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Mondull: We're Gonna Tax Their Ass Off
Rush Limbaugh ^
| November 1, 2002
| Rush Limbaugh
Posted on 11/04/2002 1:35:55 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
On Thursday, I reminded you of Walter Mondale's admission in 1989 that he was too old and too yesterday to run for the Senate. On Friday, I brought you more of his words - including his latest negative campaign ad.
This from a man who said he wouldn't campaign at all out of respect for Paul Wellstone. I think his words are worth revisiting, because this is how we know where Mondull really stands. So I dug for Mondull quotes in Wall Street Journal alum Jeff Birnbaum's 1987 book: Showdown at Gucci Gulch.
Here's the important quote, made on stage at the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco to Congressman Dan "Rosty" Rostenkowski. In his speech, Mondale had famously said, "Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did."
Rostenkowski whispered to Mondale after he stepped off the podium, "You've got a lot of balls, pal," and Mondale whispered back, as he gazed out at a sea of cheering Democrats, "Look at 'em. We're going to tax their ass off." This is Walter Mondale, as reported in a well-respected book, by a heavy-hitting Democrat congressman. Now, there's still time for Mr. Mondale to be asked about this on the campaign trail in Minnesota. Will the press step up to the challenge?
There's still time for Mr. Rostenkowski to be asked about this. There's still time for the denials. There's still time to check with Rosty, and to go to the videotape of the convention and see if CNN can read the lips off the Born to Loser candidate.
There's still time for James Carville to spin out of this for Mondull on Crossfire. Of course, I know what James would say - and you can hear me as him saying it by clicking the large head to the right.
TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: assoff; mondale; tax
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Where's the last minute ad about this?
To: Behind Liberal Lines
If I were his opponent, I would run it with every dollar I had left.
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Whul hold my PAMPERS alert
To: Behind Liberal Lines
No time left for ads. Way too late.
To: Blood of Tyrants
If I were his opponent, I would run it with every dollar I had left.No kidding.
To: Behind Liberal Lines
I keep thinking that if the people of Minnesota are stupid enough to elect this guy then their going to get exactly what the deserve from him.
To: thingumbob
I keep thinking that if the people of Minnesota are stupid enough to elect this guy then their going to get exactly what the deserve from him. WRRRRRRONNNNNNGGGGGGG!!!!!
BIG WRONG!!!
If the people of Minnesota are stupid enought to elect this guy, and the Senate stays Dem controlled, we are ALL screwed, not just MN.
We can't be blase' about any of these.
To: Blood of Tyrants; Uncle George
I can see the ad now:
Black screen, black and white picture of Mondale in 1984.
NARRATOR: Walter Mondale is for working families?
In quotes, next to Mondale's picture, fade in the words, simple white text, "tax their ass off"
Then why did he say he was going to "tax their ass off?"
In small print, under the quote comes "Source: Showdown at Gucci Gulch, by Jeff Birnbaum
NARRATOR: Call Walter Mondale's office. Tell him NOT to tax our hard working families and seniors.
That's all you need. It could be written, produced and shipped to their media markets in a few hours.
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Why didn't Coleman bring this up in the debate today? The old fart kicked his butt and Coleman let him. Very disappointing. Mondale wins tomorrow.
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posted on
11/04/2002 2:11:46 PM PST
by
no dems
To: thingumbob
their = they're
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posted on
11/04/2002 2:14:34 PM PST
by
Cobra64
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Rush is great. Too bad our contrarianite FReepers pissed him off. Idiots.
To: no dems
the old fart kicked his butt and Coleman let him. Very disappointing. Mondale wins tomorrow.Funny, everyone else seems to think Coleman won.
To: no dems
DU Plant?
To: VaBthang4; no dems
no dems signed up 9/30/02
To: VaBthang4
I am a very conservative Republican and have been since I cast my first Presidential election for Nixon in 1968. I'm just so tired of the GOP not having the tenacity we need to win elections like this one.
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11/04/2002 2:21:44 PM PST
by
no dems
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Quote by Walter Mondale at a Demorat Convention
"Dan Rostenkowski, standing next to the candidate in front of the cameras and the cheering crowd at the convention after the fateful speech, whispered to Mondale, "You've got a lot of balls, pal."
According to Rostenkowski, Mondale whispered back, "Look at 'em, we're going to tax their ass off."
Source: -- ("Showdown At Gucci Gulch," Jeffrey H. Birnbaum And Alan S. Murray, page 35)
(Daniel David Rostenkowski) (rs´´tnkou´sk) (KEY) , 1928, U.S. congressman, b. Chicago. A Democrat, he was first elected as a U.S. representative from Illinois in 1958. Rostenkowski became chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee in 1981. He helped secure (1983) legislation to keep the social security system solvent and played a major role in the passage (1986) of a new federal tax code. In 1994, Rostenkowski was indicted on corruption charges and stepped down as Ways and Means chairman; he lost his House seat in the Congressional elections later that year. He pleaded guilty to mail fraud in 1996, and was fined and served (199697) a 17-month sentence. He has subsequently worked as a political consultant and commentator. Rostenkowski was pardoned by President Clinton in 2000. See biography by R. E. Cohen (1999.
Also see: STERLING INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS BUREAU - Jeffrey Birnbaum - FORTUNE Magazine - Washington Bureau Chief
To: Behind Liberal Lines
"In the face of frauds perpetrated by Democrats in the past, in Northern cities, and the force and fraud used by their allies at the South, to nullify the right of the colored Republicans to vote, I shall not consent to the removal of any safeguards thrown around the ballot-box, intended to prevent such frauds or force anywhere. I favor no forcible or other interferencewith the right to vote, but advocate the employment of all the means, and the exertion of all the power, necessary to secure the free exercise of that right. It will be time to withdraw these, when the Democratic frauds and... bulldozing shall cease." - John I. Mitchell, speech, House of Representatives, April 17, 1879.
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11/04/2002 2:42:27 PM PST
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PsyOp
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Hey, I have "Showdown at Gucci Gulch"! It was assigned to me for a politics class in college (and obviously made the RATS look much sleazier than the GOP), and it's been sitting on a shelf in my breakfast room for years. I keep seeing it and thinking "I really oughta give that another read." Now I definitely will, tonight.
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11/04/2002 3:19:01 PM PST
by
Timesink
To: no dems
You must not have watched the same debate I watched. Mondale looked old, tired and his response to everything that Norm was a member of the right wing. Mondale looked like a grumpy, bitter old man. It wasn't a pretty sight.
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