From: Gary Bauer [gary.bauer@amvalues.org]
Sent: Friday,
March 09, 2007 5:10 PM
Subject: End
of Day 3-9-07
Friday, March 9, 2007
To: Friends &
Supporters
From: Gary Bauer
Newt’s
Confession
As you probably know, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich
acknowledged in an interview today with Dr. James Dobson on Focus on the
Family’s radio show that he engaged in marital infidelity during the
Clinton/Lewinski scandal. Gingrich and his wife at that time have since divorced
and he is now remarried. He told Dr. Dobson, “There are times that I have fallen
short of my own standards. There’s certainly times when I’ve fallen short of
God’s standards.” He added, “There were times when I was praying and when I felt
I was doing things that were wrong. But I was still doing them. I look back on
those as periods of weakness and periods that I’m…not proud of.”
Gingrich
contends that his own infidelity during the Clinton scandal does not constitute
hypocrisy. He explained to the Focus audience that his criticism of Clinton
zeroed in on the fact that the president admittedly committed perjury before a
federal judge.
Gingrich’s disclosure has been widely known in political
circles here in Washington for years. But it will probably come as a surprise to
many of his supporters outside of this city. There are increasing signs that he
is moving toward entering the battle for the Republican presidential nomination
later this year. Will this disclosure matter? Currently, Rudy Giuliani is
leading the field with significant support from self-identified Christian
conservatives, yet his own marital history is even more troubling than
Gingrich’s.
I want to hear from you – particularly our women readers.
Could you vote for Newt in view of this disclosure about his personal life? Your
feedback is greatly appreciated.
House Democrats: “Quit Iraq
Now”
After weeks of denying that they would undermine our troops in
Iraq, congressional leaders introduced legislation yesterday setting a specific
deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. forces – the fall of 2008. Reaction was
swift. The White House said the president would veto such a bill. House Minority
Leader John Boehner (R-OH) charged that the legislation was “establishing and
telegraphing to our enemy a timetable” that would result in a U.S. defeat.
Senior White House advisor Dan Bartlett said, “It would unnecessarily handcuff
our generals on the ground.” They are right: setting a timetable for withdrawal
guarantees that our enemy will hang on in the hope that politicians in
Washington will force U.S. troops off the battlefield. This is a sad day for our
country.
“Unprecedented Surge of Violence”
Today’s
Washington Times reports on “an unprecedented surge” of violence by ruthless
gangs targeting U.S. personnel with high-powered weaponry. Unbelievably, the
report isn’t about the Sunni triangle in Iraq or Shiite militias in Sadr City,
but our own southern border! According to the Times, local, state and federal
law enforcement officials are increasingly “outmanned and outgunned” by Mexican
and Latin American gangs, such as MS-13, that are smuggling drugs and illegal
aliens across our border.
Just consider this weapons cache seized last
month by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a raid in Laredo, Texas:
“two completed improvised explosive devices, materials for making 33 more, 300
primers, 1,280 rounds of ammunition, five grenades, nine pipes with end caps, 26
grenade triggers, 31 grenade spoons, 40 grenade pins, 19 black powder casings, a
silencer…” If drug cartels and gangs can bring these kinds of weapons into our
country, we must reasonably conclude that terrorists can do the same or
worse.
As you know, Congress is once again working on the issue of
comprehensive immigration reform. Unfortunately, there are indications that the
most critical aspect of any “comprehensive” plan – border security – will be
overlooked. That is simply unacceptable in the post-September 11th world in
which we now live. I promise you that in every meeting on Capitol Hill, we will
continue to raise this urgent national security priority.
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