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A publication of Traditional Catholics of America + Editor: Fr. Francis E. Fenton, STL + VolumeIX, No. 6 + September1, 1988
Fr. Francis E. Fenton
of es, | know that I have expressed the above conviction in In the course of that same meeting John Paul II and
“. one way or another many times in recent years in Patriarch Dimitrios issued a joint statement rejecting “every
various articles in this newsletter—butit now looks as though form of proselytizing, every attitude which would be or could
i persistence is gradually proving to have been worth- be perceived as a lack of respect.” In referenceto religion, to
while. proselytizemeansto recruit or convert to a particularfaith or
religious body. In this statement, then, “His Holiness,”
Granted, none of the articles could even remotely be de- rejects any form of seeking or gaining converts which would –
scribed as an in-depth presentation of the subject but merely be or could be considered disrespectful. Since John PaulIis
an attempt to present in concise form a few examples and an expert in the use of ambiguous language (an essential
arguments in support of the fact that John Paul If is a non- tactic in his case), I’m not sure what is meant here but I think
Pope. While I assuredly do not mean to depreciate in the he is saying that conversions must not be sought if the
slightest the place andthe value ofscholarly, comprehensive, procedure employed is or may be lacking in propriety to
well-researched discussionsofvarious vital subjects (at which some even small degree. In other words, do not attempt to
Mr. Weiskittel is an expert), I do believe that a firm, binding convert a person if there is any risk that your “form of
case can be made on somematters in rather simple fashion— proselytizing” may be considered disrespectful by someone,
and I-think that the question of John PaulII is such.If this be – say, the Patriarch of Constantinople. Well, if such a rule were
true,,the advantage is that more people are likely to under- in effect back in the 1950’s when there were some 100,000
stand and to concur, | converts a year in the USA to the true Church, that number, |
submit, would be substantially less. Anyway, the purpose of
Nor do I see any imperative need of Canon Law to show this paragraph is simply to note the obvious lack of concern
beyond all reasonable doubt that John Paul II is a formal for converts on the part of the man who is believed by
heretic and, therefore, not a legitimate Pope. A numberof millions in the Conciliar Church to be the Vicar of Christ.
canons are very applicable, and most certainly should be Don’t try to convert someone if your method of doing so
quoted in any comprehensive writing on the subject, to fortify might possibly be offensive to a third party! This hardly
the accusation of formal heresy. My contention here is reflects the mind of the Roman Catholic Church—butit’s
_Mmerely that a solid commonsense case can be madein sup- Sreat “ecumenism”!
port of the charge that John Paul II is a counterfeit Pope
without having any recourse to any statements of Canon Law The concepts of false religious liberty, religious indiffer-,
pertaining to the question. The accumulated record of his entism, “ecumenism,” humanism, the Masonic “brother-
many heretical words and deeds over the past nearly ten hood of man,” etc., have been expressed time and time again
years is far more than enough to condemn him. Thereis, for. in the statements, sermons, discourses, writings and actions
example, his frequent support and promotion of the utterly of John Paul Il. That at least some of these constitute
spurious non-Catholic Declaration on Religious Liberty of material heresy even some of his Conciliar Church members
Vatican Council II and the abomination which he permitted concede. But to admit John Paul II’s material heresy while
and encouragedatAssisi, Italy, on October 27, 1986, where. denying formal heresy on his part is equivalent to saying that,
thanks to the “Vicar of Christ,” false ecumenism and yes, certain things he has said and doneare indeed heretical
religious indifferentism had field day. but he has not said or done these things knowingly and
willingly and obstinately—and so is not guilty of formal
More recently, there was the meeting in Rome in December, heresy. In other words, his heresies have been committed
_:1987, of John Paul If and Orthodox Patriarch Dimitrios I of innocently, “in good faith,” as a consequence of ignorance of
Constantinople, On that occasion, in addition to various the teachings of the Church. Such an argument is utterly
“ecumenical” statements and actions, they recited the absurd, is it not? That being the case, John Paul II is
Nicene Creed together. But the Nicene Creed contains a unquestionably a formal heretic and, as such, a non-Pope.
doctrine of the Roman Catholic Faith (Filiogue) which is Why, he isn’t even a Roman Catholic since formal heresy
rejected by the Orthodox. Word has it that John Paul IT excludes one from membership in the Church.
merely omitted that wordin therecitation. If so, is not this at’
least an implic jt denialof that doctrine?
