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Insider Report: Hillary vs. Dean, The Real Story Special From NewsMax's Most Informed Sources
Headlines (scroll down for complete stories): 1. Hillary vs. Dean, The Real Story It's now generally accepted that open warfare has broken out between Sen. Hillary Clinton and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean over control of the party. But readers of NewsMax's Insider Report were the first to learn about the battle almost two years ago soon after Dean lost his bid for the Democratic nomination in 2004. As our loyal readers know, this is a much larger battle than Dean vs. Hillary. But the battle lines for control of the Democratic Party and possible the White House in '08 are becoming much clearer after the recent midterm elections. Some insiders note that the Clinton camp has orchestrated media reports crediting Clintonista Rahm Emmanuel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, for the Democrats' success, at the expense of Dean.
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Former Bill Clinton strategist James Carville went so far as to say Dean should be fired from his chairman job for not sufficiently funding competitive House races, calling his leadership "Rumsfeldian in its incompetence" as in Donald Rumsfeld. But way back in June 2005, the Insider Report first disclosed that Clinton was squared off against not only Dean, but also John Kerry, Ted Kennedy and Al Gore the so-called "Gang of Four" as potential candidates jockeyed to stop Hillary in her quest for the White House. The Clintons "control the Democratic money machine and they absolutely despise Dean," we reported. A few weeks later, the Insider Report divulged: "Each member of the Gang has his own motives. Kennedy is disgusted by the Clintons' moderate politics and he has already endorsed Kerry for 2008. Kerry has his own presidential ambitions. Gore blames his 2000 loss on Hillary, who he says siphoned off key resources to her Senate race. And Dean blames the Clintons for his 2004 campaign woes." That same issue of the Insider Report told that Edward Klein, author of the book "The Truth About Hillary," had disclosed how Hillary undermined John Kerry, publicly promising to go all out to support his 2004 campaign, but then doing as little as possible.
An October edition of the Insider Report took the story a step further, noting that Kennedy was signaling Democratic activists and donors: Hillary is not the only candidate, so don't throw your support to her yet. And this past July, the Insider noted that other media outlets were beginning to catch up and had begun reporting that Dean and Clinton were locked in a battle for supremacy within their party. "Dean supporters are unhappy with Clinton's stand on Iraq and her cautious shift to the center, while at the same time they fear she is too polarizing to win a general election," we reported at the time. "Clinton supporters question Dean's competence in managing the DNC and believe his left-wing positions will turn off middle- and working-class voters." The stakes are high: Dean still controls the Democratic Party apparatus and Hillary wants to wrest control in anticipation of a White House run. The battle continues. But once again, NewsMax's Insider Report was ahead of the media crowd and has
shown that it will cover what no one else wants to talk about. 2. New Report Refutes Global Warming A recent report from Britain's Sir Nicholas Stern warned of the devastating economic effects global warming could have on the world in coming years. But a British researcher has added his voice to those saying the "hysteria" over manmade global warming distorts the truth. Stern former chief economist at the World Bank cautioned that if greenhouse gas emissions weren't significantly reduced, by 2050 the global economy would shrink by up to 20 percent, millions of people would be permanently displaced and droughts would plague the earth. Now journalist Christopher Monckton, who was a policy adviser to Margaret Thatcher, has published a detailed report attacking the manmade global warming theory from various angles including the so-called "medieval warm period." The United Nations, which has issued a widely quoted report on global warming, "abolished the medieval warm period the global warming at the end of the First Millennium A.D.," according to Monckton. A U.N. report in 1996 "showed a 1,000-year graph demonstrating that temperature in the Middle Ages was warmer than today," Monckton writes in Britain's Sunday Telegraph. "But the 2001 report contained a new graph showing no medieval warm period. It wrongly concluded that the 20th century was the warmest for 1,000 years "Scores of scientific papers show that the medieval warm period was real, global and up to [5 degrees Fahrenheit] warmer than now. "Then, there were no glaciers in the tropical Andes; today they're there. There were Viking farms in Greenland; now they're under permafrost. There was little ice at the North Pole a Chinese naval squadron sailed right around the Arctic in 1421 and found none." Monckton also writes that Antarctica has cooled and gained ice-mass in the past 30 years, and the oceans have cooled sharply in the past two years. He calculates that global temperatures will rise only .18 to 2.5 degrees in the coming century, "well within the medieval temperature range." And he suggests that rather than point to greenhouse gases as the culprit behind any measurable global warming, we might blame the sun. He cites a scientist who maintains that in the past half-century the sun has been warmer, for longer, than at any time in at least the past 11,400 years. Monckton's conclusion: "Politicians, scientists and bureaucrats contrived a threat of Biblical floods, droughts, plagues, and extinctions worthier of St. John the Divine than of science." He also remarks: "Al Gore please note." Editor's Note: 3. In God We Trust' Under Attack Liberty Counsel has filed a legal brief in an effort to preserve "In God We Trust" as America's national motto. Atheist Michael Newdow has filed suit claiming that the motto violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. He lost at the District Court level and the case is now on appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco. In 1865, Congress passed an act placing "In God We Trust" on all coins. The motto has been used on paper money since 1957. The motto's constitutionality was challenged in another case in 1970, but the Court of Appeals determined that the phrase "has nothing whatsoever to do with the establishment of religion." Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair also unsuccessfully challenged the motto in 1979. Although the District Court ruled against Newdow on the merits, Liberty Counsel's brief argues that the court erred when it found Newdow had standing to bring the suit in the first place. As a release from Liberty Counsel indicates, to have "standing" a person must have sufficient connection to and harm caused by whatever the person is challenging.
