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HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002 (extrait) Mr. HOLLINGS. Here is a news story from July 21, 2001, before 9/11 of last year, in the Iraqi news. The name of that particular newspaper is Al-Nasiriya. Quoting from it: Bin Ladin has become a puzzle and a proof also, of the inability of the American federalism and the CIA to uncover the man and uncover his nest. The most advanced organizations of the world cannot find the man and continues to go in cycles in illusion and presuppositions. It refers to an exercise called ``How Do You Bomb the White House.’’ They...

5 out of the top ten US House Recipients of contributions (1989- 2001) from Arthur Andersen are democRats. Their names and the amounts are listed below. And, according to dim logic, they are guilty by association and should have their names shining in the bright lights of Reuters, AP, Drudge, The Washington ComPost, and more. After all, this is a hit piece. Here you go, Klayman, chase this ambulance too! Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) $34,687 Martin Frost (D-Texas) $32,000 Peter Deutsch (D-Fla) $24,200 James P. Moran (D-Va) $21,250 Ken Bentsen (D-Texas) $19,225 Other Rats also receiving Andersen dirty money include: Rick...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. How unfettered trade and poor policy are endangering our economic future, and what we should do about it. Dubai could have a silver lining. The government didn't think twice about the security of six major seaports in the United States. It thought that what was good for the transnationals, for globalization, was good for the country. People now realize that corporate America is blind to the nation's security and its economy. Only government can protect our manufacturers, our economic strength. The bubble of "free trade," and of "protectionism," has popped. The...

Two of the most potent names in South Carolina politics could be going head-to-head on ballots for statewide office next year. Michael Hollings, son of retired U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings, told The State on Monday he will seek the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor — setting up a potential clash with Republican Mike Campbell, son of former Gov. Carroll Campbell. Fritz Hollings retired last year after 56 years in public office as a state legislator, governor and U.S. senator. Carroll Campbell — a former state legislator, congressman and governor — is credited with rebuilding the Republican Party after decades of...

The headline on the commentary in The Post and Courier reads; "Reformers must destroy myth of Social Security solvency." Blasphemy! Since when does a U.S. Bond become a myth? Tell that to patriotic Americans who think U.S. Treasuries are the safest investment and now own approximately $5 trillion worth. Tell that to China that has $500 billion of these "myths" or to Japan that has $714 billion of these "myths." If there is one thing about the United States that you can count on, it is that we honor our obligations. The bank that has your account doesn't squat on...

Fritz Hollings drew up a seemingly impossible “to-do” list for his state and, as governor, ticked off his chores one by one. In 38 years as a U.S. senator, he set goals at least as daunting and achieved them. Weeks away from retirement after more than half a century of public service, Hollings has a legacy to South Carolina, the nation and — without exaggeration — the planet that stands as tall as the long-legged senator himself. In the words of his friend, U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii: “Where do you start?” Many begin with “the father of ... .”...

Until the mid-1960's, national Democratic Party leaders had a "sweetheart" deal with state Democrats in South Carolina to oppress African-Americans by keeping them in inferior schools, dilapidated housing and denying them equal access to public accommodations, retiring Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-SC, revealed on Sunday. "We had a sweetheart deal with the National Democratic Party," he told CBS's "60 Minutes." "We’ll go along with all your programs, if you’ll go along with our segregation." The 83-year-old Democrat said that political pressure forced him, for instance, to vote against the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall, the first black to be nominated to the...

On 60 Minutes, South Carolina Senator Hollings makes outrageous statements... -- southern Republicans "not quite" racist -- Condoleeza Rice should go back to "teaching Russian or whatever she does" -- Bill Frist should go back to the "operating table" ... complete interview at http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/12/10/60minutes/main660368.shtml.

Sen. Hollings: A Feisty Farewell Dec. 10, 2004 Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings tells Mike Wallace that America’s lawmaking system is addicted to money. "[Special interests] get their piece of the pie. That's our problem. Today, you can't find the real interests of the country." Sen. Fritz Hollings (CBS) South Carolina Sen. Fritz Hollings has long been known as the tartest tongue in the Senate. But now, this feisty senator is giving up his seat. He didn't lose it, and a younger Republican didn't defeat him. But after 38 years, he just decided enough's enough. He says the Senate has changed...

