European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes Mary Mcgrory Many Reagan democrats won t vote for Bush going door to door in Silver Spring. Md., a Twilight is like stepping into the printouts of the National polls. The figures Tell you that vice president George Bush is failing with the Reagan democrats. At the doorways of the comfortable suburban Homes on Hutting place the faces and voices Tell you Why. The woman who greeted democratic congressional candidate Peter Franchot at his first Stop looked like teen Ager. But Marta Laureana is 30 years old and has firm opinions. She works for a Trade organization an she s a Democrat who voted Republican for the first time Ever in 1984 for Ronald Reagan even though she was afraid he would Start a War. She has had second thoughts. He has done a lot Osgood but he went overboard. He hit people who most need help. We have a lot of defense but we have peo ple in will she vote for George Bush she seems almost offended. Bush i Don t even consider him a contender. He has yet to say something Worth listening to. I Don t believe him. His own people Don t believe next door or. Henry Sherr a podiatrist and his wife Edith both past Reagan voters Are All the Way with Edith Sherr finds Bush experienced but uninspiring he never made any real decisions. Eve if Dukakis is a Little wet behind the ears there is some thing fresh and Young and Strong about him. I Don worry about him being depressed. Who was More de pressed than Abraham Lincoln George and Shirley Rozanski have come Home tothe democrats too. George a retired geologist voted for Reagan in 1980 he snowed me too but for Mondale in 1984. Shirley voted both times for Reagan. Bush is out of the question. I never thought he was presidential material she says with a kind of dismissive finality. He s just Wishy Washy. Ronald Reagan has done a lot for the Economy but not much for Small people and nothing for the Elido and Aba Castilla have just moved into the House on the Corner. They Are republicans. We Are cubans he said. We Are against the but they Aren t too sure what they will do in novem Ber because Elido explains i Don t like Bush too Franchot passed a handsome Blond woman who washout walking with her retarded son. I m a Republican she said but i just Don t know. I want Les Money in military and More in Day care. My husband and i have a handicapped child whom we love very much. I think we be done enough for the Carl t. Rowan Franchot asked about the environment and mentioned the sad state of the oceans. Yes she sighs. I care a lot about the Dukakis wants to clean up the oceans said fran Chot. I want to help Franchot is 40, fair haired Gung to and a Long shot challenger to the popular gop incumbent rep. Con stance Morella. She is Way ahead in the polls an enjoys a 60 percent recognition rating to Franchot s 20 percent which is Why he spends six hours a Day walking the District. He came to Washington to serve on the staff of Massachusetts rep. Edward j. Markey and was elected to the Maryland Assembly two years ago. She is a Boston born schoolteacher who has lived in Montgom Ery county for 34 years. Although Montgomery county is 2-to-l democratic she won her House seat in1986. She is considered moderate but Franchot says she votes conservative. While i was fighting for hand gun control she was voting for my and Star wars he tells voters. She has her roots says Franchot. I have my coat tails. I be knocked on 15,000 doors and i see a tide for change. I Tell people i will help Dukakis turn thing around she would Only stand in his Franchot walks up the Steps of the last House listed on his cards. A woman comes to the door eyes his brochure and recoils. " i am a Republican All my life she says furiously. I m not an when he asks Patricia Blevins How she will vote in the fall she sputters that s none of your her husband Ray Blevins a Large Man opens the door and Steps out on the porch. He is the reason for the visit. He is listed on the Rolls As a Democrat although he has t voted for a democratic president since Franklin Roosevelt. You could t get our vote he tells Franchot in a pleasant Way. Connie Morella is a Friend of ours. She s a wonderful woman she is a Nice woman says Franchot but whenever rocks the boat. I m a shake pm up Democrat and i want to help Dukakis turn the country Blevins is a world War ii Veteran and he does t like either of the candidates. He does t know much about Dukakis but he can t stand Bush. There is something about him he muses. He does t act like he is too Strong a person. It s a hard act to follow Universal press Syndicate door of Many pursuits not visibly open of Blacks Washington some extraordinary things can run through your mind when you re sitting in Robert f. Kennedy stadium watching a Bunch of Pittsburgh Steeles beat up on your world Champion Washington redskins. I looked Down to see what kind of defense was Sty dying redskins quarterbacks Doug Williams and Jay Schroeder and i said to myself eyes do not fail me. Can you spot one White Guy among the Steeles defensive warriors my eyes said that 11 Black men were holding my redskins at Bay. Of of i thought it May not be Jimmy the greek but a lot of other people Are going to be writing and talking about How Black athletes Are taking Over the nil except of course for the coaching management and ownership i sat there morosely munching on some of Jack Kent Cooke s meatballs remembering that i had read in life Magazine that in 1971 "32 percent of the play ers in the National football league were Black. Last season the number. Was 900, or 56 As some Black Guy intercepted a Schroeder pass and ran for a touchdown i gulped Down one of those pigs in a pocket you know those tiny hotdogs encrusted in bread and i remembered that the olym pics Are coming up in South Korea. Considering the number of Blacks representing America would i be the first to Call it the Seoul Brothers and Sisters extravaganza my redskins came Back to within six Points of the Steeles but a drive from Pittsburgh s 30-Yard-line was foiled by those 11 Black Guys and i found myself thinking about one of the Best corporate advertise ments i be seen in years. It is Xerox saying a team that has no prejudice has no limits. That s Why at Xerox we Are dedicated to working towards a world where there is Only one race. The human Well till now there Are a lot of races the pen Nant races in major league baseball where 42 years ago there were no Black players until Jackie Robinson and today Blacks make up 24 percent of the club rosters. I watched that Steeler defense and thought about How the number of Blacks in the National basketball association has risen from 38 percent to 78 percent Ina Mere 24 years. Of of i thought. Here we go again with a rash of theories about big Black thighs Superior Black Achilles tendons and All that stuff including Subtle repetitions of Jimmy the greek Snyder s line that Blacks ought to be kept out of managerial position because something has to be saved for i left Frk stadium and picked up the Spring Issue of life Magazine and read this paragraph from an article by John Underwood Black athletes Are dominating sport in America today at least those team sports that attract most of our attention and our entertainment dollars an there is a form of racial Breeding at work. Not As with petunias or hamsters but a kind of socioeconomic propagation that turns the Best Young Blacks into ath Letic Underwood goes on to Point out that having the brightest most physically talented Young Blacks Rush to football basketball baseball is not a Blessing for Black America or the nation at Large. He says that the average smart Black Guy in High school might be better off trying to become a brain surgeon because the Odds of a Black High schooler making it in the Aba or the nil Are about 10,000 to 1. But the doors to brain surgery and a lot of other pursuits Are not visibly open to millions of Bright an talented Young Black men. A cruel myopia tells them that they Are bred to be gladiators in Seoul and Yan Kee stadium and at Robert f. Kennedy where 11 Young Blacks did mischief to my redskins. I Long for the Day when i will see far fewer Blacks i helmets and pads and a lot More wearing surgeons gowns or using computers and microphones As their instruments of Power. 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