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June 29 / Administration of George Bush, 1992
through the courts. And if convicted, they
New York City Police Department; Msgr.
will be punished-not let them out on loop-
William B. O'Brien, president of the Daytop
holes. We need a crime bill which strength-
Village drug treatment facility; Robert A.
ens, not weakens, our ability to uphold the
Bryden, Special Agent in Charge, DEA New
laws, a crime bill like the "Crime Control
York Field Division; and DEA Special Agent
Act of 1992." So let's pass this legislation and
Everett E. Hatcher, who was killed in the
salute those who risk their lives to save ours.
line of duty on February 28, 1989.
And above all, let's remember this: To take
back our streets we need to take criminals
off the streets and put them behind bars for
a long, long time. And in the past 4 years,
Remarks at a Fundraising Luncheon
over half a billion dollars in drug forfeiture
for Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato in
money alone has been used to build prisons.
New York City
And we need more, more prisons. In particu-
June 29, 1992
lar, our States need more prisons. Because
for some career criminals, the iron bars of
Thank you all so much. And Charlie, thank
prison are the only bar against crime.
you, Ambassador, for that very, very gener-
So, let me close with words from the heart
ous introduction. And let me just thank all
about where and with whom I stand. I stand
responsible for this highly successful lunch.
with those who fight criminals. Your work
I want to salute our two Members of Con-
is not a 9-to-5 job with long lunches and
gress here today, Senator Pressler and Norm
friendly chats around some water cooler. It
Lent; I'll get to the third in a minute. Chair-
is filled with danger and fear. And I had two
man Rich Bond-if you want to get a guy
wonderful briefings on some of the complex-
to do a. big national job, get someone from
ities of this work when I arrived here this
New York; and Rich is doing just that as
morning. It's not knowing whether you'll end
chairman of the Republican National Com-
your shift going home in a car or to the emer-
mittee.
gency room in an ambulance.
I want to salute our new committeeman,
And let me just add something: I also stand
Joe Mandello; glad Joe's family could make
against those who use films or records or tel-
it out there. Bill Powers, our wonderful State
evision or video games to glorify killing law
chairman who's taking them on up there and
enforcement officers. It is sick. It is wrong
winning more than his share, for all of us,
for any company, I don't care how noble the
I might add. And David Brewer, Doug Bar-
name of the company, it is wrong for any
clay, Jack Hennessy, heading up our cam-
company to issue records that approve of kill-
paign efforts and doing such a superb job
ing law enforcement officers.
in this fundraising. Another salute to Roy
And so I am delighted to be here to salute
Goodman, an old friend down here, the State
the greatest freedom fighters any Nation
Senator. And Michael Long, let me just say,
could have, people who provide freedom
Mike, how grateful I am to you and the oth-
from violence and freedom from drugs and
ers in the Conservative Party. What that
freedom from fear. They're offering hope to
means is that with your help and now with
every family across our country. And in that
the help of everybody across this State, New
spirit, I am now truly honored to open the
York is not only in play as a key targeted
New York Field Division Office of the DEA.
State for the Republicans, it is a State we
And again, especially to all who work out
will win. And this is a very important en-
there on the front lines, may God bless you
dorsement.
in your noble work.
May I thank Yung Soo Yoo and Rabbi Mil-
Thank you very, very much.
ton Balkany for their introduction as well and
their saluting us at the beginning of this pro-
Note: The President spoke at 10:53 a.m. in
gram.
the conference room at the DEA New York
And now I'm here today to salute a great
Field Division Office. In his remarks, he re-
leader, a force for good, a titan of politics,
ferred to Lee P. Brown, commissioner of the
Mama D'Amato. I think Al's learned a thing
Administration of George Bush, 1992 / June 29
1159
or two from Mama, things like getting it
much about it. But it was under our leader-
done, making waves, taking them on, and
ship that we can now turn to the American
winning. And that's exactly what he's going
people, particularly the children, and say, you
to do this fall. But I've seen it in Washington,
can go to bed at night without that awful,
and when Al takes them on, the rest of them
deadly fear of nuclear war because of what
take cover.
we did in getting rid of these ICBM weapons.
Voters are frustrated, and they're tired of
You listen to those pundits out there and lis-
the status quo, and they're calling for change.
ten to the opponents, you wouldn't think
But they also know that there's a flip side
there was any responsibilities to the United
to change, and it is called trust, trust to make
States. We are the undisputed leader of the
the, right decisions and to block the wrong
free world, and I don't care what the critics
ones. I believe that we have the values, I
say. I am going to keep on leading for peace
believe we have the record that entitles us
and democracy around the world.
to take our case to the American people and
And yes, yes, we're going to have some
win 4 more years in the White House and
savings in defense, but I am not going to cut
6 more for Al in the Senate.
into the muscle of the defense. There are
Our values are right. When we talk about
still many uncertainties out there, and the
family values, I'm thinking of what those
United States, in order to lead; must remain
mayors came to tell me. Liberals and con-
strong. Al has known that; Al has stood up
servative, Democrats and Republicans from
against criticism on behalf of that principle.
the mayors came to see me, and they said
And I am convinced that we can keep our
the biggest problem in the cities is the de-
security strong so we can guarantee for the
cline of the American family. And we are the
generations that come futures of peace and
party that's trying to strengthen the Amer-
opportunity.
ican family through choice and opportunity.
I appreciated what Al said about changing
Some people say to me, "Hey, how come
the world. And I do believe that thanks to
you can't bring the same kind of purpose and
my predecessor, thanks to our administra-
success to the domestic scene as you did in
Desert Storm and Desert Shield?" And the
tion, there have been fundamental changes
in the world. Eastern Europe is free; Ger-
fair answer to that is, we can. But when it
many is united; the international communism
came to going into Desert Storm, I didn't
have to call one of the Senators entrenched
as we know it is dead. Ancient enemies are
sitting talking to each other in the Middle
on the Democratic side, one of the liberals,
East. Democracy is on the move south of
and get his permission. I did not have to
our borders. And we have a fantastic record
stand up and watch everything I'm trying to
of standing up against aggression. And don't
do get blocked by the Senate. We moved,
let the revisionists try to tell you that Desert
and then they came along. That is what we
Storm was bad; it was a tremendous success,
need in the Congress, and the way to get
and we are not going to let them alter the
that is to give us more people like Al
record.