Fritz Hollings, Getting a Last Word in Edgewise • In his farewell speech to the Senate yesterday, Fritz Hollings, who has served there since 1966, noted two big changes over the decades: fewer boozers and more yakking women. "We had five drunks or six drunks when I got here," the South Carolina Democrat told his colleagues. "There are no drunks in the United States Senate now. We don't have the time." He also noted that upon his arrival there was only one female senator, Margaret Chase Smith (R-Maine), and she didn't say much. "We got 16 or 17 now and...

...President Bush has won a clear mandate for his big second-term agenda, including the giants of Social Security reform and tax overhaul. Yet his ability to do anything still rests with the Senate.... Republicans [picked] up Democratic seats in both Carolinas and Georgia, as well as Louisiana and Florida. They weathered storms in Kentucky and Oklahoma, and even held Alaska. But the big daddy came with the overthrow of Mr. Daschle. That ouster... was as much a repudiation of obstructionism as it was Mr. Daschle's own record. [C]onsider not just the Republicans' numerical gains, but their ideological ones. With the...

I seldom use the words, “moral imperative,” and, when I do, they carry behind them an urgent necessity for rational individuals to respond to an imminent threat to the inalienable rights of man. In this Presidential election, however, I see a clear moral imperative to defeat the power grab of a man who would endanger the sacred liberties of every man dwelling in America, but especially of the most autonomous and industrious among us. I shall enumerate, in brief, a horrid threefold menace that a would-be Kerry administration poses to our freedoms across the board. - Kerry’s national health insurance...

Excerpts: Sen. Fritz Hollings, the 82-year-old South Carolina Democrat, is sitting on his office sofa, telling stories in his inimitable style, which is funny and caustic. Suddenly, his eyes close and his chin drops to his chest. He looks like a man who's about to drool on his impeccable blue-and-white pinstripe shirt....So, after 38 years in the Senate, Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings is heading home to Charleston with his wife, Peatsy.... Reporters: "They just look for a smart-ass remark. They already got their stories written, and they're just looking for filler to show they did a little bit of work."...

There he goes again: Sen. John Kerry apparently thinks the American people are so stupid and uninformed that they'll blame President Bush for Democrats' effort to renew the military draft. Then again, Kerry's campaign of deceit has been working, according to a recent poll. The Des Moines Register today quoted Kerry as claiming, "With George Bush, the plan for Iraq is more of the same and the great potential of a draft." In reality, as NewsMax's Insider Report noted last week, it's Kerry's own party that has been trying to do that. When will Kerry tell fellow Democrats Charlie Rangel...

Tonight CBS was at it again. They ran a story about the draft and never referred to SB 89 by Fritz Hollings (SC-D) and HR163 - Charles Rangel (D-New York), Jim McDermott (D-Washington), John Conyers (D-Michigan), John Lewis (D-Georgia), Pete Stark (D-California) and Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii). I have already emailed CBS evening@cbsnews.com and complained. The transcript follows: The Issues: Reviving The Draft PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 28, 2004 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/28/eveningnews/main646055.shtml (CBS) CBS News continues an election-year series titled "What Does It Mean To You?" focused on where the presidential candidates stand on major issues and how a vote for one or the other...

There is no serious effort afoot to restore the draft, contrary to rumors circulating on the Internet. One Web site, bushdraft.com, claims to have "absolute proof that (President) Bush is making plans to reinstate the draft by the middle of 2005." Like most rumors, these contain enough kernels of fact to sustain, if not a feeding frenzy, then a platter of tantalizing hors d'oeuvres for conspiracy enthusiasts: Draft boards are indeed being maintained, but they have been routinely funded by Congress all along. The just-approved appropriation increases the previous year's spending on Selective Service by less than 1 percent. Upon...

Kerry & Edwards: Liberals Through & Through Hollings Says Edwards, “Doesn’t Have Nearly the Experience” (Columbia) – Democratic Presidential Nominee John Kerry picked first term United States Senator from North Carolina John Edwards this morning to be his Vice Presidential choice. And while some Democrats might like to think that Edwards can help Kerry by wooing Southern voters with a smooth Southern drawl, the reality is that neither Edwards nor Kerry are in tune with South Carolina voters. In fact, the only real difference between the two senators is their accents. "John Edwards has the right accent, but the wrong...

At Thursday's White House press briefing, Press Secretary Scott McClellan talked about the East Room event being held later that day to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. Since a guest list had not yet been released, reporters were asking who would be attending. Q Scott, as far as who is going to be there today, we heard that tentatively the daughter of President Johnson would be there. MR. McCLELLAN: I believe that's correct. We'll get you a list of those who will be attending. And I did see her name on the list. So I suspect...

