European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes monday june 8, 1992polls results mixed but Perot still leads new York apr Ross Perot led president Bush and Bill Clinton in two National polls released saturday that were full of conflicting signals about voter sentiment. Perot had a 13-Point Lead Over both Bush and Clinton in a time can poll taken wednesday and thursday. But a Newsweek poll conducted thursday and Friday had Perot at 35 percent and Bush at 33 percent practically tied with Clinton trailing at 25 percent. The discrepancy Over Bush a standing was just one of several indications that voter preference is highly unsettled. Perot a new High of 37 percent in the time can poll to 24 percent for Bush and Clinton could change rapidly a in either direction. A the hot air balloon is still going up a Republican political consultant Eddie Mahe said on can. The poll asked 974 registered voters whether they might change their minds before the election. While 72 percent of the Arkansas governors supporters and 65 percent of the presidents were certain of their Choice just 57 percent of Perot a were time said. A majority 53 percent said they knew Little or nothing about Perot. But 46 percent said they know a lot or some things about the Dallas billionaire up from 32 percent three weeks earlier. The percentage who considered Perot a protest candidate rather than someone electable was Down to 34 percent from 45 percent in May can reported. Newsweek said its poll of 753 registered voters found that half of Perot a supporters plan to vote for him not because of his leadership abilities or his stands on the issues but because they done to like the other candidates. Newsweek a poll was taken by Gallup times by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman the two companies have different methods and the order and wording of the questions atone might have explained differences in the results. Also time began polling wednesday As Perot was Riding a wave of publicity Over his Good showing in primary exit polls. Midway through Newsweek a poll Bush held a prime time news conference. Amid a barrage of campaigning and Media disclosures about Perot the two polls saturday and several last month have consistently shown one thing american voters have mostly positive sentiments about what they do know about Perot. Forty percent of voters in the time can poll said they have a favourable impression of Perot compared with 18 percent unfavourable. For Bush its 36 percent favourable but 51 percent unfavourable with just 30 percent approving of the Way he is handling his Job. Clinton rates 35 percent favourable 40 percent unfavourable. Can said 81 percent consider Bush a a typical politicians and 67 percent think he would say anything to get re elected. Just 45 percent said he was a decisive Leader and 38 percent said he cares about the average american. In contrast 61 percent said they believe Perot would bring needed change to the government can said. The time can poll had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage Points. It was 4 Points for the Newsweek  also criticized to character s morality eos Angeles a Ross Perot said vice president Dan Quayle a attack on to character Murphy Brown was a a goofy Only months after he criticized Doogie Howser for sleeping with a Girlfriend. When Quayle attacked the morality of the unwed motherhood of Murphy Brown Perot last month said a i just thought it was goofy. When you think of the real problems that face Perot this country Well suddenly its Murphy Brown a which is a fictional 30-minute show on  the los Angeles times reported saturday that during a sept. 26 meeting with reporters and editors at its Washington Bureau the yet undeclared presidential candidate also had cited fictional television shows As setting bad examples. Perot referred in particular to an episode of Doogie Howser . In which the fictional doctor and Girlfriend both 18, lose their virginity. A some 15-year-old girl that a been thinking about it Hadnot done it yet. A hell Doogie s girl did it. It must be Alt right a a Perot said. A you and i did no to see that kind of stuff growing  Perot raised the Issue of Doogie Hows Cras an example of the bad effect such television shows have on a fall those kids watching television from single Parent  he said a a deteriorated family unit was a major National problem. The shows title character has two parents. The girlfriends Mother has been killed in an Auto Accident and the girl lives with her father. David Beckwith chief spokesman for Quayle said Perot was hypocritical a the Guy pretends that he a not a traditional politician but its Clear that a a false front he a putting out. He says what he thinks is expedient at the time going with the Media elite trashing of the vice president even when it goes against what e apparently really  in the september meeting with the times Perot also criticized the Roseanne sitcom As a bad example while discussing his belief that parenting skills should be taught to children. A eventually they will be parents and they done to know How a Perot said. A if you watch Roseanne Barr on television you Don t get a very Good role  television Star Roseanne Arnold and her husband responded with a statement that criticized Perot a opinion of the show and the fact that he used her Maiden name which she dropped after marrying Tom Arnold last june Bush prodded to gear for unique election by Ann Devroy the Washington Post Washington a in a memo circulated last week to top White House and Bush Quayle Campaign