WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, JOE DIMAGGIO?

Where did I go? The last few months have been spent hard at work, traveling hither and yon doing business, dealing with Lyme disease, and the usual children, family, community affairs of the heart.

Thanks for all your emails inquiring after my health, deranged mind, habits, and commitments. They are all appreciated. There is more to talk about, we are not yet done.

DO YOU KNOW THE MUFFIN MAN?

If you did, the muffin man could set fundraising records for the Democratic National Committee. The will is there to take on any burden to win back the senate and the house from the Republicans. Checkbooks are open; the Democrats are out-raising the Republicans.

Part of the cash flow comes from the old person network which had refused to give as long as Chairman Dean was Chairman Dean and squandering money in Alaska and Mississippi. But now Dean, lucky once again, is off the hook.

To celebrate, Dean went to Connecticut to campaign for the Democrat's nominee for senate, Ned Lamont. The fact that incumbent Senator Joe Lieberman has a double digit lead on Lamont and will likely to be in Washington for another six years, appears lost on Dean.

GOING, GOING, GONE

As the World Series races along, Rich Tarrant's senate campaign does not. His yard signs have gone or just faded away. Many have been stolen; there must be a Democrat bone yard full of signs somewhere. The colors of his signs seem affected by the weather. All signs in our neighborhood have faded away to oblivion.

Though not a natural politician, Tarrant made the commitment and worked hard. Yet for all his $7,000,000, he will not have left a legacy.

SEND ME IN COACH

Tarrant went in. He appeared to listen to lots of campaign advice. He did everything that even the armchair political consultants mumbled about.

Tell your story they said. He did, it was a good story. Tell them why you want to be elected. He did and he was credible. Tell the people about Bernie's weird votes. He did that too. Put some buckshot in his backside and hope Bernie will explode. He did and Bernie became so upset he stormed out of an interview. In debates Bernie showed some very thin skin. But alas, nothing changed the basic poll numbers. Tarrant just did not connect with the voters of Vermont.

HE'S A SOCIALIST

So someone shouted at the recent Vermont Law School debate which saw envious Peter Diamondstone spread eagled on the floor after the local finest shouted, "Cuff him, Dano." Diamondstone believes that he, not Bernie, should have been the successful one.

Bernie was only steps behind or in front of Diamondstone in the early 70's when the Liberty Union Party was cutting its teeth. In Royalton Diamondstone would not comply with the agreed rules of the debate and deserved to have his mouth washed out with soap for his profanity laced acerbic shouts. Hopefully, the law did so.

DAS CAPITAL

What is Bernie's secret? As a socialist, he represents a philosophy of governance which is in the dust bin of history. It is a philosophy which just does not work. Think of the Peavine, the Stockbridge of old. Along the White River in the 1920's there were factories. In Bernieland, they would still be there, even though they lost their markets. In Bernieland, buggy whip factories would still be there. In the Soviet Union, the socialist factories made clothes people did not want, collective farms did not produce enough produce, milk or meat for the citizens. The government could not build roads to get the produce to market. Yet Bernie is reelected.

Bernie is ranked in the bottom ten in the Congress for effectiveness as a legislator. He is ranked in the top ten for providing income to his family members, just behind Tom Delay. He is for saving the family farm, yet since his election in 1990, more than two thirds of Vermont's family dairy farms have disappeared.

He is for more wilderness and increasing the national forest. Adding to the forest raises your property taxes by reducing the amount of taxable property in a town. It also reduces the working landscape, increases the cost of raw materials to Vermont's struggling woodworkers, and cuts jobs among the loggers.

YOU ARE KNOWN BY THE COMPANY YOU KEEP

His best friends, Willie Nelson and Hugo Chavez, are quite the pair. Willie should be a felon for drug possession, dogging the charge only by having all bus riders claim ownership of his mushrooms, pot, and whatever.

Hugo said of us according to Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal:

"The 'pretensions' of 'the American empire' threaten 'the survival' of mankind. The U.S. government is 'imperialist, fascist, assassin, genocidal,' a 'hypocritical' empire that only pretends to mourn the deaths of innocents. But not only the Mideast will rise. 'People of the South,' 'oppressed' by America, must 'strengthen ourselves, our will to do battle.'

