Posted on 08/15/2003 2:24:58 AM PDT by NYpeanut
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:06:49 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Why did Al Gore lose the 2000 presidential election? Was it his environmental record, his economic agenda, his foreign policy stance?
No, it was his prissy pronunciation, says Steve Sailer.
During the 2000 presidential campaign, Mr. Sailer writes in the latest issue of American Enterprise magazine, "my wife pointed out to me Gore's barely noticeable tendency to hiss his 's' sounds. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
Poor observation, she's both and more.
In fact, Democrat, snake and Senator are commonly used in the same sentence.
Cold feet "As Arnie mania explodes, there are hints that Bill and Hillary Clinton are getting cold feet and don't want to risk putting their personal prestige on the line to try to rescue Democrats by fending off Conan the Republican," the New York Post's Deborah Orin writes.
"Just a few days ago, Bill Clinton was getting touted as chief strategist for California's Democratic Gov. Gray Davis as he tries to beat back the Oct. 7 recall vote that could bounce him from office and put Ah-nold in his place," Miss Orin said.
"But as of now, Clinton has 'no campaign events on the schedule' when he goes to California to fulfill 'prior commitments mostly in connection with his foundation,' says spokesman Jim Kennedy. And he's not planning to go until September.
"The former president also must take time to travel to Bosnia and is working on his book and his foundation, including a new partnership with South Africa on AIDS treatments. Which sure doesn't make Davis sound like a top priority."
A spokesman for Mrs. Clinton told the columnist that the New York senator currently has no plans to visit California.
Obscene immigration
Immigration has long been a hot issue in California, and so far it appears that only one well-known candidate in the state's gubernatorial recall campaign is daring to mention it: Larry Flynt, multimillionaire porn publisher.
"The huge strain on California's budget is illegal immigration, because we have to pay benefits and Medicare for these people," Mr. Flynt says in an interview with the left-leaning online journal Salon (www.salon.com).
"We need to close down these borders once and for all. I think the federal government would work with the California government to do that, even if they had to call the National Guard down."
The publisher of such magazines as Hustler and Barely Legal suggests that the tax contributions made by immigrant workers are more than offset by the cost of providing them government services.
"[H]ow about the billions of dollars that the state is spending on education and benefits? I'm not sure if they balance out, but I know that we need orderly immigration."
And Mr. Flynt adds: "That's not a popular position. But I could care less about being socially acceptable. I'm more concerned about solving problems."
Much as I hate to admit it, I agree with UGH Flynt on immigration.
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