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Just five days ago, President Bush's strong appeal to the United Nations for collective action on Iraq allayed world suspicion that the United States was a go-it-alone superpower bent on war and forged a broad consensus that Iraq must give up any weapons of mass destruction or face the consequences. Now Iraq's sudden offer to readmit international weapons inspectors has turned the world again, and left Mr. Bush scrambling with mixed success to press his case for disarming Iraq and dislodging Saddam Hussein as the next milestone in his campaign against terrorism. In Washington today, Vice President Dick Cheney lobbied...

<p>"Democratic leaders attempted to derail what should have been a collegial, bipartisan event in New York last Friday, when Congress held its historic session there to honor New York a year after September 11," the anonymous Prowler writes at www.americanprowler.org.</p>

Homeland Security Debate Off Track 2002-09-05 FOR a change, it would be good to hear Senate Democrats, discussing the proposed Department of Homeland Security, talk about homeland security. After all, that is the reason for creating the new agency. Yet instead of focusing on protecting America from outside threats, some Democrats seem to be preoccupied with protecting federal workers' job security. We're not against employee rights. But in this debate, fixation on workplace procedures, rules and guidelines just misses the real point -- which is how to set up and operate a new department that will make the United States...

<p>A defiant Gary Condit says he would never admit to the news media that he had a sexual affair with Chandra Levy. In an interview in the upcoming issue of Esquire, Condit says, "They want me to say that I did her. Not gonna do it. Not gonna do it." As for his TV interview with Connie Chung, now with CNN but then with ABC News, Condit says, "She wasn't gettin' anything out of me. She wasn't going to break me, no way." Of Chung's performance, he says, "If anyone bothers to watch the tape, they'll see where she went into a daze, she just lost it."</p>

<p>Joan Weiss had hoped to retire comfortably in about nine years as a quality control technician for Tyco International Ltd. That was before the company froze her pension, its CEO was indicted, its stock plummeted and the market ate much of her other savings.</p>

Illegitimate Senate Majority Leader Tom "Puff" Daschle visited Portland on Tuesday, and said he'd "fight" to stop Social Security privatization. That means he'll fight for the status quo, to make sure the program goes bankrupt and no one under 50 or so never sees a dime from it. Privatization is proposed for the young, and wouldn't effect our current seasoned citizens. Plus, it's optional. But facts don't matter to Daschle. He thinks he can pervert the word "privatize" into a tool to terrify little old ladies into dragging themselves to the polls. It's disgusting - but it's the kind of...

McAuliffe Cleared Bush Bash Speech With Clinton, Gephardt, Daschle Mon Aug 12 2002 10:57:47 ET Althought remarks by DNC Chairman Terence R. McAuliffe this weekend were made with an eye to helping Democratic candidates in the Congressional elections this fall, they also were an aggressive effort to lay out a potential plan of attack for the Democratic presidential candidates who are already preparing for 2004. NYT reports: McAuliffe's aides "said he viewed this, after a long period in which attacks on Mr. Bush were largely muted, as an effort to usher in a new political season. He spoke as Democratic...

Setting the Record Straight (Again) for DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe Statement by RNC Chairman Marc Racicot August 10, 2002 WASHINGTON - Governor Marc Racicot, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, issued the following statement today responding to Democrat Party Chairman Terry McAuliffe's speech at the DNC Convention in Las Vegas: “Once again, I am mystified by Chairman McAuliffe’s reckless political rhetoric and disregard for the facts. Such attacks, as those made today in Las Vegas, are a disservice to our political system and our President’s efforts to bring all Americans together to deal with our nation’s most serious issues. Americans...

Wall Street Journal  Edit Page Leads GOP To Amnesty DebacleBy Steve Sailer Recently Richard Gephardt did exactly what I predicted he'd do a year ago—he formally introduced legislation calling and raising Bush's bid to give amnesty to just Mexican illegal aliens. The House Minority Leader wants to extend amnesty to illegals of all nations. Gephardt's absolutely predictable ploy has led the Wall Street Journal editorial board to lament (in "The GOP's Immigration Fumble: Gephardt Steals an Issue"), “… if Mr. Gephardt is successful the Democrats will have politically outmaneuvered the GOP on an issue that could hurt Republicans in November."Indeed.As you'll...