"That's not vague. It's a call to arms."

At least a few impoverished Alaskan villages told Hugo what Bernie didn't. "The Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, a native nonprofit organization that would have handled the heating oil donation on behalf of 291 households in Nelson Lagoon, Atka, St. Paul and St. George, rejected the offer because of the insults Chavez has hurled at Bush.

"'As a citizen of this country, you can have your own opinion of our president and our country. But I don't want a foreigner coming in here and bashing us,' said Justine Gunderson, administrator for the tribal council in the Aleut village of Nelson Lagoon. 'Even though we're in economically dire straits, it was the right choice to make.'" Character doesn't come cheap.

PRINCE CHARMING

Bernie is the prince charming of the left. Once it was, "he is only one of 435, what can he hurt." Now he will be one out of a hundred. A good bomb thrower keeps the other ninety-nine on their toes.

There is that unexplainable quirk. Folks who go to town meeting who vote against everything and seem to hate government, vote for Bernie. They appear to see that Bernie too hates bigness, government is big, and therefore they love Bernie. Go figure. What does it matter if there is one bomb thrower in the senate?

THE BOMBS COME HOME TO ROOST

Bernie attracts attention, lots of it. Vermonters attract attention. Whether it is Jim Jeffords' famous leap, flower child Cathy Mayo's disruption of United flight 923 from London to Washington bringing out a F-15 escort to Boston, the 53 year old man from Island Pond arrested for a bomb scare at JFK airport, or the naked kids in a Brattleboro parking lot being discussed in New Zealand according to VPR, imagine being in the governor's shoes trying to recruit investors, business, dentists, or doctors to our communities. Five years ago the O'Neal Report concluded that there were no logical reasons to invest in Vermont. Now we have the x factor: Vermont is full of socialist, unstable, naked people. Let's put our money there -- not.

BERNIE'S ARMY

Your editor was driving Route 7 from Burlington to Rutland. There are many excellent passing zones, dotted lines, clear lines of sight. Held up by a slow moving group of seven cars and being a driver of a certain vintage where one learned how to pass before the interstate highway system, one car at a time, we passed the lot. Almost to a car, there was Bernie sticker.

Almost to a person, the about to be overtaken sped up to close the gap to pull in, an assault with a deadly weapon by trying to make us drive off the road or better yet crash head on into oncoming traffic. They were not successful, but rude and full of road rage, tossing the bird, honking the horn and flashing the headlights.

What was our crime: trying to get ahead. Oh my, what a metaphor. For trying to get ahead, they tried to kill us. Try to get ahead in Vermont and they will kill your dreams, your aspirations, your hopes, and your investment, if they can. What happened to all the peace, love, and tie dye stuff?

REVENGE OF THE NERDS

We were invited to a cookout by the river, men with longer hair, women in sacks and sandals deriding Bush and whining, "I wish for once I could work someplace where people are not intimidated by smart women." Hey, can you run a business? Come on over!

A whiffle ball game began. Wandering over, the most amazing screaming episode occurred. A hippie could play -- was a star whiffle ball player. This was a major sin. A woman screamed, "You are a jock. You were a jock in high school weren't you? You are one of them, a jock, you were a jock. I can't believe it. I have known you all these years, and you turn out to be a jock!"

What was his crime: excellence? Can't excel, you can't set goals, practice, and reach for the stars if you want to be one of them. And we are about to elect their leader to the Senate, one who does not believe in individual excellence, dreams, ambition, success, or wealth accumulation: the American dream. What are we missing here?

KEEP OUT

Bernie also wants to build a fence. Not to keep the Mexicans out but to keep companies in. Protectionism is his other mantra. Here is a story from Tom Friedman of the New York Times:

"Because in this new era of globalization, many people now have the communication and innovation tools to compete, connect and collaborate from anywhere. [Except in Vermont.]

"The old left [Vermont is full of the old left which now equates with left out.] thinks free trade is something that benefits only multinationals. In fact, it is now critical for small businesses and individuals, who can now act multinationally. They are the ones who create good jobs.

