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Posted: 1:00 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004
Today's Nuze: February 03, 2004
By Neal Boortz
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TUESDAY, February 3, 20047 STATES GO TO THE POLLS TODAY TO VOTE FOR KERRY IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
Up for grabs today, the states of Arizona, Delaware, Missouri, New Mexico,
North Dakota, Oklahoma, and South Carolina. Those with the best
chance to do some serious delegate grabbing, John Kerry, and John
Edwards. Are we going to have a John-John ticket this fall?
I can hear the shallow breathing at Democratic Party headquarters right now.
Well, don't get me wrong, there are other people running. It's just that if you listen to the mainstream media, there are no other candidates. According to them, Kerry is going to be the nominee, and surprise, in the latest USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll, he would defeat President Bush if the election were held today. That news isn't as bad as it seems. I think if you checked the polls you would find Ronald Reagan also lagging behind some potential Democratic candidates at this point in his presidency. Ditto for George Bush XLI vs. Dukakis in 1988. Thank God people usually sober up enough to pull their heads out of their rear ends around election day.
And then there is the little matter of Howard Dean. He does still have some
delegates, and is raising $200,000 a day from supporters on the internet. If
he is smart enough to hang around for a while, he could really make some
noise. The only question is whether he will cave in to the pressure from Terry
McAwful at the DNC to pull out of the race so they can anoint Kerry as soon as
possible. Dean could take this all the way to the convention if he wins a
couple states. I'm pulling for Dean. We'll be broadcasting from
the Democratic convention and I want it to be fun.
And as we mentioned in yesterday's Nuze, there are the other guys. If the
polls are to be believed, Edwards will win South Carolina, and press on.
He has said if he loses there, he's throwing in the towel.
Interestingly, he still denies any interest in the running mate position. They
all deny interest at this point in the campaign. Believe me, if the
offer is made, he's there. Many voters view Edwards as just too young
and inexperienced for the job. After all, this is his first Senate
term. A few years in the Vice-President's office would cure that
particular problem.
All the other guys, well, some of them will probably go home tonight. Except
Al Sharpton. He likes the room service on the campaign trail, and won't go
quietly. It's too bad the Democrats have turned their back on Joe
Lieberman. He's a truly decent human being ... and the only Democrat who
doesn't send me running for the Immodium.
SO NOW THE FCC IS GOING TO INVESTIGATE Investigate what? Janet Jackson's right mammary, that's what. Oh .. and while we're at it, the entire half-time show at the Super Bowl. Well .. here comes my libertarian side. It should be market pressures and public reaction that CBS and MTV are worried about, not the FCC. When you look at the big television picture you can't help but realize that that there's something more than a bit strange at work here. FCC Chairman Michael Powell is outraged. There he was, sitting there with his children, when he caught a brief glimpse of Janet's asset. Come on, folks. Do you think that Powell's children were traumatized by this? How many murders do they watch on television during any given week? I would guess that you can see over 100 murders on broadcast and cable television during the course of one week, and God knows how many rapes and assaults. Now, when we see a human breast Powell swings into action. "Hey, my kids might watch 50 murders a week on television .. but you show them a breast and I'm going to come after you." No .. I'm not defending that absurd wasteland of talent that MTV paraded before us this past Sunday. Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson cooked this whole thing up for one thing ... publicity. Reviews are less than brilliant for Jackson's latest album, but here we were on Groundhog Day with almost everyone in the country talking about her. Oh, you say that Janet is now apologizing? And you think that's sincere? Nobody that reads this web page could possibly be that dumb. This is publicity you couldn't possibly buy .. and it's publicity that will make Jackson a true bra-load of money. (No, I don't know if Janet's groundhog saw its shadow when it peaked out.) Let the market react to CBS. Government has no place here. USPS DELIVERS WMD TO A SENATE MAILROOM
Tests of a white powder found in a mail room near the offices of Tennessee
Senator Bill Frist tested positive for the deadly poison ricin. Three Senate
buildings will be closed today while the substance is sent to Fort Detrick in
Maryland for more testing. According to Senator Frist, "this is a
terrorist activity." Damn right it is.
In fact it was just last January that police found traces of ricin in a north
London apartment and arrested seven men of North African
origin. The substance has also been linked to Al-Qaeda and
Iraq. That's right ... IRAQ. But, hey ... Saddam wasn't a threat
to the United States, right? Give me a break.
And what about the irradiating of the mail we heard so much about after the
anthrax scare a few years ago? Turns out it has no effect on ricin because it
is neither a virus or a bacterium. When are people going to wake up? It
wouldn't take much for some Islamic terrorist to get his hands on this
stuff and spread it around all over the place. We couldn't prevent this kind
of thing 2 years ago, and we can't now. Unbelievable.
BUSH UNVEILS "NO-FRILLS" $2.4 TRILLION BUDGET WITH $521
BILLION SHORTFALL
If this is what the Bush administration calls belt-tightening, I'd hate to see
them splurge anytime soon. On top of the budget submitted yesterday, the
administration expects to request supplemental funding for Iraq and
Afghanistan after this fall's elections. That figure is somewhere in the
neighborhood of $50 billion. The President blamed the overall budget shortfall
on the 2001 recession and the costs of fighting the war on terrorism. Somehow
he forgot that the first three years of his administration set all-time
spending records .. and I do mean all-time.
