May 6, 2004

QUOTABLES:

"You can't kind of fumble around with your value system on the people's time. You've got to be rock solid in what you believe," President Bush said. "I'm anxious for [the campaign] to get started. . . . But I'm not going to change. I'm not going to change my principles. I'm not going to change my value system in order to win the vote."

"You can't tax the rich enough to pay for all his promises, so guess who's going to pay?" President Bush said. "You're going to pay. And we're not going to let him [John Kerry] do that, though."

It's extremely surprising that, once the word was passed to Rumsfeld, he didn't tell the president and his team so they could prepare to defend themselves," said former White House advisor David Gergen, who has served presidents of both parties.

David Letterman’s monologue:

"President Bush by the way ... he was interviewed on Arabic television. His interview went very well, lasted about five minutes, he raised $3 million.

"And then, John Kerry spent the day reading to preschoolers ... and the kids said Kerry actually lacked warmth and failed to articulate a clear message.

"And then, Bush also read to preschoolers and he raised over $3 million."

JUST POLITICS

Kerry: apologize Bush

Sen. John Kerry continued to call for President Bush to apologize and for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s resignation.

"The president of the United States needs to offer the world an explanation and needs to take appropriate responsibility, and if that includes apologizing for the behavior of those soldiers and (for) what happened, we ought to do that," Kerry said. "I think the world wants to hear from the president that the United States of America regrets any kind of abuse of this kind ... because we have to show the world that we're willing to correct our mistakes.

"The horrifying abuse of Iraqi prisoners which the world has now seen is absolutely unacceptable and inexcusable. And the response of the administration, certainly the Pentagon has been slow and inappropriate."

Rumsfeld’s troubles

The LA Times reports on the issue of the President being displeased with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s performance with the Iraq prison abuse:

Bush rebuked Rumsfeld during an Oval Office meeting, a senior administration official said Wednesday evening. Bush told Rumsfeld that the White House should have been informed about the photographs documenting some of the abuses, which began appearing in the news media late last week, the senior official said.

Powell tired

GQ Magazine has an article titled "Casualty of War." In the article it outlines the fact that Secretary of State Colin Powell is wearing down in his service to President Bush. The article also expresses dissatisfaction with some of the Bush administration’s policies.

"He [Powell] has spent as much time doing damage control and, shall we say, apologizing around the world for some less-than-graceful actions as he has anything else," chief of staff Larry Wilkerson is quoted in GQ.

The 527’s

The Washington Times covers the issue of campaign finance and the 527 [PAC] committees:

"Nobody wants to be accused of coordinating and be the first person hauled before a court of justice on this," said Evan Tracey, chief operating officer of TNSMI/Campaign Media Analysis Group, which monitors campaign-ad spending.

Despite this fact, 527 committees have kept Sen. John Kerry in the race. However, there is some question about the effectiveness:

In the week ending April 27, for example, 97 percent of Bush ad dollars addressed one broad issue: Iraq and Mr. Kerry's votes on the war and defense spending. During the same period, however, the Kerry campaign and the pro-Kerry 527s barred from coordinating with each other fielded a combined total of 11 individual commercials on several subjects: Iraq, the economy, job outsourcing, prescription-drug benefits, clean air, and Hispanic outreach, according to Mr. Tracey.

In one instance, a pro-Kerry 527 group ran a clean-air ad in West Virginia at the same time Mr. Kerry was cultivating votes of coal miners by visiting mines in the state, said Mr. Tracey.

Poll watching

President Bush’s poll numbers continue to fall with his favorable rating dropping 3 percentage points. However, when a candidate runs negative ads against the opponent it is usual for the candidate running the ads to drop in favorable ratings. It is also true that if the ads are effective the opponent -- John Kerry -- should drop even more.

This is the case in the 18 battleground states where 36 percent of those questioned now have a negative view of Kerry, while 35 percent see him favorably - down from March, when Kerry's ratings were 41 percent positive and 28 percent negative.

Michael Moore vs. Disney

Right March is trying to reinforce the Disney Corporation decision to not distribute Michael Moore’s latest movie, “Fahrenheit 911”:

ALERT: Michael Moore HATES people like you and me.

Now, as our friends at PABAAH.com have been telling the world, he has a new "documentary" that proves it again.