But, besides being a non-Pope and a non-Catholic, could it
be that John Paul II is actually a conscious, dedicated
cnemy of the Church and indeed one of the most powerful Nelson Mandela has been in prison since 1964
and influential of those enemies? There are some (many?) when, as a leader of the Communist-dominated
whoare strongly inclined towards this belief—and I am one African National Congress, he was convicted for
of them. Certainly, no one individual in recent years has advocating the violent overthrow of the South
done more that he hasin laving the groundwork and creat- African government. Evidence in that trial
ing the climate for a New World Churchas part of the New included a pamphlet Mandela wrote, entitled
World Order. And once a person arrives at the conviction “How to be a Good Communist.” In 1985, South
that John Paul Il is neither a valid Pope nor a Roman African President Pieter Botha offered to free
Catholic and at least strongly suspects that he may in fact Mandela, saying: “The choice is his. All that is
be a prime mover in the top echelon in the camp of the required of him is that he should unconditionally
enemy—then that person well understands why (among reject violence as a political instrument.” That the
numerous examples that could be offered) John PaulII has : 70-year-old Mandela remains in prison suggests
never so much as mentioned the word Communism, much * his continued steadfast dedication to violent
less condemned it, throughout the past nearly ten years revolution.
(the same is undoubtedly true in regard to Freemasonry):,
why there are scores of Freemasonsin high positionsin the In an interview granted to some Italian and
Conciliar Church, including the number two man in the British reporters during a July vacation in the
Vatican, the papal Secretary of State (Agostino Casaroli): Italian Dolomite Alps, John Pau!II praised Nelson
why John Paul II never refers to the Catholic Church as the – Mandela for his “greatness” of character and
One True Church (hardly to be expected, of course, from a. described him as a man whois suffering “so much
non-Catholic); why heresy aboundsin the Conciliar Church for the rights of his people…With this suffering he
while an Archbishop Lefebvre incurs “excommunication”: offers a testimony to his people, even to the South
why, despite the pleas of multitudes in recent years, John. African government, and to the entire world…All
Paul II has neverfulfilled the specific conditions stated by. men are equal, regardless of their race. In this way
Our Lady of Fatima relating to the consecration of Russia one can see the greatness of the testimonyof this
to the Immaculate Heart of Mary; and so on and s0 on. personality (Mandela}. These days | have thought
of him in a special way.”’
Butohn Paul II, besides oozing charisma, is a brilliant
operator, a master in the art of deception. And so he will From the above one might even suspect that the
quite often say or do something whichgives the impression alleged Pope and the revolutionary Mandela are
that heis really a Catholic—and how well he succeedsin kindred souls.
deceiving the gullible. His record speaks for itself
though—and that record is an appalling one. “Beware of
false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep,
but inwardly they are ravening wolves. By their fruits you
shall know them…” (Matthew 7:15-16) .
Xemember John Paul Uf in your prayers each day, as |
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“Daily, daily sing to Mary; sing, my soul, her praises due;
All her feasts, her actions honor with the heart’s devotion true.
Lost in wond’ring contemplation be her majesty confessed.
Call her Mother, call her Virgin; happy Mother, Virgin blest…”
his iovely nymn of praise to the Biessed Virgin Maryis grew in piety and virtue.
a. the “Hymn of Saint Casimir.” Casimir, King of Poland
in the fifteenth century, carried a copy of tt with him atall The luxury and grandeur of court life held no attraction for
times and requested that, at his death, it be buried with him. the young prince for his heart was set on higher things. His
His devotion to the Mother of God gave him the strength to “two great loves” were Our Lady and the Passion of Our
remain pure in a time of growing immorality and to serve Lord. He spent most of each night in prayer and rose before
God while surrounded by worldliness. dawn to kneel before the locked doorsof the church, regard-
less of the weather, waiting for Matins. At Mass he was so
The evils of Casimir’s time were similar in many ways to absorbed in the Holy Sacrifice that he was unaware of every-
those we face today. The Renaissance, which swept through thing else around him.
Europe, brought with it profound change. Men were no
longer guided by the spirit of the Faith but by the spirit of Though surrounded by worldly comforts, Casimir led an
the world. The holy influence of the Church had been weak- austere life. He fasted, wore a hair shirt andslept on the bare
ened by the long papal exile at Avignon and the forty-year ground. His love for the poor caused him to give away his
schism, during which there were three rival claimants to the entire personal fortune in aims, earning for him the title
Chair of Saint Peter. Emboidened by the new spirit of “father and defenderof the poor and unfortunate.”
