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Giuliani's Out - Who's Surprised?

By Selwyn Duke

Quite predictably, Rudolph Giuliani has withdrawn from the presidential race.  His campaign had hit the skids, and, if he couldn't win in Florida, with all its transplanted New Yorkers, he couldn't have won anywhere.  Yet his decline in the polls was also predictable, and, in fact, I did predict it.

Southern Ledger: Is John McCain Eligible to Be President?

There is a discussion on the Web about whether or not John McCain is constitutionally qualified to be president.  Rodger Hedgecock discusses this, and here is an excerpt:

John McCain was born in 1936 on an American military base in the Panama Canal Zone to American citizen parents. There is no question he is a citizen of the United States; the question is whether John McCain is a “natural born citizen” “eligible to the Office of President”.

John McManus Piece: Trashing McCarthy Becomes a Lot More Difficult

Writer John McManus has a terrific piece about who is perhaps the most unfairly maligned man in American history, Joe McCarthy.  McManus makes the case that McCarthy was correct: There was communist infiltration in the U.S. government in the 1950s.  And, of course, not only is this true, but now those individuals get to run for the presidency. 

But here's how McManus frames it:

A Strange Conception of "Cutting the Fat"

By Selwyn Duke

A New Mexico lawmaker aims to cut the fat – not in government, but through it. Educator-turned-legislator Gail Chasey (D) has proposed a measure dubbed the "Leave No Child Inside" bill, which would levy a 1 percent excise tax on televisions, video games and video game equipment to fund programs designed to fight childhood obesity.

Thomas Sowell's Piece: A 'Stimulus Package'?

The great economist Thomas Sowell just wrote an article about the perils of government intervention and stimulus packages.  He writes:

Both political parties seem determined that the federal government should create a "stimulus package" of things designed to cushion a downturn in the economy.

That alone should be enough to make us remember that "the devil is always in the details," because things that are bipartisan are often twice as bad as things that are partisan.

NOW Slams Ted Kennedy

By Selwyn Duke

It's a beautiful thing when leftists start to eat their own.  The New York chapter of the National Organization for Women has harshly condemned Ted Kennedy for his endorsement of Barack Hussein Obama. 

Hitchens on the Clintons: Fool Me Thrice

Christopher Hitchens has certainly been training his sights on the Clintons lately, and he does another great job skewering them is his piece "Fool Me Thrice -- It should be no surprise that the Clintons are playing the race card."

The Truly Un-American Tax

By Selwyn Duke

It's hard to think of anything more un-American than real estate taxes.  We've been conditioned to accept them, of course; we grew up with them.  But did you ever think about what such taxes actually amount to? 

John McCain Again

By Selwyn Duke

Yesterday I wrote about John McCain's association with Juan Hernandez, an activist for illegal aliens.  There isn't much more to say, except that if he will surround himself with such unsavory individuals when seeking office, what should we expect of him once he attains it?

Think about it.   

John McCain: Tell Me Who Your Friends Are and I'll Tell You Who You Are

By Selwyn Duke

To those who get their information from sources other than campaign propaganda, it's no secret that John McCain believes in amnesty for illegals.  Not surprisingly, however, this isn't a position he touts on the stump.  This is why it's quite startling that he would choose an illegal-alien enabler as his Hispanic outreach director.