European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday november 1, 1992what newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts Are selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided by the associated press and United press Virg Enlen Pilot Norfolk a. George Bush once said he would a do anything to be re elected that s one Promise his staff has tried to keep going so far As having the state department comb through its files to see if it could dig up any dirt on Bill Clinton s Mother. So Many bizarre things happen in politics that it is difficult to totally discount any conspiracy theory. Who would have thought that the National Security Council would run a separate foreign policy in the 1980s, securing funds by trading arms to Iran and then laundering those funds through a retired general a secret Swiss Bank account it happened that a what made Ollie North a household word. But hiring people to disrupt Ross Perot s daughters wedding Attiat seems unlikely even for the Bush Campaign operatives. What seems More Likely is that Perot is reverting to Type he has a history of making charges and then acknowledging that he does t have any facts to support the allegations. In business or politics that a unethical. It certainly does no to reflect the temperament and judgment you want in a Long Island . For a potential president the Independent candidate is acting mighty paranoid voters must ask themselves How Ross Perot would react in the White House where the stakes will be higher the pressures greater and the enemies list Many times angelas times Ross Perot has accused president Bush a re election Campaign of turning Loose its a dirty tricks department last summer to smear his youngest daughter disrupt her wedding and wiretap into his company a financial affairs All in an Effort to Force him to end his in pendent presidential candidacy. A. Injection of these singular allegations so very late in the Campaign raises questions of obvious interest and concern. The most compelling is whether the Texas billionaires imagination might not now be running wildly out of control. Can Perot a latest claims be True possibly. Are they believable uncorroborated they pretty clearly Are not. That a something More for voters to weigh on Trabun Ross Perot a committed supporters probably Are impervious to proof that their Leader has feet of Clay. But to those who have not already succumbed to the Bantam billion Aries a sales pitch his latest accusation ought to be a reminder Why his ratings had begun to decline and Many people had begun to have grave doubts about his suitability for the presidency even before he withdrew from consideration last july. It probably is too much to Hope Perot would either put up or shut up. But voters who May have been tempted by his Texas twang and no nonsense style should remember forewarned is Della morning news Ross Perot a new charge that he left the presidential race on july 16 because gop a dirty tricksters were attempting to a smear Quot one of his daughters and disrupt her August wedding is a claim that should not go Witlie reason is very simple unless Perot a charges Are substantiated they will Only add to the voter cynicism the a Las Bui Bonaire has All along sought to counter. It is time for Perot to act with an equal regard for the truth. It is not enough for Perot simply to say he believes that gop operatives manufactured a a a compromising photo of one of his daughters. Fort Wilna find a cwt Dan land the United states clearly was guilty of More than a commentary the stars and stripes Page 15 miscalculations in its pre War relations with Iraq. But Independent presidential candidate Ross Perot insists there were More than mistakes involved. He says the Bush administration somehow offered to let Iraq seize Oil Fields in Northern Kuwait shortly before the War began. For All his talk about offering an alternative to politics As usual Perot continues to cynically play the game he campaigns against a making unfounded charges against opponents with facts to Back them up. Too York Dally nows Ever since he first publicly toyed with running for president Ross Perot has roiled the Campaign Waters like no recent third party candidate. But his charge that gop dirty tricksters planned to a a smear his daughter and disrupt her wedding added a bizarre dimension a even by Perot standards. Voters still tempted to support Perot would do Well to ask themselves a simple question is a Man who sees All around him invisible threats and unprovable conspiracies fit to hold the office of president Philadelphia inquirer last weekend. Ross Perot tried to buy the quitter thing. He dropped out of the Campaign last july he said not just to save the Republic from electoral chaos but to spare his daughter grief. Indeed if the allegations Are As loopy As they seem to be then the Fella from Texas has just confirmed the suspicions of a lot of people that he is a world class paranoiac. 1tha Boston Globo the history of unresolved disputes in the Long running International Trade talks makes ludicrous a recent report of a British newspaper that gov. Bill Clinton somehow reached a political arrangement with Jacques Delors to delay any agreement until after the election. The Issue nevertheless remains important and settling the disputes will contribute importantly to better economies for All participants. Tho pros Atlantic City . Three stories caught our Campaign weary eyes one Day recently. First thanks to a complaint from the american f 1 to tall our conclusions no. 1 Mattel inc. Should never make a talking Madonna doll. No. 2 it would be a mistake to hire Madonna As a school bus Driver. And no. 3 it is absolutely no Surprise that our children Are confused about sex Ana the sexes. Apparently so Are Many Frew Pross Robert Stempele a resignation monday As chairman of general motors corp. Ends his personal ordeal. It is a blessed Relief Given the impossible situation in which he had been placed. The car business is still about making and building and Selling Quality cars. The Challenge for the Board and the new leadership is to show that pm knows what it takes to set a Standard for the Washington Post general motors is for better and worse a Symbol of the american Economy. Its prominence As largest manufacturer and no. 1 Auto maker is part of Fth reason unfortunately its monumental losses in recent years have been emblematic As Well. That a Why the belated decision of the company a outside directors to Force the resignation of Robert Stempel As chairman and chief executive was a healthy sign. A Good Industrial policy reserves support for the lean companies and industries that earn it which brings us Back to general motors. Wish it Luck. association of University women teen talk Barbie i longer utter the allegedly sexist line a Smath class Wilno. Is second a 7-year-old Minnesota girl has filed a sexual harassment complaint with the . Department of education Over the teasing and lewd comments made by fellow students on her school bus. Third Madonna a new Book is out. It features nude photographs of Madonna acting out her sexual fantasies which Are apparently plentiful. For All the wrong reasons members of parliament in South Africa have rejected president . De Klerks Bill to Pardon people accused of political crimes. Most lawmakers apparently feared amnesty would allow a Petty Crooks to elude Justice. In fact their chief concern should have been that the amnesty would prevent Public scrutiny of the despicable acts committed Over the years in defense of Baltimore Sun in an ominous replay of the bad old Days russian Security agents have swooped in and arrested three Moscow scientists and charged one of them with revealing state secrets to a reporter for the Baltimore Sun and to a Moscow newspaper the alleged crime blowing the whistle on Clandestine russian research to develop a nerve Gas even More lethal that those in existing superpower stockpiles. Russian president Boris Yeltsin could establish his Bona fides on this Issue by becoming a whistle Blower himself a a Leader who will not tolerate insubordination by militarists Bent on policies that contravene the stated peaceful intentions of the Moscow government