"Doug Palmer and his partner, Pat Boeshart, make insulated concrete forms for buildings. The traditional way to insulate concrete with foam is to make the foam and then truck it around the country to building sites to be attached to concrete. Mr. Palmer's company, Lite-Form, found a Korean machine that, when combined with devices added by his firm, can make the foam and concrete together on site, saving big dollars in trucking.

"Today, Mr. Palmer's company imports machines from Korea, attaches its devices and exports them to Kuwait. His company has an Arabic brochure that tells Kuwaitis how to use the device. The brochure was produced by a local ad agency owned by the Winnebago Indian tribe. Midwest Indians publishing Arabic brochures for Nebraskans importing from Koreans for customers in Kuwait."

BERNIE'S MOAT

"'Protectionism scares me,' said Mr. Palmer, who has 28 employees. "If we put up a moat and keep doing what we're doing, thinking we're the smartest in the world, we're going to die. We have to have that flexibility to barter and trade.'"

Somebody better tell Bernie. Wonder why the kids don't stay around anymore?

LEFT OUT

Progressive house candidate Susan Hatch Davis of East Orange told us, "There is no broadband in my district. (Washington, Williamstown, Chelsea, Vershire, Corinth, and Orange.) There is just no infrastructure out here. Nor is there the will in government to make it happen. Broadband is a job and income opportunity denied to my constituents."

GOTTA RIGHT TO GO TO WORK

Neal Fox, Republican candidate for the house from Bethel, told DPR, "The other side seems to like craft shops, coffee shops and bed and breakfasts for their economic development plan. That's fine. But there are many Vermonters who need jobs, good paying jobs. They cannot create them. They look to our representatives and leaders to create the environment which will encourage people to expand here or move here."

OR NOT

Sandy Haas, Progressive Representative from Rochester told DPR, "I am very frustrated that we could not enact the health care bill from 2005. Universal health care would attract business." That remains to be seen. Reports from Vermont's hospitals suggest that the Catamount Plan does not attract doctors. Recruiting is made much harder by the spectre of a government run health care system.

As the court in Quebec wrote, "Access to a waiting list is not access to health care." So many fine doctors have left Canada that long waiting lists have appeared for many medical procedures.

RIDING THE WEB

One reader noted that governments in many third world or developing countries take broadband and wireless development much more seriously than we do in Vermont. He told DPR that recent visits and communications with Estonia, Ukraine, South Africa, Rwanda, and Ethiopia demonstrated more effort to connect to the world there than in Vermont.

WE ARE BEING TAXED TO DEATH

Here is a collection of reports from door-to-door campaigning by candidates for the Vermont house:

"I was told that taxes are so high that they are threatening the back forty," said Neal Fox, house candidate from Bethel. "We have to stop the spending increases; we need to spend just enough for a good education. The low class sizes are very unrealistic. It is more important not to keep cutting folks' disposable income to pay for schools."

Diary and produce farmer David Anisworth of Tunbridge, heard lots about the property tax. "Property taxes are the number one issue. Many people are confused, others just don't understand the constant increases, but nobody likes it. I am very worried that the recent government policies are creating a Vermont that is just too expensive and forcing out the typical Vermonters."

Five-term incumbent Phil Winters, of Williamstown, said, "The property tax is a major, major issue. It hurts young couples just starting out and retired people. The state through Act 60 has no control on school spending. Then we keep raising the prebate level well past middle class income putting a greater burden on the average Joe."

DISMAY, DISTRESS, DUMBFOUNDED

Fellow incumbent Republican Sylvia Kennedy of Chelsea, "We don't have the money but we are still spending. We need to get control of it. I can tell you that people are totally dismayed with the property tax. People just can't afford things anymore. We need to do something to show the people that we are as distressed as they are.

Progressive Susan Hatch Davis of East Orange says, "Too many families are squeezed by the property tax. The market value of a house is not a good indicator of how much money a family is worth. The League of Cities and Towns offered a proposal that cuts the property tax by 70% and replaces it with an income tax. It's a good place to start the discussion."

Representative candidate David Atkinson of Braintree lived in Randolph in the 1980's while dreaming of living by the ocean. So he moved to Provincetown, Massachusetts and was elected to the select board. Now he is back and running for the house. He told DPR, "What I saw there, I am now seeing here. Wealthy folks move in and spend more money for houses than the locals. Soon natives can no longer afford housing. Today in Provincetown, they hire Jamaicans, Irish and folks from the Middle East to do work that natives used to do. And the shame of it is that most of these homes are empty at least seventy-five percent of the year.