D'Amato and Terrence Pressler and Norman
I notice these signs, and let me simply say
Lent and to get control of the Congress.
that, look, the Israeli elections underscore
For 35 years, one party has controlled the
the dynamism of the Mideast's solitary de-
House of Representatives. For 29 of the last
mocracy. They point out the dynamism of
35, one party has controlled the United
the process. And we are confident that we
States Senate. We tried it with a Democratic
can work with that new Israeli Government
President and a Democratic Congress, and
to deepen our partnership, to promote our
we got the worst interest rates, the worst mis-
common objective of peace with security for
ery index in the history of this country. What
Israel. And I am dedicating myself to that.
hasn't been tried and what we're going to
There's another thing that we'll take to the
take to the people in the fall is this: Give
American people, and you don't hear it from
us a Republican President, a Republican
either of the opponents at this Presidential
Senate, and a Republican House, and we can
level, and I don't expect Al's going to hear
give you the values that you want.
1160
June 29 / Administration of George Bush, 1992
We've gotten some things done early in
says we will maintain the quality of U.S.
the Presidency. A child care bill that says:
health care. It is the best in the world, and
Isn't it better for the parents to choose how
we are not going to diminish it by putting
to have child care rather than have some
the Government in charge of our health care.
Government bureaucracy? We've passed the
Another one is free trade. We stand proud-
foremost, far-looking, far forward-looking
ly for free trade. And we're taking a hammer-
piece of civil rights legislation in the Ameri-
ing in some quarters. Election year is coming
cans for Disabilities Act that said: Let's give
up; everybody is out pledging to this special
these people a chance; let them fit in. Give
interest, this protection or that protection.
them an opportunity, not have some Govern-
But let me tell you something: I am going
ment program out here to keep the people
to keep on fighting until we get a successful
with disabilities isolated. We passed a Clean
conclusion to the Uruguay round of GATT,
Air Act that used market forces, harnesses
and I am going to keep on fighting until we
market forces for a cleaner environment.
get a North American free trade agreement
But so much that we're trying to do,
because that means jobs for the American
whether it's school choice or whether it's in-
worker. I am for free trade, not for protec-
centives for this economy, are being blocked
tion, and we've got to keep fighting for those
by the United States Congress. And they con-
principles.
trol it; the Democrats control it. And I be-
Another one is education reform. Mike
lieve that the American people, in their quest
talked about it, and Al D'Amato mentioned
for change, are going to say: Let's try some-
it. We've got a good program; it's not just
thing that hasn't been done in 35 years; let's
another Government program. It's called
get a Republican Congress to back up this
America 2000. It literally revolutionizes the
Republican President.
way we educate the kids from K to 12. We
Sometimes the only time you can get
have the best university system in the world;
something to happen down there is standing
we have the best quality education at that
up against bad legislation. And I want to take
level. But what we don't have is the proper
this opportunity to thank our distinguished
quality at those lower areas of education. And
honoree, Al D'Amato, today for helping me
so our program says: Keep it close to the fam-
with this veto record. The score is: Bush 30,
ily, keep it close to the locality and the com-
Congress 0, on the veto. And we're going to
munity, but literally revolutionize it. We've
keep on beating back bad legislation until we
got a good, strong program to take, and Al
get good legislation.
is right. Our "GI bill" says this: Give the par-
Let me just click off a couple of our major
ents a choice. Give the family the same op-
initiatives. One of them is health care reform.
portunity to choose those schools, religious,
It is not right that families go to bed wonder-
private, or public that we all got, the old guys
ing whether they're going to have any protec-
here got when we got the GI bill right after
tion against illness. We have put forward on
World War II. It worked for the universities;
the Capitol Hill now, it's before the Con-
it can work at the local level. What's wrong
gress, a new health care reform program that
with letting the parents choose and giving
says we will make insurance available to ev-
them that opportunity?
erybody, the poorest of the poor, through a
We've got a great disagreement with the
voucher system. We will revise and get rid
liberal Democrats on another one. I am fight-
of these awful malpractice suits by changing
ing at every turn to do better on the deficit.
and getting some legal reform for this coun-
The other day we had a vote in the Congress
try. We're suing each other too much and
on a means to discipline the executive branch
caring for each other too little. So we've got
and discipline the United States Congress.
a good, strong, health care proposal, and it
Not a cure-all, but it was something that 80
doesn't do like some of these foreign coun-
percent of the American people want. It was
tries or what some of the liberal Democrats
victimized and brutalized and beaten back
want to do. It does not socialize medicine.
by that entrenched liberal Democrat leader-
It does not break every small business. It of-
ship that wouldn't stand up against the spe-
fers insurance to others, everybody. And it
cial interests. I will continue to fight for a'
Administration of George Bush, 1992 / June 29
1161
balanced budget amendment to discipline us
name get criticized by five Democrats all
all in Washington, DC.
spring long, and now some Independent
comes charging out with nothing but criti-
And while we're at it-and I heard a nice
cism. I'm ready to take them on when we
endorsement of this by the Democratic
get to August. And what happens here is this
nominee, potential Democratic nominee for
President-I think it's about time to give the
kind of arrangement will make us have a
President what 43 Governors have. If they
much better chance of taking them on, on
can't do it up there with the liberals that con-
our terms. Let them see if they can take the
trol these committees, give the President a
heat because I am going to dish it out and
chance. Give me that line-item veto, and let's
take the Republican record to the American
see if we can't do better on the spending
people, and we are going to win in Novem-
side.
ber.
Thank you very, very much.
In conclusion, let me say this: This has
been a weird political year, I'm talking
strange, and I've been in politics half my
Note: The President spoke at 1:15 p.m. in
adult life, half of it in private business. It
the Grand Ballroom at the New York Hilton
has been the strangest year I have ever seen.
