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Monday, October 30, 2006
Rich Galen :: Townhall.com Columnist
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by Rich Galen
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  • During the Q & A at speeches, I make it clear that I have not been one of those who believes the national press corps participates in a conference all every morning to decide what stories they are going to push to make Republicans look bad.

  • I now think I may have been wrong about that.

  • Any Republican who, in the past two years, has sneezed in public without having first whipped out a clean and pressed hanky has run the risk of blaring headlines declaring them a hypocrite for being able to get free pharmaceuticals from the House Physician's office while having voted against the importation of (potentially counterfeit) drugs from Canada.

  • Democrats who sneeze are held up as brave men and women who are demonstrating their deep understanding of work-a-day Americans because, in spite of having a cold, they continue to go to work THREE FULL DAYS A WEEK.

  • No matter what a Republican does, it is really, really bad. The worst. Ever. In the history of the solar system.

  • No matter what a Democrat does it is ok because Democrats always have some mitigating factor which never seem to apply to Republicans.

  • In Pennsylvania, for instance Governor Ed Rendell's chief of staff used the state plane to ferry a lobbyist to Pittsburgh. The reason for the trip was something short of urgent state business. It appears to have been to be able to get from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh in time to catch a Rolling Stones concert.

  • Gambling is a big deal in the race for Governor between Rendell and Republican challenger Lynn Swann. It turns out that the lobbyist (who ultimately reimbursed the state for using the state plane as his private air taxi) is, according to the Swann campaign the "biggest gambling lobbyist" in PA and has, as one of his clients, Ameriquest Mortgage which is … wait for it … a sponsor of the Stones' tour!

  • You may remember that the chief of staff of a Republican President was forced to resign because he used a government car to drive to a … stamp show.

  • I guarantee you, if the chief of staff of a Republican Governor took the state plane to go to a Stones concert, you would have heard about it. And heard about it. And heard about it.

  • Next point. In Virginia, the race for Senator between incumbent George Allen and challenger Jim Webb has become a referendum on Allen's campaign style. Allen has been a member of the State Legislature, a Governor, and a US Senator.

  • Webb has been running ads saying he is qualified to serve in the US Senate because he is a novelist.

  • Ok. Fair enough. But when the Allen campaign actually read a couple of Webb's novels, they found some of the language way more than disturbing; they found it outright disgusting.
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    Rich Galen has been a press secretary to Dan Quayle and Newt Gingrich. Rich Galen currently works as a journalist and writes at Mullings.com

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    Reply # 1
    Date: Oct 31, 2006 - 1:15 PM EST
    VOTE:
    THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO FOR GOD, FAMILY AND COUNTRY


    IS TO VOTE!!!


    Not just when you have the time to do it, but at every opportunity that is given to you to do it.

    If you do not vote, you are leaving your, and your families, fate in the hands of others. A low turnout on Election Day means that a fervent, well organized minority point of view can easily win and push this nation in a direction it might not want to go. The Iraqi people recognized this when 12 million people (almost 80% of the registered voters) faced threats of death from just such a fervent “terrorist” group and voted for democracy; a concept they didn’t quite understand but knew that its liberties would be far better than the tyranny that such a minority group would establish, given the chance.

    So when you vote, make sure you know for what you are voting, and the repercussions that might result from an uninformed decision. Find time to study the issues and be committed to them before you choose. Know what groups have opinions and beliefs similar to yours and see what their recommendations on the issues are. Conversely, see what the opinions of those groups you oppose are and study their recommendations, then cast your vote wisely.
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    Reply # 2
    Date: Oct 31, 2006 - 5:47 PM EST
    Our News Media biased?
    Years ago the MSM lost all credibility when they became simply a partisan political propaganda arm for the extreme ultra left Democrats.
    When ALL they broadcast is depressing bad news to me and a good deal of that is fiction, I look elsewhere to find the news they censor out and in the process I learn about the lies and distortions they broadcast.

    Their censorship, lies and distortions are still forcing people to go elsewhere for news every time someone tells a neighbor or coworker how naive he is to be fooled by the propaganda on MSM.

    Attrition will eventually thin out the elderly who do not use computers and then there will no longer be a reason for the MSM to exist and it is their own fault because we have been trying to tell them for years.

    And they are not endearing themselves with Americans by doing everything in their power to help defeat America in this war.

    http:www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2006/cyb20061030.asp
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