"In the war against terrorism, we’ve given the terrorists a cause and created more terrorism. Even though Saddam is gone, the majority of the Iraqi people want us gone. We have proven ourselves infidels." - Senator Earnest (Fritz) Hollings (D.,SC) Editorial

Bob Gay/The Dominion Post Photos U.S. Army recruiter SFC Willie Richardson stands by a bulletin board bearing photos of the newest recruits to enlist in the Morgantown area. Richardson said recruits from the area have a high level of patriotism and interest in serving their country. "I'm definitely against it. I just think that if you inscript people you get people who don't want to be there. The military would be better suited by those individuals who want to be there. Whether it's men or women, a voluntary system would make a bett er military." Buz Clark, furniture company...

South Carolina's GOP Senate Primary Forces Beasley Into Runoff NewsMax.com Wires Wednesday, June 9, 2004 Hoping for a political comeback, former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley found himself unable to clinch a primary victory and was forced into a runoff in his bid to win the Republican nomination for one of the nation's most closely watched Senate seats. Tuesday's primary put Beasley up against three-term Rep. Jim DeMint in the GOP's effort to grab the longtime Democrat seat held by retiring Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings. Education Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum won the Democrats' nomination. Beasley got 37 percent of the vote,...

Ladies and Gentlemen (yes, Ladies, too), you are about to receive the greatest infringement possible upon your freedoms, one that would cause any other intrusions of the Welfare State into your lives to pale by comparison. For, you see, this planned intervention could quite easily kill you. The twin bills S 89, sponsored by Senator Fritz Hollings (D) and HR 163, sponsored by Representative Charles Rangel (D) are currently pending before the Armed Services Committee. They would legitimize a nationwide draft of individuals aged 18 to 26, male or female, rich or poor, college students or workers or parents or...

Sen. John Kerry's New York campaign co-chair said Sunday that he should denounce South Carolina Democratic Sen. Fritz Hollings for a column he wrote earlier this month blaming the Iraq war on Israel. "He said a libelous thing," former New York City mayoral candidate Mark Green told WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg. "It was wrong and all good-faith Americans - Jewish or not - should denounce it." However, asked why Kerry had yet to denounce Hollings, Green turned defensive. "I don't know - I'm not with him today," he told Malzberg. "If he spent all his time denouncing what Steve Malzberg...

Old fool -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: May 21, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com There's something seriously wrong with America when an old fool like Fritz Hollings can be re-elected every six years to the U.S. Senate by South Carolina voters despite his mental lapses, despite his foot-in-mouth problems, despite his senility, despite his lack of sound judgment and grasp on the facts. He should be an embarrassment to South Carolina, because he's certainly an embarrassment to the nation. The latest senior moment for the senior senator from South Carolina came earlier this month when he wrote a column for a...

First we had Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) praising the great community activist and benefactor Osama bin Laden: http://www.citizenreviewonline.org/Dec_2002/us_senator.htm "We've got to ask, why is this man (Osama bin Laden) so popular around the world?," said Murray, who faces re-election in 2004. "Why are people so supportive of him in many countries … that are riddled with poverty? "He's been out in these countries for decades, building schools, building roads, building infrastructure, building day care facilities, building health care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful. We haven't done that. "How would they look at us today if we had been...

Just heard a clip of Sen. Ernest Hollings on ABC Radio News. He was commenting on Rummy's statement that we have sufficient troop levels in Iraq. Hollings said that was "bull". He went on to say we "are trying to win hearts and minds by killing them and torturing them."

COLUMBIA--For the past five years, former Gov. David Beasley has been raising his four kids with his wife on their Pee Dee farm, coaching Little League and sometimes traveling to Asia and Africa to do humanitarian work. His public life has become a distant memory. It is no accident, he said, that he lives far from the "political morass" of the Capital City. But now he's finding that fate can be something of a wise guy: Just when you think you're out, they pull you back in. Encouraged and flattered by private polls that say he would trounce every candidate...

ON THE FRITZDNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe was telling people on Tuesday that the Democrats would absolutely hold the Senate seat of retiring Fritz Hollings, after Columbia Mayor Bob Coble dropped out of the 2004 Democratic U.S. Senate primary race. That leaves the Palmetto State's Education Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum as the likely Democratic nominee. Coble, who was viewed as more of a moderate compared to the far-left views of Tenenbaum, wasn't raising enough money to keep up with the state official, and even trailed businessman Marcus Belk. Belk is a businessman virtually unknown in Democratic Party circles, who is partially financing...

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The city's mayor on Monday dropped out of the Democratic race for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Ernest "Fritz" Hollings.

