At Poker News, Amy Calistri has an analysis of an op-ed which recently appeared in the New York Times, written by conservative and controversial author Charles Murray.According to Murray, Frist's transparent efforts to pander to a very small minority of anti-gambling religious conservatives, and the craven and cynical way he amended an important port security bill to do it will cost Frist -- and all Republicans -- dearly when conservative voters enter the voting booth in just under three weeks.
Amy writes, "Murray points out that the UIGEA not only erodes the Republicans chances this fall, but also will damage American's respect for the rule of law. He points out that the bill catered to the few Americans that had an issue with online gaming without taking into account the millions they have now outraged; millions, he speculates, that are disproportionately Republicans and Reagan Democrats."
Amy's entire article is worth a read; it's linked below.
1. Noted conservative George Will called it "Prohibition II" in his Newsweek opinion piece this week. He predicts it will work as well as Prohibition I did.
An excerpt:
"Granted, some people gamble too much. And some people eat too many cheeseburgers. But who wants to live in a society that protects the weak-willed by criminalizing cheeseburgers?"
Link here:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15265338/site/newsweek/
Posted at 1:27PM on Oct 22nd 2006 by DrJubal