European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 columns the stars and Stripe Walter Mears Quayle ready for any role on election trails in off year election campaigns vice presidents usually get a Chance at leading roles. So Dan Quayle expects to spend a Good Deal Foltis time on the Road Tor republicans in a a crucial year for me a crucial year for the  the vice president said he does t intend to be a gop Hatchet Man a Quot but we will be prepared to launch an offensive strike if we have to Quot in the Campaign for elections to choose a new House. 34 senators and 36 governors. Presidents tend to ration their own campaigning and turn to their no. 2 men to carry the administration message and take on party fund raising missions in congressional election years. Quot ill spend a Good chunk of my time on the Chicken and Barbecue  Quayle said in an interview in his White House office. Whereas Quayle said he expects to take on the traditional vice presidential role Quot carrying a lot of the political  he added that president Bush May do More off year campaigning than some of his predecessors. Quot this president is very Active very politically astute a former National  Quayle said. Bush also is very popular Riding higher in the Public opinion polls a year into his term than any president in nearly 30 years. Quayle has had an image problem since he was nominated and it does no to seem to be improving. But he already has Bush s Public Assurance of renomination for a second term in 1992. Quot nobody took More heat and did a better Job for our ticket and our  Bush said of Quayle at a Campaign reunion the other night. Off year Campaign duties can provide a vice president a platform and an Opportunity to boost his standing and his visibility. That often is easier on the political circuit away from Washington than in the strictly supporting role vice presidents have at Home. Quot it s a crucial year for me. A crucial year for the party but i be come to the conclusion that even though this will be a More visible year for me in a political sense. I m not so sure it s going to be that much More of a visible Quot year on a substantive  said Quayle. Who has blamed his image problems in Large part on the critical drubbing he look during the 1988 Campaign. A the american people Don t spend a lot of time thinking about vice presidents Quot he said. Quot they think about their president. Quot and therefore As far As the poll numbers and everything. You inherit where you end up after a Cam David Broder pain and you can t do a whole lot about it a he said. Quot so you go about doing the Job and one of the jobs i will have is political and raising  Republican National chairman Lee Atwater credits Kepi Quayle with raising More than $7 million for the party during his first year in office. A the s travelled to 38 states. Played a major role in candidate recruit that happens to come the presidents Way Quot he said. A a. I have no role assigned to me to go out and be the Hatchet Man or raise the partisan rhetoric to High  but he said he will be ready to toughen the line if necessary. Bush was heavily engaged in the two off year Alco _6l�?T a tue Ino priv. Nicot Quot Atwater said bolts of  Spencer Abraham chairman of the Michigan Republican party became Quayle s Deputy chief of staff this month with duties including political Liaison with party leaders. Quayle said one of his priorities will be the election of Republican state legislators. He said that s vital if not As visible As the statewide and House elections. The state governments chosen this year will have control of the process of congressional redistricting. Quot the political Jackpot is going to be who gets to draw the lines come 1991,�?� the vice president said. He said his message and tone As a campaigner will depend on the political environment and the level of Contention Between the democratic Congress and the Republican White House. Quot we will certainly be prepared to launch an offensive strike against any misguided or unfair criticism tons of his vice presidency. The 1986 Campaign pro he Ninde ands the nuts and video a High profile assignment and an Opportunity to he understands the nuts Coll Cal some political Lous for use when he sought the Republican presidential nomination two years later. In 1982, while the republicans were on the Way to losing 26 House scats in a recession year. Bush resisted White House pressure to Sharpen his attack. He said the a a colourful Hatchet Man kind of approach Quot was t his style. A i m not Spiro Agnew Quot Bush said then. Agnews 1970 Campaign was the extravaganza of vice presidential political missions 51 Days. 32,000 Miles in a chartered Jet. Denunciations of candidates he called a Radical liberals Quot alliterative attacks on a nattering nabobs of negativism Quot and Quot pusillanimous  one of his target slates was Texas to Campaign for a Republican Senate candidate who lost. George Bush. Waiter it. Metre vice president end coir meet Tor