hate to be a spoilsport, just when President Bush's tax cut is gaining momentum. But someone has to point out the emerging danger that whatever passes Congress could be too small and especially too slow. We're referring to the fact, not well understood, that if passed as written the Bush proposal would be phased in over eight long years. That's right. The proposal that liberals have been denouncing as gargantuan might not be fully realized until 2009, or at the start of JEB Bush's first presidential term. (Just kidding.)" - Wall Street Journal editorial, 2/8/01 ******************************* Mr. President, Tear Down This Barricade! "The Secret Service, the agency charged with the primary security of the president, persuaded Bill Clinton that it was necessary to barricade the avenue in front of the White House in the aftermath of the attack on a federal building in Oklahoma. ... The (shooting) incident yesterday did not happen on Pennsylvania Avenue, or even near it, but on the opposite side of the White House, facing the National Mall and the Washington Monument. Closing the avenue did not deter this gunman. The Bush administration, like the president's party, has pledged to reopen Pennsylvania Avenue, as have members of Congress of both parties. The avenue should never have been closed, and indeed it may well be that the barricading of the avenue has made the White House a more attractive and challenging target to the bad, the ugly and the deranged among us. "The Secret Service stands alone in its zeal to keep the avenue closed and to keep the White House barricaded as if it were a dictator's palace in Pyongyang, Havana or Port-au-Prince. There is no overestimating the symbolism of an unbarricaded White House in a free America. ... The incident yesterday must not be allowed to become another excuse to keep Pennsylvania Avenue closed to the people who paid for it. All that remains to reopen the avenue is for President Bush, dedicated as he is to an open government, to listen to his own instincts and give the word to the Secret Service to clear the people's avenue." - Washington Times editorial, 2/8/01 **************************** "Pardon-gate" Keeps Getting Worse "Bill Clinton granted 47 last-minute pardons without applications first being fully examined by the Justice Department's pardon attorney's office, the Los Angeles Times reports. That's nearly twice as many as the two dozen originally reported." - OpinionJournal.com, 2/8/01 **************************** Bonnie & Clod Return Some Stolen Loot "Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton returned about $28,000 worth of sofas, lamps, a needlepoint rug and other furnishings Wednesday because of questions about whether the gifts were meant for them or the permanent White House collection." - Associated Press, 2/8/01 ****************************** Ex-Prez Hitting Rocky (White)Waters "Meanwhile, in Boca Raton, Mr. Clinton was supposed to kick off his post-presidential run on the gravy train - sorry, lecture circuit - with an easy, $100,000 speech at a Morgan Stanley Dean Witter convention. Turns out nothing's easy. As the Wall Street Journal reported, the investment company's 13,000 representatives had to be prepped with a scripted attempt to appease customers threatening to close their accounts. ('Please don't make emotional decisions on your finances based on this one event . . .' angry callers were told.) "Then, a rowdy band of protesters greeted the former president with signs saying, 'Leave the silverware,' 'Does Dean Witter need a pardon?' and 'Sell the penthouse and get a trailer - it's so you.' A man with a megaphone roamed about, shouting, 'Sexual predator alert - Bill Clinton in the neighborhood.' How, er, rude. Not that things were much better inside. Mr. Clinton is said to have become red-faced while being heckled about his pardon of Marc Rich. 'If you have a problem with the pardon, write John Ashcroft and have him sue Marc Rich,' Mr. Clinton replied. "He probably can't wait to get back to the Big Apple. Of course, as 'Pardongate' continues to fester, and as 'Penthousegate' continues to develop - with Mr. Clinton's office rent now expected to top $800,000, and his offer to pay $300,000 of the rent from his presidential library funds now raising both ethical and legal questions - New York may seem about as inviting as a purloined club chair." - Washington Times editorial, 2/8/01 ***************************** Campaign Hot Tips - FREE! For those of you in the trenches - as candidates, campaign managers, volunteers, consultants, party leaders, etc. - we're now publishing a new FREE e-newsletter called "Campaign Hot Tips." This short e-newsletter will go out just a couple times each month and will include helpful ideas, hints and tips on running political campaigns, party organizations or clubs. To subscribe and begin receiving your FREE "Campaign Hot Tips," just go to: http://www.CampaignTraining.com and sign up. It's that easy. 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