Fred Barnes
Fred Barnes
writing quality important
The most important quality any piece of writing can have is doneness.
stories bills excuse
Ronald Reagan has a story for every occasion. Bill Clinton has an excuse for every occasion.
people sensitive casualties
The American people are not as casualty-sensitive as the weenies in the American press are.
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Conservatives won't want to hear this, but the Republican who maneuvered his way into the most impressive victory of the election was California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Okay, he's sui generis. But he won a landslide victory after moving to the center, while holding onto conservatives by not hiking taxes.
business drink hand hard outside smoke
It's amazing. You can't drink outside and you can't smoke inside. It really makes it hard to keep your business open. There's always someone else with their hand in your pocket.
opinion ought
I don't think that's what journalists ought to do, even if they're in opinion journalism.
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It's hypocritical. Is it affecting business, or is it not affecting business? They're telling us, the small people that it's not affecting business, but when it's in their pocket, the casinos, now you're exempting the casinos because the state's got so much money tied up in the revenue of the casinos.