ARNOLD VS. SLICK WILLY?
Correspondence ARNOLD VS. SLICK WILLY? JOHN J. DIIULIO JR.’S “Wooing Purple America” (Nov. 15) is anchored by the dual premises that our system should have more than one viable political...
...The tone of his acceptance speech reflected a desire for bipartisanship...
...Embryonic stem-cell research is not about Alzheimer’s Disease or Lazaruslike resurrections...
...Bush actually lost the popular vote to Al Gore by just over 500,000 votes...
...8) was perhaps unclear on the date of Canadian independence...
...MARK CASSEL Overland Park, KS THE WEDDING-CAKE MAN DAVID GELERNTER writes, “Walter Winchell (or someone) is supposed to have called Dewey ‘the little man on top of the wedding cake’” (“Truman Beats Dewey...
...Let’s hope both sides appreciate the benefits of working together...
...But it was not until 1982, when Parliament passed the Canada Act, that Britain formally relinquished its power to make laws affecting Canada and the Canadian constitution...
...15) hits the nail on the head...
...Again...
...15) is anchored by the dual premises that our system should have more than one viable political party, and that cooperation between the parties should be encouraged...
...1 / Nov...
...Bush never said he graduated from there...
...Actually, it was Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of Teddy Roosevelt and wife of the great Republican Speaker of the House “Slick” Nick Longworth, who called Thomas Dewey the perfect little man atop a wedding cake...
...And the Republican party would be free to nominate its blue-state California “Governator...
...Also, one of our recent SCRAPBOOK items (Nov...
...Last time I checked, the second oldest American university was William and Mary (even though it refers to itself as a “college...
...Let’s pass a constitutional amendment that would modify the 22nd Amendment so that it simply limits a person to two consecutive terms as president, instead of two lifetime terms...
...BERNIE HEILER Middleway, WV ERRATA BECAUSE OF an editing error in John J. DiIulio Jr.’s “Wooing Purple America” (Nov...
...15), George W. Bush’s margin of defeat in the 2000 popular vote was incorrectly stated as “more than 3.5 million votes...
...NICKY BILLOU Toronto, Ontario BUSH’S VICTORY WILLIAM KRISTOL’S editorial “Misunderestimated” (Nov...
...It is just good, frontline science that unfortunately became a political talking point for scientifically ignorant partisans...
...DONALD P. SPEER Ward Cove, AK “KNOW-NOTHING” RAINES HOW COULD THE SCRAPBOOK (Nov...
...Bush will face more challenges over the next four years...
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...15), the California stem-cell initiative passed largely because it was presented as an anti-Bush vote...
...Given the 2004 election results, may I suggest a project that would promote real bipartisan cooperation and allow both parties to nominate their strongest candidate for 2008...
...The success of this initiative is a welcome sign for basic scientific research...
...But he held to his policies, displayed strong leadership, and did not waver...
...Now wouldn’t that be fun...
...Through the 1931 Statute of Westminster, London granted all of its Dominions, including Canada, effective independence...
...This was the wrong reason for the right vote...
...It is also investment capital for California, and will go far in helping the state’s finances...
...All told, it is probably the political coup of the season...
...With the passage of the British North America Act in 1867, Canada became a Dominion of the British Commonwealth...
...Hillary will not work as a substitute...
...This would clear the way for the Democratic party to run southern, redstate Bill Clinton again in 2008...
...In other words, after sitting out at least one term, a person having served 2 terms could run again...
...His alma mater, Yale, is our third oldest university...
...George W. Bush faced difficult challenges in both the domestic and international arenas...
...But—and here’s where the bipartisan part comes in—this amendment would also remove the constitutional prohibition on foreign-born persons becoming president...
...ELLIS TALLMAN Atlanta, GA CALIFORNIA’S HARD CELL REGARDING WESLEY J. SMITH’S “Suckers for ‘Science’” (Nov...
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...Candidates with these characteristics typically generate better electoral outcomes than candidates without them...
...Raines wrote that George W. Bush was “a graduate of our second oldest university...
...Kerry supporters and anti-Bush voters would do well to heed its message...
...15) give Howell Raines a pass on his misuse of the facts...
Vol. 10 • November 2004 • No. 11
