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...tend to collapse in self-contradiction. He wants to use the budget surplus to shore up Social Security and preserve it for future generations; at the same time, he would undermine it by letting workers deposit part of their payroll taxes in private accounts. Long an advocate of a flat tax with minimal loopholes, McCain proposed a tax plan riddled with loopholes for the middle class that would make flattening the tax rates more difficult. He wants to pass federal education funds back to the states with no strings attached; meanwhile he would require states to institute merit-pay programs...
...there's nothing dramatic like a war or a battle to desegregate the South to unite voters. Conservative candidates are facing the same plight: This isn't 1980 and the nation isn't inspired by recessions and military embarrassments. Hence there was no appetite for Steve Forbes' flat tax or Orrin Hatch's calls for increased military spending. Forbes became the latest casualty when he dropped out of the race Tuesday. The big question now is how long the Democratic race can tolerate a crowd...
...hardly knew ye.... Or, at least, we hardly knew ye as a social conservative. The multimillionaire publisher was reported Wednesday to be quitting the race for the GOP presidential nomination after a disappointing third-place finish in the tiny Delaware primary, which he won in '96 campaigning as a flat-taxman. Governor George W. Bush handily won the primary with 51 percent - and jokingly proclaimed the event, like Senator John McCain's New Hampshire upset, worthy of the front page of the weekly news magazines (forgetting, perhaps, that he'd previously garnered his own share of covers by simply winning...
...there was fresh fuel on the fire, and McCain had to spend the rest of his day smothering flames from reporters and rivals such as the surging fringe candidate Alan Keyes, who sermonized on the subject during Wednesday night's G.O.P. debate. At first McCain's debate responses were flat--he answered Keyes' philosophical question with a line about his pro-life Senate votes--but later he uncorked a strong set piece that managed to leap from abortion to his war record: "I've seen enough killing in my life," he told Keyes. "I know how precious human life...
...know, I'm hoping I lost a little weight but I don't think so--they really don't fit as well as they used to. The ideal pant for me is tight at the top and they should always cover your shoes. If you're wearing flat shoes, like for sneakers, I have different pants, they have to have huge bells. And if they're high shoes, they should be smaller bells. I found four pairs of pants that I can wear the rest my mom makes. My mom makes me all my prom dresses and recital dresses...