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"PIGPEN"-BRAIN vs BRAUN
Surely no one would call the present contest for the presidency a horse race. Rocky Horrors would be more like it. Now that the first round of debates is history, we can look forward to months and months of more of the same.
Meanwhile, the media is so bored with it all that it is featuring what might be called in former times, color, instead of hard news concerning campaign issues.
Right now the big buzz is on about VP Gore hiring Naomi Wolf as a campaign advisor. Hate radio is having an absolute orgy over it. It seems they are incensed for several reasons: how much she was paid, her advice to Gore, and that her status in his campaign has been kept a secret from them. Then there are the screams of anguish going up over the book about "W" -- Fortunate Son by J. H. Hatfield. It was either recalled by its publisher because the author was a convicted felon -- or because of the Bush threats to sue? Who knows for sure?
Hate radio blames this book on James Carville because both he and the author are from Arkansas. Just can't beat that kind of logic. (Hatfield's response to the charges and the recall of his book were published October 24, 1999 in The Drudge Report).
Even
outside of the presidential free-for-all, some politicians just can't seem
to help covering themselves with elephant dung. Senator Jesse Helms
recently implicated Britain's PM, Tony Blair, in "The Monica Lewinski
affair" in a speech before the Senate. Following this,
he further distinguished himself with an effort to grab the brass ring
of pissantery, by ejecting several Congresswomen from a committee hearing
that he chaired.
Damn the women, anyhow! They were trying to present him with a letter, signed by more than 100 House members, supporting an international treaty against sexual discrimination. Helms, chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, has blocked a Senate vote on the 1979 U.N. treaty (that's right, folks. Blocked for 20 years!)
Helms was upset because the Congresswomen "were not acting like ladies." He told them to leave and they wouldn't obey. Jesse is "Da man!" They were only women, and House members at that.
Of course WE KNOW it had nothing to do with personal preferences don't we, Jesse (R-NC)?
'Gappers advice to Reps. Lynn Woolsey and Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal) along with Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) and others is next time bring some of the male HouseBoys along in drag. Think of the effect that would have on Jesse's vocabulary. We would all learn some new words.
Currently,
da-man-Jesse is blocking the appointment of Carol Moseley-Braun as Ambassador
to New Zealand. Must have been a terrible strain on the guy to try
and come up with a reason other than his obvious ones, but he did. He
claims that she is unfit.
Well, well. Isn't that the pot calling the kettle ... Nope, we won't go there. Most everyone in the know says that Jesse has been pissed off for a long time because Braun stood up to him instead of kissing his ring when she was Senator. (Damn those uppity women!)
While it is true that some of her initial personal conduct as a newby Senator left something to be desired, her professional acumen is not challenged. This just leaves two words -- WOMAN and BLACK.
We wondered what the Kiwis thought about all of this, so we put out the question to New Zealand cybernaughts via the internet. The following quotes were typical of the responses we received:
"The fact that she is a woman is more likely to stir up trouble more than her colour. :) "
"All I know about it, I saw her on T.V. one night when someone (Helms) was trying to stop her coming over. She seemed to be a good speaker. I think she might actually do quite well."
"We've
seen American women officials (Mrs Albright), American blacks on T.V. all
the time. I don't think the average Kiwi would attach much significance
to a black woman ambassador one way or the other." Senator
Jesse Helms has built up quite a rep for himself over the years.
The foul cloud of racial and sexual discrimination that hovers over him
reminds us of the detritus floating around the cartoon character, "Pigpen".
It's just like static cling. It won't let go. Remember the saying of Confucius: "Man who takes shortcut through whorehouse is liable to have his motives questioned."
It should NOT take 20 years for The United States of America to approve a treaty to "Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women".
1999-045
Copyright 1999 Renee T. Louise and Ruth M. Sprague, Ph.D. These articles may be republished for noncommercial use only, provided that they are copied intact, and that this copyright notice is attached. Address all queries to: twanda@ConnRiver.net.
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