European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 columns. Jim Fain the stars and stripes Friday september 16,19b8 a Ach a so could have found a time to say no Washington e. Robert Wal Lach the Rose missing from his Lapel wandered this cynical City last week a nuclear survivor wondering where Hal humongous Cloud came from. Even discounting for a personal injury lawyer s skill Al playing paraplegic he was a pitiable sight. Like i old buddy de a Csc. He Hopes to convert slaying out of the Slammer into some kind of sainthood. First however he has to slay out. On Hal Small score he has a Point. As Steven Brill wrote in american Law yer Wallachy indict Mcnol is did not find this grounds for canonization however. Some might prefer a minor felony conviction to being chaniclcri7cd As Brill described Wallach As an obnoxious. Self righteous promoter. Whose mar cling of his Friendship Wilh me Csc was Down right Wallach is the us school desk male who introduced a desc to we Lech and the iraqi pipeline. In a series of rounds Wilh the press Here he pleaded himself a sch Cmil but nol a scoundrel. Lie was a Rookie who came to the big leagues unseasoned he said which did l altogether explain the luncheon he threw before leaving san Francisco to advertise himself As a hot line to did he seem to grasp the fundamental truth that in Washington it s More damning to whiff curves than break Laws. If you come Here and make some honest mistakes docs that mean you fallin the pit with the Slakes and it s All Over Wallach asked reporters. Of course it docs e. Bob. Be grateful inc stakes weren t Dull and remember Hal Rosenkranz said to or was in vice versa in the Stoppard play about the Hamlet intrigue there must have been a Point when we could have said a Friend told Wallach "1 should have Mark Green explained to you where the paths Are in the if it s any Comfort Mike Deaver and Lyn Nofziger did l have maps either. Yet Many of their Peers managed. Char lie Black Paul Manafort and Rogerstone s clients included bahamian Noli Lucians Eum a piggies Sav Imbi the mar costs. All three flourish now in Bush s overtime no in waiting most of Washington s inner Circle parlayed political rubbery and connections into lucrative Law and lobbying Ca Reers Clark Clifford and Bob Strauss arc icons from democratic presidencies. Ditto Bill Fulbright from the Sunaie. Former Nixon aide Leonard garment probably was the source of Wallach s Jungle quotation. Henry Kissinger has his own mint. In such circles a million a year is minimum wage. This amoral Village s highest value is skillful exploitation of Cylc briny. Power brokers feel contempt for Wallach but pity for Deaver. Deaver went for too much Loo soon. The locals see that As there but for the Grace of god went they Wallach just wanted to have breakfast at the while House. Real players Sec that As dumb. It s nol where you ale but How you exploit where you ate. Cashing Fame for Fortune is virtue unbounded if you follow a few simple rules lie Back for a bit after leaving the government inner Circle sell your influence for modest sums at first working up to the megabucks a year or 50 later not Loo conspicuously modest except when you can Plant something anonymously. Remember both friends and enemies. Pretend Ide ology to prove soul but Don t let it inter Fere with business and you Loo can be Rich and respected. In York to Raj Why Bush s name mongering bodies won t work vice president George Bush s major strategy is apparent he s running against 1972 presidential candidate George mag ovum. Massachusetts gov. Michael s. Dukakis he says is on the very very fir Liberal while Bush s furious Label mongering has certainly produced Short term gains can this lactic work especially after hearing Valic Bush attack Dukakis for har Vard liberalism. In have to say Hal this bulldog won t hum for several reasons Mcgovern was t the Radical that republicans claimed he was. In was t easy Selling a bomber Pilot and father of five from a conserve alive midwestern stale a an advocate of acid an cow and abortion but republicans in 1972 had inc advantages of in com Eagleton vice presidential fiasco a divided democratic party. Post Vietnam angst and an incumbent president. In 1988, however republicans not Only Lack any comparable fiasco and angst they Are also opposed by an Eagle Seoul who never marched on inc Penta gon. It won l be easy for them to radicalize someone ascus aurally straight As m r. Rogers. Bush is himself periodically campaigning As a Semi Liberal. He has campaigned As a Champion of child care the environment education civil rights and Al tics a democratic posture thai conservative columnist Bob Novak. Indeed Bush s 11,000 tax re Alcor Federal Check to families for child care is positively Well Mcgoy Vomish. How Long can Bush gel away Wilh running Down whal he s running on if Dukakis is for big government and big spend ing whal can you say about Reagan Bush a new definition of chutzpah is for Bush to attack a budget balancer like Dukakis when Federal spending As a percentage of the Gross National product Rose from Jimmy Carter Lorea Gan Bush and when the latter accumulated More red Ink m eight years than All their predecessors combined in two centuries. Nor was this the fault of a democratic con Gress since Reagan Bush s proposed budgets exceeded those that Congress passed. Nor does Dukakis propose statist expensive solutions. His constant advocacy of Public private partnerships reveals an activist who want government More and be less As in be More efficient. Also Al the important level of imagery How do you sell the frugal owner of a 25-year-old Snow Blower As the last of the big time spenders where Are the special interests thai Bush says Are holding Dukakis captive Dukakis accepted no Spe Cial interest Money from political action committees. So inc governor can persuasively argue Hal he Cap tured the nomination with no strings attached. Recall who did Promise to name a latino to the Cabinet and who has never told an audience what it did t want to hear. Hint Reagan s vice president is Dukakis unpatriotic because he vetoed compulsory pledge of allegiance measure a nominee who served two years in Korea need nol feel defensive about patriotism. Eventually perhaps during their scheduled debates the vice president will have to answer a question would you pledge allegiance to the Constitution which the . Supreme court says for bids government from making any american Sav something contrary to his religious beliefs say if Dukakis is soft on crime Why is there less of in in Massachusetts the republicans have been and will be running against Willie Honor the furloughed murderer who did t come Back. But since exactly 99,6 percent did come Back and since Furlo sighed prisoners have half the recidivist rate of others when finally released Dukakis furlough program clearly resulted in less crime. Indeed crime in Massachusetts fell 13.4 percent in the last fou years while the National rate has gone up. Is Dukakis another gloom and doom Democrat not according to one time gop presidential candidate rep. Jack Kemp of new York after listening to Dukakis relentless speeches about economic growth and Opportunity Kemp acknowledged that Michael Dukakis does t sound at All like Jimon Carter. He talks about an economic Miracle not economic is he a unilateral Dis Armert it s True that Dukakis believes in complying with International treaties and advocates greater collaboration Wilh our allies. What a Relief after it. Col. Oliver l North s and assistant Secretary of slate Elliott Abrams Cowboy recklessness eventually in should not be difficult for Duka Kis to observe that wasting Money on weapons Chaldon t work the by bomber ski is itself a form of unilateral disarmament while the weapons thai head locates the Trident d-5 missile the stealth bomber strengthen America s National can understand the frustrations of a Pat Buchanan a prominent conservative commentator and Liberal baiter Hal Dukakis does t use and does t gel tainted by the l pal and his party have worked overtime for the past eight years to create a Liberal bogeyman Strawman bearing no resemblance to reality and now they re angry that the democratic nominee won l accept their Bush is like listening to an aging Soprano reach for the High notes thai Are no longer there. We re going to spend All our energies trying to make Dukakis out to be another George Mcgovey confided one Bush adviser in a nol for attribution comment to business week. 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