Hotel. In his remarks, he referred to Charles
I think most people would agree with that.
Gargano, former ambassador to Trinidad
But in the final analysis, the American people
and Tobago; Joe Mandello, chairman, Nassau
are going to say this: Who has the tem-
County Republican Party; David Brewer,
perament to lead this country? Who has the
vice chairman, fundraising luncheon; Doug-
steadiness when the going gets really tough
las Barclay, New York State chairman, Bush-
to make the proper decision? Who has the
Quayle '92; Jack Hennessy, New York State
beliefs when it comes to the innate strength
finance chairman, Bush-Quayle '92; Michael
of American society, the family, the family
values? Who has the will to fight for those
Long, chairman, New York State Conserv-
values? Who has the demonstrated leader-
ative Party; Yung Soo Yoo, general chairman,
ship to keep the peace and enhance it by
fundraising luncheon, who gave the Pledge
helping democracy and freedom around the
of Allegiance; and Rabbi Yehoshua Balkany,
world? And who has the best program to
dean of Yeshiva Bais Yaakov of Brooklyn,
stimulate the economy by getting jobs and
who gave the invocation.
opportunity moving by encouraging less reg-
ulation and by stimulating the investment tax
credit and cutting the capital gains and
changing the IRA's and doing all the things
we should have done months ago to give the
Statement on the Supreme Court
working man and woman an opportunity?
Decision on Abortion
I believe we have not only the program,
June 29, 1992
but I hope I have the integrity and that sense
of honor about the United States to ask the
I am pleased with the Supreme Court's
decision upholding most of Pennsylvania's
American people: Give me 4 more years.
reasonable restrictions on abortion, such as
Give Al D'Amato 6 more years. Give us more
company on the House and in the Senate,
the requirement that a teenager seek her par-
and watch us get that job done. I cannot wait
ent's consent before obtaining an abortion.
until the middle of August-right now I'm
The Pennsylvania law supports family values
in a nonpolitical mode. [Laughter] But I can-
in what is perhaps the most difficult question
not wait until the middle of August when I
a family can confront.
get unfettered and say, all right, now the time
My own position on abortion is well-known
has come to take this case to the American
and remains unchanged. I oppose abortion
people. Not just to go after the other guys-
in all cases except rape or incest or where
although I'm a little bit tired of hearing my
the life of the mother is at stake.
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Describe what a corksbrew like
Scientists describing how we communicate with our bodies
Tarzan & Jane
specially the hands, say tha one person in
Tarzan came home in the afternoon and asked Jane for a
triple Jack Daniel's. He finished it off and ordered another.
inundred when asked toldescribe, corkserew
Jane was worried. She says, "Tarzan, I'm concerned about
cando without finger
your drinking. Every afternoon you come home and have two
or three drinks." "Jane, I can't help myself," Tarzan says. "It's
Pieces
jungle out there!"
The Babe Could Even Hear 'Em
Babe Ruth once suffered the humiliation of having the great
Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators throw three
straight fastballs past him. He asked the umpire if he had seen
any of the pitches. "No," replied the umpire. "Neither did 1," said
Ruth, "but that last one sounded kinda high to me."
-The Little Brown Book of Anecdates
A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who has never
owned a car.
-Carrie Snow
When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one
I've never tried before.
-Mae West
Listening to Reason
One night at sea, the ship's captain saw what looked like the
Whoever named it "necking" was a poor judge of anatomy.
lights of another ship heading toward him. He had his
-Groucho Marx
signalman blink to the other ship: "Change your course 10
degrees south." The reply came back: "Change your course
The average woman would rather have beauty than brains
10 degrees north." The ship's captain answered: "I am a
because she knows that the average man can see much better
captain. Change your course south." To which the reply was:
than he can think.
"Well, 1 am a seaman first class. Change your course north."
-Ladies' Home Journal
This infuriated the captain, so he signaled back: "Damn it, I
say change your course south. I'm on a battleship!" To which
That was the most fun I've had
the reply came back: "And I say change your course north. I'm
without laughing.
in a lighthouse."
-Woody Allen (on sex)
Carter Gets the Last Word on Sam Donaldson
One Way of Getting Parked
We had been taken to a small village near New Delhi
I drive a 1979 pickup as a second vehicle. I had bought it used,
(renamed Carterpuri by the Indians for the occasion) to see
even though the body had extensive damage, with three sides
how the village solved its energy problem. This was at the
bashed in, and I was planning to get it fixed as quickly as
height of concern over the energy crisis. Carterpuri solved its
possible. But one day a man in a new car and I went for the
energy problem by throwing all the COW manure from its herds
only available parking spot at the post office.
into a large pit, then siphoning off the methane gas to light the
1 stuck my head out the window and asked, "Are you
village lamps, So it came to pass that we all stood on the lip of
going to fight me for this space?"
the manure plt inspecting the process. "If I fell in, you'd pull me
"No, ma'am," the man replied. "You look like the
out, wouldn't you, Mr. President?" joked Donaldson.
winner to me!"
"Certainly," President Carter replied, then paused-
-Anaphe Chimarusti (Ventura, CA)
"after a suitable Interval."
-Sam Donaldson
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- people no said was in so are good in track high was the he mis for mother.
his
Humorous anecdotes (212) 366-0563 Karen Mahoney
P-6,
(b)(6)
What he's known for
- after election alot
Senator Pothole
of people came up
to him t said d
stays in favor by doing
fighter - take on establishment
dichit note you, I
getting it done, making waves, taking 'em on - voted for my
Bought new boat for fisherman who caught a torpedo mother.
(really - it blew up his boat)
Fed. money for Mother Hale, who helps crack babies in
Harlem
camied
New program that uses retired federal officers to find grocery
missing children - recently a retired Secret
Service agent on staff found 3 kids kidnapped by
their estranged father.
bags
Cap spending, cut taxes, privatize gov't services.
