European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes William f. Buckley what Bush should do will be Tough to do As you travel about the country you Are asked with unusual consistency one question what is George Bush going Todo reflection on How to answer that question leaves you saying not what Bush is going to do so much As what Bush ought to do. The reason for this is that the Lon Campaign for the presidency and the inaugural address were Concrete on very few Points and one of these was negative. Yes Bush wants to be known As the education president. And yes Bush has promised to kill the Scourge of co those Are positive commitments. And on the negative Side Bush has promised that he will not raise taxes. I have inquired into the views of half dozen interesting commentators who Tell us what in their opinion the Bush Agenda ought to be. Though some of those consulted Are democrats in All cases they have at tempted to enunciate policies not inconsistent with the general political philosophy of George Bush. Edward Koch mayor of new York volunteers in effect to be assistant com Mander in chief of the War against whole country is waiting to hear from William Bennett our new drug Czar just what he intends to do. Koch begins by denouncing As superficial the position of those who would legalize drugs. He cites the British experience and dubs it a failure though in fact the British abandoned their Experiment before conclusions safely could be drawn. In any event Koch concludes that legalization will Only transform our on going National tragedy from murder Here specifically is what he want Bush to do 1. Cause the Federal government Slegal arms to specify mandatory drug treatment for those convicted of a Crim who test positive for drugs this in the state of new York Means most people with jail time added for those who refuse to 2. Mobilize the military to a Campaign of intensive interdiction on the High seas and in the skies to slow Down the introduction of drugs. To this end he would also mobilize As needed the National guard to bolster the custom Force along the most vulnerable Points of our 3. No foreign Aid for any country that does not use its full resources for the cracking Down on the cultivation of drugs. 4. Grant state court judges the author Ity to try drug cases under the tougher Federal Laws. 5. Designate local prosecutors As Spe Cial assistant . Attorneys to give them Federal punishment options. 6. Use Federal state and local jails interchangeably for the maximum effective use of facilities. Concerning these proposals one can Only comment Best of Luck but you Are going to fail. It is inconceivable that Ben Nett will endorse legalization. But he is a Man of Tough empirical intelligence Andis Likely to resist the notion that the drug problem can be solved by sending the marines to the Halls of Montezuma. Lbs s Narco budget was $4 million. Rea Gan s was $4 billion. During that period the Price of cocaine went from $45,000per kilo to $ 14,000 per kilo. Most of the advisers consulted believe that Bush should not stress cooperation with Congress to the Point of appearing to be less than the Leader the president needs to be in order to engage a Congress organized by the opposition. Alan Keyes a Black intellectual for Merly with the state department who ran a Gallant race for senator in Mary Howard Kleinberg land warns that unless Bush maintains Strong Active political base outside the Beltway his administration will Suc Cumb to the reality of congressional but How otherwise can he Man Euver he will discover As he did during the election Campaign that the answer lies i presenting a Clear ideological alternative. The bipartisan conservative majority that elected George Bush will emerge As an effective governing majority Only i the new president offers a convincing ral lying Point a National Agenda that re forms the mistaken principles and approaches of the Liberal Era without abandoning the humane concerns that at their Best inspired Liberal the advice sounds Good and gets the blood running but stops Short of specific proposals. A proposed Agenda will following this space. Universal press Syndicate deaf/7 penalty foes took a pass in Bundy Case Ami the Roll apr to a Rahin Ohr Vul eoi/4 via of us i i Miami the caller to a radio show said he nor Mally was against the death penalty but not when i concerned Theodore Bundy. On the morning of Bun by s electrocution there were far fewer anti capital punishment protesters outside the prison Walls than usually appear for an execution. Spectators cheered the White Hearse carrying his body and talk show hosts milked the event one even having an appropriately decorated cake served up in his studio while playing quickly recorded ditties that celebrated the execution in tasteless terminology. So despised was Ted Bundy. He was so demonic so devious such a liar that few who knew anything about him were remotely inter ested in extending the debate Over capital punishment to his Case. It was the appropriate time to take a pass. Bundy s seemingly remorseful last hour admissions of guilt and his anti pornography to interview with a religious broadcaster were nothing More than Exten Sions of the guile that marked his wicked life. His lecture on the evils of pornography accompanied by closed eyes and quivering lips were almost As obscene As the films he was discussing. Despite the cleverness attributed to him Bundy was using an old attack one that already had failed a dec Ade earlier when a Miami attorney unsuccessfully tried to link violence on television to his Youthful client s brutal murder of an elderly woman. To intoxication was the term used then and Bundy was fishing in the same neighbourhood. Few should View that approach As Well As his admissions of other murders As anything other than a bid for More time. For better than a decade Bundy had taken full advantage of the court system and the Media. Beyond that he mocked us and thumbed his nose at us his arrogance was a smokescreen to hide his crimes. Then like most Long term or death penalty convict she found god. As always there is a minister available to seize upon convert s testimony. In this Case it was or. James Dobson of Pomona calif., who has As one of his mis Sions in life the elimination of pornography a problem in that few if any really can arrive at a universally accepted definition of where pornography begins and when legislation against it intrudes on constitutional rights. Bundy would have us believe and Dobson is Willingto accept that millions of americans Are latent serial killers through their viewing of Playboy Magazine an the triple xxx tapes that Are readily available at the Corner video store. Data just does t support that proposition but fact support that Bundy was in addition to being a sadistic murderer a liar an actor and a user of people no manner of tearful regret should Lead anyone to believe that Bundy was anything other than that. Rather than being victimized by violent pornography i believe he was a role Model for it. People will accuse me of being self serving he said toward the conclusion of his interview with or. Dobson but i am just telling you How i feel. Through Hood s help i have been Able to come to the Point where i much too late but better late than never fee the Hurt and the pain that i am responsible it was self serving because Bundy began this new role really in the Hope that it would buy him time. As the clock ticked away and All his Legal and mental machinations had been exhausted it became evident to him that he really was about to die. So he played out a final dramatic scene. If la moment l thought i was watching a remake of me old James Cagney movie where the a remorseful killer does the priest Pat o Brien a favor and goes tothe electric chair crying and cringing rather than As the arrogant Tough Guy he wanted everyone to believe he in Ped the priest Deal with underprivileged 1930s kids headed in the wrong direction. Probably Bundy s straight talk stand up for Jesus is me opinions of him Amons the i remain resolved that he was acting. Or ?5 who stands among those opposed to the Tak-n8 Al i either by criminals or by the state i nevertheless found myself inexplicably disaffected bythe electrocution of this Man. Obviously i was not alone testimony to the Mon Strous abomination that was Ted Bundy s miserable new York times news service