"The property tax is making it so people can't afford to own their property anymore. A representative's job is to protect the voters' money. You never have an end of good things that you can do. But we can't afford the government that we have, let alone more."

THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM MARS

Two-term Democrat incumbent Patsy French of Randolph had a different take, "There are many who are concerned about their property taxes. But it seems to me that this is just the thing that they think that they are supposed to be complaining about this year. Complaining about the property tax is sort of the 'in thing' this year."

LOWERING EXPECTATIONS

Part of the political game is the need to beat expectations. Every presidential year candidates do their 'aw shucks' routine, "Well you know, we really have not had time to be here much and so and so has basically lived here for two years. Why, if I break fifteen percent, I would just thrilled."

Bill Clinton pulled off this trick in 1992 when he fell from front runner at fifty percent in the polls in New Hampshire to twenty-five percent in the vote after Ms. Flowers flowered. He, however, persuaded the press that he was "the come back kid."

VETO-PROOF

This year Jim Barnett, Chair of the VTGOP, goes on record to say that his hope is to hold enough seats to protect the governor's veto power, a mere fifty-one seats. They currently hold sixty seats.

That is lowering expectations. Will the VTGOP take the Dems by surprise? If you have heard the tales of over taxation here, around the potbellied stove, or in your local newspaper, the Grand Old Party should sweep to victory

Okay, here is an ad you might run in every local paper in Vermont. "Since you last elected us (insert the name your local Democrat representatives) to go to Montpelier to protect your interests, we voted to increase your gas tax, cigarette tax, beer tax, sales tax, car registration fees, drivers license fees, and much much more. Please vote for us again."

If you believe the door-to-door reports, taxes are killing Vermonters. How come Mr. Barnett does not think that the GOP will sweep, or he is just lowering expectations?

FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW

In the next few months, kudos, accolades, tributes, and praise will fall on retiring Senator Jim Jeffords. He will deserve many, but not for his defining moment: the switch. In our dairy farmers' time of greatest need, he chose to cast them over the side of the ship for personal ambition.

At that time, Congress was considering renewing the Northeast Dairy Compact. After the switch, however, all conversations about the Dairy Compact predictably stopped. And it has never been renewed.

This from Karen Hughes' book "Ten Minutes from Normal." At the time she was counselor to President Bush:

"When I arrived in the Oval Office, the president, vice president and chief of staff were discussing what had just happened: Senator Jim Jeffords had met with the President and left him little doubt that he intended to leave the Republican Party.

JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT

"President Bush told me, 'I told him, you're in a perfect position to work for what you want.' Senator Jeffords went on and on about how he had the opportunity to assume the chairmanship of the Environment and Public Works Committee. Those in the room were left with the impression that Jeffords had negotiated a deal with Democrat Leader Tom Daschle.

"On the morning Senator Jeffords announced that he was leaving the Republican Party, we traveled to Cleveland. We heard his speech while we were on Air Force One; listening to him frame his decision as a matter of principle made several of us in the cabin sick.

"We felt that he had sold out his party (and his state) in exchange for a committee chairmanship. It sure did not seem like a matter of principle to those of us on the White House staff. When the senate changed hands, Jim Jeffords became chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee."

THE MISSING LINK

When the President told Jeffords to work for what he wanted, Jeffords could have said: "What is most important for Vermont is making the Northeast Dairy Compact permanent. It may be hard to understand but the dairy industry is such an integral part of Vermont and its character; its working landscape, cows gracing our hillsides, and family farms. There is a serenity this brings, not just to us but to our visitors."

But he chose another path, a fifteen minutes of fame followed by a jolting return to the minority party and the title former chair. "The last scene of all, that ends this strange eventful history, is second childishness and mere oblivion..." --As You Like It, Shakespeare

WHERE HAVE ALL THE COWS GONE?

Jon Margolis in Vermont Sunday Magazine writes the epitaph of our small dairy farmers: "What all this adds up to is that the biggest myth of all, if not the biggest fraud, is that anything can be done to save very many of those mythical mid-size dairy farms, those farms down the road with eighty or so cows milked by a hard-working farmer and his equally hard-working wife."