Armand D Amato, when son nermwen Sen
Legislative initiatives
Seat told him he had a real chance
DOMESTIC
to make a doffnes
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Appropriations Committee (6th of 13 R's), Defense Foreign
Opera ions VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, Transportation,
Tell it
Treasury, Postal Service, General Government, Banking, Housing
and Urban Affairs (2nd of 9 R's), Housing and Urban Affairs, like it
13,
Securities, Select Committee on Intelligence (3rd of 7 R's) call im
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mass transit
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sponsored bill disaster to protect the FHA against an S&L-type as you
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AIDS funding
see
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save Delaware and Hudson Railway
don't be afraid
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save Staten Island homeport
death penalty for drug dealers
to Kaler carop
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cleared of ethics charge in Wedtech
Stands when you
know yo right."
FOREIGN
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pre-Aug. 1990, led fight to cut off trade benefits and
export credit guarantees to Iraq
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first senator to try to cross the Soviet border into
Lithuania in early 1990, against Soviet regulations
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worked on anti-terrorism legislation after the bombing of
Pan Am flight 103
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Aug and Sept 1990 almost alone in calling for military
action to oust Saddam Hussein
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proposed fifth star for Powel and Schwarzkopf
-
bent principle to help GB uphold veto of revisions to Hatch
Act and Chinese student protection legislation
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CRLANG
--Santayana: "Family is one of nature's masterpieces."
--the things that must guide change are the things that must
never change.
--Father Hersburgh: "The most important thing a father can do for
his children is to love their mother."
--marriage matters
--we need to remember the "united" in the "United States."
--a rope of sand
--written in the wind
--there's a hole in the heart of the American Dream
--Tolstoy: "All happy families are alike, but an unhappy family
is unhappy in its own way."
--In many ways -- America has always been a question in search of
an answer. But in many ways, we've carried the answer within us
all the while
--You don't fix a broken car by giving it more gas. You don't
fix a broken program by feuling it with more money. You've got
to start at square one.
--John Major on Labor Government: "It was a world in which we
were told that government knows best. They knew best how to
spend our money -- how to make our choices. They knew best who
should own homes and run businesses
Through all that time
the
people of Britain knew better."
--we cannot discover new solutions until we find the courage to
let go of the old ones
-Republicans don't follow the beaten path -- we strike out and
leave a trail.
--change the system from stem to stern
--every life is a portrait of the person who lives it. These
people have signed their with charity and good will.
--Let the critics taunt us, let them call us names. We define
ourselves by our enemies as well as our friends. Not everyone's
going to like us -- frankly, we'd have to wonder if some people
did. I have not aimed to please -- I aim to serve.
--The Democrats say I have no vison. Let me qualify that. I
don't have their vision. They have their vision -- and they're
looking the wrong way. My vision is your future. I see a future
with good jobs fueled by free trade. A future where government
works for the people -- and not the other way around. Where
politicians come to serve -- not to stay. I see a radical
revolution in education -- where schools are not a matter of
chance, but a matter of choice. I see a future where families
stick together, and fathers stick around. I see a country that's
diverse, but not divided. I see a future where Points of Light
leave no dark shadows \ where giving is better than getting \ and
where the pessimists were wrong all along. My vision doesn't
ride on the next election -- it rests on the next generation.
The government should not play Robin Hood cet should
not play Santa Claus. cet should
The Democrats acuse us of being sting Well cill
tell you something : it sure is easy to be genera
with other peoples many.
- the opposition has mesided over
expenditures
of meanly 1/2 a
thillin dollars annually
yet given us an
educ syst 21st in
th wild are to
the wild Competences
Report
(Grossman/Walters)
June 20, 1992
Draft One
D'AMATO
PRESIDENTIAL TALKING POINTS: D'AMATO FUNDRAISER
JUNE 29, 1992
[Acknowledgements]. I am here tonight to salute a great
leader \ a force for good \ a titan of politics. Mama
D'Amato. I think Al's learned a thing or two from Mama.
Things like: "getting it done, making waves, taking 'em on."
Al's also learned how frustrating it can be to "get it done"
in a town where G.O.P. is a four-letter word. When
Republicans "make waves" -- Democrats do the dead man's
float. But I'll tell you one thing: when Al "takes 'em on"
-- they take cover.
Voters are frustrated -- they're tired of the status quo and
they're calling for change. But they also know there's a
flip-side to change -- it's called trust: trust to make the
right decisions and block the wrong ones. Senator D'Amato
has worked for that trust. So have I.
Think of how much the world has changed already: American
blood, sweat and tears have transformed the face of the
earth. Today Eastern Europe is free. Imperial Communism is
dead and buried. Just last week we put another nail in the
Cold War's coffin. Boris Yeltsin and I announced the most
sweeping nuclear arms cuts in history. The doomsday clock,
the bomb shelters, the nightmares of our children -- that's
all over now. And that's something to be proud of.
But while the world has become more free, it has also become
less certain. The Soviet "Bear" is now a creature of the
past, but there are still plenty of wolves out there -- and
you know who they are. This is no fantasy of an old Cold
Warrior -- these are the realities of the new world, and
from where I sit I can survey the horizon.
There are real differences here with the opposition, and Al
and I will keep taking it to the people: America is safe as
In the late summer of .90
long as America is strong. Our actions in the gulf proved
that America will defend its interests we will keep the
wolves at bay and as long as I am President aggression
will not stand.
Some people say, why can't you bring the same kind of
purpose and success to the domestic scene as you did in
Desert Shield and Desert Storm? Fair question. And the
answer is: I didn't have to get permission from the
Democratic Congress to kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on Capitol Hill -
- legislation like our Child Care Act -- which said parents
raise kids, not government; the Clean Air Act -- harnessing
free market forces for a cleaner environment; the Americans
with Disabilities Act -- making room for the disabled in the
American mainstream. And when it comes to blocking bad
legislation with the veto: it's Bush 28, Congress 0.
Republican leadership has helped change the world -- and
here's what we're doing to help change America: Free trade
-- because Americans aren't afraid to meet -- and beat --
the competition. Health care reform: because our families,
our children, deserve affordable, accessible, health care.
Education reform: with proposals like school choice -- we're
putting the vital, fundamental decisions back in the hands
that run the home and raise the family. Legal reform:
because when your neighbor's just as likely to serve you a
subpoena as a cup of coffee -- something's got to change.
