European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes columns Dan Balz after Tower fight both sides need to move on the rhetoric of bipartisanship collided Wajih the reality or divided government in the Bilter tight Over confirmation of John Tower to be Secretary of defense leaving president Bush and the democratic controlled Congress with no trocar Road map for a harmonious or productive relationship in the months is the first Down payment that president Bush is going to have to pay Over a four year period As the Price for not being Able to convert his personal landslide into a party Victory on Capitol Hill said Stuart Eizenstat who was president Carter s chief Domestic policy adviser Eizenstat believes that first impressions Are often lasting impressions thai perceptions of Carter s presidency were coloured 10 the end by problems that arose during his firs car in office whereas a is ring of victories by president Reagan in his first eight months enhanced his rep Marion Tor year if thai is True then the painful defeat Bush suffered thursday when the Senate refused to confirm Tower could have lasting implications unless relations Are repaired. Analogies Are difficult to make but some republicans had Carter in mind in urging sei.3tc majority Leader George a Mitchell a Mainc. To take Steps to Patch things up. I would Hope that whatever happened to president Carter no matter who is to Gliime Tor it is not repealed with respect to president sen. John c. Danforth Umo told Mitchell. For one reason or another the Carter administration came Unel cd. And i do not want thai to happen to presi Chi Bush.". \. Misc Hill replied by assuring Danforth. This represents no Effort to be harmful to the president or to disrupt a i Hope will be a Good working the prophets of gloom about Bush s presidency were dismissed by both republicans and democrats especially by the leadership. Flu this first major clash a Eiwen Bush and the democrats in Congress demonstrated thai the political climate he has. Inherited differs substantially from that Reagan found just fight years ago. That Sug gusto Bush will have1 to move even More carefully. Kevin Cowherd it rugs riot pc of tit Etc by i Urtig where Reagan had control of the sen ate because it then had a Republican majority and a working majority in the House thanks to conservative demo craps at the beginning of his presidency Bush faces a Congress thai saw the dam corals strengthened in the1988 election and Public attitudes that favor Many Domestic initiatives hat Are More closely identified with the Bush misjudged his relation ship with the Congress said Richard mock who was chief of staff to vice president Waller Mem Dale during the Carter administration. \ because Bush does t have the fear do. Rea Rin enjoyed Mitchell Daniels who served in the Reagan administration said he thinks the new administration will need a Lillic pain never publicly otherwise the democrats will trample All Over Republican veterans of the Reagan administration have argued in private for the last two weeks that the Bush White House has mistaken motion for Progress while ignoring the reality of whal it Means for the democrats to control Congress. These republicans tear that the Tower fight will embolden democrats for policy fights in the months ahead and could Force Bush to make greater compromises than he wants to make. ,. One of. The dangers Eiwen Sam said is thai to will put up something modest a child care credits or a Small education program or a spending for the environment and therefore open Lac door to a much More aggressive and broader democratic Agenda in the same area. That will make it More difficult to v draw a line in the Sand As Reagan the White House also must confront a More disciplined democratic party i Congress. Reagan picked up conserva Tive democrats easily in his legislative March in 1981. But getting their support is no longer so easy Noi Only arc Southern do morals in Congress Dif Terni from those of the past the democrats in Congress Havi Learned the importance of hanging together. Senate democrats especially Milchl and Senate armed services com Mittee chairman Sam Nunn. A " Kirk o Donnell a lop aide to former House speaker Thomas 1". O Neill jr., d maa believes there s still a lol of Good will on the Bush. The Chal. Inge for both sides is to move dealing with irs can be a taxing experience Albert Einstein once said Ehud Mure trouble figurine out his income tax than anything life think about that fora moment Here was a Man with a brain like a Iii Var 16dd, a Man theoretical phys he Way most pc Pii kick around what the f Hinks did the usher night. Here was a Marl Ulio the fun mus theory of relay my whatever Hal was and dedicated much of his life to the stud of gravitation und real deep stuff like that. Whyl i m saying is the Man was. A Genius. And he used to go Nuu i luring out his income tax legend has it thai each ear cams icon would sit Down with his Ian forms a pot of wrong Toffee and h pack of Winston. A few hours later after pulling out what Tew strands of hair he had Ioctl. He would ask to. Be directed to the nearest Bridge so thai he could jump off and spam himself further agony. In fact Einstein eventually developed severe drinking prob ice that was directly to doing his i Ncoma Tan. Of yes a lot of people Don t know thai but it s True. By the end of his life he was std Geenna from one Saloon to another Bel lowing you know How people always Sav he s no Einstein Well i am Einstein. Now what does form 2 06 meant the Way 1 look at ii if Ein swin could t figure this sniff out what Chance docs a dunce like me have so not to Shine to acquire the daily Han of a fifth of wild Turkey i March Down to my favorite Tan service and throw my forms in the face of some tired overworked wretch and a Mere you figure in out. And make me look like a pans this year i am Happy to note Hal i will again be receiving a modest refund from the government this is due to the fact that 1 have staggering and make about the same salary As sheep harder in Suneg it is also due to in tact that i lie like Heit on my a forms. Of sure i admit in. No Mailer what deduction is offered i la nod my head and say yep that s me i qualify for Hal one year i claimed to have opened a free clinic for senior Wilkens. The next year spoke glowingly about my plans to found a new orphanage. Then there was the time 1 started my own Church with a guaranteed congregation of 50.qco worshippers. I be also claimed to have 12 kids 17 outstanding car Loans a mortgage that sounds like it came with the Taj mahal and the same kind of credit card Bills Cosby must have. Not to mention the sit kids i m put Ting through College. Did i mention them of yeah. Harvard Yak Slan for a nothing Best for my kids. Of and Mem s medical Bills. Yeah i be been paying them since i dropped out of school in fifth Grade and look a Job in a Coal mine where we put in 14 hour shifts until the vein ran dry not thai i m complain ing. Other people Bear much heavier burdens the Point is if 1 smell a deduction i m All Over that baby with a incl. Now maybe you re thinking say Why would he admit in Prim that he lies on his tax forms. Wont the iks read this and Sud ii him and then loss his sorry butt in Pris on where hell spend the rest of his life making License plaits and hanging out with weight Lifieri Well the answer is no because it s a known Frei that irs of cad. Of they can read numbers of. But you Start throwing compile sentences at them nouns and verbs and prepositions stuff like they Bank Oul. It s As if you showed them the pc Rio die table of the asked hem to identify Boron so there is Little of no danger of me getting in hoi water with the irs . However on the off Chance Ihal Bric of their agent has enrolled in a remedial Reading program let me just say this a lot of people put the irs Down but these people do a hell of a Job. The Are a selfless and dedicated a Uncle who recognize that a Federal in come lax is the fairest method of ensuring the orderly operation Ofa democracy. And the irs has a terrific sense of humor you did t know that of yeah. They know when someone is Only kidding. They appreciate satirical pieces on the Fine work they do for they know the importance of a free press and the rights guaranteed under the first amendment to Thi Constitution. In fact even As i Type Thuc words tears Are coming to my eyes As i reflect on the years of Quality service they i ave provided. I m proud to Call them my friends. And Hope my Check is in the mail
