One of the most popular and successful grassroots movements of the last decade has been the movement for Term Limits. All polls show that more than 70 percent of Americans support Term Limits for Members of Congress. This majority is based on the … [Read more...] about Beware Of Con Con Hidden In Term Limits Petition
What’s Going On With Bob Dole’s Friends?
Why are the so-called Republican moderates undermining Bob Dole's presidential candidacy? Doesn't he have enough problems without his friends planting mines on his road to the White House? First, Governors Christine Whitman and Pete Wilson gave … [Read more...] about What’s Going On With Bob Dole’s Friends?
Is a Con Con Hidden in Term Limits? — May 1996
Is a Con Con Hidden in Term Limits? One of the most popular, successful, and genuine grassroots movements of the last decade has been the movement for Term Limits. All polls show that more than 70 percent of Americans support Term Limits for Members … [Read more...] about Is a Con Con Hidden in Term Limits? — May 1996
The Tide Is Turning Against Federal Education Bills
We've heard a lot about Republican plans to return power to the states. Bob Dole, in his stump speech, ostentatiously pulls a copy of the Tenth Amendment from his pocket, reminding us about the powers that are "reserved to the States respectively, or … [Read more...] about The Tide Is Turning Against Federal Education Bills
MSAs Are The Republicans’ Best Issue
What are Republicans going to do about the top election-year issue, which is jobs, wages and income? Real (inflation-adjusted) weekly wages have dropped almost 5 percent since 1979. Business spokesmen are trying to downplay this data by arguing … [Read more...] about MSAs Are The Republicans’ Best Issue
Political Slush Funds
The media are persistently presenting us with reports that voters are "angry," usually with the implication that this condition is the voters' fault and is some kind of a national problem like a social disease. The Heritage Foundation, in a document … [Read more...] about Political Slush Funds
Look Out For Union Politicking In Congressional Campaigns
The theater of the presidential primaries is tending to obscure the fact that the fight is already on in earnest for control of the next Congress. The victory of a liberal Democrat for U.S. Senator from Oregon to fill the seat vacated by Bob Packwood … [Read more...] about Look Out For Union Politicking In Congressional Campaigns
Games and Tricks of the New World Order
It's becoming clear that "New World Order" is not just a fantasy of conspiracy-minded rightwingers. President George Bush popularized its use in 1990 in order to legitimize the Gulf War by resuscitating the then-moribund United Nations. Like … [Read more...] about Games and Tricks of the New World Order
Clinton Will Never End Big Government
In his State of the Union speech, President Clinton announced the unconditional surrender of liberalism to conservatism. "The era of big government is over. We know big government does not have all the answers. There is not a program for every … [Read more...] about Clinton Will Never End Big Government
The Fraud and the Failure Called Welfare
The disaster called welfare was probably the biggest single issue that ousted the Democratic majority in Congress in the landmark election of 1994. Even President Clinton said he wanted to "end welfare as we know it." True to their Contract with … [Read more...] about The Fraud and the Failure Called Welfare