European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 2, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 2,1992 i election 92 the stars and stripes b Page 7 candidates use press to press their Points by Howard Kurtz the Washington Post Washington a it is an extraordinary spectacle two presidential candidates running Flat out against the press in the campaigns final Days while the third reads aloud from newspaper editorials to buttress his Case. President Bush waving his a annoy the Media bumper sticker has taken to assailing a nutty talking Heads a a bleeding heart reporters and a a crackpots who Analyse the news. The daily assault gives Bush an All purpose villain for the problems that have bedevilled him a particularly a stalled Economy that he contends is not As bad As it is being portrayed. Independent candidate Ross Perot who has been confrontational toward the press turned even tester after a barrage of negative stories about his allegations of Republican a dirty  Perot has called reporters a a jerks and a teen age boys a and said at a recent news conference a i am sick and tired of you All questioning my  although Democrat Bill Clinton complained of unfair coverage during the primaries he is now using the Media for protective cover. On talk shows last month Clinton quoted from anti Bush editorials in the new York times and other papers. Bashing the press is an age old tactic particularly for candidates who Are behind. Bush never grumbled about Media coverage in 1988 when news reports consistently predicted he would trounce Democrat Michael s. Dukakis. A the establishment press is Way Down at the Bottom of respected and admired institutions in this country a said Marvin Kalb director of the Joan Shorenstein Barone Center on the press politics and Public policy at Harvard University in Cambridge mass. A people Are angry. This has reached a Point where there is a political  Thomas Mann a scholar at the Brookings institution in Washington was More sceptical saying an anti press attack a makes you feel Good and gets a rousing cheer but tends not to move any votes. Its red meat to toss to  Bush spokeswoman Alixe Glen attributed the criticism to frustration. A a there a been a real tendency for the press to write George Bush out of the race a she said. A the press seems to want Bill Clinton  Bush repeatedly cites a two year study by the Center for Media and Public affairs in Washington that found 91 percent of comments about the Economy on the networks evening news programs were negative. Quot you emphasize the negative All the time a Bush told co Host Paula Zahn on Friday on lbs this morning. A a unemployment a Down for three months and then. Somebody finds three Guys that Are hurting a Bush said on abcs Good morning America. Robert Lichter the study a author said that a Good economic news is under reported when it docs  he added a whether Bush can convince people of that is another  Perot for his part often personalizes his disputes with the press. He has accused a Dallas columnist of a flights of fantasy and two women reporters of trying to a prove their manhood a Perot a latest clash with the Media started oct. 25 when Perot told 60 min  that the Bush Campaign had plotted to disrupt his daughters wedding. Headlines and commentators described per Otis behaviour As a crazy a a loony a a Azan a a bizarre a a a Peculiar and  no cd a Lisa Myers reported that at the computer firm Perot founded a flying was known As  a emr. Perot Smo modes Oprandi or Mode of operation is that if anyone challenges him you re the enemy a Myers said. Perot in person Ross Perot Waves to nearly 7,000 supporters at a rally saturday at the University of South Florida a Sun dome in Tampa Fla. The Independent presidential candidate who Han relied heavily on television spots to present his platform to voters has been increasing his personal appearances during the final Days of the Campaign. Unimpressed Koch mistrust Clinton on draft 4 a. A 111 a i ,1. A i . Nln wait Limni for it i i Dublin Ireland up a three Days before the . Presidential election senior Democrat de Koch speaking on Irish radio said he had no enthusiasm for democratic candidate Bill Clinton. The former mayor of new York told the lunchtime radio Telesis Eireann program saturday View that he believed Clinton had lied about his personal life specifically in his response to draft dodging allegations. Koch added that he would support the Arkansas governor because he said Clinton would take the democratic party away from the left Wing which he said was embodied by sen. Edward m. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Commenting on the race for the White House Koch said a a it a very close and while i am voting for Clinton in a not doing it with any enthusiasm. It really is a sorry Situa Tion that we cannot have Pride in any of the  he went on to say that he Felt Clinton a chances of Victory were undermined by a popular . Belief that Clinton would raise taxes paid by the Middle class. A i have concerns that Clinton did lie in respect to personal matters such As the draft but i also think Bush lied on policy matters such As the Iran Contra affair Quot Koch added. Koch shocked listeners in Ireland when he said he had a a contempt for Kennedy. The Kennedy family is highly regarded among the Irish because it originated in new Ross county Wexford in Ireland Koch said one of the main reasons he supported Clinton for president was because he Felt the governor would move the party away from the left and people such As Kennedy. I mean Ted Kennedy i have Only contempt for him the great swimmer and moralist a Koch said. During the course of a panel discussion after the Koch interview it became Clear that significant Irish Ameri can support might not necessarily go to the democratic party As it has in the past. Panellist Liz Gutto a Ross Perot campaigner said she Felt that president Bush a stance on abortion and family values had attracted considerable support among the Irish american Community. Ireland a traditionally roman Catholic country has a constitutional ban on abortion. But this could be overturned dec. 3, when the country will vote on whether abortion should be permitted when there is an immediate and substantive risk to the life a not health a of the  election ahead but not for puerto Picans by Felix Jimenez the associated press san Juan puerto Rico a Bill Clinton president Bush and Ross Perot Are not prime time stars in this . Commonwealth. No pundits Ponder the presidential candidates possibilities. Their sound bites barely make the daily newscasts. But done to Call it apathy. Puerto Picans though . Citizens Are not allowed to vote in presidential elections. As this politically passionate Caribbean Island of 3.6 million votes for a new governor tuesday a perennial question resurfaces How Long can puerto Picans be governed by a president for whom they cannot vote the debate Over puerto Rico a rights privileges and responsibilities in the United states flourishes every four years when election time comes around. A what we have is a second degree citizenship and its like second degree murder a said Norberto Rivera Matos who was drafted by the United states to fight in Vietnam. A a you re still being punished but you know you could be worse  puerto Rico a . Possession since 1898, has maintained an unusual relationship with the United states since the creation in 1952 of the est ado Libre asocial do which binds the two loosely in what was then billed As a renewable malleable political pact. The permanence of the pact along with the fact that it has not changed substantially for four decades has triggered congressional debates. But changes Are not forthcoming. Puerto Picans a . Citizens since 1917 a do not pay Federal income taxes and Are not allowed to vote in presidential elections. The Island has one non voting member in Congress although delegations from the Island do vote at democratic and Republican National conventions. Many . Military veterans such As Rivera Matos believe their service and the deaths of Many puerto Picans in com Bat should entitle islanders at least to vote in presidential elections regardless of puerto Rico a political status. According to the department of veterans affairs the Island had 124,480 veterans even before the 1991 persian Gulf War. But puerto rican veterans groups a have not found a compassionate ear Quot on the United states Mainland said Richard fret a supervisor at the puerto rican chapter of the disabled american veterans. After months of discussion by that groups National leaders it ruled that a your proposal was not a germane to their policies a fret said. A a we be been fighting and losing for too