“independence,” the enemies of Holy Mother Church were
quick to seize the opportunity to throw off her restraints. When Casimir was fifteen he was offered the throne of
Monarchs claimed absolute authority over their subjects, Hungary by a faction of Hungarian nobles whowere dissatis-
deciaring that the Church had no right to interfere. At the fied with their king. Out of obedience to his father Casimir
universities, professors such as John Wycliffe at Oxford and accepted the offer and marched against the king of Hungary
John Hus at the University of Prague taught heresy and with an army of 20,000 men. When he reached the Hungar-
incited their followers to violence against anyone who de- ian border, however, he learned that the Pope disapproved
fended Catholic doctrine. In Italy, the “anti-clericals” of the action he was taking. He immediately returned with
fomented hatred againstail religious. his men to Poland and spent three months doing penance.
Tnrough all the unrest ran the common thread of human- in 1479, Casimir’s father, who was King of Poland and
ism, which glorifies nature and exalts human reason. Hu- Lithuania, decided to divide his kingdom. He went to
manism filled Catholic Europe with “false enthusiasm for Lithuania and named Casimir King of Poland. For four
pagan ideas, combined with contempt for the Church, years Casimir ruled with great prudence. Though a number
together with a tendency to inqitferonticm
LIC LOL, frivolity and
of his advisers tried to convince him to marry the daughter of
obscenity…Many humanists ridiculed priests and monks and Frederick Il, Emperor of Germany, Casimir steadfastly
even mocked the saints.” (A Short History ofthe Catholic refused, remaining faithful to the vow of chastity he had
Church by Hermann Wedewer, B. Herder Book Co., 1923) made as a child.
in spite of the disorder which prevailed, Casimir was only In 1483, while on a journey to Lithuania, Casimir fell ill with
interested in pleasing God. From early childhood he was tuberculosis. Assured by the doctors that the married state
filled with such great love for the Blessed Virgin Mary that would restore him to health, he replied that he would prefer
evervthing he did was guided by thoughts of her. Born in to die a virgin. On the fourth of March,in thecity of Vilna in
1458 in the royal palace at Cracow, Casimir was the grand- Lithuania, twenty-five-year-old Casimir died and at the hour
son of Wladislaus Ul, the Polish king who had introduced he foretold.
Christianity into Lithuania. Casimir’s uncle, Wladislaus IU,
had been killed at Varna in 1444, defending Christianity Canonized in 1522 by Pope Adrian VI, Casimir is the Patron
of Poland and Lithania and a modelof purity for youth. One
against the Turks. Casimir, too, was eager to defend the
hundred and twenty-two years after his death, his tomb was
Faith. Though he was a charming and friendly child, he
never wavered from this goal. reopened so that his body might be transferred to a new
chapel. Though the tomb was damp and crumbling, his body
was found to be incorrupt, wrapped in silk robes and
When Casimir was nine he and his brothers were sent to be
emitting a fresh, sweet fragrance. Beneath his head was
tutored by Father John Dlugosz who, in addition to being a found his hymn to the Blessed Virgin Mary. f
renowned historian and a canon at Cracow, was a good and
holy priest. Ajded by his instruction and example, Casimir
HE ATHANASIAN SEPTEMBER I, 1988
John Kenneth Wertskittel
uring the 1980 primaries many conservatives around trying to pass himself off as the conservative candidate.” At
i. the country were making a fuss over the membership the same time this was happening, Bush campaign con-
of
,f Republican presidential candidate George Bush in such sultant Craig Shirley resigned in disgust, in large part be-
shadowy internationalist groups as the Council on Foreign cause the phantom letter came from the Bush camp. (Fred
Relations (CFR) and the Trilateral Commission (TC). Bush, Barnes, “Republican Dirty Tricks,” The New Republic, July
who had officially resigned from the groups the previous 27, 1987) if Bush knew of this act by his operatives (or
year, complained to a reporter in Houston that he was tired authorizedit), it would be a classic example of the potcalling
ot people “questioning my patriotism because of my associa- the kettle black.
tion with the Trilateral Commission. Butit’s not a bigdeal,
frankly.” New York Times columnist James Reston writes that, for
Bush “(tho be nominated in a Republican convention dom-
Of course it was a big deal—andstill is. When a nation is inated by the conservative wing of his party, he needs the
being threatened by powerful organizations in its midst that support of the President, the conservative delegates and the
seek to tear downits sovereignty and that promote global television preachers.” (Washington, Macmillan, 1986, p.