the associated press has reported on Washington and National politics Lor More than 26 years barrys fall wont noticeably slow Blacks advance.,_  a Al a i a i,.,  Ann so Many families have had personal experience with addiction in one form or another that most of us could recognize the symptoms in District of Columbia mayor Marion Barry Long before last week s arrest ended his years of denial. His acknowledgement of his dependency problem and his decision to seek treatment arc Good news for him his family and the City that has been demoralized by his increasingly reckless behaviour and Cvar More desperate efforts at deception. Washington has prospered and progressed in his 12 years As mayor. The drug Scourge that is at the Root of its crime problem is shared by Many other communities. Large and Small. But the drug threat to the City s youth made it increasingly intolerable to have a mayor so flagrantly self indulgent and dangerously out of control. That is Why Many of us greeted Barry s arrest with a sigh of re but nothing is Ever simple when race is pan of the equation As it certainly is in the a sting Quot operation that a White prosecutor and Fri men set up to catch one of the most prominent Black mayors in the country. The Day after his arrest crude jokes with a clearly racist subtext were being told in White Washington. And Black washingtonians agonized Over the exposure of barrys hypocrisy. It is impossible for me to believe that . Attorney Jay b. Stephens went to such extraordinary lengths in setting up the a a sting because Barry is Black. Or As some White liberals say because the mayor is a Democrat. When the mayor of the nations capital is having repeated private dealings with drug dealers and drug abusers As prosecutors had Strong evidence Barry was doing he is a menace not just to himself but to his City. As Long As the Constitution and Laws were faithfully observed the elaborate stage managing of his arrest was fully justified a whether he was Black or White Republican or democratic. But barrys arrest left Many Black City residents a reeling with Hurt and anger embarrassment and confusion Quot As the Washington Post reported. In a Post Survey three times As Many Blacks As Whites a a 42 percent plurality a said they thought Law enforcement officials would not have tried As hard to make an arrest if the mayor had been White. Blacks Are not alone in what they re feeling. Historically City Hall has been a prize sought and claimed by successive Waves of ethnic and racial minorities. And inevitably among those who have achieved the breakthroughs some have proved to be incapable of dealing with the pressures of the Job a or the opportunities for plunder. Mayor James Michael Curley of Boston was a hero at first to the Irish of his City a and later an embarrassment. Mayor Hugh Addonizio of Newark was the same to his fellow italian americans As he too went from City Hall to jail. But Curley s downfall did t Stop John Kennedy from becoming president and Addonizio s shame did no to bar Jim Florio from becoming the governor of new Jersey. Blacks alone came to the United states in slave ships and their struggle for Equality and recognition has been harder than that of any other ethnic group. But the fall of Marion Barry is not going to halt or even significantly slow the movement of other Blacks into positions of Power and the political mainstream. Only five Days before Barry wandered Hap Lessly into the hotel room the Fri had turned into a film studio Virginia inaugurated l. Douglas Wilder As the nations first elected Black governor. The Pride and Joy that United Blacks and Whites in Richmond that Day will Echo louder in history than the anger and Chagrin Felt in Washington last week. At the end of his inaugural address Wilder asking forgiveness for Quot a moment of nostalgia a said Quot we Mark today not a Victory of party or the accomplishments of an individual but the Triumph of an idea a an idea As old As America. The idea that a All men Are created equal that they Are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights the right to life Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness.�?T ,. Speaking As Quot a proud virginian this grandson of slaves then said some words which ought to be repeated in classrooms of the District and All across America where the news of Marion Barry s downfall has caused pain and cynicism. Addressing a the Young people of the Commonwealth Quot Wilder said i want them to know that oppression can be lifted that discrimination can be eliminated that poverty need not be binding that disability can be overcome and that the of Flor of Opportunity in a free society carries with it the requirement of hard work the rejection of drugs and other false highs and a willingness to work with others whatever their color or National , Marion Barry was there in Richmond that Day. He heard those words but could not heed them. Let us Hope that others recognize their truth. C Washington Post writers group