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Accusing a Black Rf.pum.tcan of Murder Gary Franks, one of two black Republicans in the House of Representatives, will be leaving Congress soon; he was defeated a few weeks ago. And that defeat was...
...While golfing in Australia with Greg Norman, the president came upon some reporters at the seventh tee...
...For good measure, John Podhoretz made a stupid literary mistake in his piece on Shakespeare and film two weeks ago (as he realized to his chagrin driving home after the issue had been sent to the printer...
...We have all heard of the two cultures—scientific and literary, with each supposed to be ignorant of the other—but making this mistake is ridiculous, and very embarrassing...
...Indeed, Franks may not even be truly "black," as "he had no discernible black personality...
...Maybe Pat was merely doing a bit of research for her "culture-cracking," or maybe she has an honest, apolitical enjoyment of the game...
...Mrs...
...He claimed that the scene in Macbeth in which Birnam Wood moves by itself to Dunsinane was a supernatural occurrence when, in fact, it was only an advancing army hiding behind the boughs of trees in the forest...
...Various things did him in, but mostly himself...
...I ain't staying up all night," he said, turning in before the final tally without conceding, even though Marshall had won...
...They will now occupy nearly every office on two hallways in the Cannon building...
...Oops Times Two Our contributing editor, Joseph Epstein, writes: "I should like to apologize for an error in simple arithmetic in my Casual, 'The Running of the Bulls,' in last week's issue...
...Podhoretz wishes he could claim it was only a math error, like Epstein's, but no such luck...
...Kevorkian, a pariah, who gleefully assists in the suicidal conduct to destroy his own race...
...Call Jim McDougal if you're interested...
...Clay dismisses Franks's Republican viewpoint as a "foot shuffling, head scratching 'Amos and Andy' brand of Uncle Tomism" that he and others have embraced not because they believe in it, but because they have been paid off by The Man...
...But politically, the King of NASCAR died with his Justin boots on, refusing to go out in a concessionary whimper...
...Schroeder, you're busted...
...I understand personnel law, but, traditionally, American boards have looked for people who play golf...
...I would be honored to serve," she said...
...The King Ts Gone An update on Richard Petty, the most successful driver in the history of NASCAR racing and GOP candidate for secretary of state in North Carolina this year: Basically, he got beat like the family mule...
...Lloyd Doggett, a liberal Democrat from Texas, found himself smack in the middle of this group, he quickly moved elsewhere...
...The 15 freshmen opted instead for less desirable, but contiguous, quarters...
...Clay could teach even "ultra-conservative white racists" a thing or two about rhetorical nonsense...
...We have seen you at a golf range here in Washington, practicing the sport that has kept this country in patriarchal chains for decades...
...Hey, Let's Party_ The rowdy House Republican freshmen, most of whom survived the onslaught of the $35 million tScrapbook labor-union campaign against them, are now regrouping with their second-term agenda...
...You got the sense that Petty's heart wasn't in the race, and not only because he played Duel with another driver on a Piedmont road...
...Clinton smiled and then responded, "If you believe that, I've got some land I want to sell you...
...Seems she may go to the board of embattled Texaco...
...Clinton admits all...
...It's in Arkansas, by a river...
...Though Marshall once posed in a campaign ad with a pig, she billed herself as "a serious candidate for a serious job"—a charge few would make of Petty's candidacy...
...William Clay, who represents a Democratic district in St...
...Pat's Handicap_ Pat Schroeder, longtime congresswoman and scourge of the military, has retired and needs a little cushy, well-paying work...
...Thus, what Clay identifies as this group's long-term agenda hardly comes as a surprise: "The goal of this group of Negro wanderers is to maim and kill other blacks for the gratification and entertainment of . . . ultra-conservative white racists...
...And that defeat was celebrated in the ranks of the Congressional Black Caucus, the clique Franks joined upon entering the House and would not quit no matter what manner of ugliness he was subjected to...
...There are some similarities to some of the problems in the Army, so I look on this as a little culture-cracking...
...And his fans don't know what's worse—that he lost by 9 points or that he lost to a woman, Democrat Elaine Marshall...
...Louis, is the author of the open letter...
...It begins by labeling Franks "a Negro Dr...
...Oysters Rockefeller or clams casino turns highly miseducated black men's brains into receptive sponges," Clay mused, "ready to soak up the latest anti-black invective...
...And now, upon defeat, Franks finds himself subjected to the worst manner of ugliness imaginable: an open letter by a colleague that accuses him of murder...
...He once referred to his bid as "servin' my time" and said he looked forward to the election "like a hole in the head...
...Norman shouted over toward the press: "He's beating me...
...The question is: Can golf...
...When asked what he would've done differently, Petty replied, "If I had known I was going to lose, I wouldn't have run...
...Sound intimidating...
...Texaco would probably survive its association with Pat Schroeder...
...Clay's premise is a simple one: There is only one political agenda that will promote black America's uplift, and any black who dares to disagree is, according to Clay, infected with "slave-like rhetorical nonsense...
...I mentioned four season tickets to the Chicago Bulls costing $325 each per game, and went on to write that the expense of this was '$1,000 a game, and since the team plays forty-odd games at home . . . well, you do the math.' I hope you didn't actually do the math, but I am confident you would have done it better than I did...
...When Rep...
...Real Estate Salesman tn Australia Call the Wall Street Journal editorial page...
...Wouldn't want to be caught talking to these guys, we guess...
...Four times $325 equals not $1,000, but $1,300...
...In hopes of promoting unity, 15 of the most conservative members in their ranks did something unheard of: They passed up some prime office space they won in the lottery conducted every two years for House incumbents seeking better digs...
Vol. 2 • December 1996 • No. 12