power-sharing with Communists, it had better take notice 210) To an extent he has already been able to satisfy some
when a man with ties to such groups bids to becomeits conservatives that he is no longer the Establishment
leader. Unfortunately, however, the national news media— “liberal” who supported abortion and the Equal Rights
whichare well-represented in the CFR—chose not to pursue Amendment, gun control, détente, Red China over Taiwan,
the issue with any tenacity. After gaining the GOP’s and big government in general, including a guaranteed-
nomination, Ronald Reagan took Bush as his running mate income welfare plan. As for the other potential barriers
and, after winning the election, named numerous members mentioned by Reston, Bush has hurdled these by gaining
of these groupsto cabinet level positions. President Reagan’s endorsement as well as those ofthe Rev.
Jerry Faiwell and preacher-turned-politico, Pat Robertson.
Promoters of One-Worldism can be found throughout
America but, because its earliest stirrings as a movement But other conservatives aren’t leaping on the Bush band-
were centered in the Northeastern States and becauseits wagon. The Washington Times, on February 10, 1988,
strength continues to emanate from there (in multinational carried a full-page ad sponsored by the Conservative Caucus
banks and corporations, universities, foundations, think and its chairman, Howard Phillips, that attacked Bush over
tanks and political affairs groups), it has come to be his support of the INF Treaty. Bush’s claim that “(t)}he
identified as the Eastern Establishment. If one were called Soviets will destroy four times as many warheads as the
on to submit an article on the Establishment for an ency- U.S.” was, it charged, “either recklessly ignorant or
clopedia and wished to include a photo to give readers an consciously inaccurate” because, according to the treaty’s
idea of what the “typical Establishment man” looks like, one terms:
could scarcely do better thanto carrya picture of the preppy
and pin-striped Vice President of the United States, George No warhead destruction is required. 429 U.S. and
Herbert Walker Bush. 1,667 Soviet missile casings will be destroyed if the
INF Treaty is ratified… The American warheads will be
Now, after many years of service to the Establishment as sent back to the U.S. The Soviet warheads will be
congressman, United Nations Ambassador, Chairman of the available for reuse on Soviet SS-24 or SS-25 missiles,
Republican National Committee, Chief of the U.S. Liaison to which they can be rebolted with minor modifica-
Office in Red China, director of the Central Intelligence tions. America will be left with zero theater-based
Agency, member of the CFR’s Board of Directors and U.S. missiles capabie of hitting Soviet territory. The Soviets
Vice President, the 64-vear-old Bush is the Establishment’s will retain 92%-plus of what they have now aimed at
candidate for president. The article that follows is an Europe and the West…According to a Foreign Rela-
analysis of his record and, based on this. what kind of tions Committee Republican staff analysis, the INF
policies heislikely to pursue from the Oval Office. Treaty preserves 3,136 Soviet warheads to 931 for the
U.S., a ratio of 3.4 to 1. Expressed in terms of nuclear
Is Bush A Conservative? explosive power preserved, the ratio is 12-1 in the
in February, 1987, hundreds of delegates to the Con- Soviets’ favor.
servative Political Action Conference, held in the nation's
capital, received a campaign mailing in a plain envelope, For his part, Bush has said Phillips and direct-mail specialist
Inside they found that it came from an anonymous “Con- Richard Viguerie (who has given him lukewarm support)
servative Truth Squad” and read, “We don't need another represent a “fringe” element in the party and that “it doesn't
two-faced sellout politician” and “Jack Kemp is matter in terms oftotal votes” whether or not they decide to
THE ATHIANASIAN 4 SEPTEMBER 1, 1988
back him. (cited, “Bush brushes off influence of GOP been ended with the American recognition of the
“fringe’ conservatives,” Tampa Tribune, June 2, 1988) People’s Republic in 1979, represented neither the
Both Viguerie and Phillips played key roles in mobilizing Republican platform nor Reagan’s actual intentions,
conservative support for Ronaid Reagan’s successful 1980 and went on to explain that Reagan's references to
campaign. Taiwan, which mainland Chinese consider a province,
as a “country” and as the “Republic of China” were
The most distressing thing about the 1988 race may prove simply phrases used “outof habit.” (p. 40.)