Government reform: because government is too big and spends
too much. The Democrats say: More money. I say: you don't
fix a broken car by giving it more gas.
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insisted on maintaining deductions for state and local taxes (worth more in New York than
and September 1990, he was almost alone in calling for military action to oust Saddam Hussein.
anywhere else). In an odd moment, he pushed through the repeal of a McCarran-Walter Act of
But he can carry things too far: he proposed five stars for Generals Colin Powell and Norman
1952 provision requiring the State Department to deny foreign writers and artists entry to the
Schwarzkopf and recommended Achille Lauro victim Leon Klinghoffer for the Congressional
United States if they are deemed somehow subversive. He is Congress's major promoter of
Medal of Honor. But he is quick to bend principle to help the administration, as he did to uphold
"maglev," trains that are run above special tracks by magnetic levitation, at speeds much
George Bush's veto of revisions of the Hatch Act and Chinese student protection legislation.
greater than can be achieved on rails. He is alarmed that West Germany and Japan are ahead of
Then there is the question of scandal. D'Amato is not shy about using his patronage powers,
us in this technology (Germans want to build a track between Los Angeles and Las Vegas), and
blocking Rudolph Giuliani's choice as successor for U.S. attorney in Manhattan; he then backed
wants federal funding for research for this mode of transportation as for canals, railroads and
the hapless (but, happily, self-financing) Ron Lauder in his slashing 1989 Republican mayoral
airplanes in the past. Irked by proposals to limit outside earned income, which might infringe on
primary campaign against Giuliani. In 1991, he was preparing to defend himself against
the small royalties he earns on his books, he got the Senate in August 1990 to pass, 51-49, an
allegations that he improperly used his influence to steer federal housing project grants to
amendment to place a 15% limit on outside unearned income, a measure which had no chance of
political contributors and had helped the now-defunct Wedtech Corporation get military
becoming law but did highlight the fact that one-third of the Senate would have to retire or give
contracts in return for political contributions. Most of the allegations were made in a 1989
away quite a few assets to conform to a law of this type.
complaint filed with the Senate Ethics Committee by Mark Green, D'Amato's 1986 opponent,
Electoral politics has proved surprisingly congenial to Moynihan. In 1976, he only narrowly
who has since made other allegations. And certainly D'Amato professed confidence that the
defeated the leftish Bella Abzug in the primary and then won a party-line victory against
allegations were nothing more than accusations that he helped constituents-which is, after all,
incumbent James Buckley in a year when Republicans were embarrassed locally by President
what he is known for. Through it all, he seemed to remain jovial and good-humored-as if he
Ford's opposition to federal loan guarantees for New York City. For 1982, Moynihan avoided
were elbowing erstwhile opponents in the ribs and saying, it's only a game, right? "O.K., I love
primary opposition from the left by emphasizing his disagreement with Reagan on social
ya, babes," he signs off his phone conversations.
security, the Equal Rights Amendment and aid to cities, and he eliminated Republican
D'Amato got to the Senate because he had the insight that he could win the 1980 Republican
Congressman Bruce Caputo when it became known that Caputo had a falsified military record.
primary against Senator Jacob Javits, who was, as D'Amato's ads bluntly pointed out, 76, ailing
That fall, he won 65%-34%-a record for a New York Senate race. In 1988, he was opposed by
and liberal, and that he could beat a liberal Democrat in the general. That turned out to be
Long Island lawyer Robert McMillan and won, 67%-31%, breaking his own record, carrying all
Elizabeth Holtzman, now New York City Controller, and a possible candidate again in 1992;
but one county (Hamilton), and winning more votes than any other Senator in American history
D'Amato won with 45% of the vote, while Javits stayed in the race as the Liberal Party nominee
except Pete Wilson and Alan Cranston of California. Perhaps he will set new records in 1994 as
and split the liberal vote with Holtzman. In 1986, D'Amato faced former Ralph Nader associate
he looks forward to another term.
Mark Green, and won by a solid 57%-41% margin; Green, who renounced all PAC money,
Alfonse D'Amato, New York's junior senator, is nobody's idea of a philosopher in politics.
brought the ethics case against D'Amato. For 1992, Democrats were lining up to run, but none
And yet he does take a philosophic approach-represent your constituents-and extends it to
seemed unambiguously strong: Holtzman was controller of a city many thought headed toward
the farthest, and many would say on occasion a ridiculous, extreme. He came to office as the
bankruptcy; Green was a commissioner in Dinkins's increasingly unpopular administration;
lucky beneficiary of splits in the opposition; his major experience was as a wheelhorse in Nassau
Attorney General Robert Abrams announced his candidacy in early 1991, but wouldn't say how
County Republican machine politics; his personal manner does not especially inspire confidence
he would have voted on the Gulf war resolution; former congresswoman and vice presidential
or arouse enthusiasm. So he stays in favor by doing favors. He is not taken seriously as a thinker
nominee Geraldine Ferraro had mixed ratings and family problems to contend with; Long Island
(though he is sometimes respected as an operator) on national and international issues, and in
Congressman Robert Mrazek was little known outside the New York City area and had little
early 1991, he was under investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee for alleged transgres-
money and had voted no on the Gulf war resolution. Still, a March 1991 poll showed Holtzman
sions. But he has proven to be more durable, more accomplished, and more correct on some
running strong against D'Amato and Abrams leading. Obviously much rests on the outcome of
important issues than many people thought when he was first elected in 1980, and "Senator
the Democratic primary and D'Amato's fate could be sealed by the Ethics Committee. But even
Pothole," as he is known in some quarters, could end up winning a third term in 1992.
absent an adverse finding, D'Amato likely will have a tough race.