Key Democrats in the House and Senate will renew calls for the military draft as part of a critical barrage they are preparing to launch against President Bush over the length of troop deployments and the heavy reliance on reservists in Iraq. Military experts outside Congress say there is a political advantage to be gained by Democrats who want to make the president squirm at a time a growing frustration among military families and other Americans over the occupation. But they also say that there are legitimate policy grounds for re-instituting the draft, which was phased out after the Vietnam...

Yesterday the Senate passed an amendment 98-1 commending our troops in the War on Terror. Who wouldn't commend the troops on removing an evil dictator and bringing freedom to an oppressed and abused people? Why, none other than Fritz Hollings, the good senator from South Carolina.

U.S. Senate '04: Four Down, Two More to Go? by John Gizzi Posted Sep 23, 2003 Four of the 34 U.S. Senators up for election next year have announced their exiting--Zell Miller (Ga.), John Edwards (N.C.), and Ernest Hollings (S.C.), Democrats all, and Republican Peter Fitzgerald (Ill.) Now, signs are ominous that the next two senatorial shoes to drop will be those of Republican Don Nickles (Okla.) and Democrat John Breaux (La.). Word on the D.C. cocktail circuit over the weekend was that four-termer and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Nickles was anxious to make more money in the private sector,...

<p>COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) -- Democratic Sen. Ernest Hollings of South Carolina announced Monday he will not seek re-election in 2004 -- a decision that offers Republicans an opportunity to pick up another seat in the South.</p> <p>Hollings is 81 and his current term expires in early 2005.</p>

Just announced on Fox!

COLUMBIA - Though he has yet to say whether he will seek a seventh term next year, U.S. Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings has many of his fellow S.C. Democrats feeling that his answer will be no. They say the most obvious clue is that Hollings has given state Democratic Chairman Joe Erwin the go-ahead to recruit replacements as the party's nominee. Hollings, first elected to the Senate in 1966 to fill two years, turned 81 this year. One potential Democratic candidate, state Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum, said last week that she and Hollings recently talked about the timing of...

<p>COLUMBIA — State Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum said Tuesday she is considering seeking the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate if Sen. Ernest Hollings decides not to run.</p> <p>Tenenbaum, who is serving her second four-year term, said she has had numerous people urge her to run. She said she's "enthusiastic" about running if Hollings decides to retire.</p>

WESTNevada. Rep. Jim Gibbons, possibly Republicans’ best hope for defeating Democratic Sen. Harry Reid in 2004, is due to arrive in Iraq today as part of a fact-finding mission. Gibbons, who is traveling to Iraq with other members of the House Select Committee on Intelligence -- Chairman Porter Goss (Fla.) and Democrats Jane Harman (Calif.) and Bud Cramer (Ala.) -- is in his fourth term. He won reelection in 2002 with 74 percent of the vote. Nevada Republicans say Gibbons would make a good Senate candidate because he has high name recognition and his district encompasses most of the state....

July 8, 2003   TRIAL LAWYERS FIRST! (PATIENTS CAN WAIT.)Democrats’ Contributors More Important Than Quality Of Care __________________________________________________________ “[T]he Association of Trial Lawyers of America opposed the [medical liability] measure strenuously. ATLA has funneled millions of dollars into Democratic campaigns in recent years, and become an increasingly important and reliable pillar of the party’s political structure.”   (David Espo, “Senate Partisanship May Doom Bill To Cap Medical Malpractice Awards,” The Associated Press, 7/8/03)TRIAL LAWYERS CONTRIBUTE MILLIONS TO DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES Personal Injury Trial Lawyer Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) Has Received More Than $9.1 Million In Trial Lawyer-Related Donations Throughout His...

<p>WASHINGTON — Since Ernest "Fritz" Hollings was elected to the Senate in 1966, the South Carolina Democrat has been overshadowed by the late Strom Thurmond, who died June 26.</p> <p>But as Hollings' career comes into sharper focus, the 81-year-old World War II veteran and former state legislator and governor is unsure whether he will seek re-election.</p>

The Republican primary contest for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Fritz Hollings promises to be a real doozy. Just the presence of former state Attorney General Charlie Condon, who has earned the reputation of being a political street fighter, makes it interesting. "I like my chances," the Charleston native said. Condon, no shrinking violet on the campaign stump, cannot be dismissed. He has a loyal following among Christian right activists, who make up a good hunk of the GOP primary electorate. He also enjoys solid support in the Lowcountry. Condon believes there is strong sentiment out there for...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina's Democratic Party chief faces questions from his own party about whether U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings will run again and who will replace him if he doesn't. At a party executive meeting Tuesday night, state party chairman Joe Erwin, said he's still not sure what Hollings will do. But he was relieved earlier this month when the 81-year-old told him to seek candidates to replace him as he decides whether to seek a seventh term. "The recruitment process is under way," Erwin said. But he won't say who's being recruited or who has talked about running...

