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RNC Research Briefing29 January 2003 WILL DEMOCRATS OBSTRUCT HEALTH CARE REFORM? Democrat Demagoguery And Attacks Won’t Fix The System _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ “A Market For Medical Progress Is Important. Mr. Bush Deserves Credit For Suggesting Policies That Would Preserve One, Especially Since He Will Have To Compete With The Democrats’ Demagogy About Everything Being ‘Free.’” (Robert L. Pollock, “Americans Need A Market For Medical Progress,” The Wall Street Journal, January 22, 2003) DEMOCRATS ATTACKED PRESIDENT BUSH’S MEDICARE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN BEFORE IT WAS RELEASED! Even Before The President’s Medicare And Prescription Drug Plan Was Released, Democrats Attacked It As A “Reckless...

WHO IS HOWARD DEAN? An Ultra-Liberal On Social Issues Who Is Out Of The Mainstream And Wrong For America. “Gov. Dean is an unabashed, unapologetic liberal . . . against the huge tax cut and for a dramatic universal health care plan. . . . Yes, Gov. Dean and the rest of New England are outside the current mainstream.” (Editorial, “About Gov. Dean,” Bangor [Maine] Daily News, November 18, 2002) THE FACTS ABOUT GOVERNOR HOWARD DEAN (D-VT) DEAN IS ULTRA-LIBERAL ON CIVIL UNIONS -- Governor Dean “Supported And Signed” A Law Requiring The State Of Vermont To Formally Recognize Same-Sex...

PARIS, Dec 16, 2002 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- It doesn't take much to rile France's intellectuals. All historian Daniel Lindenberg had to do was publish a 94-page book in October accusing the country's academic elite of becoming "new reactionaries." The verbal fireworks began immediately. For weeks Lindenberg has been pilloried in the country's top newspapers and magazines. Le Monde put the brawl on its front page - pushing a suicide bombing in Israel that killed 11 to page three. The firestorm might seem overstated to some. But in France, where philosophers become media stars and politicians depict themselves as...

French Defense Minister Michele Alliot- Marie reacts to a reporter's question following her meeting with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld Thursday, Oct. 17, 2002, at the Pentagon, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

GEPHARDT TALKS A LOT ABOUT THE ECONOMY, BUT WHEN IT WAS TIME TO ACT. . . HE DIDN’T! Gephardt Says He Wants To Focus On The Economy, But How Credible Is He? Where Was He When His Vote Counted? Time After Time, Vote After Vote, He Voted Against Legislation Critical To Strengthening The Economy And Creating Jobs. President Bush Led And The Republican House Took Action By Making The Tax Cuts Permanent, Passing Pension Reform, And Passing An Energy Bill Which Allowed Expanded Domestic Drilling For Oil. Problem Is, He Opposed Every Last One Of Them! And Talk About Fiscal...

DEMOCRATS BELIEVE TAX INCREASES EQUAL FISCAL DISCIPLINE The Democrat No-Budget Road To Out-Of-Control Spending Is Paved With Budget Deficits And Tax Increases ____________________________________________________________ GREENSPAN ON FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY: "History suggests that an abandonment of fiscal discipline will eventually push up interest rates, crowd out capital spending, lower productivity growth and force harder choices upon us in the future." (Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan quoted by Joseph Guinto, "Greenspan Warns Of Runaway Deficits, But Rejects Efforts To Repeal Tax Cuts," Investor's Business Daily, September 13, 2002) GREENSPAN ON LOWER TAXES: "And should current economic weakness spread beyond what now appears likely, having...

Democrats play politics, tarnish own primary Statement by RPOF Chairman Al Cardenas TALLAHASSEE - “Normally, primaries are a process through which a party’s faithful choose the best of its best to represent them in the general election. This time, the Democrat Party elite co-opted the process by stacking the deck against Janet Reno and are trying to camouflage their misdeeds by pointing fingers at Gov. Bush. “While Bob Poe and Terry McAuliffe would like to shift the blame to others, it lies squarely on their shoulders. To begin with, McAuliffe has been scheming with his father-in-law, who happens to be...

SINCE THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION is ready to send George Tenet, director of central intelligence, to the Middle East in an effort to rekindle security talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians, it's time to ask, Why? Haven't we gone down this road before, and don't we know--even if we understandably choose not to confess--that the CIA unintentionally aided and abetted Palestinian terrorism against Israelis? If Tenet's mission leads to the CIA's helping Yasser Arafat rebuild and improve the Palestinian Authority's intelligence and security apparatus--which is what Langley had been doing, first quietly, then openly, after the Oslo accords--how can the...