to be that George Bush can pose as a conservative with
little fear of being detected by the electorate. [t appears Rarely will you see this reporter or anyone associated with
that leftist Arthur Schlesinger was correct when he ob- The Athanasian agreeing with Time, but it seems to have hit
served that in American politics “liberalism grows con- uponthetruth in its February 22, 1982 issue whenit alluded
stantly more liberal and, by the same token, conservatism thus to Bush's pragmatism: “His conduct suggests that he
grows constantly /ess conservative.” (cited, Gary Allen, has expedient political positions, not deeply held convic-
None Dare Call It Conspiracy, Concord Press, 1972, p. 27. tions.” And, as Professor Sutton points out, that publication
-Empnasis added—JKW) “can hardly be accused of being anti-Bush. After all, the
journal itself was founded by a dozen members of Skull &
The Flip-Flop Man Bones, the Bush family fraternity at Yale.” (op cit)
To be certain, Bush has given some signals to the right that
he is their best hope. Perhaps the most significant has been The Clubmen
his abrupt about-face on abortion: throughout his public The issue of George Bush’s membership in Skull & Bones
career he nad favored liberalized abortion laws—but then has yet to be exploited by the Democrats or even seriously
he met Reagan, ‘saw the light,” and has since become a explored by the media. Yet this ultrasecret fraternity boasts
vocal pro-life advocate. many Establishment figures (past and present): JFK's
National Security director and Ford Foundation president
in sizing up Bush, the National Right to Life News ot McGeorge Bundy (also CFR); ambassador for Democratic
January 22, 1988, reported that he supports the Hatch, presidents from FDR to LBJ and New York Governor
Garn/Oberstar and Humphrey/Luken amendments ‘‘if ex- Averell Harriman (CFR); radical Presbyterian minister
ceptions are added for assault rape and incest,” and op- William Sloane Coffin, Jr.; “conservative” writer William F’.
poses federal funding of abortion “except to save thelife of Buckley, Jr. (CFR); Senator John Heinz (R-PA); Senator
the mother.” It also notes that, in his 1984 debate with John F. Kerry (D-MA); and “Doonesbury” cartoonist Garry
Geraldine Ferraro, he “spoke out against abortion” and Trudeau.
nas ‘used his influence to aid the pro-life cause.’’ Whether
~ his change is genuine—or merely the ploy of a crass oppor- Members take part in “apparently satanic initiation rites”
tunist hunting for votes—remains to be seen; only when he and “are sworn to absolute secrecy. They may not admit
has the powerof the presidency can anyone know with any membership nor may they even discuss membership in the
degree of certainty. The fact remains that the conditionsin presence of nonmembers.” (Sutton, p. 14) In response to a
which he sétil favors abortion make his position un- letter inquiring about Bush’s relations with Skull & Bones,
acceptable in light of Catholic teaching. the Vice President’s press secretary, in a duplicitous fashion
worthy of the Masons, would neither confirm nor deny his
But this is hardly his first reversal of a stated position. His membership, but would only write that Bush never be-
career has had moreflip-flops than a trout out of water. longed to a “sordid secret society” and advised the corre-
Bush attacked the “voodoo economics” of Reagan during | spondent to contact “Yale University directly.” (ibid. The
the campaign and then, as Vice President, became the key here is the “hedge” word sordid for Bush can easily
“witch doctor’s” assistant. Also during the 1980 race he argue, “Well, J see nothing sordid in this group—it’s all in
claimed to oppose gun control after having voted for the how you perceive it.”) As far as perceptions go, Prescott
1968 Gun Control Act as a Texas congressman. When Bush (George’s father and a U.S. Senator) and E. Roland
running for the seat in 1964 Bush stated that, “(jf Red Harriman (Averell’s brother), both bankers and Skull &
China is admitted to the United Nations, then the U.N. is Bones menofan earlier era, saw nothing wrong with dealing
hopeless and we should withdraw,”’ but seven years later he with the Soviets and, with a third fraternity member, also
sought its admission, saving the U.S. must have ‘“normal- financed trade with the Nazis. (ibid, p. 11.)
ized relations with China as soon as possible.” (cited,
Antony Sutton, Two Faces of George Bush,, Wiswell George Bush seems drawn to “clubs” with an internation-
Ruffin House, 1988, p. 35) Ona tour of Red China, Current alist outlook. Beside the CFR and TC, he has also belonged
Biography tells us, Vice President Bush to the Atlantic Council. Yet he denies being a globalist.