As a senator, D'Amato has been shrewd to the point of shamelessness in taking practically any
Presidential politics. For more than 100 years, New York was a pivotal state in presidential
position, espousing any cause, and lobbying for any project or program that could be popular
politics: it was the nation's largest state and closely divided first between Whigs and
with any discernible segment of the New York electorate. He is for funding for mass transit; with
Jacksonians, then between Democrats and Republicans. This changed in the 1960s. California
Alan Cranston, he sponsored a bill intended to protect the FHA against an S&L type disaster
became the nation's largest state in 1963, and in 1992, 1996 and 2000 will have 54 electoral
(although some said it would hurt first-time homebuyers); he fights for more AIDS funding; he
votes to New York's 33. And New York now is the most reliably Democratic of the 10 largest
worked to save the Delaware & Hudson Railway; he worked with Staten Island's Susan Molinari
states, voting about 5% less Republican than the nation in the 1980s. Back in the 1960s its
to save the Staten Island homeport, despite the opposition of Mayor David Dinkins, Moynihan
Democratic margins came from Jews and Catholics in the outer boroughs of New York City;
and many city-area congressmen; he champions the death penalty for drug dealers at every
today it comes more from blacks and Puerto Ricans in Brooklyn and the Bronx and liberal whites
opportunity; he has backed Wall Street firms against the big banks on financial services issues.
on the West Side of Manhattan. Manhattan liberals tend to be young singles, affluent childless
On foreign policy, he not surprisingly has always been a strong backer of Israel, saying its 1981
couples, feminists, gays and lesbians, the often underpaid highly educated people who flock to
bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor was "perfectly proper"; before August 1990, he was
this center of arts and letters. This segment of the electorate is not as leftish as in the 1970s, but
leading the fight to cut off trade benefits and export credit guarantees to Iraq; he was the first
they are still a good deal more liberal in the voting booth-more likely to vote for Dukakis, or
senator to try to cross the Soviet border into Lithuania in early 1990, defying Soviet regulations;
consider voting for Jesse Jackson-than white voters elsewhere.
he worked on anti-terrorism legislation after the bombing of Pan Am flight 103. In late August
The big fireworks in New York's presidential politics in recent years have come in its
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presidential primary in late March or early April. For years New York elected only delegates,
Manhattan; perhaps Democrat Nita Lowey and Republican Ben Gilman, in a cross-Tappan-Zee
with candidate preference not indicated: an attempt to preserve machine control which failed as
Bridge race. But plenty of politicking and possibly court challenges will probably intervene
early as 1968, when Eugene McCarthy candidates won most of the slots. With a tradition of
before the results are known.
statewide primaries going back only 20 years, New York has had low turnout: where 6 million
people vote in November, only 989,000 voted in the 1980 primary; Jewish voters formed perhaps
one-third of that electorate, and the 1980 and 1984 New York Democratic primaries were the
point in the presidential process where Jewish voters could exert maximum leverage. Edward
Koch aroused a storm of protest in 1984 when he said that "Jews and others who care about
Israel would be crazy" to vote for Jackson-a statement which, if he had simply omitted the first
The People: Pop. 1990: 17,990,455 (Pop. 1980: 17,558,072, up 2.5% 1980-90 and dn. 3.7% 1970-80).
two words, would have been nothing more than a pungent argument based on genuine
7.2% of U.S. total, 2d largest. Median age: 33.9 years. 13.1% 65 years and over. 74.4% White, 15.9%*
differences on a legitimate issue. But it was taken by many liberals as a racist statement or at
Black, 12.3% Hispanic origin, 3.9% Asian, 5.5% Other. Households: 49.9% married couple families;
52.2% owner occupied housing; median house value: $131,600; median monthly rent: $428. 5.2%
least an appeal to ethnic solidarity; Koch's endorsement of Senator Albert Gore in the last days
2,620,288 R (32%); 1,696,260 unaffiliated and minor parties (21%).
Unemployment. Voting age pop.: 13,730,906. Registered voters (1990): 8,201,532; 3,884,984 D (47%);
of the primary, far from helping him, destroyed whatever small chance Gore had of attracting
attention to himself and away from Jesse Jackson. In 1984 Jackson won just 26%, compared to
45% for Walter Mondale and 27% for Gary Hart; in 1988 Jackson carried New York City 46%-
45% over Michael Dukakis, but lost statewide 51%-37%.
Republican primaries are as heavily tilted toward Upstate as Democratic contests are toward
New York City. They are dominated not by laconic Yankees or upscale WASPs, but by Italian-
Americans, who indeed form practically the entire Republican primary electorate in New York
1990 Share of Federal Tax Burden: $93,103,000,000; 8.91% of U.S. total, 2d largest.
City and much of it in the suburbs and Upstate. Not averse to a little government interference in
the economy, on cultural issues their approach is traditional, and on economic issues like rent
control, they see themselves as adversaries of the great Democratic majority in New York City.
In presidential contests, the Republicans elect delegates whose presidential preference is not
1990 Share of Federal Expenditures
identified on the ballot and there is no direct vote for the candidates themselves.
Total
For years one of the distinctive features of New York politics was the existence of minor
Non-Defense
Total Expend
Defense
$70,493m
(7.03%)
$62,131m
parties. Today they don't much matter. The Liberal Party and its predecessor, the American
St/Lcl Grants
(8.00%)
$8,362m
15,761m
(11.72%)
(3.70%)
15,754m
Salary/Wages
(11.73%)
Labor Party, were founded to give Jewish garment workers a line on which they could vote for
8m
6,423m
(4.40%)
(4.45%)
5,128m
Roosevelt for President and against Tammany Hall for other offices; the Conservative Party was
Paymnts to Indiv
(6.66%)
1,295m
37,595m
(1.87%)
(7.55%)
37,254m
Procurement
(7.82%)
341m
founded to withhold votes from liberal Republicans like Nelson Rockefeller and John Lindsay so
8,621m
(1.61%)
(4.57%)
1,923m
Research/Other
(3.61%)
6,698m
2,092m
(4.95%)
as to encourage the Republican Party to nominate more conservative candidates. The slightest
(5.60%)
2,073m
(5.83%)
20m
(7.17%)
acquaintance with New York politics will show that both have long outlived their raisons d'etre.