Washington John Spratt: Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in '04? Don't count on it. Though S.C. Democrats relish the idea of the experienced York congressman running if U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C., doesn't, Spratt says he is U.S. House bound. There Spratt is an acknowledged heavyweight -- in seniority, in position and for his voluminous knowledge of the federal budget. "Who me?" he says when asked about a Senate run last week. "No. I have 21 years of seniority in the House. I sit one chair away from the chairmanship of Armed Services, and I'm the ranking member on the...

<p>Senate Republicans are in a position to make gains in 2004 because of a combination of vulnerable Democratic seats and likely retirements, according to congressional election analysts.</p> <p>While other political variables, including a weakened economy and a decline in President Bush's popularity, could influence the outcome of next year's Senate races, analysts say Republicans are favored to strengthen their hold on the Senate, which they control 51-48, with one Democratic-leaning independent.</p>

U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings has told the South Carolina Democratic Party it's OK to conduct popularity polls to help evaluate possible successors. Although Hollings has not ruled out running again in 2004, he told state party Chairman Joe Erwin that his preference is for someone else to step forward and that the party should launch polling to determine strength and name identification. "I think it's a sign that the senator really does want to see if there is a strong credible candidate, or candidates, willing to take the risk of running," Erwin said Monday after speaking with Hollings via telephone...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Tom Daschle was pumping more than gasoline Wednesday morning at the Gas Stop convenience store. The Senate's top Democrat was working the pumps and the crowd here to promote ethanol, the homegrown corn-based fuel additive and lifeblood of local farmers. Yet Daschle had a bigger, less obvious task on this day. convincing the locals that he's the irreplaceable protector of corn growers and other struggling South Dakotans -- not just Washington's chief antagonist of President Bush, who remains highly popular in these parts.

<p>The Bush White House will go "full-tilt" in 2004 to win the South Carolina U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Ernest F. Hollings, presidential strategist Karl Rove said Thursday.</p> <p>Whether or not Hollings decides to seek a seventh full term is immaterial to the president's interest in winning the seat, a potentially pivotal contest in a Senate where the GOP holds a slender edge, Rove said during an interview with reporters and editors of The Greenville News.</p>

Democrats await word from Hollings AMY GEIER EDGAR Associated PressCOLUMBIA -- The state Democratic Party, already suffering from recent losses in the Governor's Mansion and General Assembly, could face another major blow if U.S. Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings decides to step down, political observers say. Hollings, 81, has not announced whether he will seek re-election next year for a seventh full term. Political observers say Hollings likely is waiting to see whether the state party can find a viable candidate to replace him. "Senator Hollings has always been a party man," University of South Carolina political scientist Blease Graham said....

<p>WASHINGTON — Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings said Friday he plans to seek a seventh term in November 2004 but acknowledged that his wife isn't too keen on the idea.</p> <p>"I'd like to beat the hell out of the Republicans," the South Carolina Democrat said in an interview with Gannett News Service. "Right now, I'm scheduled to (run). But my wife — I've got some personal considerations.</p>

Washington U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings will not run for re-election if his party can find another strong candidate, the 81-year-old Democrat indicated Tuesday. "I'd love to have a candidate that would run, a Democrat candidate," said Hollings, who was first elected to the Senate in 1966. "I've been trying my best for 10 years to find one that will run." Hollings has given S.C. Democratic Party chairman Joe Erwin permission to shop for another Senate candidate. "I told him, 'You go ahead and look,'" Hollings said Tuesday outside the Senate chamber. Asked whether his talk with Erwin and his hope...

Party primary challenge tests Democrats' strength BY SCHUYLER KROPF Of The Post and Courier Staff Two weeks into his new job, S.C. Democratic Party Chairman Joe Erwin sees a mix of dark clouds and silver linings. The clouds include the anticipated cost of more than $2 million to conduct a February presidential primary, and the strong possibility that incumbent U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings may not run again. The silver lining is that Democrats can save money by using paper ballots in the party primary and then draft 4,000 unpaid volunteers to run it. In that case, the cost might drop...