"House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt has told senior Democrats that the party could pick up as many as 40 House seats if the continuously unfolding corporate scandals can be kept on the political radar screen until November." Another Democratic political operative said that for every 100 points the stock market drops, the Democrats can pick up four seats. If the dow goes up then they would lose seats correct? Well at least using this warped theory. So we need to get the word out to all conservatives....buy....buy....buy

<p>Although the Missouri primary looms, House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt was confident enough about his chances that he spent three days in Florida last week courting Hispanic voters.</p> <p>Not many Hispanics live in Gephardt's 3rd District. But nationally, their growing numbers at ballot boxes could help determine whether Democrats win enough U.S. House seats this fall to fulfill Gephardt's decade-long quest to become speaker.</p>

Insight on the News - Fair Comment Issue: 08/19/02 Democrats Pin Hopes on Sinking Stock Market By Scott Hagen As the closing bell marked the 390-point drop in the stock market on July 18, some Democrats began to salivate. After trying for so many months, had they finally found an issue on which to run? Hardly. The effort of House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) and company to tie stock prices to the Bush administration is transparent and pathetic. Gephardt lately has been speechifying on corporate accountability and the struggling stock market, looking to pin the nearly 20 percent downturn...

Congressman J D Hayworth was on FNC this morning! His interpretation of Dick Gephardt's purported statement that if the Democrats can keep associating economic problems with Republicans until the election they can pick up 40 seats in the House is: "If more people lose their jobs I will have a new job!"

The stocks keep tumbling, but for some folks happy days are here again. Democrat House honcho Richard Gephardt (D-Mo) told senior Democrats that they could pick up as many as 40 House seats if corporate scandals can be kept in the public eye, according to Roll Call. How the worm turns. It wasn’t very long ago that Little Dickie was complaining about the Republicans talking down the economy. Only last year, he was expounding: "Part of this was started when Dick Cheney, a few months back, said we’re in a recession…we've been talking ourselves into this. Now it’s happening." Of...

So accustomed are Americans to politicians turning themselves inside out for votes that one might shrug off the latest example from House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt as par for the course. But some efforts to woo voters are so incredibly transparent as to be insulting. First elected to Congress in 1976, the Missouri Democrat has never displayed much interest in Hispanics, their issues or their condition. Like many in his party, his record on racial politics is most often stated in black-and-white terms – from his support for affirmative action to protests about alleged voter disfranchisement in the 2000 Florida...

<p>MIAMI (AP) --  House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt said Monday he plans to introduce a bill that would grant legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants.</p> <p>The measure, he said, would legalize immigrants who have lived in the United States for five years and worked in the country for two years.</p>

Sounding the themes he hopes will make him House speaker again next year, Rep. Dick Gephardt told trial lawyers gathered here for their annual convention that House Republicans set the stage for the recent business scandals and should be held accountable. "It is time to clear the temple of government of the special interests," the House Democratic leader said, addressing the opening session of the American Trial Lawyers Association. The "No. 1 goal" of the 1994 Contract With America was "to get rid of all business legislation," Gephardt said. He noted that 230 Republicans voted to override President Clinton's veto...

Folks, you must, must, must read the Roll Call story about how House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt wants to worsen the market crisis, and talk down the economy. You must listen the audio link below to hear how Gephardt prays for more economic bad news so the Democratic Party can win in November. Roll Call reports that he thinks he could pick up as many as 40 House seats if these scandals "can be kept on the political radar screen until November." They're going to make millions of Americans suffer, lose their jobs, and watch their life savings wither so...

July 18, 2002 Gephardt Eyes Massive Gains Leader: Party Could Pick Up 40 House Seats By Ethan Wallison House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) has told senior Democrats that the party could pick up as many as 40 House seats if the continuously unfolding corporate scandals can be kept on the political radar screen until November, according to sources. The figure far surpasses any that has been suggested previously - even privately - by Gephardt or any other top Democratic campaign official, all of whom have consistently indicated that the House will be won or lost by a slim margin....

Dick Gephardt is mad at the looming budget deficit. Too bad he never balanced the budget when he ran Congress. http://www.cse.org/informed/issues_template.php?issue_id=1048