Dave Marlett, Editor theconservative@usa.net Number 1

Is it the media that does the voting or the people? It depends on whether the people have been informed or just indoctrinated by the media. If they are informed, then the vote is their vote. If they have been uninformed or misinformed, then the vote is actually the vote of the manipulative media.

Who won the Dec 13th Republican Debate?

According to the people who watched the debate, it was the same candidate that won the previous debates, Alan Keyes. I know that isn't what you are hearing on the public media sources, but the polls that aren't media controlled are presenting an unbiased story.

The results of the vote.com poll as of 1AM on the east coast: Geo W Bush 38% Gary Bauer 1% Orrin Hatch 2% Alan Keyes 45% John McCain 10% Steve Forbes 3%

The results of this poll are similar to polls following the previous polls with one marked exception. Bush's marks have steadily climbed. Handlers for Bush have stated that debates are not his strong point and the fact that he skipped the 2 first debates to attend fund-raisers points out that he doesn't care to put his race in front of the people. He would much rather work the political machine.

The big winner in all of the debates thus far has been Alan Keyes. He has consistantly taken the lead in presenting the issues. He is a stark contrast to Bush in just about every aspect of the race. Keyes has no multi-million dollar machine behind his race, only a large group of grass-roots people who believe in his position on the issues. Keyes is very relaxed and quick to tell it just as he sees it where Bush and the other candidates have all appeared stiff and coached in their responses.

People are tired of lying politicians and the candidate that seems the most open and honest is winning the debates, even though he is not being mentioned in the press.

TCN

There is a choice!

While Alan Keyes is winning the debates with his quick thinking and honest answers to hard questions, oratory is not the truly important factor in the primaries, and eventually the presidential race. The real issue is, well, the issues! Where do the various candidates stand?

They are all Republicans so they all subscribe to traditional Republican issues, right? They are all attempting to win the nomination to run on a platform that is all conservative and spelled out in detail so there can't be any big differences can there?

There are 2 candidates running for the Republican nomination for whom that is true. They are traditional Republicans and they do support the very conservative sounding official Republican platform. The rest are what the media terms, "moderates" which really means "liberals".

The only difference in the position statements of Alan Keyes and Steve Forbes is in the area of taxes. They both call for a major over-haul of the tax system, but have different ways of approaching the subject. Both worked in the Reagan administration and share many of the traditional Republican ideals of that administration.

It is the opinion of The Conservative Newsletter that a vote for either candidate is a vote for conservative Republican politics. A vote for any of the rest is a vote for "liberal" politics as usual.

It is nice to have a choice for a change.

TCN

~BUSH DEBATE PERFORMANCE QUESTIONED~

(AP article of 12/12)
"George W. Bush looked uncomfortable and, at times, unpresidential in his first two Republican presidential debates, say party leaders who predict that his performance will improve as the stakes grow higher. Even the Texan's allies sounded underwhelmed, as Bush and his five rivals prepared for their final meeting of 1999 by searching for lessons in their previous encounters. 'Bush was noticeably better in the second debate, in terms of ease and delivery, than in the first debate,' said GOP consultant Rich Galen, a Bush backer offering a less-than-ringing endorsement. 'And I suspect he will be better in the third debate.'"

That is AP position, The Conservative Newsletter on the otherhand contends that Bush will always be uncomfortable on the platform with people who speak freely and accurately on REAL conservative issues. Bush's coaches might do a better job of prepping him for the camera, but Bush will never be able to look good on the platform with Alan Keyes. With Keyes and Forbes presenting the anti-abortion, non preferential treatment of sodomites and tax and spend as usual issues, Bush doesn't have a chance.

The only way that Bush can look better is by cutting the true conservatives out of the debates and leave them for Bush and McCain, though they might choose to leave Forbes is as the "token" conservative. While Forbes is right on the issues, he isn't articulate enough to press them in a debate forum stacked against him. The conservative orator Alan Keyes on the otherhand will never allow liberal politician G.W. Bush to be comfortable.

TCN

Even A CNN Poll

On Monday evening after the Arizona debate, CNN had an internet poll with very interesting results. There has, of course, been no talk of this poll. Why not? It doesn't support what CNN has been saying about the race.

It is broken down into 8 categories, and for each category, participants were to rate each candidate from 1 to 5, with 5 being the best. Categories include Presentation, Command of Issues, Likeable, Presidential, Leadership Qualities, Quick Thinker and Inspiring.

GW Bush and McCain are closely matched in the poll, but competing for 2nd and 3rd place FAR behind Alan Keyes in all categories.

You can find this poll at http://cnn.com/POLL/results/273941.html.

An Alan Keyes supporter emailed in an interesting thought. The criticism always is that these polls aren't scientific. But then, voting itself isn't really, when you think about it.

TCN

Gary Bauer Takes On GW Bush

While Gary Bauer is basically a one-issue candidate and hardly a serious national contender, he has the advantage of having nothing to lose by tackling the politically powerful GW Bush. While preparing for the Monday evening debate in Des Moines, Bauer made the following observation concerning the canceling of the Louisiana caucus, where Bauer had invested a lot of time and effort. "His people around the country are very adept at this sort of hardball politics but so far I don't think many people are very impressed with the message he's given in the debates,'' Bauer said. ''In my view, that's the worst of all worlds: Let's get real tough when it comes to playing inside political games, but let's fail when we give a governing vision to people.''

During the debate Bauer challenged Bush over abortion, as he has in past debates, asking whether the Texas governor would pledge to name a vice presidential running mate who is opposed to abortions. Bush declined, saying first that it was presumptuous of him to talk about a running mate at this point, then saying his choice would be someone who was loyal to him, shared his ''conservative views'' and most importantly, is qualified to ''serve as president of the United States.''

Bauer and Bush are also at odds over China's membership in the WTO. Bush, a globalist, favors welcoming China into the global ICC. ''Opening up Chinese markets is good for Iowa farmers, yes sir,'' Bush said. Bauer answered Bush with, ''Governor, here's the fallacy. You believe the Chinese will keep the agreements. They haven't kept their agreements in 20 years.''

Only 20 ???

TCN


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