In 1990, the Conservatives nominated an intellectually respectable candidate, Herbert London,
to oppose the farcical Republican, Pierre Rinfret, but since Rinfret received just 21% of the vote
and London 20%, it didn't much matter. Mario Cuomo received 71,000 on the Liberal line,
which gave 406,000 votes to John Kennedy in 1960: those old garment workers are dying off.
Political Lineup: Governor, Mario M. Cuomo (D); Lt. Gov., Stanley N. Lundine (D); Secy. of State,
Congressional districting. New York lost three congressional districts as a result of the 1990
Gail Shaffer (D); Atty. Gen., Robert Abrams (D); Comptroller, Edward V. Regan (R). State Senate, 61
Census-fewer than the five it lost in 1980, but a painful loss nonetheless. Control is divided
between the Democratic assembly and governor and the Republican senate, and the assumption
Alfonse M. D'Amato (R). Representatives, 34 (21 D and 13 R).
(36 R and 25 D); State Assembly, 150 (95 D and 55 R). Senators, Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D) and
is that each party will lose one seat, with the other a fair fight. Typically, the losers in this process
are the political mavericks with little clout; this got everyone looking early at James Scheuer of
the 8th District (Queens-Bronx) as the likely Democratic victim. But then Robert Mrazek of the
3d (Long Island) announced he may make a run against Senator Alfonse D'Amato-Long
Island is a population-loser, and it should be possible to divide Mrazek's 3d among its neighbors,
1988 Presidential Vote
1984 Presidential Vote
splitting the largest part with some of Scheuer's 8th.
Dukakis (D)
3,347,882 (51%)
Upstate, the region likely to lose is western New York. The Niagara Frontier and the
Bush (R)
Reagan (R)
3,081,871 (48%)
3,664,763 (54%)
Southern Tier (Districts 31-34) all lost population, and the long, narrow geographical configura-
Mondale (D)
3,119,609 (46%)
tion of the 31st District, and the fact that its congressman, Bill Paxon, is only serving his second
1988 Democratic Presidential Primary
Dukakis
term, make it easy to carve up. But Paxon is determined to run again, and may end up facing
801,457 (51%)
Jackson
Democrat John LaFalce of the 32d District.
585,076 (37%)
Gore
Who else gets squashed? Perhaps Democrat Ted Weiss and Republican Bill Green of
157,559 (10%)
Simon
17,011 (1%)
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Anniversaries, Fasts and Feasts, Holy Days, Days of the Saints, the Blesseds,
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Peru, San
Marino,
June 29
Vatican City,
Venezuela
Seychelles
Independence Day
Commemorates Seychelles'
proclamation of independence
from Great Britain, 1976.
Birthdates
1721
Johann, Baron de Kalb, French army of-
in the Making, a study of the intellectual
ficer born in Germany; accompanied Lafay-
history of mankind. [d. February 16, 1936]
ette to America; he died in Battle of Cam-
1865
den (American Revolution). [d. August 16,
William Edgar Borah, U.S. lawyer, politi-
1780]
cian; U.S. Senator, 1907-40; maintained an
isolationist policy toward all proposed
1798
Count Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet,
American involvement in foreign relations
scholar; leading Italian poet of pessimism.
during his political career; strongly op-
[d. June 14, 1837]
posed U.S. joining League of Nations. [d.
1849
Count Sergei Yulievich Witte, Russian
January 19, 1940]
statesman; first constitutional Russian pre-
1868
mier, 1905-06. [d. March 13, 1915]
George Ellery Hale, U.S. astronomer; in-
fluential in establishment of Yerkes Ob-
1852
John Bach McMaster, U.S. historian, edu-
servatory, Wisconsin; director of Mt. Wil-
cator; noted for his eight-volume Volumes
of the History of the People of the United
son Observatory, California, where he pi-
oneered solar research; responsible for se-
States from the Revolution to the Civil War,
curing funding for construction of Mt.
as well as numerous historical textbooks
Palomar Observatory, California. Invent-
which focus on social and economic forces
influencing history. [d. May 24, 1932]
ed spectroheliograph for photographing
surface of the sun. [d. February 21, 1938]
1858
George Washington Goethals, U.S. army
officer; engineer in charge of construction
1871
Luisa Tetrazzini, Italian operatic coloratu-
of Panama Canal, 1907-14. Appointed first
Γa soprano. [d. April 28, 1940]
Governor of Canal Zone, 1914. [d. January
1875
Edwin Walter Kemmerer, U.S. economist;
21, 1928]
financial adviser to numerous foreign gov-
Julia Clifford Lathrop, U.S. social worker;
ernments. [d. December 16, 1945]
chief of U.S. Dept. of Labor, Children's Bu-
1910
Frank Loesser, U.S. composer, lyricist;
reau, 1912-25. Member of Advisory Com-
mittee on Child Welfare for League of Na-
noted for his musical film and stage scores,
tions, 1925-32. Friend and co-worker of
including Guys and Dolls, Most Happy Fel-
Jane Addams (September 6). [d. April 15,
la. Also achieved fame for war songs, in-
cluding Praise the Lord and Pass the Am-
1932]
munition, 1942. [d. July 28, 1969]
1861
William James Mayo, U.S. surgeon; with
his brother, Charles Horace Mayo (July 19),
1911
Prince Bernhard (Bernhard Leopold
founded the Mayo Foundation for Medical
Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt Karl
Education and Research (Mayo Clinic),
Gottfried Peter), husband and consort of
1915. [d. July 28, 1939)
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands.
1863
James Harvey Robinson, U.S. historian,
1912
John Willard Toland, U.S. journalist,
educator; co-founder of the New School
author, historian; Pulitzer Prize for The
for Social Research. Author of The Mind
Rising Sun, 1970.
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ropemakers. Invoked against hail and snakebite. [d.
c. 67] [major holy day, Episcopal Church; minor fes-
The Saints
tival, Lutheran Church]
St. Peter, Apostle and martyr. One of the 12 original
St. Cassius, Bishop of Narni. [d. 538]
disciples of Jesus Christ, first Bishop of Rome, leader
St. Salome and St. Judith. [d. 9th century]
of Christian community after Christ's death. Patron
St. Emma, widow. Also called Hemma. [d. C. 1045]
of fishermen, locksmiths, cobblers. [d. c. 64] [major
St. Elwin, Bishop of Lindsey. Also called
holy day, Episcopal Church; minor festival, Lutheran
Athelwine. [death date unknown]
Church]
St. Paul, Apostle of the Gentiles. Through his letters
he has had a profound and lasting influence on the
development of Christianity. Patron of Rome and of
1919
Slim Pickens (Louis Bert Lindley), U.S.
