Clinton's era of good feelings; Farrakhan's thug; and more.
The Man From Grope, Part Deiix Three weeks ago on this page, The Scrapbook published a frame from an ABC News video capturing candidate Bill clinton in what looked like an overly affectionate...
...Decadeofthe 401k If the 1980s were the decade of greed, then the 1990s must be the decade of the 401k plan...
...The '90s, of course, have been even kinder to investors than the '80s...
...Only now, we have moral paragons in the White House, unlike during the benighted 1980s...
...A statewide Field poll shows support among likely voters at 70 percent...
...Or, "Fewer Murders in Big Apple—But Those Who Were Killed Are Still Dead...
...The convicted killer will be in charge of security and training at all of Farrakhan's East Coast mosques...
...How else to explain the fact that, in the orgy of celebration last week over the Dow Jones Industrial average's breaking 9000, not a peep was heard from America's liberals about their old bugaboo, Wall Street excess...
...Interest Rates Down— Loan Sharks Hurting...
...Or maybe Wanniski is having second thoughts about the political viability of his GOP-Black Muslim alliance...
...The Man From Grope, Part Deiix Three weeks ago on this page, The Scrapbook published a frame from an ABC News video capturing candidate Bill clinton in what looked like an overly affectionate posture with a flight attendant on his campaign plane, "Longhorn One...
...The Millions Who Don't Are Only Falling Further Behind," read the headline...
...However, if The Scrapbook receives enough inquiries, a joint-licensing deal may be negotiated with ABc to market the smoking tape...
...This is the sort of journalistic spin that used to greet every piece of good news in the Reagan era...
...Two weeks ago Farrakhan named a new security chief for his Harlem mosque, the mosque that was once guided by Malcolm X. Farrakhan's new man in Harlem...
...But "Bill Clinton is a survivor...
...Luntz, who makes a living putting words into the mouths of lawmakers, has given very strict orders to Republicans in Congress on how to talk about Clinton and scandal...
...In the spirit of Schadenfreude, The Scrapbook looks forward to similar journalistic treatment of Clinton-era good news: "Unemployment Rates Down—But Those Without Jobs Are Still Unemployed...
...Newt Gingrich counsels his colleagues to stay mum...
...Arlen Specter gives aid and comfort to the Clintonistas...
...Turns out just about everyone wants the children of California to learn English...
...Luntz has now changed his tune again...
...The Washington Post ran a front-page story that did recall the old days of stern, liberal egalitarianism: "Boom Is Fine—If You Own Stock...
...The latest poll numbers show overwhelming support for the initiative, which promises to end the disastrous two-decade experiment in bilingual education in the state's public schools...
...Fast-forward to late March...
...Meantime, loyal reader Col...
...possess good layout and design skills...
...Because, wrote Luntz, "if you comment, you will take a nonparti-san, non-political situation and make it both partisan and political...
...It appears to show president clinton enjoying a special moment with the UC-San Diego student-body president, Coleen Sabatini, at last June's commencement ceremonies...
...Latino voters, who certain brain-dead California Republican leaders once thought would be annoyed by the initiative, are supporting it 61 percent to 34 percent...
...As a service to Republicans, Luntz also included two pages of questions for them to ask in public...
...Many, many readers of this page called The Scrapbook for a copy of the video, which, alas, has been lent for the time being to a different tentacle of the vast right-wing conspiracy...
...Dick Armey (following Tom DeLay's lead) lectures schoolchildren on the shameless-ness of the president...
...Oops, there was one peep...
...Send resume and work examples to The Weekly Standard, Personnel Dept., 1150 17th St., NW, Suite 505, Washington, DC 20036...
...Yes, and among the many other things he's survived is Frank Luntz's advice...
...Atonement is a wonderful thing...
...on the basis of this second photo, The Scrapbook is prepared to offer a free gift subscription to readers who can provide further photographic evidence of our president's enthusiasm for what is known in the jargon of campaign professionals as the "grip and grin...
...and "What example is Bill Clinton setting for our children...
...perhaps they balked at accepting the central role of the Smoot-Hawley tariff in the history of 20th-century civilization...
...have experience scanning black-and-white and four-color images...
...English Taught Here The "English for the Children" ballot initiative that Californians will vote on in June is looking like a juggernaut...
...Candidates must be proficient users of QuarkXPress and Photoshop...
...Luntz argued that Republicans did the right thing by not rushing to judgment (read: following his original advice), but now "it would be wrong to allow Bill Clinton to escape responsibility for his actions...
...To everything, there is a season," waxed Luntz, so "the season of silence must end...
...The only problem is, he keeps changing those orders...
...No calls please...
...Help Wanted The Weekly Standard is seeking a full-time assistant art director...
...As of the first week in April, he believes Republicans should focus on policy disputes they have with the president, emphasizing tax reform, the IRS, and Social Security...
...Farrakhan Update Jude Wanniski—the supply-side propagandist, Jack Kemp ventriloquist, and flack extraordinaire for Louis Farrakhan—has been noticeably mum of late about his Nation of Islam friends...
...Why...
...Included were gems like "When will Americans finally hear the truth...
...Merle H. Boyce, Retired ("they can't do anything to me now"), of Tustin, Calif., directs The Scrapbook's attention to the photo reproduced here...
...That would be understandable...
...Just days after the Monica Lewinsky affair broke, Luntz rushed out a memo to congressional Republicans calling on them to "refrain from commenting on the latest allegation against President Clinton...
...Luntz's Labours Lost One of the least edifying spectacles in Washington these days (always excepting the White House) is watching Republican contortions over what to say about the presidential zipper problems...
...Luntz, in a "confidential" memorandum widely distributed to reporters, changed his tune...
...But if you're looking for the epicenter of Gop confusion, look no further than Frank Luntz, the consultant who takes credit for having drafted the Contract With America...
...One Muhammad Abdul Aziz, who served 20 years in prison for participating in the assassination of Malcolm X. Aziz was paroled in 1985 and, in the classic phrase of the New York Times, "has always maintained that he was innocent...
...Some Republicans keep waiting for the other shoe to drop on Clinton," Luntz told the New York Times...
...Only the education establishment, which supped for years on bilingualism grants while children failed to learn English, is reluctant to get on board...
...Stop the presses...
Vol. 3 • April 1998 • No. 31
