UNPROWLED
Re: the Prowler’s Dick,
Hillary and Harold:
Regarding your item about Hillary and Gephardt: her candidate for
2004 is Sen. John Edwards of NC. Sen. John Kerry also has another
surprise in store: Teddy Kennedy happens to be partial to Edwards.
Kennedy sees Edwards as his protégé. Ickes is simply
trolling for work, and Gephardt will have plenty of money to spend.
Apparently Edwards already has a big New York insider charting his
course through the Big Apple: former Lazard Freres honcho Steven
Rattner, who’s wife is the DNC finance chairwoman. And this is
without even mentioning Bill Clinton’s own fond feelings for the NC
Senator. Like I said, John Kerry is in for some big
surprises…
— A reader.
Re: The Prowler’s The
NRA’s Liddy Problem:
The NRA Board of Directors does not vote on candidate endorsements.
Instead it is the NRA Political Victory Fund (our PAC) Board of
Trustees who determines endorsements, support and contributions to
candidates for federal and state offices. As an ILA division
director — director of Federal Affairs — I serve on this body
which makes our political decisions.
— Chuck Cunningham
The Prowler replies: The story stands — NRA
board members have been actively debating whether Elizabeth Dole
should receive the NRA’s endorsement, regardless of how this
endorsement is formally handled.
SCOUTING MISSION
Re: Jeremy Lott’s Pope
Andrew the First:
The Catholic Church needs to say “the Boy Scouts are right” and get
about implementing that policy. Andrew Sullivan will have as much
influence on church policy as an ant on its hind legs trying to
stop an oncoming train.
— Annette Cwik
A LEFT-RIGHT COMBINATION
Re: Jerry Carter’s Mail
Fraud:
Funny stuff! I, too, return the left’s solicitations but with a
twist. My return includes a bill for the use of my name and
address. Alas, nothing is ever paid. And nothing ever will — until
we are allowed to copyright our names, addresses, and most
especially, our Social Security numbers. At least, then, we’d
collect our share of the pie, or maybe even make them think twice
about bothering us.
— T. Mikelson
Minnesota
READ INSTRUMENT
Re: Francis X. Rocca’s What
Do You See When You Read?:
The empty lot behind our house was where Vladimir and Estragon
would sit every day and wait for Godot. They’re probably still
waiting there to this day. I thought I was the only one who
imagined literature like this. Good one.
— Rose Porter
PUDGE BOWL
Re: Jerry Carter’s The
Nickname Hall of Fame:
Of course you missed a few nicknames — one of my childhood heroes
was Bobby “The Mouse That Roared” Richardson. There’s no way to
name them all. But what I want to call attention to is not your
omission but the absurd inclusion of your comment that the previous
Pudge Fisk was a better catcher than Pudge Rodriguez. What game
have you been watching?
— Bob Staples
Jerry Carter replies: I agree with Mr. Staples
regarding the relative merits of Pudge Fisk and Pudge Rodriguez.
Fisk is not far and away a better player than Rodriguez, as I
originally asserted. In my defense, I plead temporary insanity. It
worked for John “Taxi Driver” Hinckley, didn’t it?
MOTOR WORKS
Re: Francis X. Rocca’s Caddi-lack
Chic:
My BMW was the lousiest car I ever owned (bought new before they
became a fad), so, if you never had one, count yourself lucky.
— Jack Frost
EMOTIONAL EMPTINESS
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.’s Emotional
Emptiness:
I happened across the enjoyable essay whose title is the subject of
this note after glancing at the following headline from the Drudge
Report, “WHITE HOUSE ANGER AT CNN ‘MILITARY NOT READY’ REPORT. ”
Emotionalism, unfortunately in my opinion, seems not to be a
product on which Hollywood has a monopoly. “American Idealism”
receives praise from some quarters but is this not the mental
framework of children? Isn’t the task of a parent to teach the
child to articulate its emotions rather than simply emote?
Hollywood and other mass manipulators benefit from emotionalism. I
agree with your view, sadly.
— Dave Lewis
EXPORTING HOLLYWOOD
Re: K. E. Grubbs Jr.’s Whooping
It Up in Hallewood:
Regarding all the brouhaha and flapdoodle over Halle and Denzel,
I’m sure that the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. is now resting
easily that the great bastion of racism Hollywood is finally
enlightened. Surely peace and serenity in the Middle East is not
far behind.
— Ric Manhard
CAN’T STAND IT
Re: Reader Mail’s Clinton’s
Plumbers and More
Clinton Facilities:
If you can stand any more of these, I offer the following: The
William Jefferson Clinton Mudroom. The William Jefferson Clinton
Dumbwaiter.
— Susan Kelly
To preserve both his legacy and an historic landmark at the same
time, may I propose: The B.J. Clinton Mustang Ranch Brothel &
Presidential Library — Sparks, Nevada?
— Tom Van Dyke