Titled "Fahrenheit 911," it's nothing more than a political assassination piece aimed at attacking and discrediting President George W. Bush. The film is reportedly full of forced attempts to depict an illicit relationship between the Bush and Bin Laden families, as well as insisting that the President *welcomed* the horrific events of Sept. 11, 2001, to enable a power grab.

Extremely anti-American in his views, Michael Moore is a proven opponent of the war on terrorism. He already has unjustly attacked and unfairly condemned the Bush Administration and its efforts to protect our country. He is dedicated to bringing down the Bush Presidency, as evidenced by his scathing Oscar night attack. And his previous films, such as "Bowling for Columbine," reveal just how seething Moore's hatred is for the basic patriotic American values that you and I hold dear.

Making this latest film all the more dangerous is Moore's well-documented fondness for not just misrepresenting the truth but presenting lies as facts in his so-called documentaries. "Fahrenheit 911" promises to be offensive and profane... which makes it all the more stunning that initially, Disney and Icon Productions were backing this film. Initial outrage forced both of them to terminate their association; however, Miramax chose to provide bridge financing.

Thanks in large part to the petitioning efforts of our friends at PABAAH.com, the NY Times is now reporting that the Walt Disney Company is blocking its Miramax division
from distributing the new "documentary" by Moore.

Thank goodness. If Moore wants this film distributed, let him put his OWN money into it. Mel Gibson had to do it, why shouldn't he?

Well, radical left-wing groups like MoveOn.org and Democrats.com are FURIOUS. And they're telling their members to contact Disney and DEMAND that "Farenheit 911" be distributed across the country... at least in time for the Presidential election. How non-partisan of them.

Disney is doing something RIGHT for a change. They need to be encouraged in this action... and YOU need to thank them NOW.

TAKE ACTION: Patriotic Americans across the country need to contact Disney TODAY to thank them for doing the right thing, and to encourage them to stay the course... Say NO
To Michael Moore! All of the phone calls and emails to Disney and Eisner's office apparently have paid off, but we MUST STAY THE COURSE!

Go to the official Disney website below to send a FREE message, thanking them for refusing to distribute Michael Moore's latest venomous anti-American tirade:

http://psc.disney.go.com/guestservices/contactus/comments.html

 

You can also contact them here:

The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521
Phone: (818) 560-1000
Fax: (818) 560-1930

If you own any Disney stock, contact them here:

http://disney.go.com/corporate/investors/shareholder/contact.html


NOTE: If you haven't heard the TRUTH about Michael Moore's outrageous LIES and antics, here's where you can find more info:

http://www.moorewatch.com/

http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html

http://www.BowlingForTruth.com/

http://www.MooreLies.com/

Be sure to forward this e-mail to everyone you know who is outraged at lies propagated by radical liberals like Michael Moore and his ilk, and would like to thank Disney for their
right-thinking stand. Thank you!

Bush to strengthen Cuban embargo

AFP reports that President Bush will announce new measures to strengthen the Cuban embargo Thursday:

The steps will include enhanced efforts to stymie Havana's jamming of US-funded radio and television broadcasts into Cuba and better enforcement of limits on the amount of money Cuban-Americans can send to relatives on the island in remittances, the officials said.

In addition, Bush is to call for boosting assistance to Cuba's struggling indigenous dissident movement, hit badly last year by a government crackdown on Castro opponents, with training and equipment, they said.

Freepers & Bubba

"Inside the Beltway" column in the Washington Times has this interesting story about FreeRepublic.com, a.k.a “Freepers”:

Actress Drew Barrymore is filming a documentary aimed at persuading young people to vote. She recently happened upon members of the D.C. chapter of FreeRepublic.com, the conservative grass-roots network, as they conducted a Washington protest.
"Can I ask you guys a question?" Miss Barrymore said. "You come out and you protest. Do you feel that it makes a difference? Do you feel that you reach people?"
Group leader Kristinn Taylor answered: "We used to do this down at the White House every Saturday for a couple years when Bill Clinton was there. It goes like this" — and here Mr. Taylor turned to his fellow Freepers, to have them join in the chant. "You guys ready? One, two, three: 'Bill Clinton, we have you surrounded! Drop the cigar, step away from the intern, and come out with your pants up.' "
"Wow," said the actress.
"The first time we did that," Mr. Taylor said, "the Secret Service officer who was working the gate started laughing so hard he doubled over and walked behind the guard shack to compose himself."

 

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