Words to Live By Since 1993 A SPIFF Publication Vol. 4, No. 10 Leader for First Dog! Home Run We won't tell you we told you so (but we did) back in the spring, while supposedly good conservative media types were slamming Bob Dole, the Dole campaign, and probably even his dog, Leader, we told them to sit down and shut up. As of today, your benevolent Spiff publishers, stand vindicated. Anyone who watched all or part of the convention (and didn't spend your time trying to see around Dan Rather Biased) saw the enormous credibility gap that exists between the current and past leaders of the Republican Party and the crowd of President Clinton and Bill. So, we humbly offer you our night-by-night thoughts on the convention and the days to come. Day 1: What other word can describe the night? It was amazing. So amazing, in fact, that the network medialibs were left sputtering from their skyboxes. One ABC medialib even confessed he had never seen anything like the outpouring of emotion for Mrs. The President during the tribute to The President. From President Ford, to President Bush, and (even though we don't agree on most social issues) Gen. Colin Powell, there can be no doubt who holds the mantle of strong and mature leadership in America. Day 2: Special kudos for Tuesday go to our favorite lady in the Senate, Kay Bailey Hutchison. (Notice we don't say woperson, here.) Folks, that lady can throw a punch. She slammed President Clinton and Bill with a strange weapon these days, the facts. And she did it with style. The medialibs, rocked by the Republican punch thrown on Day 1, got up off the mat and fought back using the "undecided voter." Translation: A bunch of malcontents who will gripe about anything. At this point, we would like to introduce you to Mr. Fred Hollingsworth. Mr. Hollingsworth calls himself a Republican, but voted for President Clinton and Bill in 1992. And spent the entire evening on Tuesday's Nightline program complaining that the Republicans had given him no specifics on anything. We wanted to introduce you to Mr. Hollingsworth because we want to avoid any repeats of that pony-tailed fool in 1992 who asked the candidates to treat us as their chiiildren. Mr. Hollingsworth would go on, later in the week, to say that he could not stand Bob Dole's shameless attacks on teachers' unions. You know by now that Ted Koppel gave up the fight on Tuesday and left town. Darn. Day 3: Sucker punch number 2 for the medialibs came from the most unlikely of sources. Wrapped in a sweet southern accent, Elizabeth Dole landed the hit of the year with her stroll around the convention floor. And for the second time in three nights, the medialibs were left to gush what must have been painful accolades. We can only imagine what President Clinton was thinking. Although if we had to guess, it probably rhymed with "witch." Day 4: Kemp was Kemp. Which is good news for the good guys. Stirring phrases about opportunity for all flew as often as the foam footballs in the crowd. There is no doubt that the selection of Jack Kemp lit a fire under the convention that is still burning. For the finale, Bob Dole (aw, heck let's just go ahead and start now) President Dole demonstrated why he has the character and experience to lead this country. Can anyone doubt this man's ability to return a more free and civil society with expanded opportunity. True, President Dole has never been known as a big tax cutter. But, it is also true that President Dole sticks by his word. He promised a 15% tax cut. And he will do it. Whether or not he has done it before or even likes this idea now, we have his word that he will do it. And after four years of sewage pouring out of the White House, that's good enough for us. So, after the speeches, the songs, and the media whining, what happened? Well, if the current trend holds, Dole-Kemp got the mother of all campaign bounces. Suddenly, people looked up and said, "Yeah, we do need an adult in charge of the country. Maybe it would be a good idea to have a president who doesn't pretend to be a Blues Brother or run around in dinosaur T-shirts." You could tell the week was taking its toll. When asked what he thought of the goings on in San Diego, Bill sounded like the kid who didn't get picked for the 3rd grade baseball team. "Let them have their convention," was his reply. Don't you love it? As we look ahead, listen to your Spiff. We said that now was not the time to be carping about the Dole campaign, and look what happened. Believe us now, when we tell you that the U-Haul is warming up for the trip back to Little Rock. Hot Air Could the libs have picked a better place to hold their convention than the Windy City? No group in history has the ability to generate so much hot air. Following the smashing success of the good guys in San Diego, the libs are scrambling to pull out all the stops to show you what wonderful people they are. Liberal Stars! Liberal Media Celebrities! Liberal Politicians! All this and more waits for us in four action packed days! See Jesse Jackson (remember him?) attempt to remind us that there is no Colin Powell. Watch Christopher Reeve prove that Republicans don't like people in wheelchairs. Behold Christopher Dodd (and his hair) tell us how great the world will be if we just give the Congress back to the libs. And look as a cast of thousands (picked randomly from lib special interest groups) show us how much they look like America. Oh, boy_we can't wait. This will be the greatest circus since Barnum. But, as we mentioned, the libs got a little shook up by the GOP Convention and have done a little rethinking. Elizabeth Dole's boffo performance has flushed President Clinton out of hiding and into a prime time speech (hee, hee, hee). She, no doubt, will wear pink or yellow and speak in that foreign language of conservatism in a desperate attempt to at least get her unfavorable poll rating below her favorables. And, through our vast Spiff electronic spy network, we have learned that the libs intend to roll out the big gun. Something the Republicans can never counter. This could be the secret weapon the libs need to win it all. They're going to roll out Chelsea! What a week! What a bunch of donkey! Get your environmentally safe, hydroponically grown, movie-theater-oil-free popcorn and have a ball! Quote of the weak: "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." Bill Clinton Quote of the strong: "It's time to wake up America. To President Clinton and his high-taxing, free-spending, promise-breaking, social security-taxing, health care-socializing, drug-coddling, power-grabbing, business-busting, lawsuit-loving, U.N.-following, FBI-abusing, IRS-increasing, $200 hair-cutting, gas-taxing, over-regulating, bureaucracy-trusting, class-baiting, privacy-violating, values-crushing, truth-dodging, medicare-forsaking, property rights-taking, job-destroying friends. And that's just in the White House." Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Words to Live By is published from time to time by Spiff. You can send a fax to us here in the Spiff Executive Tower, on the banks of the mighty Cumberland River, at 615-847-2259, or you can send us e-mail at spiff@nashville.com, or find our web page at www.nashville.com/~spiff/spiff.htm