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Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2001

In alphabetical order, here are four other heroes:

Elaine Donnelly

Has anyone been a better advocate of America’s military people than Elaine Donnelly? As president of the Center for Military Readiness, an independent educational organization that concentrates on military personnel issues, Donnelly has led the fight against the Clinton-Gore administration’s dismantling of the republic’s defense and its disastrous politically correct tampering with the armed services.

Donnelly has pointed out that social engineering weakens Western military, that military ballots are not junk mail, that the military is expected to do more with less, that the military is short of staff, parts and money, and the list, unfortunately, goes on.

She has served on the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services and the Presidential Commission on Women in the Armed Forces, and in 1997 was the first woman to receive the Adm. John Henry Towers award from the New York Naval Aviation Commandery, in recognition of her support for naval aviation. With all the enemies America’s military men and women have, they are lucky to have a friend in Elaine Donnelly.

Larry Elder

It’s easy to see why Larry Elder is one of the most popular syndicated columnists carried by NewsMax.com: He dares to defy stereotypes, to exercise his razor-sharp mind, to tell the truth.

Elder once e-mailed NewsMax.com to note politely that a column blurb describing him as a conservative was not correct because he was a libertarian. And so he is. His Creators Syndicate biography describes him as a "fiscal conservative" and a "social liberal." This means, among other things, that he favors school choice and free enterprise and opposes big government and racial quotas.

His column titles reveal a lot: It's P.C. to Attack Whites, Censoring Dr. Laura and Anti-Gun Hysteria Great News for Crooks.

It is risky for anyone to dare to express such views in these politically correct times, but Elder comes under particular abuse because he is black. The Jesse Jacksons and Al Sharptons of this republic loathe heterodox voices such as Larry Elder, Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell and Deroy Murdock. Elder noted on Fox News Channel’s popular "The O’Reilly Factor" that most mainstream media outlets, such as NBC’s "Today" show, would not have him as a guest to discuss his provocative book, "Ten Things You Can’t Say in America."

The reason for such ostracism is that the media elite would have you believe that all black Americans, despite polls showing that blacks favor school choice and oppose abortion, are leftists goose-stepping behind the likes of Al "Low Negro Tolerance” Gore. But Larry Elder does not goose-step.

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson has guts. He is one of the few actors to ignore the Hollywood thought police and dare to express politically incorrect views. He has taken great artistic risks and created such triumphs as "Braveheart," one of the great movies of the 1990s. But it was his epic about the American Revolution, "The Patriot," that had his critics baring their knives.

Boston Herald critic James Verniere attacked the movie as "a sales pitch for America." Yet the media elite fall all over themselves to praise movies that mock traditional American values, such as "American Beauty" and the vile "Happiness."

NewsMax.com pundit Neal Boortz had no trouble figuring out why leftists hated "The Patriot": "American patriots would not have been able to fight for their freedom without guns. Therefore, guns equal freedom. No guns, no freedom."

As NewsMax.com columnist Richard Poe pointed out: "Leftists have always hated the Revolution. They hate it because it worked. It yielded so much freedom, prosperity and equality for Americans that, to this day, even the most skillful agitator has trouble persuading us that we need socialism."

"The Patriot" reveals the price of freedom. Thank Mel Gibson for issuing this timely reminder.

Katherine Harris

Democrats display a curious split personality when dealing with women. Nice women who parrot the party line get a patronizing pat on the head, but naughty women who follow their conscience suffer scorn and abuse.

No woman suffered more scorn in 2000 than Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris. Her crime? Doing her job and upholding the law and, oh, by the way, hindering the theft of a presidential election.

Rush Limbaugh astutely analyzed the situation on his radio show: Liberals say a woman should be judged not by appearance but by accomplishments – unless she accomplishes something a liberal dislikes. Then it’s open season on her clothes, her makeup, her hairstyle, her personal life, ad nauseam.

Note that you didn’t hear conservatives snickering at the looks of Florida Democratic election figures such as Palm Beach County Commissioner Carol Roberts, Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore or Rep. Lois Frankel, none of whom are more attractive than Harris. Yet for some reason late-night comedy shows and leftist pundits launched into vicious assaults on Harris’ appearance. The loathsome Bill Maher even joked about murdering Harris. This is yet the latest example of the disgraceful treatment unleashed on Paula Jones, Linda Tripp and other women who dare question the Democratic patriarchy.

When the pro-Gore media weren’t commenting on her appearance, they tried attacking her in other ways. But Katherine Harris stood her ground and certified President-elect Bush the winner in Florida, despite every Democratic effort to invent enough "votes" for Al Gore.

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