THE FIRST RACE OF 2007 IS ON

Harry, our son, asked recently, "When are all these political signs coming down? They have been up forever." But if you have not yet had enough of politics, you are probably dying to know who will be the next senate pro tem?

The current pro tem is the almost congressman-elect Peter Welch. Former pro tem Peter Shumlin, undeterred that he is not yet a senator, is in a dog fight with Majority Leader Senator John Campbell, Windsor. Reportedly the race is neck and neck. Shumlin has lined up old timers Senators Susan Bartlett-Lamoille, Dick Sears-Bennington, and Dick Mazza-Chittenden-Grand Isle while Campbell has the new generation of Senators Ed Flanagan, Jim Condos, and Doug Racine-Chittenden.

LOCKS ARE ONLY FOR HONEST PEOPLE

Cumberland Farms gas stations have recently required gasoline patrons to pay before pumping. The attendant stated the obvious, "People began driving off without paying."

The governor and legislators should be ashamed. Their policies had made criminals of honest folks. They have not provided the environment and tools necessary to generate enough disposable income to survive.

KENNY BOY

Does anybody out there believe that former Enron head Ken Lay just up and died? Nope, didn't think so. Yes, he may have had heart disease. We surmise that he decided to kill himself. How? He just lived dangerously, doing everything his doctor told him not to: not taking required medicine, eating foods not allowed, doing exercise prohibited, and taking drinks not allowed.

Facing a life sentence in prison and giving his entire fortune to the government, Lay decided to live it up, protect his family, and move on. Having died, the government cannot go after his wife and daughter. They may face some civil suits, but for the most part they are now home free, literally and figuratively.

HOT AIR AMERICA

"Air America Radio, the liberal talk and news radio network, sought bankruptcy court protection yesterday after losing $40.9 million since May 2004." -- Google News, Oct 14, 2006

"If this had been Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity, the liberal media would be salivating at a conservative's demise. Instead, they remain silent as Al Franken and his flagship station sink into nothingness." -- L. Brent Bozell III, MRC President

http://www.mrc.org/press/2006/press20060803.asp

TARRANT AND SANDERS

»» Russell Spreeman, Indiana (formerly of Colchester, now living with low taxes, better pay, and affordable housing, but no Rich Sanders): I think that Vermont's Senate race must be very confusing for the public. First there is Rich Tarrant, the man who brought a clean, prosperous business with many real jobs to Vermont. Then there is Rich Sanders, the carpetbagger who started out as Bernie but has made himself Rich off the dollars of the taxpayers while only bringing home some pork to Vermont. I suggest to keep things straight, Tarrant should be called Richard Tarrant, and Sanders should be the one called Rich. Rich Sanders, who never met a tax dollar he didn't like.

WILL THE POWER TO VETO BE PRESERVED?

»» Robert Maynard, Williston: In your 06-04-06 Report, you commented that "Douglas early on last year vetoed a minor bill on the composition of the pension governing boards; and the Democrats never tested his veto strength again". This was part of a piece which noted that "This year, the Democrats and the speaker took a more realistic path". You went on the speculate that "Looking forward, some observers fear that the fall elections will not produce enough GOP legislators to maintain the Governor's veto strength."

The reason given for this fear was: 'Though many praised this session, if you judge its efforts from the Democrats perspective of "what can we do for the people," versus a Republican perspective, "protect us from their doing things to us," clearly the Democrat perspective carried the day.'

Here we arrive at the crux of the matter. In terms of moving the political debate in the direction of their overall vision, the Democrats are running circles around the GOP here in Vermont. This past session mostly accomplished a blurring of the distinctions between Democrats and Republicans, just what we needed to avoid to make GOP legislative gains likely this fall. The blurring of distinctions between the two parties has led to legislative losses for the GOP two election cycles in a row, after two election cycles in a row in which there were legislative gains leading to a House majority following the 2000 elections. Nothing that the GOP is doing lends one to believe that it will reverse this recent slide in November.