Blame this on the recession and the war? Well, how about the gigantic
new prescription drug benefit for Medicare? Could that have anything to do
with the runaway government spending? Are people really this stupid? According
to White House budget director Joshua Bolten, the President's budget would
eliminate 65 government programs for a savings of $4.9 billion while proposing
to cut spending on 63 other programs. That's like fending off a mountain
lion with a ping pong paddle. Not even close to what needs to be done. Do we
really need the $18 million increase in the National Endowment for the
Arts? Not only no, but hell no.
You'll hear terms like "spending freeze," but have you ever really
thought about what that is? You might think that when a spending freeze is in
effect those government programs would get the same money they got last year
.. but with no increase. Sorry .. that's not what Washington
means when it says "spending freeze." To the Beltway types
instituting a spending freeze simply means that you're going to allow the
spending programs to increase as normal .. to increase in accordance with the
spending increase formulas that are already in place. When politicians
say that they are going to freeze spending they mean that they're not going to
allow spending to increase beyond those statutory increases already in
place. Conversely, if you do happen to reduce the size of the statutory
spending increase, that's called a spending "cut." A cut, even
though you're actually spending more. These little word games were
invented by politicians simply to obfuscate (I love that word) what they are
really doing.
No...once again for the umpteenth year in a row, the federal government
is getting exponentially larger and all the general
public seems to care about is why Janet Jackson flashed the Superbowl
audience.
SO ... NOW THE DEMOCRATS FINALLY CARE ABOUT A PRESIDENT'S MILITARY RECORD Kerry is making it clear. Bush's service in the National Guard is going to be a big issue in the campaign. Odd, isn't it. Democrats were insistent that Clinton's draft-dodging and associated lies were just simply not an issue. Now that it's a Republican in the White House the rules change. What a year this is going to be. CREDIT CARD COMPANIES ARE RAISING LATE FEES I heard this morning that credit card companies are raising late fees. MBNA is charging as much as $49 for a late payment to some customers. That's a bunch! I also heard that the average credit card balance today is around $9,300. Good! I hope the credit card companies continue to turn the screws on their customers. Maybe some of these customers will actually decide to avoid these problems by getting rid of their credit cards and starting to live within their means. Clark Howard gets this one right. He says he never borrows money for lifestyle. Using your credit card to buy the latest jewelry and fashions is borrowing for lifestyle. Been there ... done that. I don't know how you can measure the misery of a high credit card balance. Put 'em away, folks. They're killing you. And if they don't, the credit card companies will. UTAH TO UN ... BYE BYE! They've passed a bill in Utah asking that the United States get out of the United Nations. The legislation cites the cost to the American Taxpayers and the threat the UN poses to our sovereignty. The legislation is not binding on the US Congress. Too bad ... it's a good idea. READING ASSIGNMENTS The entire Super Bowl halftime show is going to get some tough scrutiny from the FCC. The main problem with the show was that it was dedicated to hip hop -- the culture of violence and predatory sex. Bush vs. Kerry 2004. This is going to be far more interesting than you might think. So .. since you're so involved in the process ... why not take a look at the many faces of John Kerry. Can you believe it? For the first time since he was sworn in George Bush actually has submitted a budget that would restrain domestic spending. Predictably ... the Democrats are screaming bloody murder. Interesting? Maybe an understatement. George Will says that this may be the most "nation-shaping" election since 1932. It will also define the proper role of government and our relationship to it. Have I ever featured a column by Neil Cavuto here before? Don't think so. Well .. we'll fix that. Cavuto says "... this isn't about us and what we're paying. It's about the government and what it's keeping." Gorby is going to trademark his forehead. No, I'm not kidding. Many people can claim an "I told you so" on this one. R. Emmet Tyrrell Jr. says that to maintain their hold on the Democratic Party, Bill and Hillary had to see to it that Howard Dean was destroyed. Time for a refresher course on the Reagan legacy. Democrats have made a life's work out of denigrating the accomplishments of Ronald Reagan. Maybe a few of you would like to see the other side. This trial getting underway in Atlanta should be good Court TV fodder. How many husbands and boyfriends have to die of antifreeze poisoning before you figure out that something is wrong. For those of you around the country who are following this absurd story about Georgia's school superintendent trying to eliminate the word "evolution" from Georgia government schools ... here's a local columnist on the issue. Did you know that Georgia school children are not taught that the earth is probably about 4 billion years old? Bob
Barr writes that support amongst conservatives for the Bush administration
is wearing thin.
This
column details a larger problem than the Superbowl halftime: CBS is
once again in denial about all of its problems.
FCC
Chairman Michael Powell has ordered an investigation into what happened at
the Superbowl halftime on Sunday. I can save them the time and trouble right
here. Here's what happened: a bunch of no-talent
"performers" desperate for attention got together and acted sleazy.
End of investigation.
In an effort to convince the liberals that Saddam Hussein wasn't a really nice
man just minding his own business before we callously invaded his country,
President Bush has ordered an investigation into intelligence failures.
Yawn.
David
Limbaugh writes that David Kay has vindicated President Bush, so why
aren't the Republicans taking better advantage of that?
Thomas
Sowell has an excellent column today about just what "special
interests" are.
Rich
Lowry calls out the Gimme Generation over the Medicare monstrosity.
Well if this isn't hypocrisy, I don't know what is. Remember back in 1992 when
the Democrats defended Bill Clinton for dodging the draft? Now
John Kery is nitpicking George Bush's Texas Air National Guard service in
the 1970's.
A
cop in Denver stopped an out of control car with a maneuver he saw on the
show "Chips." Who says TV isn't useful once in awhile?
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