European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes election 92 sunday november 1,1992300 retired military officers Back Bush by the lot Angeles tines. Washington a More then 300 retired admirals and generals endorsed president Bush for re election Friday and said that democratic rival Bill Clinton was unfit to be commander in chief. Retired Navy adm. Thomas h. Moorer former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who organized the opposition to Clinton said he believed that the Arkansas governor was unpatriotic. A i am greatly disturbed by Clinton a claim that he is supported by the military a Moorer said at a news conference. A this is a blatant lie similar to the lies he tells about his string pulling to get out of service to his country during the Vietnam  the counterattack came after Clinton won endorsements from a group of retired military officers led by adm. William j. Crowe jr., another former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. The retired military officers who joined Moorer included army Gen. William c. Westmoreland who commanded . Forces in Vietnam and adm. Elmo r. Zumwalt jr., former chief of naval operations. Retired air Force Gen. James Doolittle who led an Early \ bombing raid on Tokyo during world War ii and retired air Force it. Gen. James a. Abrahamson first director of the strategic defense initiative popularly known As a Star wars a also were on the list. Their language often was Blunt. As former Marine commandant . Kelley put it a i would follow president Bush anywhere a i  follow Bill Clinton around the  retired Navy adm. Thomas h. Moorer with other former military leaders to the background announces the groups endorsement of president Bush for re election. Weird polls put candidates through the wringer. _ m a it to to be o tax a Frt Cru it Cal Tel Otic of Tiff if slots Label by Marcella s. Kre1ter United press International a group of non traditional polls indicates . Voters have not yet made up their minds about their Choice for president. But at least one poll shows Ross Perot a Campaign flushed away a and that could be a Good Omen for the Texas billionaire. An Iowa radio station asked its listeners to flush on Cue for the candidate of their Choice then measured the drop in water level in the towns water tank. Customers of a laundromat Chain came clean on their choices for president by selecting specially designated machines. A shoe repair shop asked customers to do some sole searching in making their choices. Hillary Clinton was among the customers who participated in a Jelly bean poll in Kansas. And new York bar flies left Perot on the rocks. Kemp radio in Emmetsburg Iowa staged its presidential toilet flush poll this week for the fourth time and More listeners flushed for Perot than Bush or democratic challenger Bill Clinton. The poll has been right two out of three times so far a picking Ronald Reagan in 1980 and Bush in 1988. A we were wrong in 1984,�?� station spokesman Brian Schmidt said. A Northwest Iowa went for  the results of this years a Cess poll gave Perot 452 flushes to 339 for Bush and 226 for Clinton. A if a candidates Campaign is going Down the toilet its not necessarily All bad a Schmidt said. Clean duds inc. Of Des Moines Iowa which has 80 laundromats around the i Date a name was counted As a vote for that candidate. To avoid making customers wait if no machine bearing the name of their preferred candidate was unavailable the laundromat allowed customers to use a different candidates machine a then advise the tally keeper to void the vote for the a a machine candidate and record it for their Choice. Clinton came away clean with 5,976 votes or 42.6 percent to 4,580 votes for Bush 32.6 percent and 3,478 for Perot 24.8 percent. A we can to say its a Wash. The results Arentt close enough a clean duds founder Philip g. Akin said. A a we re not quite sure what the spin doctors will say. We re sure it s going leave Bush and Perot agitated but the candidates Arentt All Wash 80 United states polled customers monday de up yet through thursday at its duds in suds of shoe repairman Ron Asby of Cedar rations. Washing machines were labelled rapids Iowa asked his customers to with the candidates names. Every Load a vote your soul with  Asby a scour washed in a machine labelled with a can aged Nis customers to place a piece of shoe sole in one of three slots labelled for the leading presidential contenders. Perot sewed up the contest. Of the 99 pieces of sole placed in the slots 56 went to Perot. Bush came in second with 33 and Clinton was a Distant third with 10. A Lawrence kan., Candy shop asked customers to drop Jelly Beans in jars labelled for the candidates. As of Friday Clinton had a five Pound Lead on Bush at be olde Sug Rosity Shoppe 16.85 pounds to u.01 pounds. Perot trailed with 4 pounds Ana perennial candidate Harold Stassen had 0.89 pounds. Hillary Clinton contributed to the Jelly bean poll during a visit to the University of Kansas earlier this month dropping a red cinnamon bean into the Jar marked for her husband. A a swizzle stick poll of new York Cit pub crawlers finds that 46 percent of the big apples bar flies think Bill Clinton is header for the White House while Bush tapped out at 33 percent leaving Perot on the rocks with 21 percent. Cheerleader Quayle targets Perot backers by Art Pine los Angeles times Denver a vice president Dan Quayle is spending his final Days on the Campaign Trail fighting a rear guard action his Mission is to Shore up the gop faithful and gel them to turn out for George Bush on tuesday. The formula is simple Quayle travels to gop strongholds trying to get republicans excited about the ticket again and to persuade supporters of Independent candidate Ross Perot to vote for Bush instead. His targets Are states where voters traditionally have gone Republican but where this year the race is too close to Call. He is on a sweep of Western states a Colorado new Mexico Arizona Wyoming Idaho Montana Nevada and Nebraska a and Iowa. Today he plans to head South. Quayle s role essentially is As a cheerleader a to build party spirit As Best he can and to run Down democratic candidate Bill Clinton. The issues the twin poles of a taxes and Trust that have been Bush a strategy for weeks. A is this crowd pumped up a he asks the crowd rhetorically As soon As the applause that follows his introduction tapers off. A is this crowd fired up Are you ready to vote for George Bush next tuesday a then comes the part where the audience is primed to boo a Bill Clinton will raise your taxes. Would you Trust Bill Clinton to take care of your family  would you Trust Bill Clinton with your children a and finally there is the inevitable to Gyman the pollsters and the National Media who have been predicting that Clinton will win. A do you want the National Media to decide this election a Quayle asks. More Boos a have the Media been fair to George Bush have the Media been fair to Dan Quayle  annoy the Media a re elect George Bush a on Friday while Bush was comparing the a character issues in this Campaign with the questions surrounding the appointment of former sen. John Tower a Texas As Secretary of defense Quayle delivered the same message in Denver. Gore airs counterattacks on or. Ozone reference by Sam Fulwood Iii los Angeles times Manchester . Lashing Back at president Bush a characterization of him As a emr. Ozone a democratic vice presidential nominee a Gore said Friday that Bush has been reduced to mean spirited sloganeering in a desperate attempt to keep his Job Bush used the a or Ozone reference in an Effort to characterize Gore As an environmental extremist who would Hurt american workers while saving Trees and owls. A the fact is he Dis honors the american people who care deeply about our environment and recognize the urgent need for action a Gore said in his first Campaign speech totally devoted to his favorite subject environmental Protection. A if i was forced to run on George Bush a environmental record i might be tempted to stoop to name calling  Gore attacked Bush administration policies for what he said was a failure to protect the air water and land while allowing corporations to circumvent environmental regulations by contrast Gore promised that democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton and he would provide leadership that sought to protect the environment while still creating jobs a the real truth is that George Bush and vice president Dan Quayle Are undermining our children s future in order to protect their big polluting buddies and their own jobs a Gore said a they Are falling Back on the same tired old formula for the environment that they be already applied unsuccessfully to the Economy ignore the problems obstruct change and in the end let the damage accumulate for future generations to  he continued to attempt to Hammer Home the message that Bush has not been the a environmental president that he pledged to be during the 1988 presidential Campaign