In the brief, Liberty Counsel argues that the District Court "stretched precedents beyond the breaking point to find that Newdow had standing to challenge the national motto because the word 'God' offended him. In doing so, the court usurped its very limited role as adjudicator of legal rights to become a creator of legal rights." Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, said: "Permitting a citizen to sue merely because the person is offended by religious words goes far beyond the intent of the First Amendment. Passive words cannot establish a religion. If Michael Newdow is permitted to proceed with his claim, then the court would become a 'bully pulpit' for any malcontent. "America was founded upon religious principles and the belief in God. How can the mere expression of our American heritage establish a religion? Such a thought is preposterous." Liberty Counsel, which is affiliated with Liberty University School of Law in
Lynchburg, Va., is a nonprofit litigation, education and policy organization
dedicated to advancing religious freedom and the traditional family. 4. GOP Lost Latino Voters in Midterms Latino voters who supported Republican candidates in record numbers two years ago abandoned the GOP in droves in the recent midterm elections. In 2004, Republicans received from 40 percent to 44 percent of Latinos' votes as President George Bush and his brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, "appealed to their socially conservative views on abortion and same-sex marriage," according to the Washington Post. In the midterm elections, however, Latinos' support for the GOP fell to just 30 percent "as strident House immigration legislation inspired by Republicans and tough-talking campaign ads by conservative candidates roiled the community," the Post reports. Last year House Republicans, led by Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, proposed a bill that would make it a felony to assist any illegal immigrant. At the same time, Senate Democrats largely backed legislation that would allow illegal immigrants to remain in the country if, among other things, they were willing to pay a fine and learn English. The Senate bill gained more support among Latinos, who are the nation's largest ethnic minority at more than 14 million. Republicans have now begun taking steps to win back the Latino vote. The Republican National Committee sent out a mass e-mail in which some 20 conservative groups praised the appointment of Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida, a Cuban American, to lead the RNC. "Martinez would give the party tremendous legitimacy among the growing Hispanic voter base," Rep. Tom Feeney, R-Fla., told the Post. "He's an absolute rock star in the Hispanic community." Editor's Note: 5. Norquist Names Tax Pledge Delinquents Following the midterm elections, 15 Republican members of Congress have not yet signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge to oppose all tax hikes. The pledge was formulated by Americans for Tax Reform and its president, Grover Norquist, and seeks to have politicians put in writing what they often promise verbally: no new taxes. A mass e-mail from Norquist reveals the GOP Senators and Congressman who have not signed the Pledge. Senate: House: Editor's Note: 6. We Heard THAT Hillary Clinton is a friend of New York Republican Rep. Pete King, but she still gave his Democratic opponent $1,000 late in the campaign. The money came from Clinton's political action committee, Hill Pac, the New York Daily News reported. King, who won re-election, wasn't upset by the contribution to his opponent David Mejias. "There are certain party obligations she had." Besides, King admitted, he gave a $150 donation to Hillary's challenger for her Senate seat, John Spencer. THAT a black magic practitioner performed a voodoo ritual to jinx President George Bush during his visit to Indonesia. Ki Gendeng Pamungkas slit the throat of a goat, stabbed a black crow in the chest and mixed their blood with spice and broccoli before drinking the concoction and smearing some on his face, according to the business Web site Resource Investor. The ritual was intended to send spirits to possess members of the Secret Service guarding the president and put them in a trance, "leading them into falsely thinking the president was under attack," the Web site reported, "thus eventually causing chaos in Bogor Presidential Palace, where the American leader was scheduled to meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono." Editor's Notes:
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