When explaining why he resigned the Trilateral Commis-
reassured his hosts in Peking that Reagan’s expres- sion, he mentioned his war medals and stated: “Clearly, [
sion of support for restoring official government would never have belonged to any organization that had
relations between Washington and Taipei, which had devious designs or favored one-world government.” (Sutton,
THE ATHANASIAN SEPTEMBER 1, 1988
p. 44. rrofessor Sutton contendsthatofficial documents of President’s hidden agenda for Americais every bit as deadly
me i plainly snow it does favor globalism and_ that. as the open liberalism of his Democratic foe. For there is no
iL ¥ aes 2. 2 4 af ; 3 fF. c a qs "
therefore, “either Bush was lying to his inquirers, or reason to believe that George Bush would be anydifferent as
terribly naive.”) Why, then, in 1970, in his post as U.N. president than what he has been throughout his career—an
Ambassador, did he praise an American city for proclaim- Establishment “team player” who carries out its game plan
ing itself to be a world city governed by the U.S. charter? toa tee. T
‘ibid, p. 38. At a formal ceremony in Richfield, Ohio, on
November 22, 1970, Sutton writes, “city officials aban-
doned their oaths of office and raised the United Nations
‘lag alongside the U.S. flag.” Bush sent a “message of
congratulations.”)
Being a club member means getting to “pal around with
the gang.” When a funeral was held in the Kremlin at the
death of Soviet dictator Konstantin Chernenko in March,
{985, Bush happened to run into his old friend Armand
Hammer, the “capitalist” comrade, in a gathering after-
wards that gave visiting dignitaries an opportunity to meet
their hosts. ‘‘Armand,” joked Bush, “what are you doing
near the end of the line? I thought you’d be at the head.”
The “curiously informal and unsolemn occasion,” recails The date on the envelope address labe! indicates the
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Bush Administration
Shrewd politician that he is, George Bush has recognized
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larity of Ronald Reagan. Hence, he has madeit clear that
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to de the follow-up President,” he explains, “who nego-
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the TCA. The result was very disappointing. Only
Further indicators of the tenor of a Bush presidency can be about seven percent of our newsletter subscribers re-
seen in the following remarks: Bush has called mass mur- sponded to the request at all and what was received
derer and Red dictator of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, “a would just about cover our TCA expensesfor some six
genuine statesman”; hailed Yugoslavia as “completely in- weeks. (Expenses are roughly $4,300 per month.) In
dependent” and “truly nonaligned”’; praised Rumania for view of the many letters which come to us commend-
its “independence” and “prosperity”: toasted Janos Kadar, ing The Athanasian, | was so very confident that an
the Hungarian ruler who betrayed his nation to the Soviets appeal for funds would be highly successful. Appar-
during the 1956 revoit, as a “man of enormous capacity ently though, words of commendation and encourage-
and leadership capability’; and spoke of the “allegedly” ment are one thing; financial support is something else
wicked acts of the KGB. (Sutton, pp. 44-47; Emphasis again. In any case, if this newsletter is in fact the fine
added—JKW) And, lest it is believed Bush no longer runs and much needed publication so very many of its
with the CFR/TC crowd, Insider David Rockefeller, who subscribers assure us it is, | again ask for financial
contributed to Bush in 1980 and has likely done the same assistance sufficient to operate the TCA—and thereby
in 1988, remarked earlier this year: “He (Bush) has since to guarantee the continuing publication of The
spoken to the Council and the Trilateral and has been fully Athanasian.
supportive of their activities. Even though he resigned, he —Hr. fF. Fenton
hasn't walked away from them.” (cited, Courtney, Empha-
sis added—JK W)
George Bush js counting on conservatives to vote him into
the White House and has quipped that they won't be voting
for Dukakis. And some undoubtedly will vote for Bush.
What these voters fail to realize, however, is that the Vice
THI’ ATHIANASIAN SEPTEMBER 1, 1988
John Kenneth Weiskittel
4 ™ { hen Massachusetts Governor and Democratic presi- fighting vigorously to keep taxes from going down.” True to
@ @ dential candidate Michael Dukakis announced form, on June 23 of this year he signed a $40 million cig-
Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen as his running mate, he took arette tax and favored $75million in other new taxes. (It is
the opportunity to remind supporters that in 1960 a ticket called “Taxachusetts” for a reason!) But, Dukakis backers
trom the same states defeated a Republican ticket headed by would argue, this is a small price to pay for the kind of
a vice president. Bentsen also evoked the “Boston-Austin recovery he has broughtto the state’s economy.
