European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Paga 6 b the stars and stripes election 92 monday. November 9,1992southern Comfort May take Over . By Nita Lelyveld the associated press Washington its time to throw out the country music albums and sign up for sax lessons resume eating Broccoli and staying up late. Bill Clinton is coming to town and there arc going to be some changes. The Days of Early to Rise Early to bed Are Over. The president elect likes to Burn the Midnight Oil. He also likes to meet people stay a while and talk some More. So those who want to Curry his favor better learn How to visit Southern style. Wake up Washington. Learn to emote. Warm fuzzy confiding will soon replace the prep school bred stiff upper lip. At the White House Broccoli will once again be Welcome on the menu but the lowly potato e May not. The sounds of Lee Greenwood will give Way to Elvis Presley. Bob Hope and Charlton Heston wont have an open invitation to the White House. Glenn close Richard Gere barbra Streisand and Wynton Marsalis May. Randy Travis will be out. They done to play his music at dark Smoky jazz clubs. And Northern Virginia suburbanites who want to be in the Clinton inner Circle might consider a change of address. Urban life in the District will be Chic. A lot of the democrats coming to town wont be dripping with Cash so apartment renting May be in. A word of warning to departing republicans unloading a multimillion Dollar Home May prove difficult. The Clinton have lots of friends. Everyone will want to be one of course. But those who can to be buddies with Bill will at least want to boast lots of friends of their own. Want to entertain like the Clinton throw a casual potluck supper. Tie dress should be jeans and to shirts not tuxedos and sequins. For postprandial entertainment trivial Pursuit and dictionary. Fierce games of hearts will be in. Chummy games of horseshoes wont. The Overly Stuffy elegant dinner party will be an endangered species. And most of the gatherings people really want to go to will be announced by word of Mouth not engraved invitation. Those who watch television should tune in mostly to pcs. But also watch evening Shade a its set in Arkansas after All and Hillary came up with the name. Never never watch major dad. Will Murphy Brown be de Rigueur hard to say. Depends on the new punch lines the writers come up with once the republicans Are gone. Stiff drinks will mostly be out. Char Donnay and Mineral water will be in. Junk food junkies can come out of the closet. But feigned passion for pork rinds will be a social Faux Pas. Only daughters will certainly be in and everyone no has one will want to get her on a softball team. After All Chelsea plays a and the Clinton often come to watch her. Chelsea a school of course will be the school of Choice. So having children there will be a definite social coup. In the workaday world done to bother to answer yes or no when asked a question. Quot yes and not responses will do. Discussions will Center on things Domestic. Knowing a foreign language wont be necessary. Ivy league degrees will Pul some weight. Lengthy government resumes wont. Everyone will go to the theater and museums and no one will object to a Little Shock value. But no one will object either to Tipper Gores views on sex and violence in modern music. When it comes to fashion Washington still wont be Paris. But Pinstripe suits will be out. Flowery ties will replace Republican red ones. For women Faux pearls will be out and Hillary headbands May be in. Administration officials who need a few Days break should head Down South to the ozarks not Down East to Southern Maine. Well wishers of Clinton Gores seem to like these arrangements Southfield Mich. Up florists have been flooded with requests from Well wishers wanting to Send congratulatory bouquets to the Clinton and Gores. President elect Clinton and wife Hillary receive and seem to like red roses and mixed bouquets but Many people Are sending them red White and Blue Floral arrangements said Ltd Florist Betty Anderson of Francis Flowers in Little Rock Ark. Vice president elect Al Gore and wife t upper say they like All types of Flowers and Are especially fond of plants that can be reported said Ltd the nationwide Floral delivery service based in Southfield. Quot the Clinton Are big Flower senders As Well As receivers. Keeping up Long distance friendships with so Many fobs that stands for friends of Bill involves sending a lot of Flowers Quot Anderson said. She said the Clinton when shipping friends Flowers usually opt to Send roses mixed bouquets or exotic Flowers like Birds of Paradise whats what a in a Bill Clintona Asti Leaton out Humble origins Down South warm fuzzy feelings evening Shade burning the Midnight Oil quoting John of Kennedy potluck suppers ja2z headbands flowery ties fuel efficient cheap cars aids awareness red ribbons City life the Middle class Domestic policy mtg Public schools the ozarks Quot yes and not answers hearts the arts jeans gun control family leave synthesis career women saturday night live Elvis Hope socks the cat Southern Home cooking Ivy league degrees bus Tours the new York times visiting Hollywood playing the sax the District apartment renting making friends children a defense fund Liberal professors Catfish Jamaica Tipper j. Crew birkenstock Mcdonald s president s child junk food chardonnay braces National Public radio investing in America Trust funds a or Down East stiff upper lips major dad Early to bed Early to Rise quoting Ronald Reagan society dinner parties country music Faux pearls red ties Lincoln town cars Gulf War yellow ribbons the suburbs the upper class foreign policy the Mclaughlin group private boarding schools Kennebunkport Quot yes Quot or Quot no Quot answers horseshoes arts censorship pinstripes recreational Hunting family values Polar opposites cookie baking homemakers Bob Hope specials / Randy Travis Houston Millie new England boiled dinners lengthy government r6sum6s foreign junkets the Washington times appointments Hollywood bashing playing the fool Virginia mansion buying networking Junior league conservative pundits caviar Bermuda the Gipper j. Press stockbroker wingtips Waffle House president s grandchildren pork rinds k martinis dentures Rush Limbaugh trickle Down economics $ a i Niia Lelyveld. Karl Gud political observers Praise Clinton to ads Beverly Hills Calif. A political pundits praised Bill Clinton a television commercials on the Economy but scorned president Bush a Quot family values theme following Clinton a successful presidential bid. �?�1 think the Best Campaign won a Alex Castellanos a Media adviser for the Bush Quayle Campaign said of his opponents Victory. The Republican Campaign failed to attack Clinton a economic proposals he said. Quot we never effectively showed that his math did no to add up a Castellanos said. Michael Rowan a researcher who worked with the Clinton Campaign said Bush a Campaign was More effective than Many think but its focus was wrong. Quot his negative Campaign was excellent Quot said Rowan. Quot the problem was he was focused on Trust when the voters were concerned about the the advisers spoke Over the weekend at the annual meeting of the International association of political consultants Rowan compared Clinton a focus on voters economic worries to Ronald Reagan s strategy in the 1980 election which Reagan won by a landslide. Quot it was different words but they had the same resonance Quot Rowan said. Bill Lacy a senior adviser to the Bush Quayle Campaign took a slightly different View. Over the course of the Campaign Bush managed to improve his standing in the polls but previous events had put him so far behind he catch up. A we did no to lose the Campaign we lost the War a Lacy said. Lacy cited the end of the cold War Bush a breaking of his Quot no new taxes pledge and his perceived indifference to economic problems As things that Hurt the president. Because those other issues were in disarray republicans focused too much on family values at their con itself a Lacy said. Lacy insisted however that Clinton a Victory was not a political Quot sea change like the one he said occurred Hen Reagan captured the White is no profound ideological shift like there was m Reagan a 1980 win a he said. Lacy said voters have indicated in polls that they still have worries Clinton will tax and spend Paul Maslin a democratic pollster who worked. 5.�, Perot a Campaign echoed the caution. Clinton did t win a landslide and Many of the peo said wan tech chan8e voted for Perot instead Maslin the question is can Clinton solidify what he a Goth As to t0 co opt these Perot constituencies Maslin said. If not the Road ahead May be difficult he said
