Continuing his legacy of eight years, Clinton showed again that he absolutely no class and a disrespect for the office of the presidency and anyone who disagrees with him.
In a speech on Tuesday in Chicago, Clinton said that Bush wouldn't be president-elect if he hadn't have stopped the Florida vote count. Wrong, Slick Willie, the votes were counted three times and Gore lost each one. Then the Supreme Court voted 7-2 that the way the Dems were conducting the hand counts was unconstitutional. There goes the bane to Clinton's presidency: the law stands in his way.
You can also bet that Clinton won't follow the leads of his predecessors and remain silent on his successor's performance for the first year.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking glue, because the Democrats didn't take long to blow talk of "bipartisanship" out of the water. But did you really think they cared? Life will be easier for all conservatives as long as we remember that for Democrats, bipartisanship means abandoning your beliefs and doing what the Left wants.
Republican leaders shouldn't try too hard to be liked. You've got the power in all three branches of government. Use it, and the people will fall in line after seeing the positives of conservative leadership, something not seen in half a century. Trent, you may be a relative (something like fifth cousin), but you coddle the Dems too much. Forget about them and pass bills that the people elected Republicans for.
Liberals know that they construct the media's agenda, and will receive full support in their effort to demonize Bush's cabinet appointments. The Left has sunk to new lows in attacking John Ashcroft and Linda Chavez, although it shouldn't be a surprise. This was the group that made "Bork" a verb in the way they'd convinced enough Americans that the former Supreme Court nominee hated blacks, children, elderly, Marilyn Monroe and McDonalds.
Black "leaders" (who decided that Sharpton and Jackson should be called that?) decry that Ashcroft voted against two of 28 black federal appointees to judgeships during Clinton's reign. Women's groups are upset that Ashcroft is against abortion "to the extreme." Supposedly more compassionate liberals yelled over the fact that Linda Chavez boarded an illegal immigrant for a time. The immigrant, Marta, didn't work for her, and had her own job. Even more, Marta fled Guatemala to get away from an abusive husband! If she were a liberal, Chavez would be praised as the next Susan B. Anthony. Many on the Left have also called Chavez a traitor to her hispanic heritage for marrying a Jew and raising her children Jewish. Yeah, they really believe in diversity.
Now that Chavez withdrew her name from consideration, the Left will be heartened and believe they can make Ashcroft wilt as well. Bush's camp needs to come out swinging and take on these loons, because after Ashcroft will be attacks on Interior nominee Gale Norton.
Also, when did Cabinet appointments begin to be attacked based on ideological views? I'll answer my own question. When the GOP gained control the presidency, House and Senate for the first time in almost 50 years, that's when. The Left cannot stand that they're out of power, and are out to do whatever it takes to get that power back.
Last month I showed how the murder rate in Gore counties was six times higher than in counties that voted for Bush. Similar statistics are just as useful when looking at the New York Senate race between Hillary and Rick Lazio. Lazio won 47, to Hillary's 15, and the violent crime rate in Lazio's counties was 2.4 per 1,000 people compared to 9.3 per 1,000 for Hillary. Additionally, 12.8% of households in Hillary's counties receive public assistance, with only 5.9% of Lazio's taking from the public dole. Click here to see how fragile Hillary's mandate really is in New York state.
Residents and officials of the District of Columbia consistently bemoan their lack of representation of Congress. One of Gore's Electoral College representatives even withheld her vote for Gore to protest D.C.'s status. In reality, though, a new study by the National Taxpayers Union shows that D.C. fares much better than the rest of the nation. The study found that American taxpayers funneled $24 billion into the District of Columbia in 1998. By comparison, D.C.'s taxpayers paid out only $1.9 billion in federal income taxes. That means D.C. gets $12 back for every $1 its residents pay in taxes. And it doesn't end there. On average, the federal government spends $5,491 on each American citizen. But each D.C. resident gets $45,955 from the government!
A new poll by CBS News finds that 61 percent of Americans want a large tax cut. During the 2000 election campaign, news organizations like CBS made sure we were told over and over again that Americans didn't want any tax cut. Now that the economy has slowed, maybe Americans have finally come to their senses, that in order to reinvigorate their pocketbooks Bush's across-the-board savings will make a big difference, just as Reagan's did in the 80s, and started the entire boom we've enjoyed. Don't count on Democrats admitting that a tax cut will help.
Add actress Sarah Jessica Parker to the list of celebs who are concerned about a Bush presidency. It seems as if the star of "Sex and the City" is "worried about the kind of cuts he might make in domestic programs that mean something to a lot of people, including people in my family who depend on certain things from the government. When someone has to qualify themselves as a 'compassionate' conservative, I think it's kind of interesting that the compassion can't just be assumed." Here's a suggestion, Sarah. You and your hubby, actor Matthew Broderick, are worth millions. How about sharing some of that wealth with your family so they don't have to depend on the government? I guess the government is more compassionate than you care to be.
Homer quote: "Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand!"
Random site: National Review Online - the best conservative web-zine.
Best Vent from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, in light of Eminem's recent nominations: "Now we know if John Rocker had put his words to music, he'd be up for a Grammy."