axis,” telling delegates at the 79th NAACP convention in
Washington, D.C.: “No one did more for civil rights than Here, again, claims can be deceiving. A number of factors
Jack Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.” enter into Massachusetts’ “economic miracle” and Governor
Mike Dukakis would not rank high on thelist. First, a// New
This is to be expected—a party on the rebound always seeks England is enjoying the boom,including states like Connec-
to connect with the glories of its past. No one would imagine ticut and New Hampshire, which do so without a “hands-on”
that they would call to mind, say, the Mondale-Ferraro dis- interventionist governor. Second, in 1980 Massachusetts
aster. And yet it is another Democrat that Dukakis calls to voters passed Proposition 242 (a measure opposed by
mind even more, and thatis Jimmy Carter. Dukakis) which dropped theState’s tax rate from 11 percent
above the national average to 10 percent below. Third, de-
Aside from their common homestate and, of course, their fense contracts rose there from $1.6 billion in 1982 to the
liberalism, about all Dukakis and Kennedy share are their current figure of over $7 billion. And fourth, it was stimu-
alma mater (Harvard) and the fact that their ethnic or lated by the pro-business approach of his predecessor,
religious background was viewed as a potential barrier to Edward King.
electability (Dukakis is of Greek descent; Kennedy was an
Irish Catholic). But Kennedy was a nationally-knownfigure — For an idea of what to expect:here from a Dukakis presi-
before he ran for president, being a U.S. Senator andthe dency, one need only look at his record as governor. In his
author of the bestseller, Profiles in Courage. Dukakis, on first campaign in 1974 he promised it would be a “lead-pipe
the other hand, joins Carter in the ranks of candidates who, cinch” that he wouldn’t increase taxes, yet when elected he
as governors, were largely unknown outside their regions. immediately sought and received passage of a “temporary”
Also like Carter, Dukakis has done nothing to correct the 10 percent income tax surcharge which, when added to
media-nurtured misconception that he is a fiscal existing taxes, pushed the tax burden to 24 percent over the
conservative. national average (it was revoked by referendum in /986).
Since returning to office in 1982, Dukakis has presided over
In point of fact, to call Michael Dukakis a “liberal” is putting a state spending increase of more than 60 percent—and
it quite charitably. He is, when one substitutes clam chowder Massachusetts now faces a $500 million deficit for Fiscal
for chitlings, a hardline /eftist in the same mold as Jesse Year 1989. In 1983, he unveiled an Education and Training
Jackson. This study will separate the real Michael Dukakis program (ET) that would enable welfare recipients to be-
from the hoopla. come self-sufficient but, through 1986, despite pouring over
$80 million into it, the state’s caseload has risen. Mark D.
Governor “‘Do-tax-us”’ Isaacs, writing in The New American for April 27, 1987,
Much has been made this election year about Dukakis’ reveals that according to “Wall Street Journal
efficiency as an administrator and, consistent with the sort of estimates…the annual cost of implementing ET on the na-
_ boasting peculiar to politicians on the stump, the 54-year-old tional level would be $1.5 to $2.5 billion.” Another Dukakis
fovernor is leading the way. He told reporters in June that, experiment voters can expect to be expanded nationwideis
“sharp contrast” to the Reagan Administration, he had mandatory health care to be paid by private emplovers. The
balanced nine state budgets while serving as Massachusetts newly-passed laws in Massachusetts will cost upwards to $2
chief executive, “(Reagan) increased the federal debt by billion a vear bv 1993 and, if adopted throughout the U.S.,
more than all the Presidents from George Washington to the projected price tag is $28 billion.
Jimmy Carter combined,” Dukakis stated on an earlier oc-
casion, adding, “…’m supposed to be a ‘liberal,’ and | Quotations from Chairman Mike
balance budgets,” [If Dukakis is elected, America can look forward to not only a
further broadening of socialism domestically but also to the
Strong words, but an observation by the Boston Herald on expansion of Communism around the globe. As president,
December 29, 1987, takes some of the luster off this claim: he would put stiffer sanctions on South Africa and workfor a
“Dukakis’ boast…is brittle: Massachusetts law requires a speeding up of the betraval of Nicaraguan resistance. He
balanced budget. But less easily brushed aside is Dukakis’ also supports removal of U.S. troops from South Korea.