officials Republican rep. Newt Gingrich Calico on president Bush and his political advisers to Wake up to the realities of the 1992 election. A if the president is to recover from the current situation and win a the minority whip from Georgia wrote a we had better Start dealing with. How unique this year is How frightened and angry the american people Are and How deeply the american people believe the current situation. Justifies the Radical Gamble of a third candidate a such As Ross Perot. The memo one of Many private and Public Republican appeals to the White House to ready itself for a presidential Campaign unlike any other argued that Perot not Democrat Bill Clinton was Likely to be Bush a major challenger in the fall. A the voters willing to leave the democrats to insure Bush loses could Combine with independents and ant Bush republicans to give Perot a ceiling of 45 percent in his support. A 45 percent Perot 30 percent Bush 25 percent Clinton race is very plausible a wrote Gingrich. In the Bush White House and in the presidents 150-member Campaign operation these Are Days of anguish confusion and demoralization. Like Gingrich republicans at All Levels Are offering unsolicited advice urging fresh ideas and warning that this years presidential contest May be unique. A we keep trying to Force 1992 into a modern Model. Normal traditional consultants keep applying their knowledge of the Normal in a year that is unique Gingrich wrote. But Bush whose three decades in politics make him certain of his own sense of political timing is unwilling to abandon his Basic political tenets aides said. A this View is a lets not panic. Lets wait for things to Settle Down a a one aide said. Bush and Campaign chairman Robert m. Teeter an other aide said a share an absolute total unshakable belief that come october voters will make their Choice based on just one overriding absolute which one do i Trust to sit in that White House for the next four years whose values and beliefs and experience am i most comfortable with a Bush aides acknowledge that this Spring has been a political disaster for the president but blame his slide in the polls on his inability to a a connect with americans not on his policies. Between now and the Republican National convention in August Bush plans to try to improve his communication with voters. Bush expects to abandon his approach of giving two or three Little noticed speeches each week As he has done for the last few months and instead make himself available for interviews. A senior Campaign official said saturday that last weeks news conference was the first of Many news conferences Bush will hold As frequently As he had been holding such conferences until this Spring. Clinton to air White supremacists protesters clash town meeting Little Rock Ark. A presidential hopeful Bill Clinton has purchased 30 minutes of prime television time to broadcast a town meeting with voters in Pittsburgh his Campaign announced saturday. The Campaign said the forum this Friday is the first in a series of town meetings it plans to broadcast on National television. The 8 . Slot was purchased from Abc. Campaign spokesman Jeff Eller said he did not have figures on How much it Cost. Aides to the democratic candidate think he does Best in one on one appearances with voters. The announcement came As the Arkansas governor was taking the weekend off at Home in Little Rock. S1m1 Valley Calif. A about 20 White supremacists clashed with about 350 counter demonstrators saturday at a rally in support of the current and former policemen acquitted in the Rodney g. King beating. Three people were Hurt and two were arrested in the clash. Two counter demonstrators were arrested after rocks bottles and cans were thrown said police it. Richard Thomas. A free Lance journalist Pedro Meyer was hospitalize of after he was hit in the head during the confrontation. Two Simi Valley police officers also suffered minor injuries said police it. Neal rein. About 100 officers some wearing riot gear and others mounted on horses broke up the disturbance. The rally was called by Richard Barrett founder of the Mississippi based nationalist movement to show support for the four White men involved in the videotaped police beating of King who is Black. Three of the men were acquitted of beating King. The fourth officer Laurence m. Powell is facing retrial on one count of assault under color of authority. The april 29 acquittals sparked three Days of rioting in the los Angeles area that left 52 people dead. The trial had been moved to the suburban City of Simi Valley 35 Miles North of los Angeles because of the tension the Case had created. When the nationalist movement supporters showed up for saturdays 45-minute rally in front of City Hall they were met by people holding signs Reading a say no to racism and a nazi go  another group held a demonstration against the nationalist movement on to other Side of City Hall. A we Are for the jury a decision the i system Law and order Ai America a Barrett said As he was Peru with soft drink cans. A we Are pro majority nationalists. We Are Only support ii what the majority wants in America a Happy Homes and Safe  the counter demonstrators who can from around California represented sue groups As the los Angeles chapter of to aids coalition to unleash Power Kilt against racism a group of Simi Val Junior High school pupils the nation women a rights organizing coalition and the los Angeles student coalition. A we faced Down fear and we did flinch Barrett a Mississippi lawyer Sai afterwards