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For the Record - Brief Article
National Review, May 1, 2000
"The only way they could win is to convince [people] that we're the first cousins of space aliens," says President Clinton at fundraiser for Hillary. More Bill: "You have the right-wing venom machine all geared up against her again." Even more Bill: "I'm not running for anything. Most days, I'm okay about that." Washington Post columnist Al Kamen, after readers sent in their ideas on federal buildings to name after Clinton: "The most common suggestion was the Blue Plains sewage-treatment plant." Clinton, on GOP critics, in U.S. News & World Report: "One of their great strengths is... they have no guilt and no shame."...Ken Starr's investiga tion cost more than $52 million, says GAO, and total cost of all independent- counsel investigations during Clinton administration nears $100 million.
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CNBC's Hardball host Chris Matthews: "Is Cuba a free country?" Rep. Jose Serrano (D., N.Y.): "It's a sovereign country." Matthews: "Is it a free country?" Serrano: "It's a country with a different system from ours." Matthews: "Is it a free country?" Serrano: "I don't know if it's a free country. I don't live there." Later, Matthews asks: "Do they allow freedom of speech?" Serrano: "Sure."
"I'm sort of supporting Al Gore, which is bizarre," says Dee Snider, sing er for washed-up rock group Twisted Sis ter, whose lyrics Tipper Gore criticized during 1980s. "I don't trust the guy as far as I can throw him." Sen. Evan Bayh (D., Ind.) on predictions he'll be Gore's running mate: "While the speculation is certainly understandable, I think it's premature." In Andrew Kohut poll, George W. Bush leads Gore among mothers 52 percent to 41 percent, and among fathers 54 percent to 36 percent, according to Christian Science Moni tor.... Secret Service code name for Bush: Runner; for Gore: Shadow.
Elizabeth Dole-for-veep draft campaign begins. Selling point: She's a woman and "an amazing multi-tasker," says spokesman. Gary Bauer, on running for president again, in Colorado Springs Gazette: "We'll look at how events unfold and see if it makes sense down the road." In first three months of year, DNC raises $26 million, compared with $24 million for RNC. RNC says it will spend $7 million to $10 million on ads courting Hispanic voters this year. Some 50 left-wing groups, including NAACP and NOW, sue Philadelphia for denying them protest permits during GOP convention.
Sen. Phil Gramm (R., Tex.): "We will have found a sure-fire way to stop the Democrats from spending the surplus-have Republicans spend it first."... Rep. James Traficant (D., Ohio) says there is 50-50 chance he will vote for GOP Speaker following November elections. In public- relations move, Republican legislators in Michigan plan to give away thousands of gun safety locks. Million Mom March organizers, planning Washington demonstration on Mother's Day, say they expect 100,000 participants. Gloria Steinem on feminists reaching out to poor women: "What black churches were to the civil-rights movement in the South, shopping centers could be to the women's move ment.". Lockheed Martin may face penalties of up to $15 million after State De partment says it violated arms-export laws by providing technical information to China. Justice Department de cides not to level charges against Penta gon spokesman Ken Bacon for releasing in formation from the private file of Linda Tripp. Nearly one-quarter of pu b lic high schools deny military re cruiters access to student information or bar them from their campuses, accord ing to USA Today. Utah becomes 50th state to recognize Martin Luther King Day.
Price of gas will fall to $1.39 per gallon in September, says Department of Energy. Club for Growth supports conservative opponents of incumbent GOP moderates. To join, visit www.clubforgrowth.org or call (202) 955- 5500. Nebraska abortionist Leroy Carhart to Associated Press: "I think we're going to lose this issue eventually-at some point in time, abortion will become illegal in the United States." Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donates $57 million to United Nations Population Fund. New Jersey supreme court says lesbian who helped raise former partner's twins has parental rights, entitled to visitation. Plaintiff successfully claimed status as "psychological parent" to kids. After two-year investigation, poet laureate Robert Pinsky determines Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" is America's favorite poem.
Fidel Castro, on calls for new Cuban leadership: "We had our transition in 1959." New Libyan foreign minister tells reporters his country would welcome normal relations with United States. Former German chancellor Hel mut Kohl celebrates 70th birthday in private, following cancellation of lavish party in Berlin in wake of corruption scandal. Ex-Russian president Boris Yeltsin receives $400-per-month pension, free public transportation, half-price on utilities. To catch rapist, police ask entire male population of the small Australian town of Wee Waa to undergo DNA saliva test. DNA study of rib found in Russia suggests modern humans don't have Neanderthal ancestors.
