European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes saturday october 17.1987 columns George will democratic candidates show Lack of substance is sett says toe Man lurking in a soiled rain coat in a dimly lit doorway. Wanna buy an attack video see politicians naked i is a tape undo died. Of democratic candidates debating at the Kennedy Center buy in but be warned. You will Wear out your Var s pause and rewind Button As you mutter to yourself. Surely he did t say thai and reviewing you Sec thai he did. The front runner Jesse Jackson says "since11973 we be lost 3s million  the rap musician of Amer ican politics is into rhyming no reasoning and May count As Ida any jobs thai disappear As a result of economic dynamism that is causing the total number of jobs to Rise. Think of the lost jobs in the buggy whip Industry Between 1900 and 1920. In any Case in 1973, 85.4 million americans were employed today 112.7 million Are. When Jackson says"58 cents of every Federal Dollar is spent on military build up actually defense is about 28 percent of the budget his five frightened rivals Sil like stumps pre tending not to notice the nonsense. Presumably they Are saving their gumption for when they stand up to Gorbachev. Sowe people say it is condescending not to take Jackson seriously As the front runner. The real condescension is in not judging him by serious standards. Not since George Wallace has there been a candidate so uninhibited by facts. Like Wallace Jackson has the Freedom that comes from knowledge that he will not be on the ticket. Jackson Asl cd those in the Kennedy Center Audi ence to raise their hands if they owned an imported Var. Then he asked for the hands of those who owned an my missile. You see he said we re making what nobody s  the audience overflowing with liberalism applauded unconscious of the racism that made them patronize Jackson rather than laugh him off stage. The new Republic Magazine which knows that it journalistic Dan will drive it id endorse one of these men 11 months from now notes gloomily Jackson s positions Are Only slightly More egregious versions of the party consensus  by party read party  at the Kennedy Center Albert Gore noted thai most democratic voters unlike most of the party s activists leaders and presidential candidates approved of the use of Force in Grenada and against Libya. Paul Simon who says foreign policy should be based on caring for people lifted his Pinafore and cried Eck when Gore let Loose this mouse of a thought the United Stales has vital interests that James j. Kilpatrick memo must be defended. This coupled with Gore s accusation that some democrats can not gel Over the idea that America must always pull Back and preach the politics of Retreat complacency and doubt were denounced by Gore s rivals and especially Simon a divisive. Richard Gephardt took a fling at fierceness toward the soviet Union we have got to ask an exquisite Choice of verb them to get out of Afghanistan and to Slop some of the things they be done. But by the same Token we be got to be willing to Stop some of the things thai sometimes we have  unable to leave tepid enough alone Gephardt who probably worries thai some Iowa peace lobby will suspect him of cold Warrior ism could not resist adding a dash of moral symmetry. But perhaps there is Prog Ress of sorts Here the blame America first democrats have Ira cd. Now they Are merely by the same Token Morats. There is something wrong when a presidential candidate Gephardt is reduced to saying things Tike there is something wrong when the Cru so important businessman in his country is Ivan  pan of what is wrong is he sound bite nature of these de Bates in which a candidate Gore finds himself laying he wants to Lake my full 30 seconds to discuss the Middle East. Alas a few seconds Are sufficient rope for some to hang themselves with. Mike Dukakis explained that he opposes the Midge than missile because he wants to spend the Money on conventional forces. But he went a and too car. He said if Force is Ever used in is Apt to be conventional Force not strategic nuclear Force. Evi Dently the Dukakis doctrine is that Midge than Proba Bly never would be launched 10 in would be a waste. That is deterrence is not a  the new Republic reserves special disgust for Dukakis who in says Par rots the left isolationist line not an isolationism from strength which is the Lac of the right but a isolationism of weakness and  a London food critic recently described a restaurant As offering Nouvelle cuisine with the food  who will add food to the democrats Lite politics i certainly is less filling than in should tic. In Wirra i Ioup bipartisan bashing brings Lively Senate session proceedings of the . Senate ordinarily wad dle along with a kind of elephantine elegance. To state the matter unkindly the sessions usually Are downright Dull. But for four Days recently the Senate kicked upits collective heels and had a Ball. In a dazzling series of Voles the Senate managed to Insull both the slate department and the soviet Union. Senators Haven t had so much fun since the 100th Congress convened 10 months ago. The object of Otiis merriment was the foreign relations authorization and of i9s7, by the time the Bill passed on oct. 8, by a cheerful Vole of 8i-8. No fewer than 86 floor amendments had been adopted. Some of the amendments Are highly desirable amendments and ought to be retained in conference. Other Are Likely to mole it no farther than the round file. The interesting thing is thai this was a bipartisan bashing. North Carolina s Jesse Helms As ranking minority member of the foreign relations committee led the boarding party but he had plenty of  one amendment if you will believe it. Helms was linked Check to jowl Helms jowl Kerry s Cheek with John of Kerry of Massachusetts John Glenn of Ohio Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts Dennis Deconcin iof Arizona Alfonse d Amato of new York Charles Grassle of Loiva ant Steve Symms of Idaho they All got into the act. During Hie several Days of debate senator managed to unload a few tons of frustration. As an awed observer once remarked the Republican Helms is the very Model of an even Lemp Rcd Man. Where the soviet Union is concerned lie slays mad. On the other Side of the aisle Are democrats who stay sore at the foreign policies of the Reagan administration. Every body wants to be Secretary of slate. All these pent up hostilities by Way of example led to the Symms amendment no. 909. It begins by denouncing soviet espionage a cams for bugging the .embassy in Moscow. It continues by crying hat their extensive and insidious efforts Wilt require the Vir Tual rebuilding of the Structure. In notes that the United Stales has provided the soviet with a site in Washington for their embassy so High above Tea level 350 feet hat the soviets can eavesdrop on All our communication. It winds up by directing Secretary of slate Shutlz to evict the dirty commies from their present location and to negotiate for a new site in Washington not More than 90 feel above mean sea  let pm exercise their bugs in buggy Bottom if the Symms amendment emerges intact from con Ference it will mightily annoy the Kremlin. It will invite certain retaliation from Moscow and heaven knows where a new . Embassy would have id be erected there. What holes in the ground Are left the next amendment identified As Helms amendment no. 910, was equally desirable and equally provocative. The gentleman from North Carolina wants to prevent abuse of diplomatic immunity and in this cause he his overwhelming support. By the sen Ator s estimate an astounding 53,000 foreign nationals somehow qualify As diplomats in the United  of these visitors behave with Grace and up Natilio but a few get involved in truly ugly incidents. Here i Washington a Young woman identified Only As "holly1 was raped by the son of a saudi arabian dip Lomat. Another woman suffered severe injuries when she deliberately was run Down in new York by an afghan. Both diplomats went Scot free. The record i infuriating. The Helms amendment would apply to serious crimes committed by persons holding diplomatic immunity. Such offences would be prosecuted in Ameri can courts unless the appropriate foreign minister Personalty requested thai immunity not be waived. In that event the offender would by declared Persona non grata and immediately a pc la. The amendment passed without a dissenting  Wilson of California won adoption of a bristling amendment to keep the soviets out of any Summit on Theara Israel conflict. Gordon Humphrey of new Hamp Shire wrote language into the Bill thai rebukes the Sute department for Pussy footing around in Afghanistan. Bob Dole of Kansas and Bill Roth of Delaware United Inan amendment to beef up Security in our embassies in nations aligned with the soviet bloc. All in All in was a constructive Lime in the Senate. The boys and girls sent messages to Shultz Reagan an Mikhail Gorbachev we re mad As Holt. They said and we re nol going to Lake in any More