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Date:         Thu, 7 Jan 1993 10:29:58 -0400
From:         The Integral Differential <DEMON@DESIRE.WRIGHT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Braun
Comments: To: POLITICS@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU

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>>         Man I miss cable. :(
>You need cable to get your local public access channel?  Actually, I listen
>to ML on the radio at work and then if it's interesting I get home in
>just enough time to catch it on the TV.

        I was thinking of CNN. :)

>>         Ob. Politics:  CM Braun is at it again.
>>         Rush Limbaugh is certainly entertaining :).  He estimates her deficit
>> financing for the trip at over $50k.
>Funny, I listened to Rush today! (I never listen to him, but today I was
>just bored).  His numbers included her new jeep, which she probably financed.

        (That was only $6k of the total.  They deliberately underestimated the
amount to account for financing past this year, etc.  There is also the
possibility of a dealer giving her an under the table discount :)

>But in any event, even though Rush assured his audience that he was being
>more than fair, my opinion is that his numbers were high.

        I got that impression too.  Especially the $10k for clothes.

>>         So where does a cook county recorder, who just payed back $28k to the
>> welfare system, and who only makes $50k a year, get the money for a first
>> class, month long trip to SA?
>But _it_ is interesting that she could afford such a trip.  Maybe
>she saved for it.  Maybe she took it on credit.  Unless someone (Rush?) is
>alleging that she obtained money for it illegally, I don't care how
>she got it.  Wonder why Rush isn't worrying about any of Dornan's travels? :-)
>BTW Brett', are you in the least bit uncomfortable about Rush's theme song
>for Braun?  He is playing the theme song from "The Jefferson's", i.e.
>"We are moving on up...to the top.  We finally got a piece of the pie..."?
>I don't know, his songs always bother me, but this one bothers me more than
>most.

        Yeah, he sang that again last night (this morning?).  I'm surprised no
one has complained to him yet.  It certainly sets me on edge.

>>         Her campaign is $500k in debt, also.
>This doesn't really have any relevance to her trip.  Does it?

        It's the notion of some of her campaign employees going without pay
while she takes a month long vacation....
        We're into the appearance of impropriety now :).

>>         And on the first day of the new congress, the Dems try to pack the
>> House with five more Dem. votes.  In the words of one Rep. Rep., "I think our
>> priorities are wrong."
>You won't find me defending Foley's actions.  Although the votes are for
>all but the FINAL vote.  Further, as someone on NPR said, it's hard to imagine
>Guam voting with the Democratic majority.  Isn't it?

        Every current rep form the territories is a Democrat.  Also at issue is
a place like Samoa (with 43k people) having the same say as the average
district, with 500k people.

>>         Never mind the deficit, the budget, Europe or Africa, there's a House
>> to be packed!
>>
>> Brett'
>> (Looking forward to the next four years more than I thought I would :)
>>
>This actually was the real reason why I thought that Limbaugh's show was
>much more secure under a Democratic president than under Bush's re-election!
>He's got so much more to complain about and so many more people will only
>have Rush's show to commiserate with!
>Jonathan

        Bad news (or hype) sells :).

        Rush keeps pushing the envelope, though.  He'll put his foot in his
mouth once too often and then it'll be back to radio for him.

Brett'
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