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...middle finger up her dumb whore B-Movie hole, the music as hyper-energized, as fractious and scrappy as the country itself. It was a smashing, reverberating disc that some of us thought would go through the roof critically and commercially. Alas. audiences and rock critics can't digest so much. They prefer two-or-three-chord junk food--who said rock and roll wasn't about arrested development? Of course the songs on Get Happy!! didn't "breathe"--they were choked with carbon monoxide and tears of boredom, frustration, rage. Elvis was a ferret trapped in a septic tank...
...soon as Reagan gave top Cabinet jobs to such mainstream Republicans as Alexander Haig and Caspar Weinberger. Then these men brought pragmatic moderates into the sub-Cabinet: Lawrence Eagleburger at the State Department and Frank Carlucci at Defense. Conservative Senators like Jesse Helms turned cantankerous, and the Conservative Digest publicly warned Reagan, "Your mandate for change is in danger of being subverted...
Partly as a result of Nofziger's involvement, and partly as compensation to offended conservatives, the pendulum of political appointments has swung decisively to the right. Exults placated Conservative Digest Publisher Richard Viguerie: "Until now, it seemed that if you were a longtime Reagan supporter you were persona non grata at the White House. It's hard to have Reaganism without Reaganites." But others, including some in the Administration, are concerned that things may be going too far. Says one West Wing aide: "Good, solid Republican types are getting screwed...
...continues, "Mexico can digest just so many petrodollars. And in an inflationary world, what can you do with them? Buy hotel chains in the U.S., spas in Florida...
Reader's Digest refused to answer 15 questions from the FEC, claiming protection under the First Amendment and pointing out that news stories were exempted from campaign contribution restrictions. The magazine asked a New York federal district court for a preliminary injunction against the FEC investigation. Argued the Digest: "The fact of being investigated by the United States Government for alleged violation of a statute carrying criminal penalties has a chilling effect all by itself." Such investigations, it added, "can be a very effective form of censorship...