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4.4.08 @ 12:01AM

ROOTING FOR RECESSION
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.'s The Reich Stuff:

I now take it for granted that towards the end of any Republican president's term the press will bark and howl about the woes of the economy in an effort to help elect a Democrat replacement. Whether such bellyaching has any foundation to reality is purely incidental.
-- Richmond Trotter

The economy always recovers from its setbacks that are usually caused by government actions. My question is how do you think the low value of the dollar will resolve itself? Will it rise back up to at least par with the euro?
-- George Topany

GINGRICH FOR PRESIDENT
Re: Peter Ferrara's Unity and Change -- Or Not?:

Gingrich illustrates the utter failure of liberal-socialist policies by having us look at the decaying heap that was the once proud and prosperous Motor City in Detroit which is not unlike peering across Checkpoint Charlie in West Berlin at the bleakness that was East Germany prior to the German reunification in 1990. There can be no clearer examples to show the detriment of intrusive government and the corruption it spawns.
-- John Nelson
Hebron, Connecticut

John McCain has a heart condition right before the convention, and can't be the nominee. Newt is asked to run, and he accepts the nomination. He then beats Obama or Hillary in a 50 state landslide! He could be the next Reagan and then some.
-- John P.
Elmhurst, Illinois

What a fascinating article. Having been struck by Sen Obama's speech to the 2004 Dem convention, I have tried to follow his career closely. Increasingly, however, I'm being drawn to the conclusion of "smoke and mirrors."
-- Jean Sutherland

Where can I read the full text of Mr. Gingrich's speech? I would like to get a printout of it to send to my Daddy, who does not use the Internet.

Mr. Gingrich is absolutely correct about the Department of Hatcheries Indoctrination Centers...er, "public schools," and their cost-benefit ratio. Basically they exist to keep the relatives of apparatchiks in work.

As for Hope and Change, those are the two words I hear most often on the Casino Bus. Hope, on the way to the Casino, and Change on the way home when the bus driver asks, "How much you win, bro?"
-- Kate Shaw
American in Canada (where the proles have long ago surrendered to despair)
Toronto, Canada

Peter Ferrara replies:
A video of the speech should be available here.

FIGHT TO THE FINISH
Re: Tom Bethell's The Dems' Difficulty: A Contest for the Liberal Vote:

I loved Mr. Bethell's analysis of the Democrats' problem, and agree with it. I think the bickering and squabbling is dangerous for the Dems not only because it reveals their candidates to be liberals, but also because everyone at some level realizes that there is so virtually no difference between them in terms of policy and experience, which leaves only the personal to fight over. This is always bad, but particularly so when each candidate, and many of their supporters, belong to an historically disadvantaged cohort that thinks its past victimization entitles it to the White House. Those aren't the words that are used, of course, and the sentiment is not mentioned publicly -- rather, the fight is couched in terms of illusory differences over substantive policy issues or experience -- but in my opinion, that is the reality.
-- Anne Stinneford
Chicago, Illinois

While I carry no water for Tom Tancredo, I think it unfair for Tom Bethell to portray Tancredo as anti-immigrant. I have seen no evidence that would lead me to conclude that Tancredo is anything but anti-illegal immigration.
-- Rick Greer
Mount Juliet,Tennessee

Perhaps, probably, I've missed much more than I realize in the past few months, trying to learn how much of an empty suit Mr. Obama really is, but I don't recall anything that could support your assertion he "would like to move to the center."

Letter to the Editor

topics:
John McCain, Law, Africa, Immigration