European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 columns the St is and stripes George f. Will Haig handicapped As presidential candidate Alexander Haig is an aerobic in. Siruc Tor for the English language making it Wist 3rd stretch. He s the Only presiden tial candidate who could accuse the slate department of that enchanting participle suggests that the department it receding uniting from the scene of president Reagan s distress. Haig certainty is not running As an uncritical re Agate most people with an Eye cocked toward the presidency try to be As agreeable As puppies. Haig is a Bull i crier. Even As puppies Bull terriers Are not Puppy like sensible people think twice before pelting them. Haig says the Lack of discipline in foreign policy that produced the Iran de Bacle is becoming worse As the state department pursues ill own Agenda which includes any obtainable arms control agreement. Haig worries a a danger Ous agreement my be made to seem palatable by cosmetic soviet accommodation on Afghanistan and a trivia soviet Concession about sd1 testing. Reagan says Haig. Is a utopian taut not foolish he listens to Advisees. But Haig thinks George Shultz and Paul Nitze arc dangerously ardent Foran agreement. Halt describes As naive in the extreme Reagan s idea of eliminating no David Broder Clear weapons the discussion at ice land of a world devoid of nuclear weapons and there was such a Dis Cussion despite the equivocation that Fol Lowed the postmortem May be the most serious misjudgment by a president since world War it. We arc Only a the threshold of the consequences of some of the Pic in the sky rhetoric hat emerged in the dialogue of the his memoirs of his Stormy is months Loo far. I think you la see 1 predicted however he did describe the White Home As mysterious As a ghost ship you heard the creak of the rigging and the groan of the Timber and some time glimpsed the Crew on deck. But which of the Crew had the Helm today he recalls i d Jay Why did you tend me this memo and he Reagan would look at it and say what memo i never saw it before " Haig Taid Reagan s optimism May be taking on surrealistic Haig sees fiscal flab Biness in Reagan s reluctance to use the veto. Clearly Haig goes further than any prospective Republican presidential candidate in criticizing the president. His Confidence is grounded in experience Gen. Macarthur s Headquarters in Tokyo nato s staff in the 1950s Pentagon and Vietnam combat in the 1960s Deputy to Henry Kissinger and then chief of staff in Nixon s White mouse five years at supreme Allied commander in Europe president of United technologies Secretary of stale. Haig is a serious Man with his mind on the most serious matters. Howe Jer As he tries to become Only the fifth a to make the presidency his first office the others Grant Taft r. Eisenhower he laces among Polhe Frob lems the fact that his expertise is pm reign policy. Elections almost be Veum on that and it is hard to imagine mpg Waxin eloquent about soybeans. Furthermore after extra Flag the Handiwork of adm. Point Eide and us col North americans Are Tuffo be even More eager than usual to 1mb politics and die military in separate Speres the last Mili tary Man to seek Tjw presidency Eisen Hower was Dunn ugly civilian in his Demeanour. Hajdaj tsar no More not. However he Pic Para to run he is not As he Raffl say and hoeing. His political act committee has disbursed $600, july. His name recognition is Bop. He gives speeches that touch most Republican erogenous zones Al though he think conscription and higher taxes probably Foll be necessary. He candidate must win non publican votes which is a banality open he says something startling him sirs have old me Izeyll Back Mea won t Back any other Lis Missica George Bush Ai a do Noah _ lacklustre wherever he he Lay of Lush supporters they Lay they re for him then apologize for he says Iii take on any of them the other candidates in a debate then adds now i dont want to sound too Braggadocio although he is impeccably Tai lored he always seems to be wearing a suit a size Loo email such is Hii intensity he seems to be bursting the seams. This Day he is wearing a Natty Tateo Lithio Detroit Suil boldly Chalk striped Damon Runyon does Wall Street. He breast pocket handkerchief is a reproach to the Ink stained wretch who marvels it the workout the English language u going la get in the candidacy of a Man who has said i do believe the Field is wide open but i think it s premature now for such posturing in a definitive euphemisms now on the endangered species list in a fashion As casual As it was reckless the House of representatives has taken an action which threatens to destroy the american Way of life. The House has amended its rules to permit its members to refer to the Senate of the a Nils states in the Senate instead of the other body As has been the custom for the past two centuries. In Laking this Radical step the House has set the dangerous precedent for an All out attack on the glue that has held this Republic log Lucr the Art of euphemism the habit of never calling a Spade a Spade. Historians of the future will look Back on Jan. 6, 1937, As the Day the destruction of America began. Here is the background from the earliest years of the Republic when members of inc House wanted to ions moderate incorporated into the House rules in 1837, forbids direct reference to the Senate during House debate or. Jefferson s Rule stood throughout history and the was overthrown with barely a word of explanation an no debate on the opening Day of this 100th Congre sep. Martin Frost a Texas who Embar singly was once a journalist offered the Rule Chanson the floor with this lame excuse we live in it Newbern world where immediacy of information Tompic Ofui to Lake note of the actions of our colleagues on other Side of the Capitol. This amendment Apfl allow members the Freedom to make necessary a Krenice to the Senate but Wil not allow for name Cjang which would Lessen the dignity of the neither Frost nor the Man who had the presumption to rewrite or. Jefferson rep. Steny Spoyer d-md., professed to see anything dangerous controversial about what they had done when in phoned them to protest. Their action is Alt of reflexive of this Liber Tine age when All discretion seem to have vanished and every part of the body nails biological function is discussed in Public. Of rep. Barney Frank do be who acknowledge that he urged this change on his col leagues is typical of the Imp Tience of today s youth. Last year he was trying to explain to his colleagues that a housing Bill that had by