1408
Council of Pisa is called to end schism in
character actor, principally in 1940s wes-
Catholic Church, hearing charges against
terns. [d. December 8, 1983]
Gregory XII at Rome and Benedict XII at
Robert (Bob) Evans, U.S. actor, producer;
Avignon. Both are deposed and Peter Phi-
1930
known for the production of Love Story,
larges is elected Pope Alexander V.
1970, and The Godfather, 1972.
1767
Townshend Revenue Acts are passed by
Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist, writer;
British parliament, establishing duties on
frequent contributor to New York Times
tea, glass, paint, oil, lead, and paper im-
Magazine, Life, Look; well-known for her
ported into American colonies.
in-depth interviews of world famous per-
1880
France annexes Tahiti in South Pacific.
sons.
1906
Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado is
1936
Harmon (Clayton) Killebrew, U.S. base-
established by an act of Congress. The park
ball player; elected to Baseball Hall of
contains prehistoric cliff dwellings.
Fame, 1984.
1916
Sir Roger Casement, the Irish leader, is
convicted of high treason by a British court
1941
Stokely Carmichael, U.S. black militant
and sentenced to death for conspiracy
leader; Chairman of Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee, 1966; Prime
with Germany (World War I).
Minister of Black Panther Party, 1967-69.
1933
Primo Carnera knocks out Jack Sharkey
Proponent of Black Power and militant tac-
at Madison Square Garden and becomes
tics to achieve racial equality in U.S.
world heavyweight boxing champion.
Leslie Browne, U.S. ballerina, actress; solo-
1949
The South African Nationalist Party bans
1957
ist, American Ballet Theater, 1976- ; known
interracial marriages between blacks and
whites.
for her starring role in The Turning Point,
1966
Lieutenant General Juan Carlos Ongania
1977.
assumes power in Argentina after a coup
1972
Samantha Smith, U.S. student, actress;
d'etat.
visited the U.S.S.R. as a guest of Yuri Andro-
U.S. aircraft bombs oil installations near
pov after writing the Soviet leader a letter,
Hanoi and Haiphong for the first time
1982; died in a plane crash. (d. August 25,
(Vietnam War).
1985]
1976
Seychelles gain independence.
1981
Hu Yaobang succeeds Hua Guofeng as
Historical Events
Chinese Communist Party Chairman.
1236
Ferdinand III of Castile recaptures Cor-
1988
U.S. Supreme Court upholds the special
doba from the Moors after 400 years of
prosecutor law allowing the appointment
Moorish possession.
of independent counsels to prosecute high-
1312
Henry VII is crowned Holy Roman Emper-
ranking federal officials accused of wrong-
or at Rome.
doing.
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NEW YORK: D'AMATO'S NAME SURFACES IN PUERTO RICO TRIAL
IN THE TRIAL OF SEN. AL D'AMATO'S (R) "CHIEF" PUERTO RICAN
FUNDRAISER, EDUARDO LOPEZ BALLORI, PROSECUTORS INTRODUCED
"LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS THAT APPEAR TO LINK [D'AMATO] AND HIS TOP
SENATE AIDE TO DIRECT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT LOBBYING FOR FEDERAL
HOUSING CONTRACTS." D'AMATO HAS "REPEATEDLY SAID, AT LEAST ONCE
UNDER OATH, THAT HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE" THAT THE HOUSING SUBSIDIES
FOR WHICH HE LOBBIED WERE GOING TO POLITICAL ALLIES AND
CONTRIBUTORS IN PUERTO RICO (FRIEDMAN, N.Y. NEWSDAY, 6/19). THE
TRIAL "HAS BECOME A CLEAR WINDOW ON THE ALLEGATIONS OF POLITICAL
FAVORITISM AND EVEN INFLUENCE PEDDLING THAT HAVE DOGGED [D'AMATO]
FOR YEARS." ALTHOUGH D'AMATO "HAS REPEATEDLY ACKNOWLEDGED
PUSHING FOR PROJECTS IN PUERTO RICO, IN GENERAL, BUT DENIED
PUSHING FOR PARTICULAR PROJECTS," THE NEW EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THE
DISTINCTION "MAY HAVE BECOME AT THE VERY LEAST [A] SOMEWHAT FUZZY
DISTINCTION IN PRACTICE" (JOSH BARBANEL, N.Y. TIMES, 6/21).
DEMS: AG ROBERT ABRAMS (D) "HAS BEEN STRUGGLING TO PERSUADE
WOMEN THAT HE IS THE BEST DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE TO TAKE ON
[D'AMATO]. HE BEGAN THE RACE AS THE PRESUMED FAVORITE, BUT EX-
REP. GERALDINE FERRARO (D) HAS "PULLED AHEAD IN POLLS, AND NYC
COMPTROLLER LIz HOLTZMAN IS "NIPPING FROM BEHIND, LEAVING HIM AND
THE REV. AL SHARPTON THE ODD MEN OUT" (PURDUM, N.Y. TIMES, 6/21).
N.Y. POST's DICKER EXAMINES THE POSSIBILITY OF ABRAMS RUNNING ON
NOVEMBER ON THE SAME LIBERAL PARTY LINE AS PEROT, SHOULD HE LOSE
THE DEM PRIMARY TO FERRARO. ABRAMS HAS REPEATEDLY "REFUSED To
SAY HE WOULD PULL OUT OF TALKS WITH PEROT REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT A
POSSIBLE ENDORSEMENT." THE LIBERAL PARTY COULD BE THE "SECOND-
LARGEST VOTE GETTER" IN NY IF IT "JUMPS ON BOARD A STRONG PEROT
CANDIDACY" (6/27).
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