Today's Nuze: January 27, 2004

TUESDAY, January 27, 2004

BROADCASTING AGAIN TODAY FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE

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Well, it has warmed up a bit. This morning the temperature is only 5 degrees in Manchester. Yesterday it was down closer to zero. They tell me that the temperature on exposed skin will feel like a -6 degrees. That's fine, because there won't be any exposed skin when I step out of this hotel and head for our broadcast location at the Merrimack Restaurant in Manchester.

This has been my first experience with a New Hampshire primary. These folks up here really get into this. They can be political kingmakers or breakers, and they know it. They study, they volunteer, and they're out on the streets until the late hours working for their candidate. It's somewhat like New Hampshire's version of the Super Bowl.

Since the Republican primary's outcome is virtually assured, all of the news coverage has been on the Democrats. The Republican presence is virtually nil. Those who are opposing Bush in New Hampshire can correctly be described as nut cases. I was standing at the cash register in the Merrimack yesterday when Weasley Clark walked in. Some bearded yahoo who had been patrolling the Merrimack tables walked up to Clark and told him that the contest in November was going to be between he and Clark ... because he (the mountain man) was going to beat bush in the primary's and win the Republican nomination. They won't readily admit it, but candidates have to endure a lot of morons on the campaign trail. It really makes you wonder what it is that drives these men and women to enter the political arena. I still think it comes down to one word .. POWER.

A NEW FORM OF MOVIE CENSORSHIP

Some actor is calling for a boycott of the movie Cold Mountain. Why? Because the movie was set during the civil war yet it didn't address the issue of slavery. I guess there's a new rule of political correctness in Hollywood. As it stands now, any movie set in the Civil War era -- even if it's a movie about a relationship between two people -- MUST address slavery. Next up? Any movie set during the heydays of the civil right movement MUST address segregation.

Hey, let's just do this. Let's set up an official office of political correctness in Hollywood. Whenever a Hollywood producer accepts a script for a movie that script must be presented to the Hollywood PC office for approval. Highly trained politically correct professionals will then review that script to make sure that it addresses all relevant social issues of the era. Then, and only then, can the script and the eventual movie production get the Hollywood PC stamp of approval.

WEASLY TOPS TINY TOWN'S MIDNIGHT VOTE

Well, the results are in and Weasley Clark has finally won something. The good people of Dixville Notch (23 registered voters) cast their ballots in the wee hours of the morning and produced a landslide for General Clark: 14 votes. Too bad it doesn't mean anything. It's been a bad couple of weeks for Weakly. Once considered the Democratic front-runner, everything has gone to hell in a hand basket, with most polls now showing him either tied for 3rd or in 4th place.

Maybe Weasley should have gone to Iowa, because it sure hasn't worked out in New Hampshire. First you had him coming out and saying he supported abortion right up to the moment of birth, which is a bit much for most people. Then there was his disastrous endorsement appearance with that lying sack of crap Michael Moore calling President Bush a deserter. Weasley just went along with it the whole time, not correcting Moore or saying a thing. Unbelievable.

Then there was Clark's completely out of line statement about John Kerry's military service, calling him a "junior officer." Nice. Not content with that, Weasley started going around saying he was the only one in the race that grew up poor. Of course, John Edwards took issue with that, coming from a very modest background himself and being the first in his family to go to college. Clark had to apologize. Again. He really should keep his mouth shut and stick to flipping pancakes. Too bad Weasley's a space cadet, he really coulda been a contender.

The news is not all bad, though....he got the endorsement of 1984 loser Walter Mondale. It really is starting to look like Bill Clinton might not have to tell us why Weasley was fired as the NATO Supreme Allied Commander. He's really screwing this one up on his own.

But hey, at least he got to ride around on a bus with Drew Barrymore.

DESPITE WHAT THE MEDIA SAYS, IT'S STILL EARLY

Some talking head journalist was actually on TV the other day saying that if Dean comes in second in New Hampshire, it's all over. What? Have these people lost their minds? People are forgetting that New Hampshire is actually the first primary.

In 1992, Bill Clinton came in second, and still won the nomination. Likewise, George W. Bush finished behind John McCain in 2000, yet still won the nomination. What it comes down to is this: money. That's right, the 'ole mother's milk of politics. Back to 2000 for a minute...John McCain won New Hampshire, but George W. Bush had the most money, and was able to run all the necessary TV ads to win in the other big states.

And when it comes to the Democrats, a lot of the rich Hollywood left remains uncommitted. Until that money starts to flow into the big states, it is impossible to determine the Democratic nominee.

All the early states like Iowa and New Hampshire do is weed out those who are really behind. And besides, we don't even really know who is going to win New Hampshire. Remember all those polls that showed Dean winning Iowa in a landslide?

PAUL O'NEILL WON'T GO AWAY

Fired former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill is in the news again. He now says that he stands by his criticism of the inner workings of the Bush administration, but regrets his "vivid language" is detracting from serious issues. He says that he hopes "this book will cause young people to aspire to improve our political process." Interesting. Not sure that that has to do with calling the President of the United States "a blind man in a room full of deaf people," but why sweat the small stuff.

And speaking of President Bush, he has finally made a statement about the Paul O'Neill controversy, and this is an absolute classic. Speaking at a dinner on Saturday night, the President said "What a stellar crowd. It looks like the index of Paul O'Neill's book. Let me say something about that book. Paul said I was disengaged because he talked to me for 45 minutes and I didn't say a word. I wasn't disengaged. I was bored as hell and my mother told me never to interrupt."

It's hard to argue with that. Politicians really should tell the truth more.

A FEW ZERO DEGREE READING ASSIGNMENTS

Peggy Noonan writes that for the good of the country, Weasley Clark must be stopped! Noonan believes that Clark is ... let's say "strange."

I'm no good at predicting ... but I wouldn't be surprised to see Howard Dean win, or come close to winning New Hampshire today. This columnist says that Dean shouldn't be written off just quite yet.

Here comes the dirt: National Review says a lot of John Edwards' trial lawyer fortune may have come from junk science.

Big-money Democratic donors are still holding out for a front-runner. This could really make it interesting, especially if the race is still tight after New Hampshire.

The National Association of the Chiefs of Police say border security is a sham. I guess we're too worried about giving illegal aliens amnesty to bother with keeping them out in the first place.

Robert Novak says keep an eye on John Edwards, he just may come up big in New Hampshire.

George Will asks: have you ever voted for somebody based on their running mate?

Apparently Howard Dean was too busy screaming in Iowa to pay off his debt at a Deli, and now the owner is no longer a supporter.

What's after New Hampshire? Here are the 7 key primaries for Democrats on February 3rd.

In case you didn't catch it, John Stossel's 20/20 special on Friday about the top 10 myths in society was outstanding.

Another e-mail worm is spreading quickly around the internet, thanks to the idiots that open attachments from people they don't know.

Fox News' Carl Cameron presents a gambler's guide to the New Hampshire Primary.

Click here. Just do it. You won't regret it. You need to remember ... you need to be reminded. You must never forget.

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