European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes tuesday april 8, 1986 Carl Rowan Larouche tragicomedy dramatizes democrats woes a lot of americans have been guff awing about the Way the Lyndon la Rouche forces bushwhacked Illinois gubernatorial candidate Adlai e. Stevenson defeating his handpicked running mates. It was funny in a macabre Way to see Stevenson tip toeing through a democratic shambles looking for a Way to purge these bizarre and dangerous extremists from the  it was a grand joke in a dismaying sort of Way that Stevenson had chosen two ethnics sen. George Sangmeister to run for lieutenant governor and Aurelia Pucinski the daughter of a machine politician and a former congressman roman Pucinski to run for Secretary of state. The Larouche forces put up people with real american names Mark j. Fairchild and Janice Hart. A lot of Zillini have con fessed that they went into voting Booths knowing next to nothing about any of the four candidates so they just voted for the names that seemed most  my laughter is Over because the Story becomes less and less funny. These rious Side of me says that the Illinois fiasco exemplifies the woes of the National democrats. Parly chairman Paul Kirk and his advisers can t forget that Ronald Reagan wooed More than enough White males to nullify the great increase in Black voters in 1984. Some democrats feel that As Long As the republicans posture As the party of the White Man and the democrats appear to be the party of the Blacks the Minori ties the poor the republicans Are going to win. So some democratic leaders Are saying we have to put some distance Between ourselves and Blacks especially Blacks like Jesse Jackson. We have to bring White ethnics Back into the  but trying that in Illinois produced a disaster. 1 bumped into the Rev. Jackson in Washington National Airport. He told me that he and other Illinois democrats had urged Stevenson to put a distinguished Black woman on his ticket but that they were rebuffed. Then always armed with a metaphor Jackson said that for generations Blacks stood Between the Cotton and the Boll wee vils. The moment Blacks stepped Back the Boll Weevils went straight for the  Jackson s argument is that Blacks have Long been in Alliance with sane democrats in keeping far right kooks from taking Over the party. But when at the urging of Kirk and others Blacks step Back the Weevil Larouche forces devour the Cotton meaning Stevenson s running mates. The tragicomedy in Illinois dramatizes the larger problem of a democratic party that is struggling to find a Blanket Large enough to cover Black polish hispanic German italian and other voters. In Illi Nois the democrats allowed anger and enmity to grow Between one group and an other. Pucinski lost in part because a lot of Blacks would not go out and vote for any one with a name they associated with anti Black activities in the City of Chicago. Stand by. In a lot of states Maryland a Premier and Early example the bizarre and dangerous extremists of the la Rouche Camp could wind up triumphant because the regular democratic Camp is playing games and can t get its act together. C news America Syndicate George will sometimes you need some weight to throw around since Vietnam some americans have been telling this diet conscious nation that the United states has More political and military weight than is Good for it or the world and that it should shed some lest it be tempted to throw its weight around. But now is a time for second thoughts about National weight loss. Weight can come in Handy. Some people supposedly sensitive to Arab sensibilities portray arabs As crazed. They say Moa mar khad Afy s status will be enhanced in the Arab world. That assumes arabs cannot recognize a fiasco. Besides the Arab world is a geographical not a political expression. That world is riven by Mutual detestation More powerful than sympathy for the martyrdom of khad Afy which consists in his getting his Young men killed pointlessly. The libyan regime like the cuban and nicaraguan regimes derives its dynamism from the Charisma of a dictator who depends on bravado which depends in turn on . Hesitancy. Episodes such As the one in the Gulf of Sidra usefully demonstrate that such leaders swagger at our Sufferance which has limits. What is limitless is the Faith of some americans in the Power of talk to tame aggressors. Rep. Michael Barnes d-md., is a conscientious communicant in the Church of negotiations. The planes were barely Back on their carriers before Barnes declared they should not have taken off there Are probably ways that we could have worked with other nations to establish the principles of Freedom of the seas and Access to International Waters without endangering our military forces and without any loss  such multilateralism is isolationism that dares not speak its name. And the suggestion that . Force was used unnecessarily is a form of blaming America first. Sen. Chris Dodd d-conn., asked about the president s decision to respond to the sandinista incursion into Hon Duras by sending $20 million to Honduras said the sandinista attack demonstrates the Folly of the policy of aiding the  there is a logic chopping Point Here if there were no contras there would be no Contra bases for the Sandi nistas to attack. But even if there were no contras based the libyan regime like the cuban and nicaraguan regimes derives its dynamism from the Charisma of a dictator who depends on bravado which depends in turn on . Hesitancy. Across the Border there would still be that Border and the sandinista dare to speak their attitude toward Bor Ders. On Jan. 30,1942, Hitler vowed the Complete annihilation of the  Learned diplomats wondered what is he trying to say trying he was saying it and not for the first time. Allied governments went on insisting there was no substantial evidence of genocide. When will the democracies learn that the reiterated vows of totalitarians is substantial evidence of intentions when the sandinista say they Are conducting a revolution without Borders they Are saying trying to say that they so despise . Resolve they do not bother to disguise their intention to run roughshod Over their neigh Bors. With the essentially party line vote in the House against Contra Aid the democratic party is again driving rickety split into the Cul de Sac it found itself in two years ago in the new York primary. Then Hart and Mondale competed to see who could pledge to withdraw . Forces from or keep . Forces out of More places. Hart won that contest by a whisker because Mondale said he would permit two dozen . Advisers in Honduras. When the House decided by just 12 votes against con tra Aid some votes probably were lost because Pat Buchanan of the White House wrote a column for the Washington Post. He said the vote required representatives to Side with the president or Nicaragua s dictator Ortega. This i Felicity occasioned much outcry about mccarthyism and questioning of  men Are dying and decisions about their Fate Are being influenced by pique about a newspaper column. On the lbs morning news March 26, Phil Jones lbs s respected Capitol Hill correspondent was asked about the sandinista incursion. Jones said he Ortega has done something that certainly has Hurt his Case in the .  imagine the uproar that would result were Buchanan to say that Congress has been voting for or against Ortega s  Jones was talking reasonably naturally. We should listen to the resonance of such natural discourse. Extreme delicacy is required when speaking of the con tra Aid vote lest persons voting against Aid feel slandered by the suggestion that they supported Ortega s Case in  when natural discourse about a particular vote such As the vote against Contra Aid causes those who voted that Way to wince they should wonder whether they voted wisely. C Washington Post the opinions expressed in the columns and cartoons on this Page represent those of the authors and Are in no Way to be considered As representing the views of the stars and stripes or the United states government