solid record of relentlessly pushing spending up while
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tay
Such views are by no means new. When visiting Red China spite the fact that he supports “gay” rights, the E.R.A., gun
in i985, he returned a toast to his Communist hosts in control and weekend furioughs for killers: opposes schooi
Canton, explaining: prayer, the pledge ofallegiance in school (what better wayto
prepare today’s youth for world citizenship than to destroy
{ was a 13-year-old boy at the Baker School in faith and patriotism in a single stroke) and capital. punish-
Brookline (Massachusetts) and | was asked to debate ment; and, according to the National Right to Life News of
changes in China. [ delivered a ringing condemnation January 22, 1988, “is militantly pro-abortion.”
of the Kuomintang and strongly advocated revolution
in China. So you see, you have a friend here. In fact, His running mate, Lioyd Bentsen, is regularly viewed as
some friends of President Reagan occasionally refer to having been chosen to “balance the ticket” (Bentsen is
Massachusetts as the People’s Republic of Massachu- ostensibly more conservative on a number of issues than
setts. Dukakis—but, then, who is77’f?), to help Dukakis carry Texas
and to strengthen his showing in other Southern States and
As syndicated columnist John F. McManus has written, the in rural America. But Bentsen has other “credentials.” He
teenaged Dukakis’ defense of Mao Tse-tung “was given in belongs to two important secret societies: the Freemasons
1947 when Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang forces had not and the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Dukakis is not
yet learned that the U.S. government would fully betray a CFR member but he clearly is of the same mind. No fewer
them.” than seven members of his campaign “brain trust” are CFR:
Madeleine Albright, Graham Allison, Al Carnesale, Warren
Dukakis plays no favorites, however, when it comes to Christopher, Joseph Nye, Peter Tarnoff and Paul Warnke.
Communist regimes. In July, 1985, writes Elizabeth Mr. Bentsen, we should note, is also decidedly pro-abortion.
Drummeyin the February 15, 1988 New American, he
When one turns to his Republican foe, George Bush, one
endorsed the 12th Annual “Festival of Youth and can't escape the similarities: both are [vy League, both
Students” at Lenin Stadium in Moscow. The sponsors wealthy (forget Dukakis’ immigrant stories: his father, the
of that event were striving “for anti-imperialist first Greek to graduate from Harvard Medical School, had a
solidarity, peace and friendship,” with a clear intent to oractice that left the family very well off), and both
bash America. After giving a warm send-off to the uncharismatic technocrats. They even were born within ten
Massachusetts delegation, the Governor was asked if miles of each other. But aboveall this, both are owned lock,
he were aware of the event’s Communist sponsors. He stock and barrel by the same amoral conspiracy.
responded: “When youare trying to build someinter-
national understanding, we do what we can do.” The eventual winner (either the untried newcomer or the
obedient lackey who’s “paid his dues”) will ultimately be the
Look for a great deal more in the way of U.S./Soviet joint one chosen not by the American electorate but by those
activities to build “understanding” under a President pulling the strings behind the scenes. The powers of the
Dukakis. media are so Sreat to suppress relevant facts, to distort
them, to underscore scandals, or manufacture or ignore
On defense, Dukakis has used the issue of Pentagon waste them to subtly shape a voter’s perception ofthe candidates,
to frame his opposition to the B-1 bomber, MX missile and that political careers can be made or broken with relative
the “Star Wars’ defense system—options hevilifies as “a ease. (Any reader doubting this had better investigate the
bunch of right-wing choices.” He backs a nuclear freeze and press coverage ofthe following: Dwight Eisenhower, Joseph
the dangerous INF Treaty and, doubtless, as president McCarthy, Jimmy Carter and, more recently, Evan Mecham
would look for every chanceforintensified negotiations with and Gary Hart, to name a few.) And, given the Conspiracy’s
Mikhail Gorbachev. In a move away from his previous DOSI- power, there may be times when a candidate, like a boxerin
tion, Dukakis told a meeting of the internationalist Atlantic a fixed fight, is ordered to ‘take a dive.”
Council on June 14 that he was not fully committed to
defense cuts and wanted stronger conventionalforces. [t is said that the U.S. has a two-party system but what we
really have are Party LA and Party 1B, both corrupted to the
A Victory For The Conspiracy core by an atheistic globalism that elevates the worid-state to
Michael Stanley Dukakis stands an excellent chance of the status of a god. In the final analysis, be it George Bush or
being the next president. Only about a quarter of the nation Michael Dukakis whois elected, the Conspiracy wins and we
see him as even a “liberal”—and an equal percentage of lose. T
Southerners polled even think he’s conservative! This de-
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