European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 10 columns Jim Fain the stars and stripes thursday december 3, 1987 Sihanouk could return to Power in Cambodia that olympic class survivor. Prince Siha Nouk of Cambodia is at it again which could be Good news for the people of uni blood drenched coun. After the War he and his wife Barbara took off for Texas but spiritually they never left Home. Essentially uninterested in abstract ideas or theories Bush has never been immutable lied to the great currents of his Lime Harrington observes. He also has been singularly free of the self doubt which Breeds sceptical reflection or introspection. To search for a Core of philosophy or belief in such a Man All three conclude is fruitless. The Point of the Polit ical quest for Bush is the quest itself Honor ably pursued. Public service is for him. A for his financier senator father As much an obligation As Good manners. He has serenely survived Many humiliations in a Long political career sustained by the affection he evokes without Effort not Only from family members but from the hundreds even thousands of friends who warm themselves in his benign personality. The profiles make Clear that Bush has spent Mui ii Uina life Jujic Jimj i incr helices to be liked. Ronald Reagan is Only the latest of Many Strong figures whose views Bush has internalized effortlessly As his own. Through is decades of life Bush has successfully balanced extraordinarily High Levels of both ambition and of deference. The Central mystery is what standards would surface once Bush had satisfied his ambition by becoming Percsi Dent and no longer had anyone to whom he must defer he would be predictably civil modest and considerate. Bui what else on what issues of principle would a president Bush stake or even sacrifice his popularity his record gives no real clues so inc question must be pressed in the coming Campaign Ray Walker a psychiatrist Cousin wit no special fondness for Bush who appears memorably in Bearak s profile suggests that Bush would strive to pleas Public opinion but equally to gain the approval of his chosen political advisers. That Means close attention must be paid not Only to inc competence and charac Ler of Hose advisers but to the Range of their experience and the breadth and diversity of their Backi funds. Campaigning 10 Republican audience and consulting with world leaders which is mostly what Bush has done for the Lastone third of his life does not guarantee a Clear grasp of the reality of people s lives. La might not be a bad idea 10 ask Bush Al every Opportunity questions designed to test no much of that outside reality has penetrated the protective layers of personal serenity and social invincibility the profile depict at the heart of his extraordinary life la is As important Ihal he know us As Ihal we know him. In Jan a. Jan pct Wal raft group before  c