European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes tuesday december 29. 1987 William Safire United front against Hart will soon crumble the hidebound Power junkers of hit demo cratic political establishment must he in Ca hints with the Panja Drums of Ihl Media mafia to bring about ii Norn million of Gary Hart. His populist strategy could not have been made More Plain to go Over the Heads of the politicians Zirul pundits who condemned him and by goading Ihm to new Heights of arrogance to let the people decide if his admitted private transgressions made him ineligible for Public office. Both pols and pundits Tell All Over themselves to cooperate with the Hart strategy. Democratic Mucky Micil aimed a the colossal Gall of the Man to seek a comeback without Clearing in with Hern lie democratic National chairman broke the rules of neutrality to Humph loudly the six pack of candidates in the Field were horror is Ruck Al the Prospect of Competition from a famous campaigner. In Florida the stale chairman sputtered that he would prevent Hart from jetting on the democratic ballot that denial of voter rights was a bit much and after it became Clear that it would cause a convention credentials crisis he chastened official Ever so quietly backed off. But outraged Media mucks outdid even the apoplectic pols. By what right did anyone refuse to Bow to the sober moral judgment of the Keyhole press even Richard Nixon had the decorum to Wail years before coming Back who could dare a comeback after a Mere six months of penance the psychiatric Couch potatoes of talk shows and news magazines haled on Hart s ulterior motive As if the motive of All the other candidates was something far nobler than a Normal desire to run the country or a politician s need to be no. E. Thus has the Hart strategy been successful so far the pols and the press Are lined up nicety against Hart and the people. Can inc discipline be maintained this Hart honeymoon of monolithic opposition can t last. Sooner rather than later some shrewd old democratic pols will grasp the Corning Affinity of the outsiders a Southern Maverick tells me that Jesse Jackson who will have a Large bloc of delegates at the convention already has made a welcoming overture by Telephone to the Man he sees As a potential Winner. Well Sec n handful of savvy pols quietly move to Ward Hart followed by a couple of constituency con Sciota feminists thereby diluting the purity of the pre sent confrontation. Worse the Media pendulum will swing Asil always docs a few reporters will undertake contrarian analysis and Stop scorning the Hart Campaign As self Resur television interviewers will learn that a Brief James j. Kilpatrick mention by Han that his Headquarters is in kit Ridge colo., has drawn Maii with checks totalling nearly $5.000 a Day. A Liberal pundit or two not suspect As 1 am of delighting in democratic disarray will note thai Hart is not talking about Tough choices but is actually making them in Handwritten speeches. The ready availability of Hart on substantive mat ters contrasts with the remoteness of others. George Bush alone of 13 announced presidential candidates has declined to appear on Marvin Kalb s serious inter View series the vice president fears arms for hostages probing. Mario Cuomo the democrats last ditch Stop Hart candidate limits appearances to Cream puff forums where he can avoid Lough questions on his Gorbachev gushing. In that Light and at thai Point with politicians hedging their bets and the Huffy Media losing its indignation the initial Han Anli will have to adapt. As a Hart nomination ceases to be unthinkable his party opponents will press the claim that he is thai no Man who is the Bull of dirty jokes can win. This can t win technique Wai first used in . Politics by the wire Puller Thurlow Weed against Henry Clay in i Sao. In worked against Clay and again against Robert tall when used by Eisenhower men Bui failed when tried by Rockefeller against Nixon in 1960 and 1168. The perfect antidote to the can twin Poison now called victories in primaries. Losers cannot credibly keep calling Winner a loser. The United front again Hart so helpful to him will crumble soon after he has used it As a launch ing pad. Deprived of thai supportive opposition he will have to answer the subsequent Nelc Cable charge by winning most of the weekly primary elections. Then at the Convent Corr. The anybody bul Gary die hards will be forced to lest the strength of the Affinity of the outsiders. House is right to support endangered species it is not often that kind words Are said of the . House of representatives but let me voice a few kind words today. The House recently Rose superbly in support of the endangered species Art of 1973. It May have been a bad Day for i Host who trawl for shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico but it was a Greal Day for everyone else. Nol much Ever is written about and More s the pity because in ranks among the most farsighted pieces of legislation in this Century. Indeed about the Only time the Law gets into inc news is when some dam builder or real estate Developer howls about its application. Then we Are import Ned about the Absurdity of saving the furbish Lous wort or the Black capped Virco. What Good is the checkers pol Butterfly or the toadflax Cress to these jeers and catcalls environmentalists make a quiet response for every living thing there is a purpose. We May not understand what that purpose is but each generation has an obligation to inc next generation. We arc conservators of a Complex and priceless estate. In Limei past americans have been poor trustees. The passenger Pigeon and the Ivory billed Woodpecker Are gone. Bui through the endangered species act we arc trying to make amends. Nearly a thousand species of animals fish plants and crustaceans now Are formally listed As either endangered or this awned and these Benefit from the full Protection of the Law. More than 250 recovery plans arc in operation As biologists seek to expand dwindling populations of the Bald Eagle he Pere Grine Falcon the grizzly Bear and other species. The Effort has ils setbacks the giant Condor May not survive. But it has successes Loo alligators Are off the endangered list and the first pairs of red wolves thai had been raised in Captivity have been released in the wilds of North Carolina. On dec. 17 the House took up three amendments that would have weakened administration of . The worst of these came from rep. Was Watkins of Oklahoma who wanted Congress itself to de list a tiny min now known As the Leopard Darter. He made a Good argument citing research that indicates the species is thriving but adoption of his amendment would have set a ruinous precedent. He lost Fay a vote of 2 3-136. A More serious Challenge came from rep. Solo Mon Ortii of Corpus Christi Texas. By Way of Back ground five species of sea Turtle Are listed As endangered. Of i Csc the Rosl in trouble is the Kemp s Ridley. Forty years ago 40,000 females were nesting on a single Day Al the one Beach in Mexico that is their Home. Today the number is Down to about 250. The National Marine fisheries service estimates Hal As Many As 4,000 turtles arc killed every year in the Gulf when they gel entangled in the nets of shrimp trawlers. These casualties can be prevented by use of a Turtle elder device Ted attached to the net. Pursuant to the Art shrimpers have been ordered to use the teds and the shrimpers Are furious. The Ortiz amendment would have suspended the regulation for two years. Ortiz eloquently pleaded the cause of the 13,000 shrimp Crews who would be put to the expense of Ted installations. He challenged the research As inadequate he estimated the economic loss to Texas alone at $400 million a year he feared that v percent of a Day s catch would be lost because of the teds he cited Ine futility of conservation efforts by the United slates when Mexico does nothing and he had the support or such Gulf coast republicans As Trent loll of Mississippi. The House rejected the Ortiz amendment by a vote of 270-151, but authorized 11.5 million for further research on the devices. Led by Waller junes of North Carolina members refused to substitute Iligir own acknowledged ignorance of sea turtles for the presumed expertise of Mann biologists. A final amendment came from Ron Packard of califor Nia. In an emotional plea to the House he proposed that administrators of be required to consider the Impact of a species listing upon human beings it is wrong he argued to Block construction or a needed Highway simply to preserve the habitat of five endangered Birds. The House unmoved killed his amendment 266-151, and then passed the re Aulhorn Avion Bill by a walloping 3.jfi. Hie Bill will provide adequate funds for the next five years. Of equal importance the final vote will assure the administrators of solid support on Capitol Hill. Hail the Leopard Darter there s a minnow to stand by
