European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and Stripe tuesday december 24, 1991a Pooch Smooch Sunta Claus gels a Friendly lick from a four legged fan. T.j., an English bulldog owned by Sharon Migotski got his picture taken with Santa Claus at a mall in Elpaso Texas on sunday. Bush eager to do Battle despite roller coaster year Washington apr president Bush said Quot the agony of a very slow Economy Quot has made 1991 a year of mixed emotions after Victory in the persian Gulf War and the growth of democracy in Eastern Europe a trying to Cope with this Economy is extraordinarily difficult Quot Bush told a Span the Cable television Industry a Public service Channel. But Bush in an interview taped Friday and broadcast sunday cautioned critics not to count him out despite his recent plunge in the polls. That decline has just gotten a the competitive juices Quot flowing said Bush. A i like the Bush who has already raised millions of dollars for i m going to take my Case out to the american people get this Economy turned around and i la be ready president Bush his 1992 re election race said a a in be been underestimated before and they ought not to underestimate me again because in a going to take my Case out to the american people get this Economy turned around and ill be the president described 1991 As a a year of mixed emotions. A year of up and dramatic changes abroad made this a a More peaceful world for our kids to grow up in a he said adding that there was also a the agony of a very slow Economy at Home that Hurt a lot of Good Bush called the Federal Reserve Board s i percentage Point Cut in the discount rate to 3.5 percent a its lowest level in 27 years a a very Good news. ,. Which should have a stimulative effect on this Bush said he relishes the challenges of the presidency. A trying to Cope with this Economy is extraordinarily difficult a he said. A i m determined to succeed but i Learned firsthand in 1991 that the Buck does stop1 there on that desk a and properly on other topics Bush a said he would t Trade the american system for Britain s parliamentary government. Quot i count my blessings for the fact i Don t have to go into that pit that John major stands in nose to nose with the opposition All Yelling at each a crowed about his Good health and said he s a too hyper to sit still. A exercise is very in important for me. I m blessed with a tremendous amount of Energy a he said. Quot i love competitive sports a added the 67-Vear-old president. "1 can t wait for Christmas Day at Camp David to whip up on the marines up there with my three sons As the Bush Quot fully bail team goes Hack into Wally Hall is volleyball played indoors on a Racquet Ball court. And. The president vowed a a in a not going to be driven off the Golf course. I can do two things at once mind the country a business and then every once in a while Plav former president Nixon has suggested that Bush and vice president Quayle spend too much time on the links. A shrugged off new York gov. Mario Cuomo a decision to skip the democratic presidential race. The other democrats Bush said were never going to Quot Roll Over and play dead Quot for Cuomo. Quot i respect his decision. And in spite of the fact we yell about each other from time to time we get along All right a he said. A said he likes frequent informal news conferences Quot it lances the sores that build up if you re a called hunger in America a a hut said a there have always been homeless there always have been those hungry even in affluent countries like Bush has no vision for America Clinton says Washington a two democratic presidential aspirants charged sunday that president Bush has shirked responsibility and a is making the american people feel like gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas and sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska made the statements in television interviews. Clinton interviewed on Abc tvs this week with David Brinkley however said he would not indulge in what he called the a blame games in his race for the White House. When asked if he was not blaming the president for the state of the Economy lie replied a Well i think the president was in the Drivers seat and the thing that bothers me about it is the Way he s denigrated the idea of having a vision for the country. He a refused to accept any Kerrey asked on lbs tvs face the nation what policy he favored toward the emerging soviet Union said an initial step should be a to build for economic greatness at a at the end of the cold War president Bush is making the american people feel like losers but we re not losers Quot he said. A we should be trying to win the peace not just with economic assistance but with democratic assistance As they try to build democratic institutions Quot said Ker Rey. Quot and need to hear our voice when they do things that Are out of Kerrey and Clinton Are among six major candidates vying for the democratic presidential nomination. Clinton interviewed from the governors mansion in Little Rock said he was a deeply moved Quot by new York gov. Mario Cuomo s announcement last week that he will not enter the race because of unresolved budget difficulties in his own state. A the clearly wanted to run Quot he said. A i think we should accept his own explanation and recognize that Many states arc having these kinds of budget House majority Leader Richard Gep Hardt d-mo., who announced earlier this year that he would not be a presidential candidate said he admired Cuomo for his action. Quot he finally decided i think that lie could t be the kind of governor that he was promised to be and that he wanted to be and go off and run for Gephardt said. A and i think he did the right Gephardt said he has had no qualms about his own decision and has not decided on his favorite among the candidates in the race. A at the right time at an appropriate time. Ill make a decision about the he said. Kerrey Campaign taps Dukakis aide Omaha Neh. Apr the National chairman of sen. Bob Kerrey s presidential Campaign said Day to Day operations will be turned Over to a former Dukakis aide so he can spend More Lime on strategy a and with his family in Nebraska. A i can i perform All the things i need to do As chairman Bill Hoppner said in disclosing that in and Devine who engineered the Delegate search for Michael Dukakis successful Campaign Lor the democratic nomination in 19kn. Will become the Kerrey Campaign director. Devine is now an assistant i John r. Silver. Boston University s said from West Lebanon n.h., that a lopper told him wednesday that he could t continue on the Lull time paid basis because he needed to he in Lincoln with his wife and children. Hoppner a was doing two things at once. He was serving As chair and As a paid strategist and he just could to Lor personal reasons continue Quot with both Kerrey said. Hoppner will continue to guide the Campaign Kerrey said. Quot Bill a lopper is not leaving his chair. He a chairman of the Campaign. A i would have preferred that Bill would have stayed on Lull time but i believe this w ill work Kerrey said he will continue to talk to Hoppner daily. Hoppner called the move a Quot natural progression a As the Campaign begins to heal up. Quot we be been on Board for about 90 Days a he said. A we re going to he aggressively campaigning in new Hampshire. Its time to Delegate some of the he said he plans to spend time in Washington and Hopes to travel More with Kerrey. Quot Kerrey said Devine a understands the Delegate process better than anyone else in the Quot l lopper served As Kerrey s chief of staff during Kerrey a Lisl years As Nebraska governor and also when he became a senator. Lie lost the democratic nomination for governor of Nebraska in 1990 by 42 votes to Ben a lopper was diagnosed with Colon cancer earlier this year. He underwent surgery and said he had been suggests formula for beating Bush in 92 Balm Beach Fla. Apr new York gov. Mario Cuomo said sunday the democratic presidential nomination should go to the candidate who has won the most delegates prior to the summer nominating convention. Cuomo who announced Friday that he will not be a candidate reiterated his Contention that president Bush can he beaten in 1992. �?o1 think just about All of them could beat Bush with the proper message a Cuomo told reporters. "1 will select whoever is first out of the primaries and support that person on the grounds that you want to go into the convention a Quot asked whether he would consider being drafted during the democratic convention he said on can t draft a president. The president ought to be the person who comes out in the