SHEPARD, RAINVILLE, AND WELCH

»» Chris Wener, West Rutland: Loved this issue of the Report.... please keep them coming. Regarding the Rainville/Shepard primary race...I was originally excited about the prospects of Ms. Rainville running, but have become increasingly disenchanted with the "Amateur Hour" campaign antics, her attempt to distance herself from any conservative Republican values, her apparent attempt to steal a page from Bernie's book and portray herself as a "feisty, outside the Beltway fighter" (do we really need another one reading into the late night C-Span microphone to an empty chamber?).... not to mention the big vacuum in her overall approach regarding concrete positions on key "minimum daily requirement" issues important to common sense, less government-oriented working "woodchuck" Vermonters like me. On the other hand, I find Mr. Shepherd's thoughtful stated positions and responses to issues and questions quite refreshing.... and if I'm not mistaken, I think he has a healthy dose of common sense that is actually coupled with some solid listening skills (and he receives input from all viewpoints in a respectful manner, I might add). I become increasingly impressed with him as the weeks unfold. Ms. Rainville may be the "anointed one" from the recent party straw poll, but I believe the primary race is far from over. The challenge facing the VT conservatives and the VT Republican Party (from moderate to hard core) is actively supporting an honest airing of both Republican candidates' views while remaining firmly committed to NOT HANDING THIS ELECTION OVER TO WELCH, which means that, in the end, we must unify and support the primary winner. My fantasy is that someday I might once again feel I have at least one representative in Washington that represents at least some of my core beliefs. Up to this point, we've allowed Mr. Welch to largely set the agenda and afforded him the enviable freedom to lob one liberal grenade after another across the ideological divide, largely unchallenged and unscathed.

THEY LIKE US

»» Greg Willis, Brookfield: Your address to the joint meeting of the Ethan Allen Institute and FreedomWorks-Vermont on July 8 was superb, most informative, most enjoyable, and most importantly, right-on! Should other groups be considering you as their key note speaker, I advise them to stop considering, and book'em, now!

»» Jeff Chapple: Haven't seen the Political Report since June and hope all is well with you.The last time you left me, you had fallen off a horse. I just don't what to think about Vt politics without considering your thoughtful discourse

»» Laura Brueckner, Waterbury Center: Didn't know you still had a report. I see you covered a bit must be of Chris Graff's AP departure. I notice no other media could get any attention on this issue from "ordinary" Vermonters.... Didn't get a chance to review the back issues but I always enjoyed your campaign finance reports. I've been trying to get the amount of $$$ Vermonter's pay for rent for DOT [but have run into] absolute stone-walling. So much for Douglas' open government!! Have you written about the new Eminent Domain law that anyone can take your real estate for almost any reason except increasing the tax base? It is scary and Mark Shepard was a sponsor and it was SIGNED by Gov. Douglas!

PEEPING TOM FOLLOW UP

"A former state lawmaker has been convicted of trying to use a cell phone camera to take a photograph of a woman in a tanning booth. Burlington lawyer Alan Bjerke, who served three terms in the Legislature, pleaded no contest Tuesday to charges filed under Vermont's year-old video voyeur law. Police records say Bjerke was tanning at Body Le Bronz in Burlington on February 9, when he reached up over the top of a wall and started taking pictures of the woman in the next booth." --Associated Press

THE REST OF THE STORY

Former Democratic representative Alan Bjerke who was John Tracy's Treasurer in the 2006 Lieutenant Governor race and on Hinda Miller's endorsement list, has been convicted of...? If only former representative Mark Foley had been a Democrat.

BERNIE'S WORLD

"One wonders if ever before in history such a large number of people had such a clear view of the consequences of their policies, and despite the failure of those policies, continued to devote their lives to enacting them." -- Dennis Prager, The Federalist Post

NIGHTMARE ON MAIN STREET

"Nancy Pelosi promised that if she becomes Madam Speaker next year, within 100 hours of taking the gavel the House will vote to repeal those tax cuts and raise the minimum wage. Never underestimate the ways that Washington politicians can do economic harm."

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ON THE FUNDAMENTALIST REPUBLIC OF VERMONT

"Liberal orthodoxy is a religion. Like any other religion, its disciples and lesser adherents instinctively ignore inconvenient facts, defame the opposition and suppress dissent."

--CHRIS BOLEN, Cambridge (BFP Letters, 10/09/06)

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